Scam School

Total Seasons :3Total Episodes : 79

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!

Scam School

Episodes(41)

The Human Chimney

1. The Human Chimney

From nowhere, you produce billows of smoke out of your mouth...it's like you've manufactured smoke in your lungs!

Air Date : 2008-04-06

The Puzzle

2. The Puzzle

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

Air Date : 2008-04-07

Bang Your Head

3. Bang Your Head

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

Air Date : 2008-04-08

The Mirror

4. The Mirror

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.

Air Date : 2008-04-10

How to Stick Your Friends to the Bar

5. How to Stick Your Friends to the Bar

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.

Air Date : 2008-04-17

The Lift

6. The Lift

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

Air Date : 2008-04-24

The Race

7. The Race

Effect: Bet your friend that you can drink 2 pints of beer before he can drink two shots of his favorite liquor.

Air Date : 2008-05-01

Nim

8. Nim

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

Air Date : 2008-05-08

The Jack-O-Lantern

9. The Jack-O-Lantern

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

Air Date : 2008-05-15

Circumference vs. Height

10. Circumference vs. Height

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?

Air Date : 2008-05-22

Static Charge Match

11. Static Charge Match

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.

Air Date : 2008-05-29

Straw Teepee Puzzle

12. Straw Teepee Puzzle

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

Air Date : 2008-06-05

Cigarette Out On Tongue

13. Cigarette Out On Tongue

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

Air Date : 2008-06-12

Special Edition: Brian's Bizarre New York Magic Show (1)

14. Special Edition: Brian's Bizarre New York Magic Show (1)

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

Air Date : 2008-06-19

Special Edition: Brian's Bizarre New York Magic Show (2)

15. Special Edition: Brian's Bizarre New York Magic Show (2)

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

Air Date : 2008-06-26

Scam Hot Chicks at the Bar

16. Scam Hot Chicks at the Bar

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

Air Date : 2008-07-03

Code Drink

17. Code Drink

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

Air Date : 2008-07-10

BUSTED! 6 Matches and 4 Triangles puzzle

18. BUSTED! 6 Matches and 4 Triangles puzzle

Watch the Master finally get beat at his own game!

Air Date : 2008-07-17

The Amazing Whiskey/Water Trick

19. The Amazing Whiskey/Water Trick

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

Air Date : 2008-07-24

Quicksilver Matches

20. Quicksilver Matches

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

Air Date : 2008-07-31

Clever Match Trick Scores Free Drinks

21. Clever Match Trick Scores Free Drinks

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

Air Date : 2008-08-07

Fast and Loose

22. Fast and Loose

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".

Air Date : 2008-08-14

The Ash

23. The Ash

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

Air Date : 2008-08-21

From the Forums

24. From the Forums

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

Air Date : 2008-08-28

The Key Card

25. The Key Card

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.

Air Date : 2008-09-04

The Equation

26. The Equation

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

Air Date : 2008-09-11

Cheesy Beer Gags

27. Cheesy Beer Gags

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.

Air Date : 2008-09-18

Mind Control Scam

28. Mind Control Scam

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

Air Date : 2008-09-25

Dan Martin's Match Trick

29. Dan Martin's Match Trick

A new take on an old-time match trick

Air Date : 2008-10-02

Controlled Cards

30. Controlled Cards

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.

Air Date : 2008-10-09

How to Predict the Future!

31. How to Predict the Future!

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.

Air Date : 2008-10-16

The 11 cent slide to TWICE as many free drinks!

32. The 11 cent slide to TWICE as many free drinks!

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.

Air Date : 2008-10-23

From the Forums - Part 2!

33. From the Forums - Part 2!

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

Air Date : 2008-10-30

It's In the Bank

34. It's In the Bank

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

Air Date : 2008-11-06

Stick It To 'Em with The Funnel

35. Stick It To 'Em with The Funnel

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

Air Date : 2008-11-13

Are You Dead or Alive?

36. Are You Dead or Alive?

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

Air Date : 2008-11-20

You're Always a Winner with Advance Nim

37. You're Always a Winner with Advance Nim

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

Air Date : 2008-11-27

A Few Pennies for a Beer!

38. A Few Pennies for a Beer!

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!

Air Date : 2008-12-04

How to Stick a Nail Up Your Nose

39. How to Stick a Nail Up Your Nose

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

Air Date : 2008-12-11

Money, a Short Con and Crime = Short Change

40. Money, a Short Con and Crime = Short Change

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

Air Date : 2008-12-18

Scam Hot Ladies at the Bar (Part 2)!

41. Scam Hot Ladies at the Bar (Part 2)!

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!

Air Date : 2008-12-25

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