Magicians: Life in the Impossible Page #6

I don't like it.

- I get it.

Now I need to be here,

and I'm protecting here.

And it's-- you know,

it's all...

-And every time we--

-can't let that

get out of shot.

When I first did it

in there, the first time

I ever tried it,

-It went perfectly.

-Nice.

And I was like

"holy sh*t!"

-Like, "all right,

this is good."

-yeah.

getting on television

is very important.

If you can get

a national program,

It's gonna do great things

for your career.

But if you don't really

hustle and sell yourself,

Then you're not

gonna make a living.

Fine, how are you?

So it's all up to you.

I do close up magic,

and I do, like,

some mentalism stuff.

I have a couple tricks

that I invented

That are my thing that you'll

never see anybody else do.

And I do a lot of

sleight of hand, and...

My show's, like,

real fast paced and

I have a lot of comedy,

And pretty strong magic.

Yeah. Well, if you want

I can meet you at

the magic castle

And have a drink

or something.

I've said this to my wife

a jillion times:

We hit the lottery.

I have $15 million.

My life does not change.

The $15 million

goes in the bank.

I'm still doing

the restaurant on Sunday.

Nothing changes.

Not because of some sort

of frugalness,

But because I still like

doing magic.

do you think you've

made progress

Or headway or whatever?

I've made headway--

That--

that is such a--

I have achieved

everything I've ever

set out to do.

Everything.

Absol-- here.

Look at this.

This is a list

That I imported into my--

into this one day,

And this is a list

of every goal I ever had

as a child.

Okay, here we go:

"have my own show

at walt disney world.

Become a member of

the magic castle--

Become a member

of the magic castle--

Win close-up magician

of the year,

Travel out of the country,

lecture to magicians,

Have a dvd set,

Work in film and tv

as a magic advisor,

Make my sole living

in magic,

Do something in comics,

Write a magic book

for the public--"

That's the only one

I haven't done, really--

"write a magic book

for magicians--"

Kind of.

"perform on national

television,

Create magic

for other performers,

Create a theater show."

I've done every single one

of those

Except for write a book

for the public.

Though, if you--

I did do a comic book,

And that is

for the public, so...

So, yeah, of course.

I've achieved everything.

Everything

I've ever wanted.

I have no--

I have nothing.

I have no other goals.

To stay fresh in magic

is like anything in

business nowadays.

If you rest,

you're lost.

You can't just play around,

you just can't...

Do magic.

"show business" is two words,

and "business" is

the longer word.

You know, I decided,

we're not gonna sue criss.

We're gonna move forward.

And we're gonna beat him.

Simple.

You're gonna design

something new,

better, bigger.

-We're about here.

-He's gonna be right here.

-Yeah.

-It has to look scary.

I don't want to do it.

It's too scary.

I just closed the book

on bed of death,

And look forward

into bright future.

Has to be detailed,

it has to be--

It has to be sexy.

It has to be...

A design, yeah.

It's possible.

Get your checkbook.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Oh, that looks great.

Nothing can happen now,

but still, if you go here,

like...

-Oh.

-This is a very

physical show,

So he really has

to stay in shape.

I appreciate.

I love it.

But you have to keep

an eye on him because we see

So many magicians

who put on weight.

He can't eat noodles,

he can't eat potatoes

in the middle of the night.

It's not possible.

- hey, jan rouven?

- -yeah!

I got my first

billboard, see?

-We have to check it.

-Wow!

Where's your presentation,

riviera?

Riviera, yeah!

You can walk.

Okay. Hey man,

you like tacos?

-Come on.

-Yes, yes, yes.

You all can come

and see the show.

You come in for free,

but your guests, you know

what I mean?

-Your customers.

-Your customers.

Okay.

Thank you very much.

I have to write it

down here, give me--

I always come and watch

this and have a taco.

Oh, thank you.

-Is this pineapple?

-Yeah.

You all set?

Test, test, test,

test, test-- ahem.

Catch a cacophonic cornucopia

of curious and cryptesthetic

conjuring.

I love corporate gigs.

They're usually real

appreciative and real fun.

Pays the kind of money

I used to get a few years ago

Before the-- you know,

the market went down.

we have a gentleman,

brian gillis, with us.

Johnny carson's

favorite magician.

--my name is brian gillis

I'm a trained practitioner

in the ancient art

of prestidigitation.

That's sleight of hand magic.

I'm gonna flash through

the cards.

As they go by,

you look at them,

Pick a card

in your mind.

-Did you pick one out?

-I did.

Did you pick one out?

Occasionally kids

will actually try to mess up

the magician.

- I--

I hate kids.

As they go by,

just pick one in your mind.

Did you pick one out?

So concentrate on

the value of the card.

Yours was lower than a seven?

It was a four?

-Yep.

-Four of clubs?

Have a seat.

Six?

-Six of diamonds?

-Yep.

Have a seat.

Jack of spades?

Have a seat.

You had a king?

King of diamonds.

- All right!

Thank you, appreciate it,

and let's have a round

of applause

For sisuepahn.

-What's your name?

-Pam.

Pam, do you remember

the first name of the first

boy you ever kissed?

-Nobody saw what

you wrote?

-Nope.

And nobody knows this, right?

Okay.

Sisuepahn is actually

a sketch artist.

She's actually

sketching what she thinks

the person looks like.

Pam, did he look

anything like this?

- no!

- -what was his name?

-Steve.

-Steve?

Oh, yes.

Here he is.

Oh, yes.

--there is steve for you.

Take steve

home with you.

Sir, open this book,

any part of any page.

Pick out any word.

Make it an interesting word,.

Three or four syllables.

Can you see the page

he stopped me at?

Mm-hmm.

Turn to the same page

in that book,

And look at

the very top word,

Very first word

on the page.

s-- scaffolding?

-That's correct.

-"scaffolding"

is your word.

Thank you very much.

Scott, does your word

start with an "s"?

-No.

-No, no.

But it's got an "s"

in there, correct?

-No.

-No.

Because I thought

the word would start--

was like, "smashing."

-What is your word?

-"jackhammer."

"jackhammer."

- Somewhat close.

- -thank you guys.

If you enjoyed the show,

remember it's brian gillis

And sisuepahn.

Thank you.

Thank you.

You didn't know

what the word was?

I thought it was

the letter "s."

Right,

you'd said "smashing,"

But why didn't you say,

"okay, you're thinking

of 'jackhammer'"?

Why did you say,

"what's your word?"

I don't know.

You know, I get really

close to "smashing"

And he said "jackhammer."

Like, I got really

close to it.

No, you didn't get close.

"smashing" is not close

to "jackhammer."

So why would the book--

You have to tell him

"jackhammer."

Okay, I got it.

I went on this

long lecture tour.

I was gone

almost two months.

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