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NARRATOR: Next on "Magic Man"...
[ All cheering ]
JB: What did you name again?
2 of diamonds.
2 of diamonds?
So you get the 2 of diamonds.
Remove your right hand right now.
Take it away.
No way!
See, I'm just gonna give it a little twist.
[ Laughs ]
MAN: It's turning, Nicky!
WOMAN: Oh, my God!
ALL: ...12, 13, 14, 15!
What the...?!
The freaking magician!
NARRATOR: JB Benn.
He's known as one of the world's greatest close-up magicians,
and wherever he travels,
people are wowed by his amazing talent.
WOMAN: How did you do that?
JB Benn truly is the Magic Man.
-- Captions by VITAC --
Closed Captions provided by Scripps Networks, LLC.
Panama City Beach has some of the most beautiful
white-sand beaches in America.
But it's a place known far better
as the Spring Break Capital of the World.
More than 100,000 college students come to party here
during the months of March and April.
[ All cheering ]
Oh, my God.
[ All cheering ]
Wow.
Where are you guys from?
Wisconsin!
[ All cheering ]
How are you?
Wisconsin!
All right.
Awesome. You guys ready to see --
MAN: Hey, we're ready to see some magic.
All right, cool.
Look inside. Just name a card for me.
Out loud, just say a card.
Queen hearts.
Queen hearts. Okay.
I see you've done this a few times.
Yeah.
All right, here, just put your finger on any one of these.
Any one.
This one.
Look at it. Turn it over.
[ All cheering ]
MAN: Queen of hearts.
The queen of hearts.
You're good. You're good.
You must be the queen of hearts, then.
I am.
All right, so, here we go.
Name a card. Name any card.
Something that you see. Something that you see.
Jack of hearts.
Which one? Where do you see it?
Where do you see it? Did you really see it in there?
Everybody see the jack of hearts?
Oh, I saw it. I saw it.
You saw it? Is it on the top of the deck?
No. It's on the bottom now.
That's not it, right? That's a 3.
Hold your hand out. Keep your hand just like that.
Okay, see the 3?
Okay, you said the jack of what?
Hearts. The jack of hearts.
Look, keep your hand right there. Don't move.
Okay, if I just -- if I just do that, look.
Look. It's the jack.
[ All cheering ]
Damn, that's magic.
I have no idea how he would have done that.
NARRATOR: In Panama City Beach,
the huge tide of spring breakers transforms the city overnight
into one big party
that attracts a strange cast of characters.
You guys pirates?
[ As Jack Sparrow ] Ah, pirates of the most nicer sort.
Surprised to see pirates here at spring break.
Oh, we're normal.
These, actually -- they're not from here.
You trying to capture some *** or something?
Uh, yeah, well...
You guys want to see some magic?
We understand you might be very good.
You know, I know a couple things.
Here. Cards, okay?
Can you name one? Can you just say a card?
I will say 7 of diamonds.
7 of diamonds. Do you see it in here?
Do I see it? I saw it.
You did see it.
I did see it.
Okay, was it on the top of the pack?
It was in the middle.
In the middle.
Okay, hold out your hand for a second.
I'm gonna use that ring you're wearing.
Turn your hand over.
That one right there. See the ace?
If I just touch it to the ring...
You said the 7 of diamonds?
7 of diamonds, yes.
There. That should do it.
No way.
Whoa, wait a minute!
No way!
What evil trick is this?
Exactly.
What is it?
Do you have any water, maybe? No?
You've got some water?
Oh, very nice.
Can I try something with this?
Okay, fantastic.
Here, unscrew the cap for me, please.
If I said that might be rum,
you wouldn't waste it, would you?
No, I won't waste it. I won't waste it.
Okay, good.
Great.
Do me a favor. Put one hand down like that.
Put your other hand on top.
Great.
Turn your hands over.
Flip -- Okay.
Hold on to the bottom of the bottle with this hand
just like that.
Hold -- yeah, like that.
No, but, like -- get, like, a good -- yeah.
There you go.
And when I tell you to remove your right hand, okay,
you're gonna remove your right hand.
But not until I'm ready, okay?
I'm gonna try to keep the water in the bottle, okay?
