Scam School

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2012
2012x1
Awesome Chess Puzzles That'll Fool a Genius!
Episode overview
We're still hung over from celebrating the New Year, so we're taking a break from the bar. This week, Scam School is back in session at one of the martest universities in the country! Watch the Stanford Chess Club take on the "Eight Queens" puzzle.
2012x2
Turn Your Phone Into a Mind Reading Tool!
Episode overview
Mark Watson, aka SoldierKnowsBest, is BACK to be scammed once again by Brian and Daniel Garcia! Learn how to rock your friends into thinking you've "programmed" them to think about a specific person or object...
2012x3
Lazy Ass Card Trick: They Do The Work, YOU Take the Credit!
Episode overview
Why handle a bunch of cards when you can sit back, drink and let your friends do it all for you? In this episode we learn an awesome card trick where you barely even have to touch the deck.
2012x4
Awesome Chess Puzzle: Turn Your Chess Road into a Minesweeper Game!
Episode overview
It's our third and final installment with the Stanford Chess Club. This week, we challenge these geniuses to solve three "Chess Minsesweeper" puzzles.
2012x5
Perform a Mental Miracle with Coins!
Episode overview
Our final episode with Daniel Garcia involves a simple yet amazing trick where your friends line up some coins in random order and you predict the order they choose!
2012x6
One Badass Cocktail Napkin Origami Trick!
Episode overview
Are you a topology whiz or a total dumbass? Put your brain to the test with these awesome napkin folding puzzles!
2012x7
The Amazing Scorched Card Trick
Episode overview
It's another kick-ass trick from the magical mind of Daniel Garcia! In this episode, we use FIRE to find a card in the middle of the deck. Watch and learn.
2012x8
Busting Egg Myths!
Episode overview
What you don't know about eggs will blow your mind! Watch Brian and special guest Anthony Carboni of New Challenger test out some common egg myths and misconceptions.
2012x9
Super Fun, Super Simple Match Trick!
Episode overview
In this episode we stump our guests with a puzzle that requires the simplest of props! All you need are some matchsticks and either a coin, a paperclip, or in this case, an Altoid.
2012x10
Rings, Strings and Newspaper Tricks with Diamond Jim Tyler!
Episode overview
This week we give you the first in a series of episodes guest starring Brian's pal, the award-winning badass magician Diamond Jim Tyler! Be like Diamond Jim and explode your friend's brains with an easy-to-learn newspaper prediction trick.
2012x11
Use ESP to Read Invisible Dice!
Episode overview
Diamond Jim Tyler is back with another awesomely simple trick! In this episode, we learn how to figure out what number your friend rolled on a pair of "invisible dice." You'll have to do .. show full overview
2012x12
Mind-Blowing Mathematical Puzzles!
Episode overview
This week we've got two good brainteasers. One is tough, but the other is a real stumper! First, see if you can arrange six cigarettes (or pencils, or straws...) in a way so that each one is touch the other five. Next, try the same thing with SEVEN!
2012x13
Easy Trick To Get a Girl's Phone Number!
Episode overview
Diamond Jim Tyler is BACK with another trick up his sleeve. Using basic math and a smart phone calculator, he'll show you how to get a girl's digits. Guaranteed to impress the ladies! Or maybe creep them out a little..
2012x14
Score Free Drinks With Paper Clips!
Episode overview
Discover the perfect trick for office parties. All you need is a bowl of water and some paper clips. Question: Will they float? Answer: Yes! But how? Watch this episode and find out.
2012x15
Use Psychic Powers to Create a Card Magic Miracle!
Episode overview
How do you get your friends to correctly guess the color of every card in a deck, face down? Wish ESP! Okay, not really. Just watch this episode and brian will show you the secret to this mind blowing card trick!
2012x16
Hold a Full, Open Beer Bottle Upside Down Without Spilling It!
Episode overview
Can you hold an open beer bottle upside down without spilling it? Diamond Jim Tyler can! Watch this episode and learn how to amaze your friends!
2012x17
Pull Off the Easiest Tricks with Rubber Bands!
Episode overview
You probably have a bunch of rubber bands lying around anyway - why not turn them into tools of trickery? In this episode, we'll learn some easy peasy lessons in rubber band magic!
2012x18
Look Like a Real Card Sharp with These Fancy Moves & Flourishes!
Episode overview
If you want to perform advanced card tricks, you've gotta learn your fundamentals first. In this epsiode, Brian teaches four basic card flourishes that you should know before you go pro. All it takes is a little practice to nail these down!
