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The Carbonaro Effect
2014
0:30
5 Seasons 92 Episodes
★ 7.4
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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 camera. Everyone is left stunned and delighted, even though they have no idea what just hit them.

Episodes

Got the Bug Out
Episode 1

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.

30m
A Problem with Chocolate Turtles and Seeds
Episode 2

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.

30m
A Waddle, a Scratch...
Episode 3

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.

30m
Just Smash It Out
Episode 4

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.

30m
Out of Bounce
Episode 5

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.

30m
Don't Freeze Me
Episode 6

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.

30m
The Lizard Law
Episode 7

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.

30m
It's a Makeshift
Episode 8

It's a Makeshift

Never ending laundry soap; a human phonograph at the thrift store; a flipping punch bowl; a teleporting glass penguin.

30m
Green Friendly
Episode 9

Green Friendly

A shrinking wine bottle with a confounding cork; vanishing diamonds in a jewelry store; going green at the car wash.

30m
Maybe it's the Echinacea?
Episode 10

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.

30m
Serious Déjà Vu
Episode 11

Serious Déjà Vu

Posing as a bartender, Michael turns water into liquor and convinces a self-proclaimed experienced drinker that distillation is a lie.

21m
An Elevated Ferret Alert
Episode 12

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.

30m
Cause and Effect
Episode 13

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.

30m
This is Not an Orange
Episode 14

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.

30m
Just During the Previews
Episode 15

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.

30m
In Case What?!
Episode 16

In Case What?!

Michael stumps a delivery man when he pulls live crabs out of his Chinese food order.

30m
A Faux Pas to Wear
Episode 17

A Faux Pas to Wear

Michael stuns shoppers with a remarkably advanced antique that self-tailors clothes and a chalkboard that solves mathematical equations.

30m
Just a Milker
Episode 18

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.

30m
Suburban Pimp
Episode 19

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.

30m
Might Be Trippin'
Episode 20

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.

30m
An Awogami Is Ripe
Episode 21

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.

30m
Iguanasaurs
Episode 22

Iguanasaurs

Michael shrinks into a leprechaun outfit; a museum employee makes the discovery of a lifetime when a preserved egg hatches a baby dinosaur.

30m
3D Galastical Morphin Ranging Power Tents
Episode 23

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.

30m
Flash Melt
Episode 24

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.

30m
An Over-grooming Situation
Episode 25

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.

30m
Just Made History
Episode 1

Just Made History

In the season two premiere, Michael poses as a hipster at a farmers market and makes an endless supply of juice. Then things become blurry at the eye doctor, and later, shape shifting aliens send Michael's co-worker into a frenzy.

30m
Dangerously Drinkable
Episode 2

Dangerously Drinkable

Michael astounds dental patients with molar radio transmissions, and while appraising art, he brings an extinct species back to life. Plus, an unusual brew stirs a ghostly hallucination that will make draws drop.

30m
Japanese Waterless Folding Toilet
Episode 3

Japanese Waterless Folding Toilet

Michael stretches headphone cords and reality with a mystical putty and stuns a co-worker with new bathroom technology. In the big finale, a Porta Potty becomes a Portal Potty.

30m
The Albino Corn Snake Viper Patrol
Episode 4

The Albino Corn Snake Viper Patrol

Working at a tattoo parlor, Michael gets some killer ink in a flash. Then it's SNAKES ON A SEDAN when a serpent ambushes a routine car checkup. Down on the docks, one unlucky guy learns a lesson in shrinkage.

30m
Amvox 73
Episode 5

Amvox 73

Michael unearths a mutant turtle from a mystical Peruvian clay. A woman is blown away when 2 adorable bunnies become 8 and to top it off, a hapless carpenter becomes an accidental time traveler when a potent new glue has him coming undone.

30m
Turn to Gold
Episode 6

Turn to Gold

A miraculous liquid gives Michael the Midas touch in an eyeglass store. Later, Michael trains the new girl at a tanning salon, but things take horrifying turn when she believes she's killed her first customer.

30m
Take the Mirror
Episode 7

Take the Mirror

Michael's candy shop customers witness a live scorpion get freed from a lollipop and later Michael's cocktail invention has one man drunk with envy! In the big finish, a cursed mirror turns simple reflections into reality.

