
Season 1 (2008)
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Episodes 41
The Human Chimney
From nowhere, you produce billows of smoke out of your mouth...it's like you've manufactured smoke in your lungs!
Read MoreThe Puzzle
Effect: a hard-as-balls puzzle, that will drive everyone nuts and win you some free booze!
Read MoreBang Your Head
Effect: Your friend beats his head on the bar repeatedly, to everyone's delight.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreHow 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreCircumference 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?
Read MoreStatic 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.
Read MoreStraw Teepee Puzzle
Effect: Amaze fellow bar patrons by picking up two straws using only one other straw.
Read MoreCigarette Out On Tongue
This one's like a playground dare gone too far...
Read MoreSpecial 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!
Read MoreSpecial 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.
Read MoreScam 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.
Read MoreCode Drink
Effect: Surprise your friends by telling them you have X-ray vision
Read MoreBUSTED! 6 Matches and 4 Triangles puzzle
Watch the Master finally get beat at his own game!
Read MoreThe Amazing Whiskey/Water Trick
Apply high school physics to amaze your friends and win free drinks.
Read MoreQuicksilver Matches
It's Magic 101. Can you mimic the master?
Read MoreClever 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!
Read MoreFast 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".
Read MoreFrom the Forums
This week Brian steps out of the bar, and into the Revision3 studios to deliver an episode straight from the Forums!
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreThe Equation
A stumper of a puzzle‚ using only 4th grade math.
Read MoreCheesy 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.
Read MoreMind Control Scam
A brand new illusion that will trick your friends into believing in MIND CONTROL.
Read MoreDan Martin's Match Trick
A new take on an old-time match trick
Read MoreControlled 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.
Read MoreHow 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreFrom the Forums - Part 2!
This week Brian is back in the Revision 3 studios another "From the Forums episode"!
Read MoreIt's In the Bank
This week we've got another puzzle with a setup that sounds absolutely impossible.
Read MoreStick It To 'Em with The Funnel
We present the atomic bomb of sucker gags: The Funnel!
Read MoreAre You Dead or Alive?
As a conversation starter, Brian shows you how to use two toothpicks to detect a pulse.
Read MoreYou'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!
Read MoreA 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!
Read MoreHow 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!
Read MoreMoney, 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!
Read MoreScam 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!
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