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Michael Carbonaro is a magician by trade, but a prankster by heart. Michael performs baffling tricks on unsuspecting people in everyday situations, all caught on...
Genre:Comedy
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Season 1

  • Got the Bug Out
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    Got the Bug Out

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/1/2014

    Posing as a technician, Michael literally "gets the bug out" of a customer's phone and has him convinced it was in there all along.

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  • A Problem with Chocolate Turtles and Seeds
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    A Problem with Chocolate Turtles and Seeds

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/15/2014

    Posing as a cashier, Michael makes a shopper's face appear on a milk carton and tries to convince her that she really is a missing person. Then, in a shipping store he has customers believing that impossible technology of the future has arrived, like a bowling ball that can be mailed in a flat box. Plus, he has a hotel guest questioning her identity when he swaps her ID, and stumps a valet when he does a disappearing act from his car.

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  • A Waddle, a Scratch...
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    A Waddle, a Scratch...

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/15/2014

    A duck fools thrift store shoppers; an endless chain of hangers; cheese corks in a liquor store; freezing wine; destroying and reconstructing art in a museum.

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  • Just Smash It Out
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    Just Smash It Out

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/22/2014

    Michael convinces car wash patrons that he broke their window, only to miraculously fix it with the push of a button. Then, dry cleaning customers are confused when Michael is suddenly wearing their clothes in the blink of an eye. Plus, pet shoppers see fish in a dry water bowl.

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  • Out of Bounce
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    Out of Bounce

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/29/2014

    Too good to be true toys; Michael poses as a personal trainer who sweats a bucket-full; a disappearing car makes a security guard panic.

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  • Don't Freeze Me
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    Don't Freeze Me

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/5/2014

    A light box turns heavy in a sporting goods store; Michael poses as a barista for a glass illusion; a boomerang in a museum; taxidermy mischief.

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  • The Lizard Law
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    The Lizard Law

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 6/12/2014

    A lucky serpent at a Mexican restaurant; metal-melting salsa; a brown bag lunch that keeps on giving; the freshest frozen entrée ever; dead flowers revived.

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  • It's a Makeshift
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    It's a Makeshift

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/19/2014

    Never ending laundry soap; a human phonograph at the thrift store; a flipping punch bowl; a teleporting glass penguin.

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  • Green Friendly
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    Green Friendly

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/26/2014

    A shrinking wine bottle with a confounding cork; vanishing diamonds in a jewelry store; going green at the car wash.

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  • Maybe it's the Echinacea?
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    Maybe it's the Echinacea?

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 7/10/2014

    Posing as a Pet Store employee, Michael sells customers on the novelty of pets that can hatch out of balloons and convinces a hotel valet that he can park a car without even sitting in the driver's seat.

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  • Serious Déjà Vu
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    Serious Déjà Vu

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 7/17/2014

    Posing as a bartender, Michael turns water into liquor and convinces a self-proclaimed experienced drinker that distillation is a lie.

    Director: Leo Scherman, Russell Arch

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  • An Elevated Ferret Alert
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    An Elevated Ferret Alert

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 7/24/2014

    At a car wash, Michael uses a unique method to retrieve keys that were locked in a car, and horrifies a woman who does not want new furry friends.

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  • Cause and Effect
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    Cause and Effect

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/30/2014

    In this special episode, Michael breaks the laws of physics with a multitude of tricks and then introduces new technologies to some very accepting patrons.

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  • This is Not an Orange
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    This is Not an Orange

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 11/6/2014

    Michael confuses variety store customers with products that have secret hideaways; astonishes camping store patrons with rafts that come in pill form; and convinces a woman that a tiny propeller enables human levitation.

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  • Just During the Previews
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    Just During the Previews

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 11/13/2014

    Michael tests gravity when he floats the idea of astronaut snacks; his darkness-triggering popcorn and he astonishes an antique store employee with glass figurines that feel emotion and repair themselves.

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  • In Case What?!
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    In Case What?!

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 11/20/2014

    Michael stumps a delivery man when he pulls live crabs out of his Chinese food order.

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  • A Faux Pas to Wear
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    A Faux Pas to Wear

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 11/27/2014

    Michael stuns shoppers with a remarkably advanced antique that self-tailors clothes and a chalkboard that solves mathematical equations.

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  • Just a Milker
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    Just a Milker

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 12/4/2014

    Michael fishes for trouble in a toy store with pop-up books that contain live animals and, at a health food store, he shows a woman how to milk almonds; a mummy causes an employee to question ancient curses.

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  • Suburban Pimp
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    Suburban Pimp

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 12/11/2014

    Michael gets spooky at an antique store with a vintage voodoo doll and, at a costume store, a Dorothy outfit comes complete with a little dog too.

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  • Might Be Trippin'
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    Might Be Trippin'

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 12/18/2014

    Michael fills in for a karate instructor and interrupts the Zen of his students; a frog necklace that is so realistic; a clothing display that puts the "man" in mannequin.

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  • An Awogami Is Ripe
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    An Awogami Is Ripe

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 12/25/2014

    Michael works at a camping store where his life-saving s'mores and pop-up coolers stun customers; a child safety pill bottle with built-in invisibility proves too complicated for adults; Michael adjusts the size of a model train.

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  • Iguanasaurs
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    Iguanasaurs

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 1/1/2015

    Michael shrinks into a leprechaun outfit; a museum employee makes the discovery of a lifetime when a preserved egg hatches a baby dinosaur.

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  • 3D Galastical Morphin Ranging Power Tents
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    3D Galastical Morphin Ranging Power Tents

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 1/8/2015

    Michael tries to pull a fast one on burger joint patrons with his inflatable hot dogs and his unusual technique for bagging buns, then he creeps out a flea market vendor when he brings an acrylic encased arachnid back to life.

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  • Flash Melt
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    Flash Melt

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 1/15/2015

    Michael hits the jackpot in a convenience store with a man who guesses the winning lotto numbers and amazes a mother at a toy store when he demonstrates her own child's genius abilities.

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  • An Over-grooming Situation
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    An Over-grooming Situation

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 1/22/2015

    Michael leaves a co-worker with a technologically confounding hose that wirelessly transmits water; Michael's puppy takes to the catwalk after dressing himself in the most fashionable canine attire.

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