Season 1

Episodes • 2008

Brian Brushwood
The Human Chimney

1. The Human Chimney

min

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

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The Puzzle

2. The Puzzle

min

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

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Bang Your Head

3. Bang Your Head

min

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

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The Mirror

4. The Mirror

min

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.

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How to Stick Your Friends to the Bar

5. How to Stick Your Friends to the Bar

min

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.

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The Lift

6. The Lift

min

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

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The Race

7. The Race

min

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

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Nim

8. Nim

6 min

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

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The Jack-O-Lantern

9. The Jack-O-Lantern

6 min

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

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Circumference vs. Height

10. Circumference vs. Height

5 min

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?

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Static Charge Match

11. Static Charge Match

7 min

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.

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Straw Teepee Puzzle

12. Straw Teepee Puzzle

5 min

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

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Cigarette Out On Tongue

13. Cigarette Out On Tongue

6 min

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

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

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

12 min

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

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

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

15 min

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

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Scam Hot Chicks at the Bar

16. Scam Hot Chicks at the Bar

9 min

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

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Code Drink

17. Code Drink

8 min

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

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BUSTED! 6 Matches and 4 Triangles puzzle

18. BUSTED! 6 Matches and 4 Triangles puzzle

7 min

Watch the Master finally get beat at his own game!

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The Amazing Whiskey/Water Trick

19. The Amazing Whiskey/Water Trick

8 min

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

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Quicksilver Matches

20. Quicksilver Matches

8 min

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

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Clever Match Trick Scores Free Drinks

21. Clever Match Trick Scores Free Drinks

8 min

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

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Fast and Loose

22. Fast and Loose

9 min

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".

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The Ash

23. The Ash

10 min

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

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From the Forums

24. From the Forums

7 min

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

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The Key Card

25. The Key Card

8 min

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.

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The Equation

26. The Equation

8 min

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

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Cheesy Beer Gags

27. Cheesy Beer Gags

8 min

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.

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Mind Control Scam

28. Mind Control Scam

7 min

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

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Dan Martin's Match Trick

29. Dan Martin's Match Trick

9 min

A new take on an old-time match trick

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Controlled Cards

30. Controlled Cards

10 min

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.

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How to Predict the Future!

31. How to Predict the Future!

10 min

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.

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The 11 cent slide to TWICE as many free drinks!

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

10 min

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.

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From the Forums - Part 2!

33. From the Forums - Part 2!

8 min

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

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It's In the Bank

34. It's In the Bank

7 min

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

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Stick It To 'Em with The Funnel

35. Stick It To 'Em with The Funnel

6 min

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

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Are You Dead or Alive?

36. Are You Dead or Alive?

7 min

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

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You're Always a Winner with Advance Nim

37. You're Always a Winner with Advance Nim

12 min

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

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A Few Pennies for a Beer!

38. A Few Pennies for a Beer!

10 min

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!

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How to Stick a Nail Up Your Nose

39. How to Stick a Nail Up Your Nose

12 min

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

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Money, a Short Con and Crime = Short Change

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

6 min

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

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Scam Hot Ladies at the Bar (Part 2)!

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

11 min

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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