The Carbonaro Effect

2014 • truTV
4.7
1.22K reviews
TV-14
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Volume 1 episodes (14)

1 Got the Bug Out
3/31/14
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. Then, as a seemingly ordinary bartender, he makes patrons fall for a never-ending beer bottle and a shot that breaks the laws of physics. Plus, he infiltrates an office and has gullible coworkers believing that he can freeze-dry animals and reanimate them.
2 A Problem with Chocolate Turtles and Seeds
5/15/14
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.
3 A Waddle, a Scratch...
5/15/14
Posing as a thrift store employee, Michael makes shoppers believe that a real waddling duck is just a lifelike decoy and confuses clerks with a never-ending chain of hangers. Then, he convinces liquor store customers that some corks are made of cheese and a wine can freeze on command. Plus, in a museum he shocks a gullible new employee by destroying a priceless piece then impossibly reconstructing it.
4 Just Smash It Out
5/22/14
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, he has pet store shoppers convinced that they're seeing multiple fish in an empty water bowl.
5 Out of Bounce
5/29/14
Michael convinces customers to buy toys that couldn't possibly exist, like bubbles that turn into Christmas ornaments when you catch them. Then, as a personal trainer, he makes a client think he actually sweat enough to fill a bucket. Plus, a security guard panics when Michael makes a car disappear on his watch.
6 Don't Freeze Me!
6/4/14
At a sporting goods store, a confused customer debates the laws of physics with Michael after he suddenly makes a lightweight box impossibly heavy. Then as a barista, Michael shows café patrons that glass is not nearly as impenetrable as it seems. Plus, he spooks museum workers when he shows that boomerangs really do always come back, and that taxidermy is a less than permanent solution.
7 The Lizard Law
6/13/14
In a Mexican restaurant, Michael treats incredulous diners to a good luck serpent with their tableside guacamole and makes salsa so spicy it melts metal. Then, he confuses office coworkers with a never-ending brown bag lunch and a frozen meal that turns out to be alarmingly fresh. Plus, he confounds his new assistant with some tricks of the trade as a real estate agent, including freshening dead flowers right before her eyes.
8 It's a Makeshift
6/19/14
Michael mystifies laundromat patrons by impossibly multiplying miniscule amounts of detergent and makes one man's day when he convinces him that he's hit the coin machine jackpot. Then at a thrift store, Michael taps into his musical abilities by turning into a human record player. Plus, as an employee at a shipping store, he astonishingly flips a full bowl of punch without spilling a drop and repeatedly teleports a glass penguin to one customer's dismay.
9 Green Friendly
6/26/14
Michael confuses wine drinkers with an incredible shrinking bottle and a supposedly deep cork that defies the laws of physics. Then, he bedazzles a jewelry store patron with disappearing diamonds. Later, he heads to the carwash where one woman takes a stand when her "go green" clean takes an unexpected turn.
10 Maybe it's the Echinacea?
7/10/14
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. Then at the gym, he introduces new workout techniques that boggle the mind of a seasoned fitness enthusiast.
11 Serious Déjà Vu
7/17/14
Posing as a bartender, Michael turns water into liquor and convinces a self-proclaimed experienced drinker that distillation is a lie. Then, Michael heads to a coffee shop and blows the minds of customers who see but don't believe. Later, he makes a man question the cosmic universe when he gives him an epic case of déjà vu.
12 An Elevated Ferret Alert
7/24/14
Posing as an interior designer, Michael stumps his new assistant who can't escape the ground floor of a home due to a disappearing staircase. Then in an office waiting room, he frustrates a bored woman who desperately tries to do some light reading. Finally at a car wash, he uses a unique method to retrieve keys that were locked in a car, and horrifies a woman who does not want new furry friends.
13 Cause and Effect
7/31/14
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. And what happens when people learn they're on a TV show? Find out when Michael reveals that it's all been an illusion to some of the best marks of Volume 1, and see spectacular moments that went terribly awry.
101 Sneak Peek
5/5/14
Watch this sneak peek of The Carbonaro Effect plus a deleted scene from the "Pilot" episode.

About this show

Michael Carbonaro is a magician by trade but a prankster by heart. In truTV's comedic series The Carbonaro Effect, Michael performs baffling tricks on unsuspecting people in everyday situations, all caught on hidden camera.

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4.7
1.22K reviews
Timbo Tyler
January 11, 2015
This show is good enough to be on reality or a primetime TV show in a network. He is very convincing and can handle himself from not only the magic, acting and.creativity, hands down and up lol. .:-$ Chaching.
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Don Richardson
December 16, 2015
It's so amazing the look he puts on people's face, it's truly delightful to watch him in action.
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Jason Smith
December 27, 2014
I love this show it's so funny watching people's reactions and then trying their best to come to grips with what they've seen. Hope it's on for many years.
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