"CHRONICLE." >> THIS IS "CHRONICLE." SHAYNA: TAKING THE WORLD BY STORM WITH FEATS OF MAGIC.
MAKING THE HARP HYMN, ONE PLUCK AT A TIME.
CREATING A POCKET SQUARE COME ONE STEP AT A TIME.
TONIGHT, MEET YOUNG ACHIEVERS IN THE ARTS, SCIENCE, AND POLITICS.
THE TEAM COOK WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE.
>> FOR HIM, THE SKY IS THE LIMIT.
SHAYNA: THE WORKING MOM WHO WANTS OTHERS TO JOIN HER.
>> RUN FOR OFFICE, WE NEED YOU NOW.
SHAYNA: YOUNG BLOODS, NEXT ON "CHRONICLE." IT IS REFERRED TO AS CARDISTRY.
HOW MANY HOURS DID IT TAKE YOU TO LEARN HOW TO DO IT?
>> THAT ONE WAS MY ENTIRE CHILDHOOD.
X IT IS A SIMPLE DECK OF CARDS, BUT HIS BEEN STICKING TO A MAGICAL RIDE.
>> WE ARE IN AIRPORTS AND PEOPLE RECOGNIZE US.
SHAYNA: HIS APPEARANCES ON THE PENN AND TELLER SHOW HAVE BECOME A VIRAL SENSATION, WITH CLOSE TO 40 MILLION VIEWS.
THE HUFFINGTON POST HAS CALLED IT THE WORLD’S GREATEST SLEIGHT-OF-HAND ARTIST IN THE BOSTON GLOBE WONDERED IF HE’S THE NEXT DAVID BLAINE.
>> IT JUST KEPT GOING AND GOING.
>> OF THIS IS WHERE THE MAGIC AGAIN.
SHAYNA: WE CATCH UP WITH THIS 26-YEAR-OLD FROM ACTON ON A RARE VISIT HOME.
>> I HAVEN’T BEEN HOME FOR YEARS, SO THIS IS THE FIRST WEEK OF MY VACATION.
SHAYNA: HOW DID YOU LEARN ALL THESE TRICKS?
>> ABSOLUTE BOREDOM.
THERE’S NOTHING TO DO HERE IN ACTON.
SHAYNA: IT ALL STARTED IN HIGH SCHOOL WITH THIS SELF-DESCRIBED NERD TRYING TO MASTER THE AGE-OLD TRICK, CAPTURING THE OPPOSITE SEX.
>> IT DIDN’T WORK, I COULDN’T TALK TO GIRLS VERY WELL.
SHAYNA: A GIFTED PIANO PLAYER, HE WAS STUDYING MUSIC IN COLLEGE, BUT DROPPED OUT AFTER DEVELOPING CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
THAT’S WHEN HE TOOK HIS MAGIC HOBBY TO A DIFFERENT LEVEL.
SO YOU TELL YOUR PARENTS YOU WANT TO DROP OUT OF SCHOOL AND BECOME A MAGICIAN.
WHAT DID THEY THINK ABOUT THIS?
[LAUGHTER] >> THEY DEFINITELY DIDN’T LIKE IT AT ALL.
>> LET’S PRETEND TO SUPPORT HIM.
I’LL PUT THEM THROUGH COMPETITIONS.
I WAS HOPING HE WOULD ACTUALLY FAIL.
SHAYNA: HIS MOTHER AND FATHER, IMMIGRANTS FROM SINGAPORE, BECAME BELIEVERS AND MAGIC WHEN HE PICKED UP BOTH U.S. AND WORLD MAGIC CHAMPIONSHIPS.
QUICK I AM NOW HIS MANAGER.
>> NONSTOP TOURING IN EUROPE, ASIA, AND AUSTRALIA HAVE FOLLOWED.
POLISHING HIS ARTFUL BLEND OF MUSIC, MYSTERY, AND DRAMA.
SHAYNA: ARE YOU IS COOL IN PERSON AS YOU APPEAR ONSTAGE?
>> DEFINITELY NOT.
SHAYNA: YOU’RE CURIOUS TO SEE HOW HIS TALENTS TRANSLATE TO THE UNDRAMATIC KITCHEN TABLE IN ACTON.
NO LIGHTS, SMOKE, OR MUSIC.
HE RUNS THROUGH A SERIES OF TRICKS.
THAT LEAVE US -- GET OUT OF HERE.
COMPLETELY FLOORED.
HOW?
SHAYNA: THEN HE PROMISES TO GO SLOW SO WE CAN SEE HIM MOVE A CARD FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE DECK TO THE TOP.
>> I WILL TELL YOU WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, AND THEN MAYBE WE’LL BE UP TO FIGURE IT OUT.
SHAYNA: FIRST, I RANDOMLY PICK UP THE KING OF SPACE AND SIGN IT.
-- THE KING OF SPADES & IT.
>> AM GOING TO PUSH IT IN THE MIDDLE FOR NOW.
I’M GOING TO ROLL MY SLEEVES UP.
♪ [LAUGHTER] >> I DON’T THINK YOU LEARNED ANYTHING.
I WAS KIDDING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SHAYNA: BUT IF IT ALL SEEMS JUST A LITTLE BIT UNREAL, NOT JUST THE MAGIC, BUT THE NEW YORK CAREER PATH AND INTERNATIONAL FOLLOWING, COMING BACK TO ACT AS BRINGS THINGS DOWN TO EARTH FOR
THIS MILLENNIAL.
>> MY MOM STILL COMES OVER AND DOES MY LAUNDRY.
I CANNOT KEEP MY ROOM CLEAN.
IT’S REALLY TOUGH.
SHAYNA: NEXT, HE HAS PLAYED WITH SOME GREAT DANCE.
-- SOME GREAT BANDS.
>> THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC, THE BOSTON POPS.