The Carbonaro Effect

Michael Carbonaro, magician by trade and prankster at heart, performs ingenious tricks on unsuspecting members of the public, all caught on hidden camera. Whether posing as a barista, museum curator or seemingly unremarkable store clerk, Michael Carbonaro's Effect on people will have you laughing out loud.
201614 episodesX-RayTV-14
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Episodes

  1. S4 E1 - EggShaq

    March 22, 2016
    21min
    TV-14
    Michael unveils the ancient mystery behind bowling balls, and later does the world's longest spit-take! Plus, LITERALLY THE BIGGEST special guest in the show's history, a.k.a. Shaquille O'Neal, helps with a plan to blow one superfan's mind!
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  2. S4 E2 - Dead Man Walking

    March 29, 2016
    20min
    TV-14
    While posing as a cook, Michael warms up his vocal chords to serenade a clam out of its shell, and later, he shocks his sous chef with a fish stick stowaway. Plus, a spirited trick leaves one man questioning the afterlife.
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  3. S4 E3 - I am Ogle Thorpe

    April 5, 2016
    20min
    TV-14
    When Michael opens a shocking package at a shipment warehouse, a man goes hog wild. And while pigs may not fly, Michael proves that kittens can. Plus, one woman believes that a curse has transformed a man right before her eyes.
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  4. S4 E4 - The Framing Canon

    April 12, 2016
    21min
    TV-14
    While working at a frame store, Michael becomes a piece of art. And later, a woman goes haywire when Michael literally loses his head.
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  5. S4 E5 - Skull with a Flower Hat

    April 19, 2016
    21min
    TV-14
    While posing as a security guard, Michael turns a metal detector into a microwave. Plus, a mover is dumbfounded when a woman rises from the ashes.
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  6. S4 E6 - Warthogs, WogHearts, and Hogwarts

    April 26, 2016
    20min
    TV-14
    Michael refreshes stale nachos, peels back the truth behind a fake bill and unveils the latest in cellular soda machine technology. But what will happen when he breathes new life into a T-Rex?
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  7. S4 E7 - A Positive Presence

    May 3, 2016
    20min
    TV-14
    Michael serves up a drink that can eat away at anything, and a cleanse so organic it creates life. Then, his sneaker lacing technology shocks a customer and he tricks an assistant into thinking someone has risen from the dead.
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  8. S4 E8 - Top Priority of NASA

    May 17, 2016
    21min
    TV-14
    Michael pushes a soup machine fit for space travel. Then he reveals a shocking DIY ear wax removal kit and gives a magical massage. Finally, a trick throws a mover into a time warp when he sees the future and repeats the past.
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  9. S4 E9 - Drone Care

    May 24, 2016
    21min
    TV-14
    Drone Care: Working as a florist, Michael nukes flowers, sheds light on frog mutation, and turns an ant farm into a work of art. Later, he shocks a passerby in the park with his cat-dog, and then stuns someone else with a delivery from up above.
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  10. S4 E10 - Sets Itself, Lights Itself

    May 31, 2016
    21min
    TV-14
    Sets Itself, Lights Itself: Michael loses a credit card in a series of absorbing containers, and then in an art store, he shakes off sloppy handwriting to reveal fancy calligraphy. Later, a catering assistant gets spooked when chinaware sets itself.
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  11. S4 E11 - A Living Trilobite

    June 7, 2016
    20min
    TV-14
    As a bank teller, Michael proves chipmunks are nature's accountants. Then while servicing a wake, Michael brings a toy to life, and later, he stuns a museum worker by restarting the evolutionary process for a fossilized creature.
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  12. S4 E12 - House of Horrors

    June 14, 2016
    21min
    TV-14
    Michael reveals a coffee-making app, gets textually active with the world's thinnest disposable phone, and debuts a new beauty invention that turns ugly.
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  13. S4 E13 - He's a Professional Dude

    June 21, 2016
    20min
    TV-14
    While remodeling a home, Michael silences a co-worker with a traveling squeak. And later, a hospital becomes the scene of a mind-bending game of cops and robbers!
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Extras

Bonus

Vol. 4 Sneak Peek

Vol. 4 Sneak Peek

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Check out a sneak peek of The Carbonaro Effect, Vol. 4.
Check out a sneak peek of The Carbonaro Effect, Vol. 4.
Check out a sneak peek of The Carbonaro Effect, Vol. 4.

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