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All Episodes of Scam School

If Harvard offered a PhD in deceit, this would be it. Award-winning magician Brian Brushwood takes viewers on an inside tour of bar tricks, street...
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Season 1

  • The Human Chimney
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    The Human Chimney

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/6/2008

    From nowhere, you produce billows of smoke out of your mouth...it's like you've manufactured smoke in your lungs!

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  • The Puzzle
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    The Puzzle

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/7/2008

    Effect: a hard-as-balls puzzle, that will drive everyone nuts and win you some free booze!

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  • Bang Your Head
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    Bang Your Head

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/8/2008

    Effect: Your friend beats his head on the bar repeatedly, to everyone's delight.

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  • The Mirror
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    The Mirror

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/10/2008

    For this effect we've dressed up a straight-up old school bar scam. Here's the simple presentation for the classic "you do as I do" effect: Bet a friend he can't copy everything you do.

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  • How to Stick Your Friends to the Bar
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    How to Stick Your Friends to the Bar

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/17/2008

    This clever trick uses a pint of beer and two willing thumbs to handcuff your friend (or enemy) to the bar, while you take his keys, wallet, girlfriend and more.

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  • The Lift
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    The Lift

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/24/2008

    Effect: Defying all laws of leverage, you summon a ridiculous amount of strength.

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  • The Race
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    The Race

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/1/2008

    Effect: Bet your friend that you can drink 2 pints of beer before he can drink two shots of his favorite liquor.

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  • Nim
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    Nim

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/8/2008

    Effect: Play a game with your friend that you can always win.

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  • The Jack-O-Lantern
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    The Jack-O-Lantern

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/15/2008

    Placing a lit match inside your mouth, you do a very convincing impression of a grinning jack-o-lantern...all without burning yourself.

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  • Circumference vs. Height
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    Circumference vs. Height

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/22/2008

    This episode tests your visual perception. Which is more? The circumference of the rim of a pint glass, or the height of the pint glass from the bottom to the top?

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  • Static Charge Match
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    Static Charge Match

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/29/2008

    Effect: Despite being an insulator, Brian is able to charge a match with static electricity which then causes another match to jump into the air.

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  • Straw Teepee Puzzle
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    Straw Teepee Puzzle

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/5/2008

    Effect: Amaze fellow bar patrons by picking up two straws using only one other straw.

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  • Cigarette Out On Tongue
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    Cigarette Out On Tongue

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 6/12/2008

    This one's like a playground dare gone too far...

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  • Special Edition: Brian's Bizarre New York Magic Show (1)
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    Special Edition: Brian's Bizarre New York Magic Show (1)

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 6/19/2008

    Brian opened for the live Diggnation show in New York, and we have it here for those who missed it!

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  • Special Edition: Brian's Bizarre New York Magic Show (2)
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    Special Edition: Brian's Bizarre New York Magic Show (2)

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 6/26/2008

    This is the second and final half of Brian's opening act for Diggnation in NY.

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  • Scam Hot Chicks at the Bar
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    Scam Hot Chicks at the Bar

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 7/3/2008

    A guaranteed, never fail way to get the hottest girls at the bar to talk with you for at least 20 minutes.

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  • Code Drink
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    Code Drink

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 7/10/2008

    Effect: Surprise your friends by telling them you have X-ray vision

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  • BUSTED! 6 Matches and 4 Triangles puzzle
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    BUSTED! 6 Matches and 4 Triangles puzzle

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 7/17/2008

    Watch the Master finally get beat at his own game!

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  • The Amazing Whiskey/Water Trick
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    The Amazing Whiskey/Water Trick

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 7/24/2008

    Apply high school physics to amaze your friends and win free drinks.

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  • Quicksilver Matches
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    Quicksilver Matches

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 7/31/2008

    It's Magic 101. Can you mimic the master?

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  • Clever Match Trick Scores Free Drinks
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    Clever Match Trick Scores Free Drinks

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 8/7/2008

    All you need is a match, two pint glasses and a quarter, and you'll be drinking free all night!

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  • Fast and Loose
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    Fast and Loose

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 8/14/2008

    This game goes by a bunch of names: "fast and loose," "pricking the garter," "the endless chain," "the strap..." The object is simple: a chain is laid in a figure-eight configuration. One of the holes is the true center of the chain and will hold "fast," while the other will not hold, and is instead "loose".

