Magicians: Life in the Impossible Page #3

True, hard-hitting,

emotional things,

Something that magic

can really do,

Something that magic

can really bring out,

That is way too much

pure emotion

That I don't want to deal with

and I don't want to feel.

So I have to keep it

happy and humorous,

To make me feel better

about having that kind of

impact on somebody.

It's hard to stop myself

from not just making

the next joke,

To not just say

the next sarcastic comment,

Which is how I've always

sort of pushed people

away from me.

All right.

- ready?

-Yeah, let's rock.

ladies and gentlemen,

Are you ready

to transcend reality?

Let's hear it for

david minkin!

we'll start with

something really simple.

You probably wouldn't even

have noticed this

If I hadn't

pointed that out.

Audience:
Whoa!

I could distract you

just by doing that, right?

Oh, my god!

--now that

I have your attention.

- oh, my god!

You know what?

I'm losing them.

What's going on?

are you not watching this?

You guys are so

distracted.

This is short

attention span theater

going on right here,

So, um, I gotta

keep it simple,

Simple it down for this group

a little bit,

Because the artistic,

deeper stuff,

Is not gonna flow.

People always think that

I use sleight of hand

to do this stuff,

And I just-- I think

I get a little insulted

When people accuse me

of sleight of hand, you know?

- honestly?

- -oh, my god.

where does it go?

We want to know where it goes.

So don't be too impressed.

That was just 13 years

of college down the drain.

Give it up for michelle,

the bachelorette.

Watch closely.

Four coins.

mm-hmm.

-From this hand...

-Mm-hmm.

What the f***--?

wait, wait, david.

Can you do this if

you're naked, though?

- That's the real question.

- -yeah, naked.

- What's this?

- -naked, naked!

naked! Naked!

That's a whole other

price of a ticket.

in your little skimmies.

wear your little skimmies!

You guys don't even need me

to be doing magic up here.

Right?

I should just-- here.

You know what?

Here.

I'm just gonna

take her seat.

Entertain them.

There's like 15 bachelorettes

yelling my name right now,

And I have no interest

in going in there.

There's actually a girl

passed out in the front row.

Physically unconscious

in the front row.

That was a first.

That was actually a first.

I've never had someone

pass out in my show before.

so we decided that

I would move out.

I went from a 4,000

square foot castle

To a 300 square foot

studio apartment.

It's great.

I love it, yeah.

I looked for a

aaa battery the other day,

And I just opened

the drawers right there,

you know?

And I open the refrigerator,

and everything in

the refrigerator

Is stuff that I like.

It's kind of tight.

My routine is I have certain

clothes that I wear,

So I put on pants and shirt.

I always wear short-sleeved

shirts 'cause I do

sleight of hand.

I get a lot of mileage

out of that.

And uh, and a vest.

And I have 13 pockets

in this vest.

Deck of cards,

extra deck of cards.

An extra wallet.

Business cards.

Do you want to see

humpty dumpty's card trick?

Can you take a card?

Don't let humpty dumpty

see it.

Just pull one out.

- You got one?

- -yep, okay.

Okay, know what it is?

Put it back.

Here you go.

Humpty, humpty.

Humpty dumpty.

Take a card.

Take a card.

He-- he picked up

this card.

-What was your card?

-Seven of hearts.

What a good boy!

There's a smart doggie.

-Who knew?

-That's a good boy.

we just moved

into this new house.

This is perfect.

I have gates.

It's great.

You don't even

have a bell.

of course it's great.

There's an office

building in the front,

Warehouse in the back.

A pool house.

We can basically

tour the bathrooms.

The americans

love bathrooms.

We have 12, I think.

And if there is an emergency,

there's another bathroom.

It's enough, basically.

And if I don't want

to see jan,

I'm just staying

in the west wing

And he stays in

the east wing,

so it's easy.

I never, ever went

into a bar and did magic.

"hey, how's it going?

Buy you a drink?

Pick a card."

It's stupid.

But being a magician

and doing all this

Has definitely allowed me

to date far more

Than a guy who

looks like me should.

I mean, I always used

to say that I'm married to

the magic and that's it.

But I met rachel

and I decided that I wanted

to be with her.

She's pretty awesome.

When I said that to my mom,

"oh, I'm dating a magician,"

She was like,

"did you say musician?"

And I had to explain to her

that no, it was magician.

And it took

my mom and my family

a little bit of time

To, like, wrap their heads

around how someone could do it

professionally.

-And I mean--

-it takes everybody

a long time

To wrap their heads

around that.

The wedding actually

causes quite a lot

of agita.

It really does.

If I had it my way,

it'd be drive-thru in vegas.

But my mom, actually,

when she rsvped wrote

"thank you for not doing

the drive-thru in vegas."

But between jon,

who is actually

a sentimental romantic

Who wanted

to have a wedding,

And my mom who wanted

to have a wedding,

I am now having a wedding.

-It's gonna be a good time.

-It's gonna be a good party.

I've convinced her

of that much, so we're good.

-We have open bar,

so it will be fine.

-Yes.

Ready?

Okay.

Come on,

open your mouth.

I got cosmo from

a german shepherd rescue.

Come here, come here.

He was jumping up

on the counter and

knocking things over,

And completely insane,

out-of-control dog,

But he's mellowed out

a little over the last

14 years.

This is my best friend.

You're my best buddy.

He's, as you can see,

a little bit--

You know, he's in

his golden years here.

So while this--

while this tv thing

is coming together,

I have to stay

close to home,

And I just basically have to

take local gigs right now.

Mmm.

Magic for me is my life.

It always was,

and it always will be.

As a kid, I always combined

magic and business.

I always was a magician,

But in germany you couldn't

make money with magic.

I always loved the big shows

in america.

So I always said,

"that's what I want to do."

When I see him on stage,

I'm really proud.

He's performing a show

on the las vegas strip

And he does that

with so much passion

and the people love him

And he's funny.

That's quite something.

Sometimes I miss

performing,

But I'm still

living this magic dream.

I'm living the magic life

within jan.

- you nervous yet?

- -I'm completely nervous.

I love you so much.

Sorry, I'm really

stressed out.

I know, sweetie.

Don't be.

Take a drink.

Take a breath.

Everything is

gonna be fine.

Oh, boy.

All right, let's--

places, people, places.

Rachel, I'm not

a perfect person,

But you see through my faults

and you love me anyway.

I promise to love you,

to care for you,

To make you laugh

every day.

No matter what happens,

it will always be me and you

Against the world.

I now pronounce you

husband and wife.

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