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Static Charge Match
Scam School - S1 - E11
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.
Scam School: Season 1 - 41 Episode s
1x1 - The Human Chimney
April 6, 2008
From nowhere, you produce billows of smoke out of your mouth...it's like you've manufactured smoke in your lungs!
1x2 - The Puzzle
April 7, 2008
Effect: a hard-as-balls puzzle, that will drive everyone nuts and win you some free booze!
1x3 - Bang Your Head
April 8, 2008
Effect: Your friend beats his head on the bar repeatedly, to everyone's delight.
1x4 - The Mirror
April 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.
1x5 - How to Stick Your Friends to the Bar
April 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.
1x6 - The Lift
April 24, 2008
Effect: Defying all laws of leverage, you summon a ridiculous amount of strength.
1x7 - 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.
1x8 - Nim
May 8, 2008
Effect: Play a game with your friend that you can always win.
1x9 - The Jack-O-Lantern
May 15, 2008
Placing a lit match inside your mouth, you do a very convincing impression of a grinning jack-o-lantern...all without burning yourself.
1x10 - Circumference vs. Height
May 22, 2008
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?
1x11 - Static Charge Match
May 29, 2008
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.
1x12 - Straw Teepee Puzzle
June 5, 2008
Effect: Amaze fellow bar patrons by picking up two straws using only one other straw.
1x13 - Cigarette Out On Tongue
June 12, 2008
This one's like a playground dare gone too far...
1x14 - Special Edition: Brian's Bizarre New York Magic Show (1)
June 19, 2008
Brian opened for the live Diggnation show in New York, and we have it here for those who missed it!
1x15 - Special Edition: Brian's Bizarre New York Magic Show (2)
June 26, 2008
This is the second and final half of Brian's opening act for Diggnation in NY.
1x16 - Scam Hot Chicks at the Bar
July 3, 2008
A guaranteed, never fail way to get the hottest girls at the bar to talk with you for at least 20 minutes.
1x17 - Code Drink
July 10, 2008
Effect: Surprise your friends by telling them you have X-ray vision
1x18 - BUSTED! 6 Matches and 4 Triangles puzzle
July 17, 2008
Watch the Master finally get beat at his own game!
1x19 - The Amazing Whiskey/Water Trick
July 24, 2008
Apply high school physics to amaze your friends and win free drinks.
1x20 - Quicksilver Matches
July 31, 2008
It's Magic 101. Can you mimic the master?
1x21 - Clever Match Trick Scores Free Drinks
August 7, 2008
All you need is a match, two pint glasses and a quarter, and you'll be drinking free all night!
1x22 - Fast and Loose
August 14, 2008
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".
1x23 - The Ash
August 21, 2008
Effect: Let an entire cigarette burn without the ash falling.
1x24 - From the Forums
August 28, 2008
This week Brian steps out of the bar, and into the Revision3 studios to deliver an episode straight from the Forums!
1x25 - The Key Card
September 4, 2008
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.
1x26 - The Equation
September 11, 2008
A stumper of a puzzle‚ using only 4th grade math.
1x27 - Cheesy Beer Gags
September 18, 2008
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.
1x28 - Mind Control Scam
September 25, 2008
A brand new illusion that will trick your friends into believing in MIND CONTROL.
1x29 - Dan Martin's Match Trick
October 2, 2008
A new take on an old-time match trick
1x30 - Controlled Cards
October 9, 2008
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.
1x31 - How to Predict the Future!
October 16, 2008
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.
1x32 - The 11 cent slide to TWICE as many free drinks!
October 23, 2008
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.
1x33 - From the Forums - Part 2!
October 30, 2008
This week Brian is back in the Revision 3 studios another "From the Forums episode"!
1x34 - It's In the Bank
November 6, 2008
This week we've got another puzzle with a setup that sounds absolutely impossible.
1x35 - Stick It To 'Em with The Funnel
November 13, 2008
We present the atomic bomb of sucker gags: The Funnel!
1x36 - Are You Dead or Alive?
November 20, 2008
As a conversation starter, Brian shows you how to use two toothpicks to detect a pulse.
1x37 - You're Always a Winner with Advance Nim
November 27, 2008
Memorize a few configs and you'll hold the key to another unbeatable game and loads of free drinks!
1x38 - A Few Pennies for a Beer!
December 4, 2008
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!
1x39 - How to Stick a Nail Up Your Nose
December 11, 2008
Remember Brian sticking a 4-inch nail up his nose? This time he shows you how it works!
1x40 - Money, a Short Con and Crime = Short Change
December 18, 2008
This episode, we're turning to the dark side and learning actual CRIME. Remember, the following is for INFORMATIONAL AND ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY!
1x41 - Scam Hot Ladies at the Bar (Part 2)!
December 25, 2008
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!