The Carbonaro Effect

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.
IMDb 7.5201414 episodesTV-14
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Pilot

    May 14, 2014
    21min
    TV-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.
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  2. S1 E2 - A Problem with Chocolate Turtles and Seeds

    May 14, 2014
    20min
    TV-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.
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  3. S1 E3 - A Waddle, a Scratch...

    May 14, 2014
    20min
    TV-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.
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  4. S1 E4 - Just Smash It Out

    May 21, 2014
    20min
    TV-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.
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  5. S1 E5 - Out of Bounce

    May 28, 2014
    20min
    TV-14
    Michael convinces customers to buy toys that couldn't possibly exist, like bubbles that turn into Christmas ornaments when you catch them.
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  6. S1 E6 - Don't Freeze Me!

    June 4, 2014
    21min
    TV-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.
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  7. S1 E7 - The Lizard Law

    June 11, 2014
    21min
    TV-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.
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  8. S1 E8 - It's a Makeshift

    June 18, 2014
    21min
    TV-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.
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  9. S1 E9 - Green Friendly

    June 25, 2014
    20min
    TV-14
    Michael confuses wine drinkers with an incredible shrinking bottle and a supposedly deep cork that defies the laws of physics.
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  10. S1 E10 - Maybe it's the Echinacea?

    July 9, 2014
    21min
    TV-PG
    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.
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  11. S1 E11 - Serious Déjà Vu

    July 16, 2014
    20min
    TV-PG
    Posing as a bartender, Michael turns water into liquor and convinces a self-proclaimed experienced drinker that distillation is a lie.
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  12. S1 E12 - An Elevated Ferret Alert

    July 23, 2014
    21min
    TV-PG
    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.
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  13. S1 E13 - Cause and Effect

    July 30, 2014
    21min
    TV-PG
    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.
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Extras

Bonus

Sneak Peek

Sneak Peek

5minTV-14
Watch this sneak peek of The Carbonaro Effect plus a deleted scene from the "Pilot" episode.
Watch this sneak peek of The Carbonaro Effect plus a deleted scene from the "Pilot" episode.
Watch this sneak peek of The Carbonaro Effect plus a deleted scene from the "Pilot" episode.