Translator: Lourdes Llorente Reviewer: Denise RQ
Riaz Meghji: Brought my good friend Vitaly Beckman here, creative illusionist.
He's going to help us get into Block Three,
featured on Canada's Got Talent, we've got him on Breakfast Television,
this man is amazing; what are we going to do, Vitaly?
Vitaly Beckman: Well, I appreciate your help with this, Riaz.
You'll find here a deck of playing cards. Can we see this on camera?
Right over here on this table. Can you get a bit closer?
RM: Let's get the jib cam get a close up. VB: Excellent.
VB: And I would like you just to gather those cards up. RM: OK.
Bunch them up and hold them in your hands face down.
RM: Face down? VB: Yes.
Give them a cut. OK?
Now, what I ask you to do...
Actually, just give them one more cut.
Lift any amount of cards, just lift them up.
And one more, just lift any amount of cards and again...
Now, what we are going to do... Again, they're all different.
Can we see this on camera? Do we see this?
I'll ask you to touch any card in the peg.
Go ahead and give it a tap. This one here?
I'll ask you to remember it. OK? You remember it?
Take it, actually. Hold it against yourself like this.
So that nobody can see it.
I was trying to guess people's playing cards
since I was a kid, when I was about 6 or 7,
in Soviet Union, and I've got a picture to show you.
I wasn't into magic yet, I was just curious to see if I could do it.
Here I am, when I was about 6 or 7.
(Laughter) RM: Wow, that's very cute!
VB: Thank you! And I already had a playing card in my hand.
By any chance, is that the card that you have?
RM: That is not the card. VB: Not the card? RM: Not the card.
VB: Well, I was very small. (Laughter) Look how small I was compared to the card!
But I kept trying. When I was 10, I actually did my first card trick.
This is the picture I'm holding the Ace of Spades here.
RM: You are almost smiling there, almost smiling.
VB: This my David Blaine's impersonation. Is that...?
RM: That is not the card. VB: I was just starting out.
When I was 15 I was on a trip, I took a picture with the Jack of Clubs.
That's not it?
RM: Are we going to go through the whole deck here?
VB: I have a lot of pictures. RM: That is not the card, Vitaly.
VB: I have a lot of pictures here, but I'll show you a recent one,
when I was on a trip to London,
and actually, this is when I was invited to perform at TEDx tonight,
so I prepared this special picture for all of you here.
Can we zoom in a bit closer on this one? Just a little bit... Yeah! Excellent.
Can you see me, Riaz? The picture is right here, Riaz.
Can you see me? (Laughter)
RM: Yeah, that's him.
This stuff always gets me. Where's the illusion here?
Can I see you in the photo? No, I don't see you anywhere.
VB: I'm behind the bus. RM: You're behind the bus?
VB: Yes, you can't see me? RM: You're behind the bus?
RM: Do you see Vitaly behind the bus? VB: What was your card, Riaz? Tell me.
RM: OK, here's the card. You want me to hold this up?
VB: Ten of Clubs? RM: Yeah. VB: OK, Riaz. Listen. Come here, listen.
VB: Did you hear that? RM: It sounded like a bus.
VB: Listen again, listen again. (Traffic noises) Did you hear that?
RM: Yeah, that's traffic.
(Cars honks)
RM: OK, OK, wait a minute, wait a minute!
(Laughter) (Applause)
RM: I see Vitaly there! (Car honks) Do you see Vitaly? (Applause)
VB: Riaz, here, feel it. Actually, let me take this out for you.
RM: Is that like your iPad mini? VB: I want to take this out for you.
I want you to see this up close. Have a look, Riaz. Take it.
RM: Thank you.
VB: Is this a regular photograph, Riaz? Is it?
(Applause)
RM: Yeah! Vitaly Beckman, everybody! VB: You can keep this, this is for you!
RM: Riaz, everybody! Thank you, Riaz! VB: Some of my finest work, I know!
VB: Vitaly! Thank you.
(Applause)
VB: Thank you.
(Applause)