8.5/1045 votes#1 - 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.
Director: N/A
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8.6/1032 votes#2 - 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.
Director: N/A
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8.3/1034 votes#3 - 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.
Director: N/A
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8.3/1032 votes#4 - 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.
Director: N/A
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8.5/1034 votes#5 - 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.
Director: N/A
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7.9/1034 votes#6 - 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.
Director: N/A
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7.8/1030 votes#7 - 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.
Director: N/A
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8.3/1028 votes#8 - 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.
Director: N/A
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8.3/1024 votes#9 - 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.
Director: N/A
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8.2/1024 votes#10 - 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.
Director: Leo Scherman, Leo Scherman
Writer: N/A
8.2/1025 votes#11 - 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
Writer: N/A
8.2/1023 votes#12 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/1026 votes#13 - 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.
Director: N/A
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8.2/1025 votes#14 - 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.
Director: N/A
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7.9/1029 votes#15 - 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.
Director: N/A
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8.4/1024 votes#16 - 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.
Director: N/A
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8.6/1026 votes#17 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/1021 votes#18 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/1019 votes#19 - 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.
Director: N/A
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8.4/1021 votes#20 - 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.
Director: N/A
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8.0/1018 votes#21 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/1023 votes#22 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/1023 votes#23 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/1019 votes#24 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/1018 votes#25 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Carbonaro Effect Season 1
Every episode of The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Carbonaro Effect Season 1!
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
Network:truTV
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Got the Bug Out" is the best rated episode of "The Carbonaro Effect" season 1. It scored 8.5/10 based on 45 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/1/2014. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "A Problem with Chocolate Turtles and Seeds".