Scam School

Apr 6, 2008

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

Apr 7, 2008

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

Apr 8, 2008

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

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.

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.

Apr 24, 2008

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

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.

May 8, 2008

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

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.

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?

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.

Jun 5, 2008

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

Jun 12, 2008

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

Jun 19, 2008

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

Jun 26, 2008

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

Jul 3, 2008

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

Jul 10, 2008

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

Jul 17, 2008

Watch the Master finally get beat at his own game!

Jul 24, 2008

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

Jul 31, 2008

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

Aug 7, 2008

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

Aug 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".

Aug 21, 2008

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

Aug 28, 2008

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

Sep 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.

Sep 11, 2008

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

Sep 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.

Sep 25, 2008

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

Oct 2, 2008

A new take on an old-time match trick

Oct 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.

Oct 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.

Oct 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.

Oct 30, 2008

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

Nov 6, 2008

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

Nov 13, 2008

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

Nov 20, 2008

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

Nov 27, 2008

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

Dec 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!

Dec 11, 2008

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

Dec 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!

Dec 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!

Jan 1, 2009

The tables are turned on Brian, as he is the student learning from the ultimate master of strength!

Jan 8, 2009

We've covered a few magic tricks, and we've covered a few street crimes. This episode we're going to combine the two and get a magic trick that acts as a smokescreen for an actual crime.

Jan 15, 2009

It's true: you can never have too much money, have too many friends, or know too many ways to predict the freaking future.

Jan 22, 2009

We're back with another dirty trick, designed to teach you how to FAKE your way into (almost) duplicating the feats of the world's strongest men.

Jan 29, 2009

Brian introduces a new diabolical coin puzzle to stump your friends.

Feb 5, 2009

Watch Brian scam Olympic gold medalist Jonny Moseley with a few coins, and some algebra!

Feb 12, 2009

Watch Brian make you think he can use his bare hands to bend a horseshoe and to roll a frying pan!

Feb 19, 2009

It's rare to find a trick that you can actually fool yourself with...and that's exactly what you get with this episode!

Feb 26, 2009

We made it! 50 episodes of Scam School! YEE-HAW!! You learn fake ESP powers and we show you the Mind Control trick from outer space!

Mar 5, 2009

Welcome to graduation! This is your senior year of Strength School, co-hosted by world record holder and supreme bad ass, Dennis Rogers!

Mar 12, 2009

Make everyone believe you can move an object with your freakin' mind!

Mar 18, 2009

Watch Brian open for Diggnation with an unforgettable live show from Austin, TX at Stubb's Bar-B-Q!!

Mar 25, 2009

Impress everyone at the next party you attend by learning a simple fire eating trick!

Apr 1, 2009

Brian performs some magic tricks in front of some big wig web celebs!

Apr 8, 2009

Learn how to make a card vanish and land in the most unlikely location.

Apr 15, 2009

It's crazy to say it, but we're a year into Scam School, and only now are getting around to addressing one of the biggest, most popular items in any bar: the pool table.

Apr 22, 2009

This week, a card effect that requires no dexterity or skill whatsoever, and (best of all), uses only 10 cards out of the deck!

Apr 29, 2009

From Scam School fan "Cowboy" in the UK, comes the most insidious, diabolical, GENIUS prank Brian has seen since the quarter-on-forehead scam!

May 7, 2009

If you're comfortable with taking a little risk for a chance at a HUGE reward, you're going to love this week's episode.

May 13, 2009

This week, we've got a simple puzzle with an impossible-sounding setup.

May 20, 2009

Brian hangs out with the crew from CO-OP and schools them on how to uncover a conspiracy theory!

May 27, 2009

Get ready to learn how to scam your way into anything, or anyone!

Jun 4, 2009

The second half of Brian's "Scam Your Way Into Anything" panel record from SXSW Interactive!

Jun 10, 2009

Because sooner or later, every scammer finds himself in a pair of handcuffs.

Jun 17, 2009

Here it is! Our final SXSW episode, where you'll see Brian scam and be scammed by Digg CEO Jay Adelson and astronaut/ubergeek Richard Garriott.

Jun 24, 2009

This week a puzzle (involving nails) that stumped Brian!

Jul 1, 2009

An easy trick that lets you cheat your friends at poker!

Jul 8, 2009

No locker or bike is safe once you learn this trick!

Jul 15, 2009

Move a solid object straight through any table!

Jul 22, 2009

Without looking, peeking, or even cheating, the scam artist can tell who will win in a virtual game of rock-paper-scissors

Jul 29, 2009

This week -- they're trickier, harder, and sneakier than handcuffs: we escape from thumbcuffs!

Sep 16, 2009

Think you're smart? Wait until you see the surprising results of the Memory test...

Sep 23, 2009

Cheat at ANY game of cards!

Sep 30, 2009

An impossible riddle with an unbeatable payoff!

Oct 7, 2009

Do you remember "The Heist" from episode 21? Well, the sequel is even more unfair than the original!

Oct 14, 2009

Use this rigged game to cheat your friends twice in a row!

Dec 2, 2009

Computer-Generated stack allows your to CHEAT at Texas Hold 'Em!

Dec 9, 2009

2 pool hall scams guaranteed to win you some cash!

Dec 16, 2009

Read your friends' minds with this easy book test miracle!

Dec 23, 2009

Easy dice trick lets you read drunk people's minds!

Dec 30, 2009

Cork trick is nearly impossible for them to copy!

Jan 6, 2010

Bottle bet makes 'em look goofy AND win you a free drink

Jan 13, 2010

Math paradox lets you cheat your friends

Jan 20, 2010

3 simple matchbooks for a mental miracle and an easy free drink!

Jan 27, 2010

This week: a killer card trick, complete with a twist at the end... this card trick works BETTER because it screws up!

Feb 3, 2010

It's a real-life Vulcan mind-meld!

Feb 10, 2010

For our 100th episode, we've got a statistical scam that sounds impossible.

Feb 17, 2010

Get two puzzles for the price of one!

Feb 24, 2010

Use leverage to make your friends look dumb!

Mar 3, 2010

Amazing trick reads minds with NO trick coins, NO secret helpers... and no cheating!

Mar 10, 2010

Easy trick fools magicians!

Mar 17, 2010

Hurl playing cards 50 feet at a time! Fling them hard enough to break water balloons, or even embed them into aluminum sheeting!

Mar 24, 2010

Check out Brian's live show from Austin, as he opened for Diggnation!