Mat Franco's Top 5 Magic Tricks on Got Talent!

0:00 Good luck and enjoy yourself.

0:02 Thank you.

0:02 Uh, I wrote a story just for you guys.

0:04 It's a close-up trick.

0:05 If you don't mind, I'm going to join you at the table.

0:07 Yeah.

0:07 Come on over.

0:17 Now, please keep in mind what you're about to see is

0:20 going to be done with a genuinely shuffled deck of cards.

0:24 It's a story about season 9 of America's

0:27 Got Talent with Howard Stern, our king of media,

0:30 America's sweetheart, Heidi Clume, Melbour, our queen of pop,

0:33 and of course, our favorite Joker.

0:36 Don't worry, Nick, I haven't forgotten about you,

0:38 you really are a jack of all trades.

0:41 Jack of all trades.

0:43 Me, I'm 25 years old, and sad as it may sound,

0:47 this whole magic thing has pretty much consumed my life all the time.

0:51 like 24/7 since I was about 4 years old.

0:54 See, people often ask,

0:55 "Where do you see yourself in 10 years?" But even just 5 years ago,

0:59 I never guessed that I'd be here on season 9 of America's Got Talent,

1:04 hoping to hit the jackpot in front of an amazing

1:07 Full House audience here at the Dolby Theater.

1:11 Wow.

1:12 I will never forget the address here.

1:14 Number 6801.

1:16 Of course, I don't have a zero in a deck of cards, so sometimes I improvise.

1:21 I never thought I'd be here across from the great Howard Stern.

1:24 Now, Howard, I got to be honest.

1:26 I know these cards, this king here doesn't really look like you.

1:29 In fact, in my opinion, all of you judges look much better.

1:33 One, two.

1:34 In the flesh.

1:36 Yep.

1:36 Even you, Howard.

1:38 You all,

1:40 you all look great.

1:42 You look great.

1:43 DRESSED TO THE NINES.

1:44 But don't get me wrong, I'm not just up here to be kissing your aces.

1:48 Well, except for maybe you, Heidi.

1:50 See, you do have undeniable sex appeal.

1:53 We all know that.

1:55 But it's you, Melbs for you.

1:59 See, you were part of the Spice Girls.

2:03 The only group in history to have four consecutive

2:06 number one hits since the legendary Jacks and five.

2:11 That was great.

2:13 Thank you.

2:15 Thank you.

2:19 And an ovation.

2:23 Thank you.

2:25 Using spray paint, I'm going to predict something about one of you judges.

2:29 Right now, as you know, I'd love to join you at the table.

2:38 Would that be okay?

2:40 Howard, you can see that the cards are not only mixed up and shuffled,

2:44 but more importantly, they're all different.

2:46 Is that right?

2:47 That is correct.

2:48 Heidi, yes.

2:49 I want you to choose one of these at random simply

2:52 by pushing your finger into the deck as I riffle through.

2:55 All right.

2:55 Are you ready?

2:56 I'm ready.

2:56 Anywhere you want.

2:58 Right there.

2:59 You sure?

3:01 What?

3:01 Is that the one you want?

3:02 Yes.

3:02 Positive.

3:02 You can change it if you like.

3:03 No, I don't want to change my mind.

3:04 Take it.

3:05 Take it.

3:05 That'll be for you.

3:06 Don't show it to me, but look at it yourself.

3:08 And please remember it and show it to everyone at home.

3:12 Where is everyone at home?

3:16 Remember that card.

3:17 See, back on stage, my prediction is already locked in.

3:21 My question is, Heidi, yes.

3:24 Do you have the two of diamonds?

3:30 No, I don't.

3:31 No, you don't have the two of diamonds right now.

3:33 I don't.

3:34 I don't.

3:35 Hold on a second.

3:36 Uh, maybe I can fix this.

3:39 Watch.

3:48 T of spades.

3:49 Is that you?

3:52 Is that right?

3:54 But hold on, my friend.

3:55 See, here at Radio City Music Hall, there's really no room for mistakes.

3:59 And my first guess was the two of diamonds.

4:02 And I thought maybe you would have that one.

4:04 But hold on.

4:05 See, Howie, you didn't even choose a card.

4:08 Is that right?

4:10 Yeah.

4:10 No.

4:10 Yes.

4:11 I don't I'm not part of this.

4:13 But Howie, one card chose you.

4:16 What are you talking about?

4:17 This is going to sound a little crazy.

4:19 Already does.