It would be nice.
I'm gonna try. Okay, you ready?
Remove this hand now. Right now.
Right now.
Good. Good. There we go.
Don't move. Don't move.
Stay just the way you are.
I'm gonna put a toothpick inside.
So you can see...
Okay? All right? And you can see...
Just let me know when you're ready here.
Ready?
Yeah.
No way!
Whoa! Wait a minute!
No way!
I don't believe -- That's impossible.
It's impossible.
Whoa!
No, no, no.
Okay, and look inside.
You can't see anything, right?
No, that did not just happen.
Look, look, look.
Just to show you, I'm gonna put this inside.
Look, look, look here.
No!
Okay?
One of your hands below. Okay, good.
One of your hands above.
And just a little higher.
And I want you to --
You've seen people do things with their minds, right,
where they bend things
and they do weird psychic stuff, right?
Oh, my gosh.
No way. No way.
What I want you to do is to just imagine
that you're putting pressure right between the bottle, okay?
Really do it, though. Really do it.
Okay.
And tell me when you think -- Everybody see?
Yep.
Okay, now.
You're doing it now?
[ Gasps ] What?!
Oh, my God!
WOMAN: She's so strong!
[ Laughs ]
Looks pretty much...
Oh, my gosh!
If I take your phone and just give it a little...
WOMAN: No [bleep] way!
NARRATOR: The modern American spectacle of spring break
was born in 1936
when the Colgate University swim team came to Florida
to train during Easter break.
Take these.
Hold out your hands for a second.
And just take a small pile of cards
just from the top there.
Me?
Yeah, just cut, like, a small --
a little bit less than that, maybe.
A little less?
A little bit less.
All right.
Well, that's like three cards.
Maybe a little bit more than that.
Yeah, that's good. That's perfect. Okay.
And can you count these out loud one at a time?
Yeah.
But do it like in Vegas, where you duck the cards, okay?
Okay.
So, 1, 2...
1, 2...
There you go.
ALL: ...3, 4, 5, 6, 7...
Close them up. Close them up.
...8, 9, 10...
9, 10. Was that 10?
Yes.
11.
...11, 12.
12? Okay.
And can you put them on your person
somewhere where I can't get them?
Sure.
You can't get them in here, right?
I guess not.
I guess not.
That was your choice.
All right. Here we go.
Here's what we're gonna do.
I'm gonna have you pick, hopefully,
a number from the deck.
So just touch one just as I go through.
Any one.
Okay. Is that a number?
Is that a number?
That's a good one.
Here's what we're gonna do.
How many cards did you count in there again? 12?
So I'm gonna try to make four cards jump over there.
Okay, so watch this.
Watch her ***.
Watch here, look.
See this one?
Look. That's one.
There's gonna be four extra cards in there,
you're telling me?
That's two.
Well, we'll see. Look. That's three.
I know, but nothing's happening though.
But wait.
There, that's four.
I just made four. Count them now.
She should have 16.
Here, count them out loud.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6...
7, 8, 9, 10...
ALL: ...11, 12, 13, 14, 15 --
What the...?!
Oh, my God!
That is a joke! I watched it!
Nothing happened!
Like that? Okay, watch this.
I'm watching.
How many cards did you count?
11.
11. Look.
I'm gonna do it one at a time. Watch.
From here, see? See that card?
Look, that's one.
Oh, my God.
That's two.
And that's three. Three cards.
There. You should have 14 now.
Count them right now out loud on my hand.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.
Whoo!
You are awesome!
All right, you're awesome, too.
I have no idea what the [bleep] he did,
but he confused the hell out of me.
He's the freaking magician!
Beach by day, club by night!
NARRATOR: Around 20,000 fake I.D.s are confiscated every year
from the Panama City Beach and Daytona Beach areas.
No one here has any fake I.D.s, right?
No.
Absolutely not.
Never?
Do you have an I.D.?
Do you have an I.D.? Can I just see it?
So we're gonna do a little test, okay?
Do you know everything on your license?
I would hope so.
Yes?
What's the color of your -- What day were you born?
12-22-91.
12-22?
Yeah.
Okay, what about the --
What are the color of your eyes?
Blue.
Blue.