30m
Sierra Volcano
Episode 8

Sierra Volcano

Michael performs a revolutionary treatment that turns back time and at the farmer's market, a pungent pre-historic cheese mesmerizes one shopper's taste buds. Plus, an accident with a 3D printer has Michael meeting his match.

30m
The Doughy Parts
Episode 9

The Doughy Parts

At an office, Michael goes from suave to slacker in the blink of an eye. Then at a museum, a man discovers his painter's touch is worth thousands and at a pool club, Michael and his strange friend are in the deep end with security.

30m
That's Voodoo
Episode 10

That's Voodoo

Michael wows mall shoppers with snakes that sooth and spiders that stitch. At an art supply store a woman finds out that she's a natural born wood whittler. Plus, an abandoned house won't let go of its precious things.

30m
Catch the Flu
Episode 11

Catch the Flu

Michael helps a man realize his amazing mind powers and an art gallery's tribal mask goes missing which has the security guard fearing war.

30m
Deep Space Air
Episode 12

Deep Space Air

While doing scientific research, Michael makes things heavy with some otherworldly air. At a bakery, the new rolls are so light that they defy gravity. Michael then gets caught by the ultimate sand trap as a golf instructor.

30m
Fishguise
Episode 13

Fishguise

At a local copy shop, Michael introduces a print by hand technique and at a bait and tackle shop, he unveils the latest fish fashion trends. At an office, Michael pulls a switcheroo and the new temp has no idea who's the boss.

30m
EggShaq
Episode 14

EggShaq

Michael unveils the mystery behind bowling balls, and does the world's longest spit take; Shaquille O'Neal helps with a plan to blow one super-fan's mind.

30m
Dead Man Walking
Episode 15

Dead Man Walking

Michael serenades a clam while posing as a cook; a spirited trick leaves one man questioning the afterlife.

30m
I Am Ogle Thorpe
Episode 16

I Am Ogle Thorpe

When Michael opens a shocking package at a warehouse, a man goes hog wild. And while pigs may not fly, Michael proves that kittens can. One woman believes a curse has transformed a man right before her eyes.

30m
The Framing Canon
Episode 17

The Framing Canon

While working in an art supply store, Michael astounds a customer with a framing device, shocks a patron who can't see the whole picture and becomes a piece of art. Later, a woman goes haywire when Michael literally loses his head.

30m
Skull with a Flower Hat
Episode 18

Skull with a Flower Hat

While posing as a security guard, Michael turns a metal detector into a microwave, exposes a surveillance operation and finds himself in the line of fire. Later, a mover is dumbfounded when a woman rises from the ashes.

30m
Warthogs, WogHearts and Hogwarts
Episode 19

Warthogs, WogHearts and Hogwarts

Michael refreshes stale nachos and peels back the truth behind a fake bill. He also unveils the latest in cellular soda machine technology. But what will happen when he breathes life into a T-Rex?

30m
A Positive Presence
Episode 20

A Positive Presence

Michael serves a drink that can eat away at anything and cleanse so organic that it creates life. Later, his sneaker lacing technology shocks a customer and makes an assistant think someone has risen from the dead.

30m
Top Priority of NASA
Episode 21

Top Priority of NASA

Michael's tricks include a soup fit for space, odd ear wax removal and a mystic massage. Later, a mover travels through time.

30m
Drone Care
Episode 22

Drone Care

While working as a florist, Michael nukes petal popping flowers, sheds light on frog mutation, and turns an ant farm into a work of art.

30m
Sets Itself, Lights Itself
Episode 23

Sets Itself, Lights Itself

Michael loses a credit card in a series of absorbing containers. In an art store, he shakes off sloppy handwriting to reveal some fancy calligraphy. Later on, a catering assistant gets spooked when the chinaware sets itself.

30m
A Living Trilobite
Episode 24

A Living Trilobite

Michael proves chipmunks are nature's accountants; Michael stuns a museum worker by bringing a fossilized creature to life.

30m
House of Horrors
Episode 25

House of Horrors

Michael unveils a coffee making app and gets textually active with the world's thinnest disposable phone. Then he debuts a new beauty invention that turns ugly.

30m
He's a Professional Dude
Episode 26

He's a Professional Dude

Michael silences a traveling squeak while remodeling a home; a hospital becomes the scene of a mind-bending game of cops and robbers.

30m
Incredibly Unsettling
Episode 1

Incredibly Unsettling

Michael breezes into the Windy City to shock and amaze the Chicago locals. In a health store, he sells a supplement that proves you are what you drink, and at a Metro station, he utterly derails a commuter's sense of reality.

