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First Aired: April 1st, 2014
Status: Continuing
Genre: Comedy
Network: truTV
Summary: 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.
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# of Episodes: 94
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Season 1
Episode 1: Got the Bug Out
Air Date: April 1st, 2014
Summary: 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.
Episode 2: A Problem with Chocolate Turtles and Seeds
Air Date: May 15th, 2014
Summary: 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.
Episode 3: A Waddle, a Scratch...
Air Date: May 15th, 2014
Summary: 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.
Episode 4: Just Smash It Out
Air Date: May 22nd, 2014
Summary: 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.
Episode 5: Out of Bounce
Air Date: May 29th, 2014
Summary: 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.
Episode 6: Don't Freeze Me
Air Date: June 5th, 2014
Summary: 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.
Episode 7: The Lizard Law
Air Date: June 12nd, 2014
Summary: 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.
Episode 8: It's a Makeshift
Air Date: June 19th, 2014
Summary: Never ending laundry soap; a human phonograph at the thrift store; a flipping punch bowl; a teleporting glass penguin.
Episode 9: Green Friendly
Air Date: June 26th, 2014
Summary: A shrinking wine bottle with a confounding cork; vanishing diamonds in a jewelry store; going green at the car wash.
Episode 10: Serious deja vu
Air Date: July 17th, 2014
Summary: Posing as a bartender, Michael turns water into liquor. Then, Michael blows the minds of customers in a coffee shop.
Episode 11: An Elevated Ferret Alert
Air Date: July 24th, 2014
Summary: 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.
Episode 12: An Elevated Ferret Alert
Air Date: July 24th, 2014
Summary: 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.
Episode 13: Out of Control
Air Date: October 30th, 2014
Summary: Michael stuns customers in a holistic store by treating them to kale cannolis and shows one customer the mighty mouse effects of muscle supplements; Michael bewilders green thumb enthusiasts with seeds that instantly sprout.
Episode 14: This is Not an Orange
Air Date: November 6th, 2014
Summary: 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.
Episode 15: Just During the Previews
Air Date: November 13rd, 2014
Summary: 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.
Episode 16: In Case What?!
Air Date: November 13rd, 2014
Summary: Michael stumps a delivery man when he pulls live crabs out of his Chinese food order.
Episode 17: A Faux Pas to Wear
Air Date: November 27th, 2014
Summary: Michael stuns shoppers with a remarkably advanced antique that self-tailors clothes and a chalkboard that solves mathematical equations.
Episode 18: Just a Milker
Air Date: December 4th, 2014
Summary: 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.
Episode 19: Suburban Pimp
Air Date: December 11st, 2014
Summary: 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.
Episode 20: Might Be Trippin'
Air Date: December 18th, 2014
Summary: 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.
Episode 21: An Awogami Is Ripe
Air Date: December 25th, 2014
Summary: 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.
Episode 22: Iguanasaurs
Air Date: January 1st, 2015
Summary: Michael shrinks into a leprechaun outfit; a museum employee makes the discovery of a lifetime when a preserved egg hatches a baby dinosaur.
Episode 23: Galastical Morphin' Ranging Power Tents
Air Date: January 8th, 2015
Summary: 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.
Episode 24: Flash Melt
Air Date: January 15th, 2015
Summary: 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.
Episode 25: An Over-grooming Situation
Air Date: January 22nd, 2015
Summary: 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.
Episode 26: An Over-Grooming Situation
Air Date: January 22nd, 2015
Summary: Michael leaves a co-worker out to dry at the garden center with a technologically confounding hose that wirelessly transmits water. Later, at the dog groomers, Michael's puppy takes to the catwalk after dressing himself in the most fashionable canine attire.
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