Today is April Fools – so instead of playing pranks – there is a magician here to fool and amaze us!
Born and raised in Alaska, Eric first became fascinated with magic at age twelve when he saw David Copperfield perform in his hometown of Anchorage. He thought the illusions he saw were incredible and soon after decided that performing this art on stage was going to be his life’s passion. Since then his rise as a stage magician has been amazing, performing over a thousand shows, making several TV appearances in Europe, and winning numerous national and international awards.
At home in Phoenix, Eric has become a local hit, performing sold out shows all around the state of Arizona. He travels throughout the Southwest and has been regularly booked to perform at corporate events on the Strip in Las Vegas. For more information, visit https://www.magiceric.com/
Born and raised in Alaska, Eric first became fascinated with magic at age twelve when he saw David Copperfield perform in his hometown of Anchorage. He thought the illusions he saw were incredible and soon after decided that performing this art on stage was going to be his life’s passion. Since then his rise as a stage magician has been amazing, performing over a thousand shows, making several TV appearances in Europe, and winning numerous national and international awards.
At home in Phoenix, Eric has become a local hit, performing sold out shows all around the state of Arizona. He travels throughout the Southwest and has been regularly booked to perform at corporate events on the Strip in Las Vegas. For more information, visit https://www.magiceric.com/
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00:00 April Fool's Day is known for the trickery that some people might pull.
00:06 So instead of just playing pranks, we brought in magician Eric Gilliam to work his magic
00:10 in our studio.
00:11 And welcome Eric, how are you?
00:12 Thanks so much, thanks for having me.
00:14 This is great.
00:15 You know what, we do think of, you know, of course, April Fool's jokes and stuff.
00:19 Pranks.
00:20 You're always pulling a prank on people's like, I mean, vision, on their way they do
00:24 math, I mean, they look at things.
00:25 On misdirection, look over there.
00:26 Oh, yeah.
00:27 See, I just, I fell for it.
00:28 I fell for it.
00:29 I fell for it.
00:30 He's good.
00:31 He's good.
00:32 Tell us a little bit about you and what you do.
00:36 I got started in magic 30 years, or not 30 years ago, I am 30 years old.
00:41 So about 20 years ago, I saw David Copperfield, greatest magician in the world today.
00:48 And I saw his big illusion stage show.
00:50 And I was like, I want to do that.
00:52 So 20 years later, here I am in the Valley.
00:56 And that was in Anchorage, Alaska.
00:57 And so did you like, I mean, after seeing him, did you go to work somewhere?
01:00 Did you go to the store?
01:01 Did you buy the stuff online?
01:02 And go back to, you know, how to train?
01:05 Well, you know, no social media back then.
01:08 So it was mainly, you know, books, DVDs, VHS, and kind of just self taught, really.
01:15 Wow, that's impressive.
01:17 So what is your specialty?
01:19 Because I know there's there's several different kinds of magic.
01:21 I mean, there's sleight of hand, there's more of the big things like Brett and I were saying,
01:25 are you going to make one of us disappear and turn into the other?
01:28 Yeah, right.
01:29 There's kind of those bigger tricks.
01:31 So what's your specialty?
01:32 So I like sleight of hand.
01:34 Gotcha.
01:35 Sleight of hand magic.
01:36 And I'll actually show you guys some.
01:37 So all right.
01:38 All right.
01:39 What do we have?
01:40 Should we start?
01:41 Yeah.
01:42 Okay.
01:43 Come right here in the center.
01:44 Okay.
01:45 All right.
01:46 What do we got?
01:47 Tonight's the big lotto.
01:48 So Brad, we got an ice bucket.
01:49 Okay.
01:50 All right.
01:51 Knock on it.
01:52 Oh, knock on.
01:53 There we go.
01:54 Inside.
01:55 All right.
01:56 Let's see what happens here.
01:59 Right there.
02:02 No.
02:04 Now Brad.
02:06 Right there.
02:07 Wow.
02:08 I like this.
02:09 This is awesome.
02:10 What?
02:11 I made a money.
02:12 I said the lotto today.
02:13 He said he's going to make some money happen.
02:15 But wow, this is incredible.
02:17 Right there.
02:18 How much have you pulled out of somebody at one time?
02:21 Check this out, Brad.
02:22 Right.
02:23 And right.
02:24 Oh, my God.
02:25 Brad, one more.
02:26 Go like this.
02:27 Like this?
02:28 Brad, thank you very much.
02:29 Thank you.
02:30 That is amazing.
02:31 Brad, you're literally, you made a money.
02:32 I made a money.
02:33 I'm so impressed right now.
02:34 Yeah, he said he's going to make money come out of me.
02:35 I thought it was going to be, you know, wow.
02:36 I didn't like that.
02:37 All your betting is paying off.
02:38 It is.
02:39 I love it.
02:40 So should we do another one?
02:41 Yeah.
02:42 Yeah.
02:43 So you guys wake up early in the morning.
02:44 You're like, "Oh, I'm going to make money."
