Now You See It...

Allyson: The Rumors Have Been Out Of Control

Ever Since The Night Of The Final Competition.

Some People Think Danny Ran Away,

That He's In Hiding.

Others Think He Never Existed In The First Place.

But Believe Me, He Is Real.

I Know. I--I Was There.

Some Of What I Witnessed Was...

Pretty Terrifying.

I Saw Things That Were So...Strange,

So...Unexpected.

Well, As Much As I Like To Think

I'm A Champion Puzzle Solver

Even I Still Haven't Figured Out

Exactly How It All Went Down.

But One Thing I Am Sure Of...

Danny Sinclair Is Definitely Real

And Unlike Anybody You've Ever Met.

Oh, And Also, What I'm About To Show You.

Was Never, Ever Meant To Be Seen.

I Was Hired To Be A Segment Producer

Of A New Reality Tv Show,

Assigned To Make Sure Every Bit Of Action

Got Caught On Tape.

Mcallister: Everybody Take A Seat, Please.

Thank You.

As Thrilled As We Are That This Is The First Show

In Television History

To Be Produced Entirely By Kids,

Not All Of You Will Remain.

Only Those Who Discover

One Of The 3 Final Magicians

Will Stay With Us Through The Grand Finale.

Think You're All Up For It?

Oh, Definitely!

Good.

Thank You. Heh Heh!

Before We Proceed, What Is The Single Most

Important Rule For Making Good Television?

Oh!

Make Sure They Spell Your Name Right

In The Credits.

Yeah. Yes, And You Are?

Allyson Miller. I Think The Most Important Rule

Of Good Television Is To Always

Keep Your Camera Rolling.

Excellent.

I Couldn't Have Said It Better Myself.

Actually, You Did.

I Remembered It From A Quote You Gave

In An Interview With Tv Weekly.

October Of 2002.

Well, It's Nice To Know One Of You Came Prepared.

And Now It Is My Pleasure To Introduce You

To Someone I'm Sure You Are All Familiar With.

He Is Both A World Renowned Magician

And The Host Of Our New Reality Television Show,

Please Welcome The Amazing Mystic Max.

Thank You.

Good Morning, Ladies And Gentlemen.

100 Talented Magicians

Between The Ages Of 10 And 16

Became Eligible For Our Show

By Figuring Out The Hidden Message In This Poster.

It Appeared On Billboards, In Magazines,

In Newspapers And On The Internet.

Hidden Somewhere In This Ad

Is A Secret Message.

Just Out Of Curiosity, Did Any One Of You

Find The Hidden Message?

Allyson.

Big Surprise.

Would You Care To Show Us?

Well, As We All Know

Magicians Say The Secret To Any Good Trick

Is Misdirection. That Means They're Trying To Get You

To Focus Over Here While They Do Some Hocus Pocus Over There.

So Most People Probably Thought The Clues Would Be Found

In The Magician And His Trick

Because That's What First Draws Your Eye,

But Truth Is It's The Background Things

You Need To Focus On.

See, The Spider Web Made Me Realize

It Was Probably There To Direct Us To A Web Site.

Then On Looking Closer At The Book The Statue Is Holding

I Saw That It Was A Farewell To Arms,

And Then Bam! It Hit Me!

I Mean Everybody Knows That The Venus De Milo

Is A Statue With No Arms.

Sure.

And That Made Me Think Of The Famous Founder Of The Magic Mansion,

A Magician Named Antonio Demilo.

I Mean, How Obvious Could It Be?

This Is A Joke, Right?

And Got Linked Directly To The Contest Entry Form.

Simple, Right?

Well Done, Allyson.

Oh! Thanks.

Hunter: Know-It-All.

Allyson, VOICE-OVER: Ok, So I'm Not The Best At Making Friends.

I Know I Can Seem Like A Bit Of A Know-It-All

But I Really Don't Mean To.

It's Not Fault People Ask Me Questions And I Have Answers.

I Mean, What Am I Supposed To Do?

Hey, I'd Love It If Kids My Own Age Could Actually Relate To Me.

I Mean I've Tried Pretending I'm Into Lip Gloss

And Text Messaging And Hanging Out At The Mall.

I Just Can't Ever Seem To Pull It Off.

Ok, Sorry. What Got Me Off On That Rant?

I Have No Idea.

Seriously, I'm Not The Story Here. Danny Is.

Ms. Mcallister Divided Us Into Teams.

Each Team Had A Kid Producer, A Kid Cameraperson.

And An Adult Mentor. Our Team Was Me,

Our Camera Guy Cedric...

Peace.

And Our Mentor Whose Name Was Paul.

We Were Sent To Find The One Kid Who Could

Best Represent His Region On The Show.

Mcallister: That's Good Work, People, Good Work.

We Had Not Idea What We Were In For.

Ok, Good Luck, Everybody. Let's Do This.

Come On. Hey!

Hi. Are You Blake?

Yes, I Am.

Hi, I'm Allyson. Nice To Meet You.

Nice To Meet You.

We're With The World's Greatest Magician.

Wow! Sweet!

Yeah! You Ready To Show Us What You Got?

Yeah, Let's Go.

Ok, Let's Do It.

World's Greatest Magician,

Contestant Number One, Action!

Don't Take It Easy On Me. Get It Super Tight.

Good Luck, Buddy.

Unh!

I Present...

Siegfried...

As Dog Gone!

Ok, Now Be Prepared To Be Astounded

As I Show You The Card You Just Picked.

Ta-Da!

Um, No.

The Astonishing Linking Rings.

Unh!

Allyson: Um...Brian?

Ok, I'm Positive That This Is Your Card.

No.

This Your Card?

No.

Ugh!

Unh! Unh! Oh!

Go Back In! Go!

This One. This One! This One?

First, I Take An Egg...

Crack It Into The Hat, Add Some Flour

And A Little Milk.

After I Stir It All Up

And Place It On Your Head A Cake Will Magically...

Oh, Wait, Wait, Wait!

Appear.

You Forgot The Rubber Cake.

Oops.

Ok. So Basically

I Could Describe My Contestants

In 2 Words:

Impressively Pathetic.

Hmph! Bummer, Right?

If I Didn't Find Someone Who Was Cool Enough To Put On A Show,

My First Chance At A Career Was Gonna Be Over

Before It Ever Started.

Cedric And I Were Down To Our Last Hope.

Oh!

Hey!

Ok, This Better Be Good.

Hi. Nice To Meet You People.

Hi.

Nice To Meet You.

We're So Glad You're Here.

Yeah. This Is All Danny's Been Talking About For Weeks.

Great, Good, Awesome, Perfect, Yeah.

He's Been Very, Very Anxious To Meet You People,

Heh!

Uh, Please Come In. Yeah.

Oh, Ok.

Hello.

Uh...

Heh!

Hi. Danny.

Hi. Allyson. Nice To Meet You.

Paul.

I'm Danny. Welcome.

Ready To Show Us What You Got?

Heh. Only One Way To Find Out.

Contestant Number 10 Danny Sinclair.

And...Action.

1...2...

3!

Let Me Guess. The Incredible Popping Balloon.