>> James: WELCOME BACK.
NOW NEIL PATRICK HARRIS, WE HAVE TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR
BRILLIANT THIRD CHILDREN'S BOOK, THE MAGIC MISFITS.
THE MINOR THIRD AND IT'S A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLING SERIES.
AND FOR ANYONE THAT DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS SERIES OF BOOKS AND I
DO THINK THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANTLY WRITTEN, TELL
EVERYBODY WHAT IT IS ABOUT.
>> I HAVE TWINS WHO ARE EIGHT, ALMOST TURNING NINE AND THEY ARE
JUST READING NOW AND BOOKS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A VERY SUPERPART OF
OUR LIVES, I HAVE READ TO THEM, WORKING AT A BOOK STORE WAS MY
FIRST JOB EVER.
SO I HAD THIS COOL OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE SOMETHING AND I ALSO
LIKE TO PROMOTE MAGIC AND GET KIDS INTERESTED IN THINGS, I
THINK MAGIC IS A GREAT HOBBY.
SO I WRO THESE FOUR BOOKS LIKE THE FOUR SUITS OF THE DECK OF
CARDS.
THE FIRST WAS DIAMOND KID NAMED CARTER.
THE SECOND WAS CLUB ABOUT A GIRL NAMED LALA AND THE THIRD WIN
THEO STEINMIER PART OF A GROUP CALLED THE MAGIC MISFITS.
THEY ALL LOVE MAGIC, NOT WANDS AND WIZARDS BUT CARDS AND COINS
AND ES KAICH AND PRACTICAL MAGIC IT IS SORT OF LIKE MY VERSION OF
THE GOONIES.
LIKE FROM THAT, THERE IS ANOTHER DARKER SECRET CALLED THE EMERALD
RING AND SKELETON KEYS AND HIDDEN PASSAGE WAYS UNDER THE
TOWN CALLED MINERAL WELLS.
I DON'T KNOW, I REALLY ENJOY IT.
THERE ARE MAGIC TRICKS THAT ARE LEARNED WITHIN, TEACHES TRICKS,
CODES INSIDE TOO.
AND THEY HAVE BEEN DOING WELL, IT'S FUN.
>> James: THEY ARE VERY POPULAR IN MY HOUSE, WITH MY
EIGHT YEAR OLD SON.
HE LOVES IT.
AND HE LIKE YOU HAVE HAS A REAL LOVE OF MAGIC.
THIS ISN'T SOMETHING YOU ARE JUST COMING UP WITH.
THIS COMES FROM A REAL LOVE.
YOU LOVE MAGIC.
>> MAGIC HAS BEEN MY HOBBY SINCE I WAS A KID AND I LOVE PROMOTING
IT.
I LOVE SEEING MAGIC.
I PRODUCE PEOPLE'S SHOWS.
I WAS THE PRESIDENT OF IMAGINE YOU CAN CAST FOR THREE YEARS.
SOO SO MAGIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING THAT I HAD THIS WEIRD
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE.
BECAUSE MAGIC IS SORT OF LIKE A PENDULUM-- PEBD LUM IT GOES FROM
COOL AND RESPECT AM WELL RESPECTED TO CHEESY AND SORT OF
THE BUTT OF A JOKE.
SO I WANT TO KEEP IT SORT OF IN THE FORM ARE AND NOT THE LATTER.
>> James: YES.
>> I DID MAGIC ON THE JOHNNY CARSON SHOW.
THAT IS HOW OLD I AM.
>> James: YOU DID.
>> YEAH.
>> WOW, WHAT.
>> SO I GET TO-- CHAP SHOW MAGIC JDZ CAN YOU DO SOME CHAT SHOW
MAGIC FOR US NOW.
I THINK WE WOULD ALL LOVE TO SEE IT.
>> I LOVE THAT.
I LOVE THAT.
>> SURE, DO YOU DO ANY MAGIC?
>> I DO DO MAGIC BUT MY TRICK IS SO GOOD.
>> DO YOU HAVE A DECK OF CARDS.
>> YEAH, LET'S SEE.
LET'S HAVE A COMPETITION.
>> James: 6 671 SHOIS I'VE BEEN CARRYING THESE.
>> FANCY THAT.
>> James: AND I HAVE NEVER NEEDED THEM.
SO THAT IS A DECK OF CARDS.
>> YOU SHOULD DO ONE FIRST THOUGH.
YOU WERE SAYING BACKSTAGE WITH THE STAIRS THAT YOU KNOW SOME
MAGIC.
AND THAT YOU HAVE A TRICK THAT YOU CAN DO.
>> James: OKAY.
>> I DO HAVE A TRICK.
>> James: CONSTANCE WU HAS GONE FROM A J.LO DAY
BEUT-- DEBUT.
>> WHO AM I DOING IT TO.
>> James: WHOEVER YOU WANT, ME, NEIL, THE BAND, WHOEVER.
>> OKAY.
>> OH, THIS ISN'T VERY GOOD.
OKAY. PICK A CARD.
OKAY, LOOK AT YOUR CARD.
>> James: UH-HUH.
>> James: DO I SHOW THE AUDIENCE.
>> NO.
>> James: NO?
OKAY.
>> IS THIS YOUR CARD?
HA HA HA (APPLAUSE).
>> James: WOW.
>> THAT'S MY TRICK.
>> CAN YOU TOP THAT?
>> I CAN TRY.
MINE IS ALMOST JUST AS SIMPLE SWRZ OKAY.
>> I WILL DO THIS ONE FOR YOU.
>> OKAY.
>> PUCK A CARD.
TALK A LOOK ATT.
YOU GOT IT.
>> YEAH.
>> THINK ABOUT I >> THINKING.
>> IS YOUR CARD THE TEN OF CLUBS.
>> NO, IT'S---- -- .
>> James: SHUT UP.
>> NICE, NICE.
>> HOW DID HE-- .
>> THEY ARE ALL JUST TEN OF CLUBS.
(LAUGHTER) >> NO, WAIT, WAIT.
>> James: THAT REALLY FOOLED ME.
>> THAT GENUINELY FOOLED ME.
HERE IS ANOTHER DECK, THIS IS AN ACTUAL DECK.
REGULAR CARDS, ALL DIFFERENT, HERE IS WHAT I WANT TO YOU DO,
JAIMS.
I WILL SET THE DECK AND I WILL CUT IT OFF AND TAKE A LOOK AT
THAT CARD AND SHOW THE AUDIEE IF YOU WANT.
OKAY.
>> SO PUT IT BACK.
OKAY.
LET ME JUST ASK YOU A QUESTION.
BLACK CARD?
>> NOT A QUESTION BUT YEAH.
MORE A STATEMENT.
>> IT WAS NOT YOUR CARD.
>> THAT'S TRUE, IT WAS NOT A BACK CARD.
>> I MADE A PREDICTION VERY DAVID BLAIN STYLE.
>> ON MY ARM.
>> COME ON NOW.
>> NO.
>> NEIL.
>> THE KING OF HEARTS.
>> WAS IT?
>> NOT THE CARD PLAWSES PLAWS JDZ THIS IS REALLY IMPRESESSIVE
IF YOU GET IT.
>> ACE OF CLUBS.
NOPE.
>> OH.
>> WAS IT THE FOUR OF HERTS.
>> James: YES, IT WAS THE FOUR OF HEARTS!
OH MY WORD.
THIS THE MAGIC OF MISFITS THIS IS THE MINOR THIRD, AVAILABLE
NOW WHEREVER BOOKS ARE SOLD.