4:20 Obviously, I couldn't have touched you.

4:21 Please stand.

4:24 No.

4:24 Stand.

4:26 Really?

4:25 Howie, reach into your your left back pocket right now.

4:30 Tell us what you find.

4:32 Hold it up.

4:34 What do you The two of diamonds.

4:36 The two of diamonds.

4:39 I'm telling you.

4:40 Wow.

4:42 Thank you so much.

4:46 Wow.

4:50 Amazing.

4:50 Thank you.

4:51 Thank you.

4:51 It's great to be back.

4:52 Hi, Mel.

4:54 Hi.

4:54 Do you mind if I borrow your cell phone tonight again?

4:57 Don't worry.

4:57 I'm not going to touch it this time.

4:59 I have a small box.

5:00 I'm going to lay it right on the table there.

5:02 Please put your phone on top of the box.

5:04 Make sure I don't go near that phone.

5:06 Tonight, I want to try something fun with our live audience,

5:10 but also with everyone at home.

5:13 Right now, you can see all the cards are different.

5:18 In a moment, I'm going to riffle the cards towards the camera,

5:22 and I want you to try to see one card in the deck.

5:25 Not this one.

5:26 We can all see that one.

5:27 Try to focus on one inside.

5:29 It's going to be fast.

5:30 Watch.

5:32 Did you get one?

5:34 Yes.

5:34 I hope you did.

5:34 Remember it.

5:35 I've developed a new way of shuffling cards.

5:38 I call it the card cannon.

5:41 I'll load them inside like this.

5:43 Let me show you how it works.

5:48 The cards fly up.

5:49 And if YOU LOOK ALL THE WAY UP ABOVE us to the ceiling,

5:53 you'll see one card up there.

5:55 It looks like it might be the King of Hearts.

6:00 Is that the card you saw?

6:03 Yeah.

6:02 Is that what you're thinking?

6:07 That was the card.

6:08 But let's take things one step further and make it a little more personal.

6:12 Howard, please slide out one card.

6:15 All right.

6:15 Here we go.

6:16 Doesn't matter if I see it.

6:17 Please turn it over face up.

6:19 Sign your name right across the face of it so

6:21 it's the only one in the world that looks like that.

6:24 You can draw a picture.

6:25 Put your gang logo.

6:26 Oh, he's doing it here.

6:27 Go ahead.

6:28 I'll take Howard's card.

6:30 So, you can see it here.

6:31 And I'm going to bury it about halfway down, give or take a few.

6:34 I'm not counting.

6:35 I'm guesstimating.

6:35 That's about half.

6:36 Howie, push it in.

6:38 Now, when he does that, it really is gone from the top, Howie.

6:40 But if I snap, it actually comes back.

6:44 Oh my god.

6:45 You didn't know what to look for, so I'll show you again.

6:47 Mel, I want you to do it this time.

6:49 Lift up about half the deck, Mel, if you could.

6:52 Oh, that's perfect.

6:53 Put his in.

6:53 Put those on.

6:54 Now, you snap.

6:55 Check it out.

6:56 No way.

6:57 NO,

7:01 I'm I'm glad you guys like that because sometimes there are skeptics,

7:04 I mean skeptics who who say I don't really put it in the middle.

7:08 Heidi, if I were to take Howard's card,

7:09 I'll even leave it sticking out so you can actually see the name on there.

7:13 Heidi, I want you to push it all the way into the fan so I can't even touch it.

7:16 All the way in.

7:17 Yeah.

7:18 All Now go ahead and snap, Heidi.

7:20 Check it out.

7:22 All the way up, Heidi.

7:23 All the way.

7:23 All the way up.

7:27 Yeah, I love that delayed reaction.

7:29 Don't worry, everybody does it.

7:31 You can't see the moment the card jumps up to the top of the deck, right?

7:34 And do you know why, Howard?

7:37 Why?

7:36 Cuz all the cards are face down.

7:38 Can you find your card?

7:39 Can I find it?

7:40 There it is.

7:41 Correct.

7:41 This time I want to mark your card.

7:43 That way I can't switch it on you because you saw that time I switched it.

7:46 Right.

7:47 This time I'm going to bend your card.

7:48 I'm not going to crease it at this point, but I'll give it a good bend.

7:51 So, you can always follow that lump on there.

7:54 Watch.

7:55 I'll do it one last time.

7:56 You'll see it happen.

7:58 Up.

7:59 No.

7:59 No.