30m
Holy Moly Mirror
Episode 2

Holy Moly Mirror

In a local Chicago diner, Michael brings new meaning to the term "hold the pickles". Plus, he discovers an aggressive new breed of fungus at a park, and later, he helps a co-worker disappear from work early in a hospital warehouse.

30m
Bro, They're Surrounding Us!
Episode 3

Bro, They're Surrounding Us!

At a market, Michael reveals an amazing credit card hack, and at a science shop, he demonstrates how far stem cell research has come. Later, Michael spooks a gardener who's certain that angry gnomes are hunting him down!

30m
It's a Chicken, Sir!
Episode 4

It's a Chicken, Sir!

Discovering a ferocious new breed of animal at a park; invading a local tea shop; Michael transforms himself at an abandoned art studio.

30m
Wait, My Chair!
Episode 5

Wait, My Chair!

Michael shows a caterer the true power of dairy products, and an antique store customer is stunned when a species of termite chews through the scenery.

30m
Soliciting Statue
Episode 6

Soliciting Statue

Michael shows off an impossible way to organize your clothes; there are some surprises lurking in our favorite foods at the super market; Michael pushes his skills by tricking two people at the same time.

30m
Speed Thieves
Episode 7

Speed Thieves

At a diner, Michael adds some spice to lunchtime and gives patrons the chills while demonstrating a new way to cool soup. And at a furniture store, Michael shows his coworker that impossible things can happen in the blink of an eye.

30m
The Impractically Carbonaro Jokers' Effect
Episode 8

The Impractically Carbonaro Jokers' Effect

In this special crossover event, the Impractical Jokers help Michael stun coffee bar customers - but soon discover the joke is on them; on a nature trail, Michael's woodland creatures display fantastic hidden abilities.

30m
A Similar Rock Energy
Episode 9

A Similar Rock Energy

Michael is back in Chicago to hash out new ideas in a hemp store, but it's not until he inspects a spooky church that people start getting stoned, literally. Plus, Michael teams up with special guest star, Jack Black!

30m
Kind of Like a Seafoam Green
Episode 10

Kind of Like a Seafoam Green

Michael shows some unsuspecting shoppers how to manipulate solid objects, and he reveals the truth about automatic vacuums; one employee's shift at a camping store becomes very colorful and confusing.

30m
Super Saturn Moon Travel
Episode 11

Super Saturn Moon Travel

At Michael's fireworks stand, he's got everything from exploding fruit to levitation sparklers, and at a hemp store, Michael shows off his innovations in hemp technology. Plus, a time capsule completely blows one man's mind!

30m
Cuban Assimilatory Persea Plant
Episode 12

Cuban Assimilatory Persea Plant

Michael tries new foods like shape-shifting pasta and never-ending soup! Then it's off to a vinyl shop for a record-breaking illusion, and later, Michael tries to convince his coworker to explore a new plant.

30m
Pixelated Vision
Episode 13

Pixelated Vision

At a wilderness store, Michael reels in customers with an amazing new fishing tool, and at an AT&T store, Michael shows off a camera that's literally paper thin. Plus, a day of mini golf turns explosive when a loose cannon appears.

30m
Italian Food Matter
Episode 14

Italian Food Matter

Michael uncovers the secrets behind baoding balls, origami and paper lamps, and at Eataly, he reveals a spray that turns everything into bacon. Plus, a picture worth a thousand words leaves Michael's assistant speechless.

30m
Industrial Asphalt Sealant
Episode 15

Industrial Asphalt Sealant

Michael trains his coworkers how to hold a dog who can't hold it, and at the AT&T store, Michael shows off a new way to lighten the load. Plus, a man can vanish into a manhole, but the whole hole can't vanish, right?!

30m
Pineapple Breeze
Episode 16

Pineapple Breeze

At a cell phone store, Michael reveals an exciting new way to fix your tablet, and later, he makes a drink that's impossible to swallow. Plus, a dog owner loves that Michael has turned her pet into the smartest animal in the world!

30m
The Essence Of The Wings
Episode 17

The Essence Of The Wings

30m
Total Face Rejuvenation
Episode 1

Total Face Rejuvenation

Michael shocks a receptionist with a medical procedure that leaves both their jaws on the floor.

30m
Relax the Back
Episode 2

Relax the Back

Michael shocks people with every trick in the book at a library, including a voice-controlled page turner.