2012x19
Fool Yourself with This Super Simple Card Trick!
Episode overview
In our final episode with Diamond Jim Tyler, we learn an awesomely simple card trick that requires no skill! It's based on Jim Steinmeyer's famous nine card trick, which you might .. show full overview
2012x20
Fool Your Friends with an Old Carnival Scam: Pricking the Garter!
Episode overview
In this episode, Brian teaches an earlier version of the "fast and loose" con game we've learned on Scam School before. This one's known as "pricking the garter" and instead of a chain, we use a rolled up belt.
2012x21
Fire Eating-The Basics!
Episode overview
WARNING: The ONLY safe way to learn fore eating is under the personal training of an experienced professional... which is exactly what our Revision3 hosts Veronica Belmont, Anthony Carboni and Max Scoville do in this week's episode!
2012x22
Awesome Impromptu Trick: How to Unbreak a Rubber Band
Episode overview
Here's the first in a series of episodes where Michael blows our minds with an amazing performance and teaches us a thing or two about magic. This week: the card on the ceiling trick, followed by a lesson on how to break, then UNbreak, a rubber band.
2012x23
Fire Eating Part 2: Advanced Vapor Tricks!
Episode overview
In part two of Brian's fire eating lesson, our Revision3 hosts learn one of the advanced moves that makes fire eating look super badass! Watch Max Scoville, Anthony Carboni, Veronica Belmont and Andrew Bancroft attempt the vapor trick.
2012x24
Make Two Awesome Predictions in One Winning Poker Trick!
Episode overview
This week we're back at the bar for a poker trick that is almost brilliant in its simplicity! You can perform it anywhere, anytime and you don't even need a special deck for it. It starts with a prediction and an easy setup..
2012x25
More Magic From a Master: Restoring a Tom Card and How to Fake-Break a Phone with Magician Michael Ammar!
Episode overview
We're back at Misdirections Magic Shop in San Francisco to witness the wizardly of Michael Ammar! In this episode, we watch him rip and restore a torn card. Plus we'll learn how to fake our friends into thinking their phone screen is busted. Psych!
2012x26
How To Count Cards & Beat The Casino! How To Count Cards & Beat The Casino!
Episode overview
Counting cards isn't illegal, but you might get your butt kicked if you're caught. Don't let that stop you from trying! In this episode, Brian shows us a card counting method you can do on the sly.
2012x27
Fire Eating Flourishes! Fire Tossing and Tongue Transfers to Impress - It's Getting Hot in Here!
Episode overview
In honor of the Fourth of July, we bring you more fire shenanigans! We literally toss and transfer fire! Get ready to be wowed.
2012x28
Dollar Folding Magic: How to Make a Bill Fold Itself!
Episode overview
In this episode we head back to Misdirections Magic Shop in San Francisco for another mind-blowing performance from Michael, PLUS he'll show you how to freak out your friends with a self-folding dollar bill.
2012x29
Set Your Hands, Floor and CLOTHES on Fire - Safely!
Episode overview
In this episode, we'll see Rev3 Host Anthony Carboni learn advanced maneuvers - like the fire finger transfer, the pants on fire trick and the most visually stunning of all - the fire floor transfer! (Don't try this at home!)
2012x30
The Classic Cup and Ball Trick with a Twist and an Amazingly EASY Gag with Business Cards!
Episode overview
You may have seen a variation of the cup and ball trick before, but in this episode our special guest, Michael Ammar takes it to a whole new level. Even Brian's mind was blown!
2012x31
The GROSSEST Magic Trick You Can Do: Psychic Surgery! It's Blood & Gore Galore!
Episode overview
Be prepared to get messy because you're about to learn how to rip out people's guts using the precision of a mad scientist - with your bare hands!
2012x32
4 EASY Business Card Tricks to Make a BIG First Impression!
Episode overview
Brian and guest Michael Ammar are back with even more quick and simple maneuvers guaranteed to impress anyone who asks you, "Can I have your card?" Plus watch Michael pull a scarf through a solid object!
2012x33
Fish for Sharks at the Bar With This Fun Bar Trick!
Episode overview
You don't have to plunge the ocean depths to celebrate Shark Week. On Scam School, all you have to do is belly up to the bar with the lovely ladies of the Bite Club Show!
2012x34
Learn the Secret Moves of Pro Wrestling: Fake Hits and Slams!
