Season 1

2008-04-06

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

2008-04-07

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

2008-04-08

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

2008-04-10

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.

2008-04-17

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.

2008-04-24

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

2008-05-01

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

2008-05-08 · 6m

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

2008-05-15 · 6m

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

2008-05-22 · 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?

2008-05-29 · 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.

2008-06-05 · 5m

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

2008-06-12 · 6m

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

2008-06-19 · 12m

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

2008-06-26 · 15m

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

2008-07-03 · 9m

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

2008-07-10 · 8m

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

2008-07-17 · 7m

Watch the Master finally get beat at his own game!

2008-07-24 · 8m

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

2008-07-31 · 8m

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

2008-08-07 · 8m

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

2008-08-14 · 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 of the holes is the true center of the chain and will hold "fast," while the other will not hold, and is instead "loose".

2008-08-21 · 10m

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

2008-08-28 · 7m

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

2008-09-04 · 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 cold one.

2008-09-11 · 8m

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

2008-09-18 · 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.

2008-09-25 · 7m

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

2008-10-02 · 9m

A new take on an old-time match trick

2008-10-09 · 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 to the bottom of the deck, but how to use that talent for a sweet little card trick.

2008-10-16 · 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.

2008-10-23 · 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 4-quarter puzzle, but it has an added twist that should net you TWICE the beers of any other puzzle.

2008-10-30 · 8m

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

2008-11-06 · 7m

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

2008-11-13 · 6m

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

2008-11-20 · 7m

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

2008-11-27 · 12m

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

2008-12-04 · 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!

2008-12-11 · 12m

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

2008-12-18 · 6m

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

2008-12-25 · 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!