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!
Writer: Brian Brushwood
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41 episodes
From nowhere, you produce billows of smoke out of your mouth...it's like you've manufactured smoke in your lungs!
Runtime: N/A minEffect: a hard-as-balls puzzle, that will drive everyone nuts and win you some free booze!
Runtime: N/A minEffect: Your friend beats his head on the bar repeatedly, to everyone's delight.
Runtime: N/A minFor 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.
Runtime: N/A minThis 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.
Runtime: N/A minEffect: Defying all laws of leverage, you summon a ridiculous amount of strength.
Runtime: N/A minEffect: Bet your friend that you can drink 2 pints of beer before he can drink two shots of his favorite liquor.
Runtime: N/A minEffect: Play a game with your friend that you can always win.
Runtime: 6 minPlacing a lit match inside your mouth, you do a very convincing impression of a grinning jack-o-lantern...all without burning yourself.
Runtime: 6 minThis 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 minEffect: 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 minEffect: Amaze fellow bar patrons by picking up two straws using only one other straw.
Runtime: 5 minThis one's like a playground dare gone too far...
Runtime: 6 minBrian opened for the live Diggnation show in New York, and we have it here for those who missed it!
Runtime: 12 minThis is the second and final half of Brian's opening act for Diggnation in NY.
Runtime: 15 minA guaranteed, never fail way to get the hottest girls at the bar to talk with you for at least 20 minutes.
Runtime: 9 minEffect: Surprise your friends by telling them you have X-ray vision
Runtime: 8 minWatch the Master finally get beat at his own game!
Runtime: 7 minApply high school physics to amaze your friends and win free drinks.
Runtime: 8 minIt's Magic 101. Can you mimic the master?
Runtime: 8 minAll you need is a match, two pint glasses and a quarter, and you'll be drinking free all night!
Runtime: 8 minThis 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 minEffect: Let an entire cigarette burn without the ash falling.
Runtime: 10 minThis week Brian steps out of the bar, and into the Revision3 studios to deliver an episode straight from the Forums!
Runtime: 7 minEffect: 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 minA stumper of a puzzle‚ using only 4th grade math.
Runtime: 8 minAs 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 minA brand new illusion that will trick your friends into believing in MIND CONTROL.
Runtime: 7 minA new take on an old-time match trick
Runtime: 9 minWe'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 minWhat'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 minIf 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 minThis week Brian is back in the Revision 3 studios another "From the Forums episode"!
Runtime: 8 minThis week we've got another puzzle with a setup that sounds absolutely impossible.
Runtime: 7 minWe present the atomic bomb of sucker gags: The Funnel!
Runtime: 6 minAs a conversation starter, Brian shows you how to use two toothpicks to detect a pulse.
Runtime: 7 minMemorize a few configs and you'll hold the key to another unbeatable game and loads of free drinks!
Runtime: 12 minNo 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 minRemember Brian sticking a 4-inch nail up his nose? This time he shows you how it works!
Runtime: 12 minThis episode, we're turning to the dark side and learning actual CRIME. Remember, the following is for INFORMATIONAL AND ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY!
Runtime: 6 minA 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 minNo overview available.
26 episodes
The tables are turned on Brian, as he is the student learning from the ultimate master of strength!
Runtime: 10 minWe'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 minIt'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 minWe'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 minBrian introduces a new diabolical coin puzzle to stump your friends.
Runtime: 11 minWatch Brian scam Olympic gold medalist Jonny Moseley with a few coins, and some algebra!
Runtime: 10 minWatch Brian make you think he can use his bare hands to bend a horseshoe and to roll a frying pan!
Runtime: 8 minIt'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 minWe 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 minWelcome to graduation! This is your senior year of Strength School, co-hosted by world record holder and supreme bad ass, Dennis Rogers!
Runtime: 9 minMake everyone believe you can move an object with your freakin' mind!
Runtime: 7 minWatch Brian open for Diggnation with an unforgettable live show from Austin, TX at Stubb's Bar-B-Q!!
Runtime: 21 minImpress everyone at the next party you attend by learning a simple fire eating trick!
Runtime: 9 minBrian performs some magic tricks in front of some big wig web celebs!
Runtime: 10 minLearn how to make a card vanish and land in the most unlikely location.
Runtime: 12 minIt'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 minThis 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 minFrom 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 minIf 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 minThis week, we've got a simple puzzle with an impossible-sounding setup.
Runtime: 7 minBrian hangs out with the crew from CO-OP and schools them on how to uncover a conspiracy theory!
Runtime: 13 minGet ready to learn how to scam your way into anything, or anyone!
Runtime: 23 minThe second half of Brian's "Scam Your Way Into Anything" panel record from SXSW Interactive!
Runtime: 37 minBecause sooner or later, every scammer finds himself in a pair of handcuffs.
Runtime: 10 minHere 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 minThis week a puzzle (involving nails) that stumped Brian!
Runtime: 7 minNo overview available.
12 episodes
Bottle bet makes 'em look goofy AND win you a free drink
Runtime: 12 minMath paradox lets you cheat your friends
Runtime: 14 min3 simple matchbooks for a mental miracle and an easy free drink!
Runtime: 12 minThis week: a killer card trick, complete with a twist at the end... this card trick works BETTER because it screws up!
Runtime: 15 minIt's a real-life Vulcan mind-meld!
Runtime: 12 minFor our 100th episode, we've got a statistical scam that sounds impossible.
Runtime: 15 minGet two puzzles for the price of one!
Runtime: 10 minUse leverage to make your friends look dumb!
Runtime: 10 minAmazing trick reads minds with NO trick coins, NO secret helpers... and no cheating!
Runtime: 14 minEasy trick fools magicians!
Runtime: 13 minHurl playing cards 50 feet at a time! Fling them hard enough to break water balloons, or even embed them into aluminum sheeting!
Runtime: 13 minCheck out Brian's live show from Austin, as he opened for Diggnation!
Runtime: 28 min