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Scam School
2008 - 2010 8.0 (1 votes) 3 Seasons
Genres
Documentary
Networks
Revision3
Created By
Brian Brushwood

Scam School

Overview

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 cons, and scams. If you watch carefully, you'll never have to pay for a drink again!

Key Crew

Writer: Brian Brushwood

Top Cast

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (2008)

No overview available.

41 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Human Chimney
2008-04-06

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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Episode 2: The Puzzle
2008-04-07

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

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Episode 3: Bang Your Head
2008-04-08

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

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Episode 4: The Mirror
2008-04-10

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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Episode 5: How to Stick Your Friends to the Bar
2008-04-17

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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Episode 6: The Lift
2008-04-24

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

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Episode 7: The Race
2008-05-01

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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Episode 8: Nim
2008-05-08

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

Runtime: 6 min
Episode 9: The Jack-O-Lantern
2008-05-15

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

Runtime: 6 min
Episode 10: Circumference vs. Height
2008-05-22

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?

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 11: Static Charge Match
2008-05-29

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.

Runtime: 7 min
Episode 12: Straw Teepee Puzzle
2008-06-05

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

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 13: Cigarette Out On Tongue
2008-06-12

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

Runtime: 6 min
Episode 14: Special Edition: Brian's Bizarre New York Magic Show (1)
2008-06-19

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

Runtime: 12 min
Episode 15: Special Edition: Brian's Bizarre New York Magic Show (2)
2008-06-26

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

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 16: Scam Hot Chicks at the Bar
2008-07-03

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

Runtime: 9 min
Episode 17: Code Drink
2008-07-10

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

Runtime: 8 min
Episode 18: BUSTED! 6 Matches and 4 Triangles puzzle
2008-07-17

Watch the Master finally get beat at his own game!

Runtime: 7 min
Episode 19: The Amazing Whiskey/Water Trick
2008-07-24

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

Runtime: 8 min
Episode 20: Quicksilver Matches
2008-07-31

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

Runtime: 8 min
Episode 21: Clever Match Trick Scores Free Drinks
2008-08-07

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

Runtime: 8 min
Episode 22: Fast and Loose
2008-08-14

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".

Runtime: 9 min
Episode 23: The Ash
2008-08-21

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

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 24: From the Forums
2008-08-28

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

Runtime: 7 min
Episode 25: The Key Card
2008-09-04

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.

Runtime: 8 min
Episode 26: The Equation
2008-09-11

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

Runtime: 8 min
Episode 27: Cheesy Beer Gags
2008-09-18

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.

Runtime: 8 min
Episode 28: Mind Control Scam
2008-09-25

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

Runtime: 7 min
Episode 29: Dan Martin's Match Trick
2008-10-02

A new take on an old-time match trick

Runtime: 9 min
Episode 30: Controlled Cards
2008-10-09

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.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 31: How to Predict the Future!
2008-10-16

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.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 32: The 11 cent slide to TWICE as many free drinks!
2008-10-23

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.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 33: From the Forums - Part 2!
2008-10-30

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

Runtime: 8 min
Episode 34: It's In the Bank
2008-11-06

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

Runtime: 7 min
Episode 35: Stick It To 'Em with The Funnel
2008-11-13

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

Runtime: 6 min
Episode 36: Are You Dead or Alive?
2008-11-20

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

Runtime: 7 min
Episode 37: You're Always a Winner with Advance Nim
2008-11-27

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

Runtime: 12 min
Episode 38: A Few Pennies for a Beer!
2008-12-04

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!

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 39: How to Stick a Nail Up Your Nose
2008-12-11

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

Runtime: 12 min
Episode 40: Money, a Short Con and Crime = Short Change
2008-12-18

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

Runtime: 6 min
Episode 41: Scam Hot Ladies at the Bar (Part 2)!
2008-12-25

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!

Runtime: 11 min
Season 2 (2009)

No overview available.

26 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: How to Rip a Phonebook in Half!
2009-01-01

The tables are turned on Brian, as he is the student learning from the ultimate master of strength!

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 2: Another Short Con with a Magic Bill
2009-01-08

We've covered a few magic tricks, and we've covered a few street crimes. This episode we're going to combine the two and get a magic trick that acts as a smokescreen for an actual crime.

Runtime: 9 min
Episode 3: How to predict the future using dominoes!
2009-01-15

It's true: you can never have too much money, have too many friends, or know too many ways to predict the freaking future.

Runtime: 9 min
Episode 4: How to bend a thick nail or wrench with your bare hands!
2009-01-22

We're back with another dirty trick, designed to teach you how to FAKE your way into (almost) duplicating the feats of the world's strongest men.

Runtime: 8 min
Episode 5: Use 6 Coins to get 1 FREE Drink!
2009-01-29

Brian introduces a new diabolical coin puzzle to stump your friends.

Runtime: 11 min
Episode 6: The trick that fooled Einstein
2009-02-05

Watch Brian scam Olympic gold medalist Jonny Moseley with a few coins, and some algebra!

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 7: How to Magically Bend a Horseshoe With Your Bare Hands!
2009-02-12

Watch Brian make you think he can use his bare hands to bend a horseshoe and to roll a frying pan!

Runtime: 8 min
Episode 8: Easy card trick called The Spelling Bee
2009-02-19

It's rare to find a trick that you can actually fool yourself with...and that's exactly what you get with this episode!

