Oz Perlman

Perlman rose to fame on America's Got Talent in 2015.

He often goes viral on social media, appearing to guess the ATM pin codes and innermost thoughts of various celebrities.

His audience on Saturday is a room full of political journalists, government officials, and Trump, who plans to attend the correspondence dinner for the first time as president.

Perlman told NPR his job is to bring people together.

You're going to leave the room in a better mood than you walked in.

And I think as a country, we need that at times.

In such a divisive political moment, that may take a magician's touch.

Rachel Triesman, NPR News.

Every show is different, which is great because every audience is different, right? Think about it. If you're watching a movie, the movie is always the same versus what I do is not like watching a singer or a band where, you know, they can change the song a little bit, but it's still the same song. For me, everything I do involves audience interaction. My show is the audience.

Every show is different, which is great because every audience is different, right? Think about it. If you're watching a movie, the movie is always the same versus what I do is not like watching a singer or a band where, you know, they can change the song a little bit, but it's still the same song. For me, everything I do involves audience interaction. My show is the audience.

Every show is different, which is great because every audience is different, right? Think about it. If you're watching a movie, the movie is always the same versus what I do is not like watching a singer or a band where, you know, they can change the song a little bit, but it's still the same song. For me, everything I do involves audience interaction. My show is the audience.

Every show is different, which is great because every audience is different, right? Think about it. If you're watching a movie, the movie is always the same versus what I do is not like watching a singer or a band where, you know, they can change the song a little bit, but it's still the same song. For me, everything I do involves audience interaction. My show is the audience.

Every show is different, which is great because every audience is different, right? Think about it. If you're watching a movie, the movie is always the same versus what I do is not like watching a singer or a band where, you know, they can change the song a little bit, but it's still the same song. For me, everything I do involves audience interaction. My show is the audience.

Every show is different, which is great because every audience is different, right? Think about it. If you're watching a movie, the movie is always the same versus what I do is not like watching a singer or a band where, you know, they can change the song a little bit, but it's still the same song. For me, everything I do involves audience interaction. My show is the audience.

Every show is different, which is great because every audience is different, right? Think about it. If you're watching a movie, the movie is always the same versus what I do is not like watching a singer or a band where, you know, they can change the song a little bit, but it's still the same song. For me, everything I do involves audience interaction. My show is the audience.

Every show is different, which is great because every audience is different, right? Think about it. If you're watching a movie, the movie is always the same versus what I do is not like watching a singer or a band where, you know, they can change the song a little bit, but it's still the same song. For me, everything I do involves audience interaction. My show is the audience.

Every show is different, which is great because every audience is different, right? Think about it. If you're watching a movie, the movie is always the same versus what I do is not like watching a singer or a band where, you know, they can change the song a little bit, but it's still the same song. For me, everything I do involves audience interaction. My show is the audience.

Every show is different, which is great because every audience is different, right? Think about it. If you're watching a movie, the movie is always the same versus what I do is not like watching a singer or a band where, you know, they can change the song a little bit, but it's still the same song. For me, everything I do involves audience interaction. My show is the audience.

Cause I like, if I'm doing a show for a thousand people, 50, 60, 100 of them will be a part of it at some point. I throw Frisbees around the audience. We hand envelopes. We pick people out of the whole crowd. I've done arenas before with 10,000 people. And what my show is all about is audience reactions.

Cause I like, if I'm doing a show for a thousand people, 50, 60, 100 of them will be a part of it at some point. I throw Frisbees around the audience. We hand envelopes. We pick people out of the whole crowd. I've done arenas before with 10,000 people. And what my show is all about is audience reactions.