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It's like jazz improv, but for card magic!
This week we're joined by mentalist Jonny Zavant as we learn a simple technique that requires no sleight of hand, yet allows you to make up your own magic tricks on the fly. Check out Jonny Zavant's full stage show over at http://jonnyzavant.com
Ever wonder how Fakirs and daredevils pull off the walking on glass stunt? We find out! Remember, this is for informational and entertainment purposes only, and whatever you do, DON'T TRY THIS ONE AT HOME! Watch for the secret! The glass is genuinely 100% sharp, but very, very brittle. Performers take advantage of this face to "rough up" the glass right in front of you before they walk on it.
Brian shows you how to take a bill, destroy it and then teleport it back!
This week we give you one of the strongest effects yet: A borrowed bill is identified, and the serial number memorized. Despite being destroyed right in front of their eyes, the bill restores itself anywhere you want!
Details of how to pull this off are in the video, but if you want to get pre-made bills to pull this off, make sure to grab them this week at http://scamstuff.com
This week we've got an awesome challenge from Dr. James Grime from Cambridge University, as seen on his stellar YouTube channel "singingbanana."
In this challenge two people must avoid both being right at the same time successfully through 26 trials in a row. A feat that defies the 2000 to 1 odds against it! Your challenge: guess our system and then tweet Brian at @shwood BEFORE we reveal the answer.
There's no communication between the two players, and no peeking of any kind. Our system works no matter how many trials there are, too!
Mentalist Jonny Zavant shares his psychic powers to read our minds and our auras... but it's all a sham.
Brian shows you a technique to stack a deck that magicians have used for hundreds of years!
Brian shows you the most powerful principle in card magic!
Brian shows off a safer alternative to create a dramatic fire blast.
Brian unleashes some good ol' riddles to puzzle your brains. All you need is a pen and paper to release you inner mathlete!
Light it up! Watch as Brian brings this hypothetical riddle to life.
Brian rips up 5 random cards and uses trickery to match them back up. It's the simplest card miracle ever!
Amaze everyone with your mental math wizardry!
Create your own trick at the bar IN SECONDS! Magician Peter Boie joins Brian to teach you this simple trick and show off some sly MacGyver skills.
5-sided stars and triangles! Let's see if you can solve Brian's super simple puzzle in this week's episode of Scam School.
Match your wits with Brian and the crew to become a memory master!
This gravity defying card trick just may melt your brains out of your nose - in a good way!
The amazing Diamond Jim Tyler joins Brian to show us 3 simple scams to score free drinks using ordinary forks and spoons.
Check out two challenges using one simple box of matches and see if your friends can figure out the secrets to these tricks!
One is easy, one is hard, and one is super hard (but actually easy once you know how). Can you figure them out?
Are you really tripling your lung power, or is it a trick? Here's a way to always win this trash bag inflation trick.
This just might be the hardest puzzle we've done on Scam School.
Both of these matchbook challenges are difficult, but while one is solvable, the other is COMPLETELY impossible.
Sharpen your matchsticks and grab a beer, it's the Scam School Mid-Terms!
Check out this simple numbers game that can make you look very smart, but it's actually totally easy to win. Can you get to 15 before your opponent?
We learn a card manipulation trick that's so simple ANYONE can do it.
Jonny Zavant joins Brian to teach us this mind reading miracle.
Brian shows us a super simple card trick you can do anytime, anywhere.
Brian shows us how to focus our inner dragons to split matches in two - with a shout.
You'll need 10 cards for this logic puzzle. Can you split them up into two even piles each with the same number of face-up and face-down cards - without even looking?
LEMON ATTACK!! Diamond Jim Tyler joins Brian to share myths, legends and bar tricks using the mighty lemon.
Can Brian get outsmarted by Diamond Jim Tyler? Watch to see Brian get crushed with this amazing card puzzle.
John Maverick puts everyone in physical danger by showing off this classic super strength stunt for free beers. Freak out your friend with your fingers of steel!
Chalk up those cues, we're playing some pool and drinking beer! Diamond Jim Tyler joins us with a couple of gags to punk your friends.
Which beer is safe for Brian to drink? Get ready for this cringe-worthy scam.
Watch as strongman Dennis Rogers shows off his world famous skills. Yes, he actually did just roll up that frying pan. THEN! Brian matches Dennis's strength with his wits with some puzzle action.
Magic creator Marcus Eddie joins Brian to show us this sleight of hand technique you can do anytime, anywhere - and will FREAK people out. Have you had your tetanus booster... 'cause that's a big splinter.
Not for the squeamish! Dennis Rogers is back with a crazy stunt: driving a nail through a big board... with his hand. This feat takes lots of training and super-human strength, but Dennis shows Brian a few tricks that could make it a bit easier - maybe.
Magician Marcus Eddie is back with a simple coin trick that will have you labeled as a sorcerer.
Brian calls for a battle of wits by throwing down these puzzle challenges.
Greg Rostami joins Brian to amaze us with his telekinesis trickery and shows us how to move a ring with some ingenious psychic powers!
You can never have enough card tricks in your arsenal. David Rangel joins Brian to drop some heavy dice science to deliver a kick-ass card prediction trick. You'll be a wizard of cards!
You're likely already holding a magic trick in your pocket. Greg Rostami joins Brian to help folks turn their smartphones into modern day magic wands.
Card wizard, David Rangel, joins Brian to teach us another elegant and easy trick.
You will always win this dartboard game that you can play anywhere. Plus an iPhone trick that you got to see to believe.
Get ready to learn some life skills - Brian teaches us a bunch of different ways to escape from handcuffs.
Here's a simple riff on a traditional card technique brought to you by David Rangel!
Learn the art of introduction! Magic is not always about the trick, it's also about the ability to start a conversation and get someone on your side.
We're back with a sequel to our most popular puzzle challenge. Brush up on your order of operations and get ready to face the Four 4s!
Brainteasers abound! Dating coach, Adam Lyons, is back to share some tricks to meeting people.
In magic, Brian calls these puzzles tweeners, devices to engage your audience, frustrating them a little bit before the close!
We've had a blast these last 300 episodes and Brian has saved one of his favorite tricks for lucky 300.
We are joined by David Rangel to show us the sweetest, easiest card trick that takes no skill - it's the Free Choice Hand. Keep winning those free beers!
David Rangel is back with a card trick AND a game that will screw them out of a free drink.
Brian shows off 3 puzzles using napkins. No need for any fancy equipment here... and they're absorbent for all that free beer you may spill on yourself.
Let's face it, your coin vanishing skills need some help. Brian, and his Magic Boy Band, has the fix!
Here are some sleight of hand fundamentals so you can vanish that coin like it's second nature.
