Scam School

Hosted by Brian Brushwood. New episodes Wednesdays.

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! Read More

Psychic Matchbooks

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 – running time 12:07

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

Effect: three matchbooks are set in front of the mark. While you turn around (or even leave the room!), he's invited to grab any matchbook and sneakily remove one match from anywhere, and replace the matchbook on the exact same place.

Once you turn back around, you pick up each matchbook and weigh it in the palm of your hand. After holding up each one in turn, you boldly (and correctly) reveal which matchbook is missing a match!

Method: weight has nothing to do with it :-) instead, while you're pretending to feel for a baseline weight, you're actually pushing the matchbook cover tightly into the flap at the base. Once all three covers are firmly pushed in, you're set.

After theyve picked out a match and you've turned back around, "weigh" them again, but this time, apply slight movement with your thumb on the matchbook cover and you'll be able to tell which ones are still firmly pressed in, and which one is loose from having been opened by the sucker!

Introduction to the Matchbook Connection

00:43 | Play

Matchbook Connection trick revealed

03:41 | Play

Newbies execute the Matchbook Connection trick and Brian answers questions!

07:18 | Play

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Scam School
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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!
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Apr 6, 2008
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