Episode overview
This week we attempt to answer the age-old question: Is pro wrestling real or fake? Watch the master become the student as Brian finds out the trade secrets behind this pre-determined "sport" from a wrestling school graduate.
2012x35
Fast & Furious Magic: Quick Pencil Tricks to Try on Your Friends!
Episode overview
Sometimes one short trick won't do on its own, but a bunch of them in a rapid succession can have awesome results! Watch Brian and guest magician Robert Strong run through a few fun little gags you can do with pencils or straws.
2012x36
Two Mind Bending Math Puzzles You Can Do at the Bar!
Episode overview
This week challenge your drinking buddies with a couple of fun brain teasers.
2012x37
Put Your Wizard Mind to the Test: Make These Good Puzzles Even Better!
Episode overview
This week it's time to test the limits of your imagination! We've got two matchstick puzzles you can try out on your friends and see how you can improve them.
2012x38
An Epic Battle Royale & More Real Pro Wrestling Moves!
Episode overview
Brian's pro-wrestling schooling continues! This week, watch him learn some final advanced maneuvers before it's all choreographed into a final showdown between the teacher and the student.
2012x39
Scam School Heads to Jakarta To Meet The Indonesian David Blaine
Episode overview
In this episode, we follow Brian on his journey to "Mahakarya Magician" in Jakarta. The we go backstage before the show to meet two of Indonesia's most famous magic superstars and get a glimpse at their magic powers...
2012x40
Predict the Future with a Deck of Cards!
Episode overview
This week we're at the bar again with Brian and his fellow magician Robert Strong, who shows us a card prediction trick that's totally unbustable!
2012x41
Behind the Scenes of the World's Biggest Magic Special!
Episode overview
This week we show you more of Brian's Indonesian adventure. Follow him to Jakarta as he prepares for one of the biggest live televised magic specials in the world, get a glimpse of some of the onstage "Mahakarya Magician" performances...
2012x42
Turn Coffee Creamer into a FLAMETHROWER!
Episode overview
Playing with fire never gets old! This week we learn how to create amazing jets of flame using ordinary matches and some powdered coffee creamer. BONUS: Another Scam School devotee gets .. show full overview
2012x43
Feats of Strength and a Coin Puzzle Challenge!
Episode overview
Brian's Indonesian adventure comes to a close as he and strongman/magician Dennis Rogers hit up a bar in Jakarta. Plus, see Rogers true strength at work and learn an amazing coin trick.
2012x44
Make Sweet Music at he Bar with Straws!
Episode overview
In this episode, we show you how to make some pretty gnarly flutes out of the plastic straws you'd typically find at your local bar!
2012x45
Make Your Own Stripper Deck
Episode overview
In this episode, we show you how to make a stripper deck to perform a variety of card tricks, with the help of San Francisco magician Ryan Horsfall.
2012x46
How to Eat Freaking Lighbulbs!
Episode overview
DON'T TRY THIS TRICK AT HOME!! After watching the look on Anthony Carboni's face, as he attempts to eat glass from an incadescent light bulb, you probably won't want to try it anyway. .. show full overview
2012x47
The Perfect Card Trick... Where THEY Do All The Work!
Episode overview
In this episode, we show you how to have people read YOUR mind with this simple card trick! So you can read people's mind in a card trick? That's child's play, get people to read YOUR .. show full overview
2012x48
The EASIEST Bar Trick and an IMPOSSIBLE PREDICTION!
Episode overview
Today on Scam School, it's a two for one special! Two beautiful girls and two awesome scams all in one episode!
2012x49
Use HYPNOSIS to LEVITATE Your Friends!
Episode overview
If you have four able bodied people and four chairs, then you can perform this awesome hypnotic levitation trick! There's nothing more awesome than the ability to amaze people with .. show full overview
2012x50
Disappearing Paper Balls and Magically Appearing Beers!
Episode overview
Suckers who don't see how pieces of toilet paper suddenly disappear while everyone else is in on the joke. Oh yeah... you also get a bonus hypnotizing switcheroo bonus trick today!
2012x51
Warp A Card Inside-Out IN THEIR HANDS!
Episode overview
Learn how to warp a card and defy logic in this episode of Scam School. You can't turn a card inside out. Right? Turns out you can and Brian Brushwood blows some minds by doing so .. show full overview
2012x52
Take All Their Money with These Dice Scams!
Episode overview
The only thing you need to pull off these two scams is a few dice. That and a few suckers with money in their pockets! Learn how to scam your friends in this week's Scam School with .. show full overview

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