Runtime: 11 min
Episode 9: Fake Telepathy and Scam School in SPACE!
2009-02-26

We made it! 50 episodes of Scam School! YEE-HAW!! You learn fake ESP powers and we show you the Mind Control trick from outer space!

Runtime: 13 min
Episode 10: Be a Strongman and Learn Four Feats of Strength!
2009-03-05

Welcome to graduation! This is your senior year of Strength School, co-hosted by world record holder and supreme bad ass, Dennis Rogers!

Runtime: 9 min
Episode 11: We give you the power of Telekinesis!
2009-03-12

Make everyone believe you can move an object with your freakin' mind!

Runtime: 7 min
Episode 12: Brian Live and Direct from Austin and SXSW
2009-03-18

Watch Brian open for Diggnation with an unforgettable live show from Austin, TX at Stubb's Bar-B-Q!!

Runtime: 21 min
Episode 13: Learn how to eat some balls of fire!
2009-03-25

Impress everyone at the next party you attend by learning a simple fire eating trick!

Runtime: 9 min
Episode 14: Watch Cali Lewis, Tony Hsieh and Jay Adelson get scammed!
2009-04-01

Brian performs some magic tricks in front of some big wig web celebs!

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 15: The Vanishing Card Trick
2009-04-08

Learn how to make a card vanish and land in the most unlikely location.

Runtime: 12 min
Episode 16: Be a Pool Shark!
2009-04-15

It's crazy to say it, but we're a year into Scam School, and only now are getting around to addressing one of the biggest, most popular items in any bar: the pool table.

Runtime: 7 min
Episode 17: An Easy Mix Match Card Trick
2009-04-22

This week, a card effect that requires no dexterity or skill whatsoever, and (best of all), uses only 10 cards out of the deck!

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 18: Learn the Kung-Fu Match Trap Scam!
2009-04-29

From Scam School fan "Cowboy" in the UK, comes the most insidious, diabolical, GENIUS prank Brian has seen since the quarter-on-forehead scam!

Runtime: 8 min
Episode 19: Get lucky, ridiculously lucky with two new card tricks!
2009-05-07

If you're comfortable with taking a little risk for a chance at a HUGE reward, you're going to love this week's episode.

Runtime: 9 min
Episode 20: Three caps, one beverage
2009-05-13

This week, we've got a simple puzzle with an impossible-sounding setup.

Runtime: 7 min
Episode 21: Crack the Government Conspiracy!
2009-05-20

Brian hangs out with the crew from CO-OP and schools them on how to uncover a conspiracy theory!

Runtime: 13 min
Episode 22: Scam Your Way Into Anything! (Brian's SXSW Panel) (1)
2009-05-27

Get ready to learn how to scam your way into anything, or anyone!

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 23: Scam Your Way Into Anything! (Plus Bonus Q and A!) (2)
2009-06-04

The second half of Brian's "Scam Your Way Into Anything" panel record from SXSW Interactive!

Runtime: 37 min
Episode 24: Break out of police issued handcuffs!
2009-06-10

Because sooner or later, every scammer finds himself in a pair of handcuffs.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 25: Two killer close up performances from Brian!
2009-06-17

Here it is! Our final SXSW episode, where you'll see Brian scam and be scammed by Digg CEO Jay Adelson and astronaut/ubergeek Richard Garriott.

Runtime: 13 min
Episode 26: The House of Nails Trick
2009-06-24

This week a puzzle (involving nails) that stumped Brian!

Runtime: 7 min
Season 3 (2010)

No overview available.

12 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Blow Hard Scam
2010-01-06

Bottle bet makes 'em look goofy AND win you a free drink

Runtime: 12 min
Episode 2: Use Non-Transitive Dice to cheat your friends!
2010-01-13

Math paradox lets you cheat your friends

Runtime: 14 min
Episode 3: Psychic Matchbooks
2010-01-20

3 simple matchbooks for a mental miracle and an easy free drink!

Runtime: 12 min
Episode 4: The Hot Seat Card Trick
2010-01-27

This week: a killer card trick, complete with a twist at the end... this card trick works BETTER because it screws up!

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 5: The Brain-Drain Telepathy Trick
2010-02-03

It's a real-life Vulcan mind-meld!

Runtime: 12 min
Episode 6: The Birthday Scam and our 100th Episode extravaganza!
2010-02-10

For our 100th episode, we've got a statistical scam that sounds impossible.

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 7: Dime in Bottle Scam
2010-02-17

Get two puzzles for the price of one!

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 8: Leverage!
2010-02-24

Use leverage to make your friends look dumb!

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 9: Heads/Tails Trick! Read Their Minds Using the Change in Their Pocket!
2010-03-03

Amazing trick reads minds with NO trick coins, NO secret helpers... and no cheating!

Runtime: 14 min
Episode 10: The Magician-Killer Card Trick
2010-03-10

Easy trick fools magicians!

Runtime: 13 min
Episode 11: How to throw cards like Gambit!
2010-03-17

Hurl playing cards 50 feet at a time! Fling them hard enough to break water balloons, or even embed them into aluminum sheeting!

Runtime: 13 min
Episode 12: Live from Stubbs BBQ in Austin - 2010!
2010-03-24

Check out Brian's live show from Austin, as he opened for Diggnation!

Runtime: 28 min

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