30m
The Snowball
Episode 3

The Snowball

Michael visits a ski shop to demonstrate the latest in winter gear; a hat that also makes hot cocoa.

30m
You’ve Been Marked
Episode 4

You’ve Been Marked

Michael shows off a seashell from the seashore, that still has the seashore in it.

30m
Simon Soft
Episode 5

Simon Soft

Michael turns iced tea into a tea candle.

30m
Whippit
Episode 6

Whippit

In an ice cream shop, Michael whips up a mind-boggling app.

30m
The Food Flattener
Episode 7

The Food Flattener

At a cooking class, Michael gets crabby when chopping salad and brings the heat to instantly cook a meatball with his breath.

30m
Dr. Bones
Episode 8

Dr. Bones

Michael explores the true depth of a deep-dish pizza.

30m
There's Life in Here
Episode 9

There's Life in Here

Michael gives a confused woman the license to speed at the Department of Motor Vehicles.

30m
Prehistoric Fossil Breeding
Episode 10

Prehistoric Fossil Breeding

Michael schools a man on fish fossil breeding at a rock store.

30m
Vegan Plant
Episode 11

Vegan Plant

Michael feeds a cannibalistic plant at a garden center.

30m
Sorcery or Science
Episode 12

Sorcery or Science

Michael sweetens a woman's day at a candy store when a chocolate bunny eats here ring.

30m
Fight or Flight
Episode 13

Fight or Flight

While working at a cheese store, Michael milks the reaction of a woman stunned by breeding brie.

30m
Fright at the Museum
Episode 14

Fright at the Museum

At a campsite, Michael turns rain into wine and has an app that gives a new meaning to the "call of nature."

30m
Dummy Talks
Episode 15

Dummy Talks

At an appliance store, a man goes bananas over Michael's self stocking fridge.

30m
Home Run Away
Episode 16

Home Run Away

At a deli, Michael bakes bread with power tools, and in a tux store, his outfit change doesn't suit his customer.

30m
Cat Lady
Episode 1

Cat Lady

At auditions, Michael wows directors with costume changes but cracks when he sings; things get sticky when he demos flying post-its; Michael's co-worker's jaw drops when a shape-shifting tenant returns while they clean house.

30m
Moving Dragon
Episode 2

Moving Dragon

While working at a pool store, Michael flies on a kickboard and shows the culinary uses of a pool noodle; at a pet store, he breeds hamsters from pellets; Michael stuns his helper as moving day heats up with a fiery statue.

30m
Lipstick and the Flying Nun
Episode 3

Lipstick and the Flying Nun

While working at an antique shop, Michael unpacks an item with a message from beyond and a problem-solving toy puzzles his co-worker. Plus, Michael works a fundraiser where a painting raises not just money but the body of a nun.

30m
Pink Slime
Episode 4

Pink Slime

While working at a book store, Michael feeds some book worms. Plus, Michael serves food and gives new meaning to the term "grass fed beef". Then, at a food testing center, Michael spooks his assistant when an experiment takes a new shape.

30m
Chilly Flakes and Wormholes
Episode 5

Chilly Flakes and Wormholes

Michael works in a spice shop and gets the icy treatment with his take on "chilly flakes". Plus at a hotel, he cleans a spill with his phone. And then, at an abandoned house, Michael amazes his assistant when he climbs through a wormhole.

30m
Popcorn Pants
Episode 6

Popcorn Pants

Michael delivers a shock in a shipping store when packaged wine tips over and gets the bubble wrap tipsy. At a popcorn shop, Michael dons the latest kernel fashions. Later, at a theater, he stuns his helper when a trick jumps off the screen.

30m
Vanishing Daycare
Episode 7

Vanishing Daycare

At a thrift store, Michael transforms a t-shirt that's suitable for all four seasons and at a daycare, his aid thinks she loses more than her mind. Plus, in a museum, Michael's helper runs scared when a sculpture starts to slither away.

30m
Puppification
Episode 8

Puppification

At an appliance store, Michael blends juices with a sticker. Then, at a pet shop, he reverses the food chain. Plus, at a doggy spa, an old dog learns new tricks when a rejuvenation machine turns back time and Michael doesn't go unscathed.

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Cast

Michael Carbonaro

Himself

Crew

Kevin Lau

Assistant Camera

Russell Arch

Executive Producer

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