Okay.
[ Laughs ]
What about your astrological sign?
Capricorn.
Capricorn?
Yeah.
Okay, let me take a closer look at this here.
Capricorn. Okay.
And your weight?
Your weight?
It's not on there. It's not on there.
I don't want to -- Yeah.
Okay.
But you said your eyes are blue?
WOMAN: How bad are your eyes?
No way.
All right, you haven't gotten any answers correct on this.
Yes, I have.
Nothing.
WOMAN: Stop, don't even tell me her I.D. is fake.
Oh, my God. No way.
In fact, this doesn't even look like you.
This does not even look like you.
[ Laughs ]
Look.
This is me. Look.
Wait, can I see it?
Yeah, that's me. That's not you, right?
Do me a favor.
Let me just leave this here.
I want you to see something, okay?
Inside, back here.
Okay.
Inside my wallet.
MAN: Don't you dare.
Oh, look at this.
What?!
Inside.
MAN: Oh, my God!
That is your license, right?
Or your fake --
Is this yours?
No, this is yours.
That's mine.
Whose phone is that?
This is your phone?
Can you take it out of the case for me for a sec?
As long as you don't break it.
I won't break it.
If you break it, will you fix it?
I'll fix it, sure.
Switch it to an iPhone 5.
Oh, look at that.
Look at that.
[ Laughs ]
All your B.F.F.s?
That's us.
I know.
Do you know what's on the --
How many times a day do you use your phone?
All the time.
Like, all the time?
Yeah.
Okay, do you know what's on the back?
I bet you don't know everything
that's on the back of your phone.
What do you mean? Like, on the back?
Yeah, on the back.
Nothing. It's white.
Nothing?
No, there's an apple.
Oh, yeah, Apple and then "iPhone."
Right?
And there's a camera here, right?
Yeah.
And there's a little light here.
Yeah.
And there's some weird writing down there.
Some computer language of some sort, right?
And some other --
Right, there's a whole bunch of stuff on there, right?
Here's the thing --
If I take your phone and just give it a little twist.
Oh, my God!
MAN: No way!
No [bleep] way!
Turn it on.
No!
Let me just give it a little twist back here.
Hold on.
You ready?
Like that.
And there you go.
No way!
MAN: What the hell?!
WOMAN: I've been such a *** this whole time,
but that was awesome.
That was [bleep]
The magician just showed me
the greatest magic trick I've ever seen.
Literally splits an iPhone in half.
How does it happen? I don't know.
Putting your energy right into that nut.
Like, really drive it there.
Look.
See it moving now.
MAN: Get out of here, man!
NARRATOR: By mid April,
almost every college spring break is over,
and Panama City Beach's hordes of coeds...
[ All screaming ]
...are replaced with family vacationers.
This is my bling.
This is all the bling I've got.
I used to make these.
This is a $5 bill formed into a ring --
like, an origami ring, all right?
I want you to wear this for a second.
Okay, so there's my $5 bill.
And I'm gonna try to use -- Want me to make you a ring?
Sure.
A little origami ring.
Do you have a dollar? Anybody have a dollar?
No? Just a dollar bill?
I don't have any cash on me.
Do you have a dollar bill?
I've got one.
Oh, good. Perfect.
Let's use this.
I'm gonna fold this, fold this,
and like that.
And can you keep your hand flat like --
no, like more -- yeah, there you go.
That's better.
Keep your hand flat.
So here's your dollar bill. This is yours?
This is yours? Your dollar bill.
YOUNG MAN: How many drinks have you had?
None yet.
All right, so if I take the dollar,
I'm gonna try and make you a ring with a little magic,
a little tap.
Nothing in my hands.
Check it out.
You've got the dollar.
I just made $4.
This is the $5.
And there's your bling.
YOUNG WOMAN: He said, "I just made $4."
There you go.
A little bling for you.
I thought that trick was crazy.
I've never seen anything like that.
NARRATOR: Just an hour away from one of America's biggest parties
is Tyndall Air Force Base,
where pilots are trained to fly 1,500 miles per hour
in the world's only operational fifth-generation fighter jet --
the F-22 Raptor.
JB: They say the hand is faster than the eye,
but that is way faster than I'll ever be.
