Episode guide
Scam School: Season 1
41 episodes · premiered Apr 6, 2008
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- Episode 1: The Human Chimney Apr 6, 2008 From nowhere, you produce billows of smoke out of your mouth...it's like you've manufactured smoke in your lungs!
- Episode 2: The Puzzle Apr 7, 2008 Effect: a hard-as-balls puzzle, that will drive everyone nuts and win you some free booze!
- Episode 3: Bang Your Head Apr 8, 2008 Effect: Your friend beats his head on the bar repeatedly, to everyone's delight.
- Episode 4: The Mirror Apr 10, 2008 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.
- Episode 5: How to Stick Your Friends to the Bar Apr 17, 2008 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.
- Episode 6: The Lift Apr 24, 2008 Effect: Defying all laws of leverage, you summon a ridiculous amount of strength.
- Episode 7: The Race May 1, 2008 Effect: Bet your friend that you can drink 2 pints of beer before he can drink two shots of his favorite liquor.
- Episode 8: Nim May 8, 2008 · 6m Effect: Play a game with your friend that you can always win.
- Episode 9: The Jack-O-Lantern May 15, 2008 · 6m Placing a lit match inside your mouth, you do a very convincing impression of a grinning jack-o-lantern...all without burning yourself.
- Episode 10: Circumference vs. Height May 22, 2008 · 5m 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?
- Episode 11: Static Charge Match May 29, 2008 · 7m 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.
- Episode 12: Straw Teepee Puzzle Jun 5, 2008 · 5m Effect: Amaze fellow bar patrons by picking up two straws using only one other straw.
- Episode 13: Cigarette Out On Tongue Jun 12, 2008 · 6m This one's like a playground dare gone too far...
- Episode 14: Special Edition: Brian's Bizarre New York Magic Show (1) Jun 19, 2008 · 12m Brian opened for the live Diggnation show in New York, and we have it here for those who missed it!
- Episode 15: Special Edition: Brian's Bizarre New York Magic Show (2) Jun 26, 2008 · 15m This is the second and final half of Brian's opening act for Diggnation in NY.
- Episode 16: Scam Hot Chicks at the Bar Jul 3, 2008 · 9m A guaranteed, never fail way to get the hottest girls at the bar to talk with you for at least 20 minutes.
- Episode 17: Code Drink Jul 10, 2008 · 8m Effect: Surprise your friends by telling them you have X-ray vision
- Episode 18: BUSTED! 6 Matches and 4 Triangles puzzle Jul 17, 2008 · 7m Watch the Master finally get beat at his own game!
- Episode 19: The Amazing Whiskey/Water Trick Jul 24, 2008 · 8m Apply high school physics to amaze your friends and win free drinks.
- Episode 20: Quicksilver Matches Jul 31, 2008 · 8m It's Magic 101. Can you mimic the master?
- Episode 21: Clever Match Trick Scores Free Drinks Aug 7, 2008 · 8m All you need is a match, two pint glasses and a quarter, and you'll be drinking free all night!
- Episode 22: Fast and Loose Aug 14, 2008 · 9m 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…
- Episode 23: The Ash Aug 21, 2008 · 10m Effect: Let an entire cigarette burn without the ash falling.
- Episode 24: From the Forums Aug 28, 2008 · 7m This week Brian steps out of the bar, and into the Revision3 studios to deliver an episode straight from the Forums!
- Episode 25: The Key Card Sep 4, 2008 · 8m 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…
- Episode 26: The Equation Sep 11, 2008 · 8m A stumper of a puzzle‚ using only 4th grade math.
- Episode 27: Cheesy Beer Gags Sep 18, 2008 · 8m 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.
- Episode 28: Mind Control Scam Sep 25, 2008 · 7m A brand new illusion that will trick your friends into believing in MIND CONTROL.
- Episode 29: Dan Martin's Match Trick Oct 2, 2008 · 9m A new take on an old-time match trick
- Episode 30: Controlled Cards Oct 9, 2008 · 10m 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…
- Episode 31: How to Predict the Future! Oct 16, 2008 · 10m 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.
- Episode 32: The 11 cent slide to TWICE as many free drinks! Oct 23, 2008 · 10m 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…
- Episode 33: From the Forums - Part 2! Oct 30, 2008 · 8m This week Brian is back in the Revision 3 studios another "From the Forums episode"!
- Episode 34: It's In the Bank Nov 6, 2008 · 7m This week we've got another puzzle with a setup that sounds absolutely impossible.
- Episode 35: Stick It To 'Em with The Funnel Nov 13, 2008 · 6m We present the atomic bomb of sucker gags: The Funnel!
- Episode 36: Are You Dead or Alive? Nov 20, 2008 · 7m As a conversation starter, Brian shows you how to use two toothpicks to detect a pulse.
- Episode 37: You're Always a Winner with Advance Nim Nov 27, 2008 · 12m Memorize a few configs and you'll hold the key to another unbeatable game and loads of free drinks!
- Episode 38: A Few Pennies for a Beer! Dec 4, 2008 · 10m 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!
- Episode 39: How to Stick a Nail Up Your Nose Dec 11, 2008 · 12m Remember Brian sticking a 4-inch nail up his nose? This time he shows you how it works!
- Episode 40: Money, a Short Con and Crime = Short Change Dec 18, 2008 · 6m This episode, we're turning to the dark side and learning actual CRIME. Remember, the following is for INFORMATIONAL AND ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY!
- Episode 41: Scam Hot Ladies at the Bar (Part 2)! Dec 25, 2008 · 11m 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!