02:45 Yeah.
02:46 I'm like, "Oh, I'm going to make money."
02:47 I'm like, "Oh, I'm going to make money."
02:49 Yeah.
02:50 So you guys wake up early in the morning.
02:51 Yep.
02:52 You have a lot of energy.
02:53 We do.
02:54 We have to be here.
02:55 Yes.
02:56 A lot of energy.
02:57 Yes.
02:58 On a scale from one to ten, what's your energy level right now?
02:59 I'm like a good seven and a half.
03:00 I'm sitting at about probably seven and a quarter.
03:01 Okay, we're doing pretty good.
03:02 So we're up there.
03:03 I need you guys to throw your energy in the box.
03:04 All right.
03:05 I need that energy for staying awake.
03:06 Now we're talking.
03:07 All right.
03:08 All right.
03:09 So you guys wake up early in the morning.
03:10 You're like, "Oh, I'm going to make money."
03:11 Yeah.
03:12 I'm like, "Oh, I'm going to make money."
03:13 I need that energy for staying awake.
03:14 Now we're talking.
03:15 All right.
03:16 All right.
03:17 So you guys are going to focus on the table.
03:18 Okay.
03:19 Brad, you grab that corner.
03:20 Right there?
03:21 Yep.
03:22 Okay.
03:23 Lexi, you grab that corner.
03:24 All right.
03:25 So sometimes it takes a few seconds.
03:26 Okay.
03:27 But just focus right on the table.
03:28 Okay.
03:29 You guys ready?
03:30 Yep.
03:31 No.
03:32 Okay.
03:33 What's happening?
03:34 What?
03:35 What's happening?
03:36 Some good energy right there.
03:37 Wow.
03:38 What in the world?
03:39 Oh, my gosh.
03:40 It's going to go higher?
03:41 That's crazy.
03:42 Lift up the cloth.
03:43 We're going to -- Lift it up.
03:44 Yeah, look underneath.
03:45 No.
03:46 Yeah, there's no strings, guys.
03:47 No strings.
03:48 This is -- Wow.
03:49 This is all just from our energy.
03:50 This is our energy that's doing this.
03:51 Wow.
03:52 That's crazy.
03:53 Oh, my gosh.
03:54 Incredible energy right there.
03:55 That's --
03:56 We have got some good energy, some good vibes going on.
03:57 There it is.
03:58 This is not planned out at all, people.
03:59 That was like -- So -- I think it was a 10 instead of a 7.
04:00 Yeah.
04:01 We got one more minute left, and I know everyone knows what's going on.
04:02 We're going to do a little bit of a countdown.
04:03 All right.
04:04 So we're going to do a little bit of a countdown.
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04:06 So we're going to do a little bit of a countdown.
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04:14 So we're going to do a little bit of a countdown.
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04:16 So we're going to do a little bit of a countdown.
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04:18 So we're going to do a little bit of a countdown.
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04:20 So we're going to do a little bit of a countdown.
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04:22 So we're going to do a little bit of a countdown.
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04:24 So we're going to do a little bit of a countdown.
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04:26 So we're going to do a little bit of a countdown.
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04:28 So we're going to do a little bit of a countdown.
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04:30 So we're going to do a little bit of a countdown.
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04:32 So we're going to do a little bit of a countdown.
04:33 All right.
04:35 The only card in the world like this.
04:37 There it is.
04:38 Okay.
04:39 Right there.
04:40 And Brad, hold out your hand.
04:41 All right.
04:42 Lexi, you're going to put your card on Brad's.
04:44 And then Lexi, you hold out your hand.
04:47 Card number two, Queen of Hearts.
04:51 All right, Lexi.
04:53 And we go like this.
04:56 Brad, just like that.
04:58 And you should have the Queen of Hearts.
05:00 And Lexi, the--
05:02 Oh my gosh.
05:03 You should have the Queen of Hearts.
05:04 And Lexi, the--
05:05 Sign.
05:06 No!
05:07 Card.
05:08 Oh my gosh.
05:09 This is so--
05:10 Wow.
05:11 That's crazy.
05:12 Thank you, guys.
05:13 Thank you, Eric.
05:14 That's really incredible.
05:15 That is awesome.
05:16 Appreciate it.
05:17 Thanks so much.
05:18 That was really cool.
05:19 Where can people find you?
05:20 Magiceric.com and Instagram Eric Gilliam.
05:21 Okay.
05:22 I love this.
05:23 This is the perfect day for some magic, and you just blew our minds.
05:24 So thank you.
05:25 You did right there.
05:26 Thanks so much, guys.
05:27 And also, don't forget, if you want more mind-blowing magic, you can check out the Penn Teller show
05:28 on the CW7 Friday nights here.
05:29 Absolutely.
05:30 Of course, Channel 7.
05:31 Yep, yep, yep.
05:32 Stick around, guys, because we've got more of the mix coming up after this.
05:36 Bye.
05:37 Bye.
05:37 Bye.
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