8:00 Look at that.

8:01 Wow.

8:01 There it is.

8:04 Thank you.

8:05 Right there.

8:05 But wait, my friends, we have to bring this all full circle.

8:09 It started with Melby's cell phone in the beginning.

8:12 And you can see the box is still there.

8:15 What if I told you when you lift up the phone, the box would be gone?

8:19 How cool would that be?

8:20 That would be Are you ready?

8:23 I am.

8:23 Do it.

8:24 Lift up the phone.

8:25 Lift it up.

8:26 Yes.

8:26 It's still there.

8:27 That would have been good, though.

8:30 Yes.

8:30 Take the phone away.

8:31 That's been there the entire time, right in front of you.

8:35 It doesn't get more closeup than that.

8:37 Inside, fold it up.

8:39 Not once, but twice, there's a card.

8:41 Heidi, could you hold out your hand for me?

8:42 I don't want to touch it.

8:43 Bring both hands underneath.

8:45 It's not card, is it?

8:47 Unfold it.

8:49 Is it with your name on it?

8:55 Show the camera.

8:56 Thank you very much.

9:00 Crazy.

9:00 Thank you, Matt.

9:01 Frank, thank you so much.

9:06 Tonight, I'll start by having not just

9:08 one but three judges choose cards at random.

9:11 Howard, starting with you.

9:12 Go ahead and just slide out any one there.

9:14 There's a lot of pressure on me and

9:16 Oh, yeah.

9:16 I'm not used to it.

9:17 It's okay if I see the card.

9:18 I've seen this trick before.

9:19 Please show it to the judge's camera.

9:21 There.

9:21 There it is.

9:22 Great.

9:22 And Heidi, if you could please slide out anyone from the middle there.

9:27 Perfect.

9:27 And hold it up for the camera so everyone can see it.

9:29 And last but not least, if you could, how just go ahead and slide out one.

9:33 Hey, you don't get one.

9:36 Don't worry, Mel.

9:37 I haven't forgotten about you.

9:38 In the meantime, I'd like to take all of your cards.

9:40 One, two, three.

9:42 Mel, please hold up your hand right about here.

9:45 And I'm going to have you hold all three cards right there.

9:47 Do you have your phone on you?

9:48 I always have my phone on.

9:49 If it's okay with you,

9:50 I'd like to take a picture of you holding those three cards.

9:53 Is that okay?

9:54 Yeah.

9:54 All right.

9:54 All three of them right here.

9:55 The six, four, and two.

9:59 In fact, Melbby, if you could just hold them up a little bit higher,

10:01 we'll get one more picture just in case.

10:03 Yeah.

10:04 All right.

10:05 Great.

10:05 If you could just set the cards down now that we have photop proof of the cards.

10:11 There's no way I can switch them.

10:13 Oh my god.

10:14 Are you kidding me?

10:15 Are you freaking kidding me?

10:16 I'm sorry.

10:17 It got a little bit wet.

10:18 Um, see if you can uh turn the phone on.

10:21 See if you can fix it there.

10:25 Don't worry.

10:26 I I have a backup plan.

10:27 Can you turn it on?

10:29 No.

10:29 On.

10:29 It's not turning on.

10:30 Okay.

10:31 Let me see if I can actually uh fix Melb's phone.

10:35 There's a two-step process.

10:37 It's very simple, Mel.

10:38 Step one is isolate the phone.

10:43 Watch.

10:45 Step two, Mel, is drying it off.

10:56 Look.

10:59 Great.

11:01 That's not a bad sign.

11:03 Not only is your phone fixed, but it's actually, believe it or not,

11:08 gone.

11:12 Now, everyone's smiling and clapping except for Mel B.

11:15 I'm so sorry.

11:17 I'll tell you what, if your phone really is fixed,

11:19 we should be able to hear it across America if we call it.

11:21 Heidi, could you please call Mel's phone right now?

11:25 Call it now.

11:26 Okay.

11:26 Okay.

11:27 Pressure.

11:27 Pressure.

11:28 Pressure.

11:29 I have one of my favorites.

11:31 There you are.

11:32 Mel, listen closely.

11:34 We might even hear it.

11:38 It's ringing.

11:39 Do you hear that?

11:40 Mel, we need to find exactly where it is.

11:42 IT'S IN THE BUILDING.

11:42 COME WITH ME, MEL.

11:43 COME THIS WAY.

11:45 Is this crazy?

11:46 COME OVER HERE.