I found this on the floor.
I'm hoping --
Yeah, rolled up.
[ Laughter ]
Okay, we're gonna try something
with a nut and a bolt.
Awesome.
Okay, you can pass that around.
Okay, take a look.
Right? That is a nut.
I would like you to thread the nut onto the screw,
maybe about an inch, inch and a half.
Make sure I know what my inches are.
That is perfect. Beautiful.
Okay, so I'm gonna take this, hold it like this, okay?
And I want everybody to try to focus on that nut, okay?
I want you to try to make it move.
If everyone focuses on the nut,
you can actually get these things to move
just a little bit.
Just a tiny bit.
Okay, you ready?
I'm ready.
Okay, and I'll keep my hands still.
So tell me if you see it.
There. Right there.
Do you see it moving just a little bit?
Right there. Right there.
Nobody?
Can you see it?
Earlier.
Earlier.
Okay. But now. Right now.
Right now.
You see it moving a little bit?
You do?
[ Laughter ]
You said you do?
WOMAN: A little bit.
Just keep putting your energy right into that nut.
Like, really drive it there.
Keep your hand out for a second.
Just like that.
Oh, no. [ Laughs ]
You see it moving now?
MAN: Get out of here, man!
Hold on. [ Laughs ]
There.
Last little bit.
Check it out.
Nut and a bolt.
[ Laughter ]
Totally impossible.
How come she can't do it?
I want to see you do it.
[ Laughs ]
I don't know what happened.
No, it was definitely mind-blowing.
Like, I didn't -- I've never seen anything like that.
Here, I've got lamp oil.
Highly flammable.
NARRATOR: Spring break is a big party,
but it's also big business,
with American students spending more than $1 billion
over the months of March and April.
Okay, so I have invented
the world's most dangerous drinking game.
MAN: Oh, man.
I have five shot glasses.
I got some water.
I'm gonna pour water in four of these glasses.
That's one.
Number two.
That's number three.
That's number four.
Here's where the danger comes in to play.
Here I've got lamp oil.
Highly flammable.
"Danger: Harmful or fatal if swallowed."
Just to show you.
Just to prove to you that this really is lamp oil,
I'm gonna light this on fire.
I got a lighter.
Got one right here.
Can you see that?
Yeah.
That is on fire, right?
Blue fire.
So I'm gonna fill this up all the way.
Don't drink that.
Don't drink that.
I'm getting real --
I'm getting nervous right now.
Here's where it gets interesting.
I lost it already.
I found it.
I'm just kidding.
There we go.
Is this a little game of roulette?
Exactly. This is just like Russian roulette, okay?
I'm so nervous for you.
Okay, just step over here.
Just step right over here.
I want you to give it one more spin with my back turned.
Just give it a little spin.
These cups have numbers on them, okay?
I want you to place cup number one
on any of the glasses down like that.
Just put it right down.
Cup number two.
No, you do it. I want you to do the --
Which one do you want?
Nope. Go for it. Just do it.
That one. Yeah.
Cup number three.
Middle one?
Yeah.
Okay, cup number four.
One on the right.
Cup number five, okay? Perfect.
All right.
Now, hand me cup number three.
Take the cup off glass number three,
hand it to me.
Okay, that's number three, yes?
Okay.
Perfect.
Hand me cup number one.
Okay?
There we go. That's number one?
This is number one.
That's two down.
Hand me cup number... four.
Is that number four?
That's number four.
Okay, thank you.
Okay, two left.
What numbers are left? There's --
Two and five.
Two and five. Okay, so 50-50.
50-50.
Hand me cup number two right now.
Cup number two.
Cup number two. This is it.
He doesn't want to kill you.
He's scared, you know?
This is it. Hand me cup number two.
Oh, my God!
Okay. I'm good.
And just to prove to you --
cup number five.
Oh, my God.
If this lights on fire, I'm gonna die.
Check it out. I want you to see this.
Whoa! Dude!
There it is.
Wow!
I have no idea how he did that.
He's lost his mind.
I'm out.
You got us, man. You got us.
I thought you were done.
Whoo!
I thought he was done.
Yeah.
ALL: "Magic Man"!