Scam School
About this original series
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!
Episodes of Scam School
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Awesome Chess Puzzle: Turn Your Chess Board Into...
Our third and final installment with the Stanford Chess Club. This week, we challenge these geniuses to solve three "Chess Minesweeper" puzzles. Start the timer and see how fast you can solve them, too! Bonus: learn about an amazing phenomenon called "Chess ESP."Want More Brian Brushwood!?Follow Brian on Twitter @shwoodScam School @scamschool.You can also find Brian on Facebook at facebook.com/shwood.
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Release date
Jan 25, 2012
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Runtime
14:07
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Lazy Ass Card Trick: They Do The Work, YOU Take ...
Why handle a bunch of cards when you can sit back, drink, and let your friends do it all for you? In this episode we learn an awesome card trick where you barely even have to touch the deck. They do all the shuffling and cuttting, but you're still able to pick the one card they've chosen out of the entire deck. Watch and learn!
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Release date
Jan 18, 2012
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Runtime
13:11
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Turn Your Phone Into a Mind Reading Tool!
Mark Watson, aka Soldier Knows Best, is BACK to be scammed once again by Brian and Daniel Garcia! Learn how to trick your friends into thinking you've "programmed" them to think about a specific person or object. All you need to do is make a couple lists on your phone's standard notepad app.
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Release date
Jan 11, 2012
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Runtime
16:37
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Awesome Chess Puzzles That'll Fool a Genius!
We're still hung over from celebrating the New Year, so we're taking a break from the bar. This week, Scam School is back in session at one of the smartest universities in the country! Watch the Stanford Chess Club take on the "Eight Queens" puzzle and see if you can solve it, too. Place eight queens on a chess board and try to set them up in a way that no two queens threaten each other. Plus, a bonus chess puzzle sent in from Magician Curt Anderson!
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Release date
Jan 4, 2012
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Runtime
11:03
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The One-Handed Upside Down Drink Slam!
Here's a gag that will either make you totally bad ass, or totally wet! The challenge: using only one hand and no outside assistance, see if you can drink the water out of an upside down pint glass, spilling no more than 10% of the water inside. Check out Brian's elegant solution, or try to come up with one on your own!
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Release date
Dec 28, 2011
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Runtime
11:54
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How to Get a Beer For a Dollar!
A trick so nice, we did it twice! Blow your friends' minds when you show them that the cards chosen out of a shuffled deck perfectly MATCH the serial number on a dollar bill! It's super simple to learn this one - watch two different groups get scam-schooled by Brian's buddy and fellow magician, Daniel Garcia.
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Release date
Dec 21, 2011
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Runtime
12:19
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The Most Epic Chess Scam of All Time!
Brian matches wits with the Stanford Chess Club to put one of his favorite chess scams to the test! It's a based on a classic tale where a con man tells a room full of chess players that he'll play each of them simultaneously and manage to win or draw at least half of the the games. Can a Stanford chess whiz pull this off or is it just a theoretical puzzle? Watch and find out!
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Release date
Dec 14, 2011
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Runtime
13:58
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Puzzles Guaranteed to Piss Off Your Friends!
Okay, these are not card tricks. BUT you will need a deck of cards to perform them! First, can you build a house of cards sturdy enough to balance a wine glass full of water? Sounds impossible, but there is a solution! Next, balance a quarter on a card on your index finger. See if you can remove the card from under the quarter (while keeping the quarter balanced on the tip of your finger!) by touching only one edge of the card.
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Release date
Dec 7, 2011
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Runtime
11:45
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The Amazing iCard
How do you make a playing card magically appear out of your iPhone? Watch Brian's buddy and fellow magician, Daniel Garcia teach Mark Watson aka SoldierKnowsBest this badass trick!
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Release date
Nov 30, 2011
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Runtime
11:43
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Mind-Blowing Prediction Game!
With this easy peasy trick, you'll make spot-on predictions every time and fool your friends into thinking you're a mind-reading wizard, when really you're just a dude who's prepared for all the possible outcomes. Watch Brian lay down the basics and see if you can perform this yourself, with your own unique twists!Want More Brian Brushwood!?Follow Brian on Twitter: http://twitter.com/shwoodand Scam School: http://twitter.com/scamschoolYou can also find Brian on Facebook at/; http://facebook.co...
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Release date
Nov 23, 2011
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Runtime
11:08
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