11:47 IT SOUNDS LIKE I HEAR IT COMING FROM THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM.

11:50 Can you hear that?

11:51 I I don't know.

11:52 I just need to find it.

11:55 You guys You guys feel something in this section?

11:58 You guys are pointing.

12:01 You hear it?

12:02 I hear it.

12:03 Uh, sir, you have your hand raised.

12:04 Yes.

12:05 Could you please stand?

12:07 Uh, and all three of you please stand.

12:09 Actually, right here on the end, stand up and just make your way into the aisle.

12:12 Could I have you three up as well?

12:14 Sure.

12:14 Step out this way.

12:16 Uh, excuse me just a second.

12:18 Mel, I want you to stand right here.

12:20 Just sit here.

12:21 Stand there.

12:22 Watch everything I do.

12:23 This is about to get dangerous.

12:29 WATCH.

12:34 MEL, I've cut open the seat here.

12:37 I don't want to do anything.

12:38 I want you to reach inside.

12:39 Reach over the seat from there.

12:40 Yep.

12:40 Just reach over.

12:41 You got this.

12:42 I felt something.

12:43 Dig inside right here.

12:44 Reach inside there.

12:45 Oh my god.

12:46 See if you CAN FIND ANYTHING, MEL.

12:48 OH MY GOD.

12:53 Hold on.

12:55 If Thank you so much.

12:59 But if this really is your phone,

13:00 you'll see it's got the picture that we started with holding.

13:10 BUT WAIT, PLEASE WAIT.

13:14 THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF SEATS HERE AT RADIO CITY,

13:16 BUT YOUR PHONE WAS SOMEHOW INSIDE this seat.

13:19 How is that?

13:20 Mel, look at the seat number.

13:23 Six 4 two.

13:30 Thank you.

13:30 Thank you so much.

13:32 Thank you.

13:34 Thank you.

13:35 NOW THAT IS MAGIC.

13:38 YOU GOOD?

13:39 I GOT IT.

13:40 Matt Franco.

13:43 Thank you so much.

13:46 Just like in my audition tonight, I have another story for you.

13:49 It goes like this.

13:51 Ruba dubdubdub.

13:52 Free judges out at the pub wanted to have a good time.

13:56 Howard ordered whiskey.

13:57 Howie got rum.

13:58 And Heidi got a glass of wine.

14:01 Now don't get me wrong.

14:02 Howie's drink was strong, but he still wanted more.

14:05 So he drank it back and then fell flat face first onto the floor.

14:09 The second one wanted some fun, so she chugged her drink till the end.

14:12 According to an observer,

14:13 Heidi tripped over the server and landed on top of her friend.

14:17 It was easy to see that judge number three was puzzled beyond comprehension.

14:21 So what did he do?

14:22 He fell too.

14:23 And what he said, I can't mention.

14:25 So the first guy ordered a whiskey dry cuz he started to sober up.

14:29 But when he reached for his drink,

14:30 it was gone in a wink cuz Howie had stolen his cup.

14:37 Wow.

14:37 SO HOWARD BOUGHT A NEW BEER AND CLIMBED with no fear onto the table's top.

14:41 The toast went well till he let out a yell and then fell through with a plop.

14:44 how he couldn't walk far,

14:46 so he stepped towards the bar to tell a joke to a chick.

14:49 For just as before he fell on the floor, she said,

14:51 "What a despicable person." When he stood up,

14:56 he bought a new cup and Howard bought another round.

14:59 Heidi bought some more.

15:00 And just as before, they were all on the ground.

15:03 Well, embarrassed again, they left by 10.

15:07 They hid themselves from view.

15:08 Howard went away cuz he had a long day, as did judge number two.

15:12 It didn't take long before something seemed wrong.

15:14 It was as if he never departed.

15:16 So, he left once more, confused as before,

15:18 when Howard was back where he started.

15:20 So, the two men left once again, not knowing what they might find.

15:24 But these two guys weren't being wise.

15:26 They almost left Heidi behind.

15:28 But, as you can see, there are more than just three.

15:31 There's another judge we love a lot.

15:34 I'm sure you'll agree that it's not me,

15:36 but it's Mel B that makes this show hot at what the heck.

15:41 You all look really great.

15:45 Wow.

15:45 Yep.

15:46 Even you, Howard.

15:47 Yep.

15:47 Here I am.

15:50 Wow.

15:50 WOW.

15:52 Thank you.

15:53 Thank you very much.