The Carbonaro Effect

Michael Carbonaro is a magician by trade, but a prankster by heart. Michael performs baffling tricks on unsuspecting people in everyday situations, all caught on hidden…

Reality • Series • 2014 • 5 seasons

Start watching: S1 E1

Starring: Michael Carbonaro

Created by: Michael Carbonaro

S1 E1 - Got the Bug Out
Posing as a technician, Michael literally "gets the bug out" of a customer's phone and has him convinced it was in there all along.
Apr 1, 2014 • 30m
S1 E2 - A Problem with Chocolate Turtles and Seeds
Posing as a cashier, Michael makes a shopper's face appear on a milk carton and tries to convince her that she really is a missing person. Then, in a shipping store he has customers believing that impossible technology of the future has arrived, like a bowling ball that can be mailed in a flat box. Plus, he has a hotel guest questioning her identity when he swaps her ID, and stumps a valet when he does a disappearing act from his car.
May 15, 2014 • 30m
S1 E3 - A Waddle, a Scratch...
A duck fools thrift store shoppers; an endless chain of hangers; cheese corks in a liquor store; freezing wine; destroying and reconstructing art in a museum.
May 15, 2014 • 30m
S1 E4 - Just Smash It Out
Michael convinces car wash patrons that he broke their window, only to miraculously fix it with the push of a button. Then, dry cleaning customers are confused when Michael is suddenly wearing their clothes in the blink of an eye. Plus, pet shoppers see fish in a dry water bowl.
May 22, 2014 • 30m
S1 E5 - Out of Bounce
Too good to be true toys; Michael poses as a personal trainer who sweats a bucket-full; a disappearing car makes a security guard panic.
May 29, 2014 • 30m
S1 E6 - Don't Freeze Me
A light box turns heavy in a sporting goods store; Michael poses as a barista for a glass illusion; a boomerang in a museum; taxidermy mischief.
Jun 5, 2014 • 30m
S1 E7 - The Lizard Law
A lucky serpent at a Mexican restaurant; metal-melting salsa; a brown bag lunch that keeps on giving; the freshest frozen entrée ever; dead flowers revived.
Jun 12, 2014 • 30m
S1 E8 - It's a Makeshift
Never ending laundry soap; a human phonograph at the thrift store; a flipping punch bowl; a teleporting glass penguin.
Jun 19, 2014 • 30m
S1 E9 - Green Friendly
A shrinking wine bottle with a confounding cork; vanishing diamonds in a jewelry store; going green at the car wash.
Jun 26, 2014 • 30m
S1 E10 - Maybe it's the Echinacea?
Posing as a Pet Store employee, Michael sells customers on the novelty of pets that can hatch out of balloons and convinces a hotel valet that he can park a car without even sitting in the driver's seat.
Jul 10, 2014 • 30m
S1 E11 - Serious Déjà Vu
Posing as a bartender, Michael turns water into liquor and convinces a self-proclaimed experienced drinker that distillation is a lie.
Jul 17, 2014 • 21m
S1 E12 - An Elevated Ferret Alert
At a car wash, Michael uses a unique method to retrieve keys that were locked in a car, and horrifies a woman who does not want new furry friends.
Jul 24, 2014 • 30m
S1 E13 - Cause and Effect
In this special episode, Michael breaks the laws of physics with a multitude of tricks and then introduces new technologies to some very accepting patrons.
Oct 30, 2014 • 30m
S1 E14 - This is Not an Orange
Michael confuses variety store customers with products that have secret hideaways; astonishes camping store patrons with rafts that come in pill form; and convinces a woman that a tiny propeller enables human levitation.
Nov 6, 2014 • 30m
S1 E15 - Just During the Previews
Michael tests gravity when he floats the idea of astronaut snacks; his darkness-triggering popcorn and he astonishes an antique store employee with glass figurines that feel emotion and repair themselves.
Nov 13, 2014 • 30m
S1 E16 - In Case What?!
Michael stumps a delivery man when he pulls live crabs out of his Chinese food order.
Nov 20, 2014 • 30m
S1 E17 - A Faux Pas to Wear
Michael stuns shoppers with a remarkably advanced antique that self-tailors clothes and a chalkboard that solves mathematical equations.
Nov 27, 2014 • 30m
S1 E18 - Just a Milker
Michael fishes for trouble in a toy store with pop-up books that contain live animals and, at a health food store, he shows a woman how to milk almonds; a mummy causes an employee to question ancient curses.
Dec 4, 2014 • 30m
S1 E19 - Suburban Pimp
Michael gets spooky at an antique store with a vintage voodoo doll and, at a costume store, a Dorothy outfit comes complete with a little dog too.
Dec 11, 2014 • 30m
S1 E20 - Might Be Trippin'
Michael fills in for a karate instructor and interrupts the Zen of his students; a frog necklace that is so realistic; a clothing display that puts the "man" in mannequin.
Dec 18, 2014 • 30m
S1 E21 - An Awogami Is Ripe
Michael works at a camping store where his life-saving s'mores and pop-up coolers stun customers; a child safety pill bottle with built-in invisibility proves too complicated for adults; Michael adjusts the size of a model train.
Dec 25, 2014 • 30m
S1 E22 - Iguanasaurs
Michael shrinks into a leprechaun outfit; a museum employee makes the discovery of a lifetime when a preserved egg hatches a baby dinosaur.
Jan 1, 2015 • 30m
S1 E23 - 3D Galastical Morphin Ranging Power Tents
Michael tries to pull a fast one on burger joint patrons with his inflatable hot dogs and his unusual technique for bagging buns, then he creeps out a flea market vendor when he brings an acrylic encased arachnid back to life.
Jan 8, 2015 • 30m
S1 E24 - Flash Melt
Michael hits the jackpot in a convenience store with a man who guesses the winning lotto numbers and amazes a mother at a toy store when he demonstrates her own child's genius abilities.
Jan 15, 2015 • 30m
S1 E25 - An Over-grooming Situation
Michael leaves a co-worker with a technologically confounding hose that wirelessly transmits water; Michael's puppy takes to the catwalk after dressing himself in the most fashionable canine attire.
Jan 22, 2015 • 30m

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