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  • The Ash
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    The Ash

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 8/21/2008

    Effect: Let an entire cigarette burn without the ash falling.

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  • From the Forums
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    From the Forums

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 8/28/2008

    This week Brian steps out of the bar, and into the Revision3 studios to deliver an episode straight from the Forums!

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  • The Key Card
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    The Key Card

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 9/4/2008

    Effect: This card trick is quite possible responsible for more free beers than any other in history. It's not just a magic trick, it's a cleverly-laid trap guaranteed to win you a frosty cold one.

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  • The Equation
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    The Equation

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 9/11/2008

    A stumper of a puzzle‚ using only 4th grade math.

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  • Cheesy Beer Gags
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    Cheesy Beer Gags

    Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 9/18/2008

    As you know by now, we here at Scam School pride ourselves on giving you only the very best bar scams. Today we break our streak, and instead present you with four stupid beer gags.

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  • Mind Control Scam
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    Mind Control Scam

    Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 9/25/2008

    A brand new illusion that will trick your friends into believing in MIND CONTROL.

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  • Dan Martin's Match Trick
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    Dan Martin's Match Trick

    Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 10/2/2008

    A new take on an old-time match trick

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  • Controlled Cards
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    Controlled Cards

    Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 10/9/2008

    We've taught you how to scam, swindle, and steal... but we have yet to give you any actual talent. That all changes in this episode. We're going to teach you not only how to control a card to the bottom of the deck, but how to use that talent for a sweet little card trick.

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  • How to Predict the Future!
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    How to Predict the Future!

    Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 10/16/2008

    What's better than a card trick? Predicting the FREAKING FUTURE, which is exactly what you'll do in this scam. We call it Pigment Prediction.

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  • The 11 cent slide to TWICE as many free drinks!
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    The 11 cent slide to TWICE as many free drinks!

    Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 10/23/2008

    If you liked the four-quarter puzzle from Episode 2 (appropriately named, "The Puzzle"), you're going to LOVE the 11-Cent Slide. It's every bit as diabolical and unsolvable as the 4-quarter puzzle, but it has an added twist that should net you TWICE the beers of any other puzzle.

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  • From the Forums - Part 2!
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    From the Forums - Part 2!

    Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 10/30/2008

    This week Brian is back in the Revision 3 studios another "From the Forums episode"!

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  • It's In the Bank
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    It's In the Bank

    Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 11/6/2008

    This week we've got another puzzle with a setup that sounds absolutely impossible.

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  • Stick It To 'Em with The Funnel
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    Stick It To 'Em with The Funnel

    Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 11/13/2008

    We present the atomic bomb of sucker gags: The Funnel!

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  • Are You Dead or Alive?
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    Are You Dead or Alive?

    Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 11/20/2008

    As a conversation starter, Brian shows you how to use two toothpicks to detect a pulse.

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  • You're Always a Winner with Advance Nim
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    You're Always a Winner with Advance Nim

    Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 11/27/2008

    Memorize a few configs and you'll hold the key to another unbeatable game and loads of free drinks!

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  • A Few Pennies for a Beer!
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    A Few Pennies for a Beer!

    Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 12/4/2008

    No matter what the setup, the very best scams are the ones that let the mark think they're on top, only to get punked in the end. That's what makes the penny prediction so great!

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  • How to Stick a Nail Up Your Nose
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    How to Stick a Nail Up Your Nose

    Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 12/11/2008

    Remember Brian sticking a 4-inch nail up his nose? This time he shows you how it works!

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  • Money, a Short Con and Crime = Short Change
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    Money, a Short Con and Crime = Short Change

    Season 1 Episode 40 - Aired 12/18/2008

    This episode, we're turning to the dark side and learning actual CRIME. Remember, the following is for INFORMATIONAL AND ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY!

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  • Scam Hot Ladies at the Bar (Part 2)!
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    Scam Hot Ladies at the Bar (Part 2)!

    Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 12/25/2008

    A while back, we taught you the importance of using easy, beatable puzzles to keep girls talking to you at the bar. Our Holiday gift to you is another set of "getting the girl" routines!

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