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  • čas přidán 11. 09. 2018
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    This episode of Scam School was made by:
    Brian Brushwood
    Brandt Hughes
    Bryce Castillo
    Roberto Villegas
    Jeff Schuessler
    Shot on location at The Kung Fu Saloon in Austin, TX
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Komentáře • 242

  • @micahphilson
    @micahphilson Před 5 lety +119

    That ad was amazing. *Her face when eating those couple extra bites of salad were priceless!*
    Also, sorry for your loss, Brian.

    • @comicsans6487
      @comicsans6487 Před 5 lety

      Omg who died?

    • @luitmeinen1902
      @luitmeinen1902 Před 5 lety +12

      his kids probably, as they were kidnapped by evil salad ladies

    • @micahphilson
      @micahphilson Před 5 lety +5

      Brian warned them that someone had his kids and was threatening them if anyone ate another bite of salad, but those cruel women just wouldn't stop.
      I understand, though, I mean, those salads looked *_really_* good!

  • @ShiivaWilding
    @ShiivaWilding Před 5 lety +14

    You can also move the top matchstick of the equals symbol, pivot the right side down and make 7 greater than 1.

  • @TheRubySpider
    @TheRubySpider Před 5 lety +111

    For the perfect square one, I would’ve moved the right match to touching the left one pointing up, to make a number 4, which is a perfect square number.

  • @Blake-jl8lh
    @Blake-jl8lh Před 5 lety +22

    for the perfect square, move the match and make a 4, which is the square of 2

  • @speedreader2660
    @speedreader2660 Před 4 lety +13

    The interesting thing about the first puzzle is that, in this case, this also worked with the number of vowels in each name, with each vowel being equivalent to 5. sUsAn = 10, IsAbEllA = 20, rIchArd = 10, jIm + jOhn = 5, jEnnIfEr = 15.

    • @defnotisaiah3210
      @defnotisaiah3210 Před 2 lety

      exactly what i thought

    • @defnotisaiah3210
      @defnotisaiah3210 Před rokem

      omg i thought it again!

    • @bigbird4481
      @bigbird4481 Před 2 měsíci

      @@defnotisaiah3210 lol I've done that same thing where I'll see a video and go to comment just to see I've already commented lol

  • @misterhatman5771
    @misterhatman5771 Před 5 lety +10

    That last one brought back do many warm and fuzzy memories form child hood. I learned that paper portal when I was a kid. From Don "Mr. Wizard" Herbert!!

  • @sleightlyhandy889
    @sleightlyhandy889 Před 5 lety +2

    That ad has always been one of my favorites

  • @thearrogantcorndog5704

    WEDNESDAY WIDARD POWWERSSS!!
    Great episode!!! Loved the multiple scams in one video...
    Would love to see more puzzles and riddles... of yea, and MORE FIRE!!

  • @jamiethesubtledeceiver1585

    Never heard of the curse of knowledge concept...as a magician and bar betting afficianado, it is really easy to think other people put the work in to learn this stuff. Thanks for an awesome episode!

  • @blueridding
    @blueridding Před 5 lety +4

    For the matches making the square, I was thinking of making the numeral 4, which is a square number (2x2)

  • @zachariasstarlid5365
    @zachariasstarlid5365 Před 5 lety

    I love this show! Keep at it! If you don't have enough time or ideas do them with longer interwall. It's really good!!!

  • @Coentjemons
    @Coentjemons Před 4 lety

    I've been watching scam school for a long ass time now and have always appreciated the commercials but this one......
    This one is, by far, the best for me. I've watched it about 10 times now and am still laughing!!!

  • @technowey
    @technowey Před 4 lety

    I got the three word one in about ten seconds, but I don't think I would have without looking at the letters. Impressive that the guy came up with "glean" in his head.

  • @christhompson8003
    @christhompson8003 Před 5 lety +1

    I like how the add was an old one - and one of the best

  • @AaronTheBlackDragon
    @AaronTheBlackDragon Před 5 lety +4

    The add was wonderful.

  • @rabbitslayer42
    @rabbitslayer42 Před 5 lety +1

    Mr. Wizard's World showed me the last one, what an awesome show that was.

  • @skyepyro7104
    @skyepyro7104 Před 5 lety +9

    Coincidentally, I got the first one right, but guessed it was the number of vowels in the name.

    • @davidarguez5833
      @davidarguez5833 Před 4 lety

      I did the same I was like well easy 5 for each vowel duh

    • @squirrel_killer-
      @squirrel_killer- Před 4 lety +2

      English tends to divide syllables using vowels.

    • @RK-zn7ib
      @RK-zn7ib Před 3 lety

      Me to google: meaning of syllable😂 language related questions were rocket science for me😅

  • @junglekiity
    @junglekiity Před 4 lety +1

    For the "Words that use these letters" one, he never said "words that ONLY use these letters", so my word puzzle brain instantly supplied "finagle" as a solution.

  • @AlasdairThompson
    @AlasdairThompson Před 2 lety

    Brian, you don't need to worry about being replaced. I got every single one of these (though I did think the first one was the number of vowels in the name) and I think I only got like 2 of yours in the video of your closers

    • @AlasdairThompson
      @AlasdairThompson Před 2 lety

      Like, I should feel smug but I'm actually disappointed... I want to be fooled!

  • @melodicsunstudios6388
    @melodicsunstudios6388 Před 4 lety

    Lincoln looks so happy

  • @DavidWillanski
    @DavidWillanski Před 5 lety +1

    If you're very careful, you can walk through a gum wrapper.

  • @tombard4994
    @tombard4994 Před 5 lety

    Another awesome show Brian you are such a badass to watch on this and modern rouge you are the best and you a Jason’s chemistry is spot on and I love you guys both always makes my day thank you.

  • @Nomad98gaming
    @Nomad98gaming Před 5 lety +1

    The last one has been covered on scam school before, it was done with a business or playing card but only enough for someone's head to pass through

  • @angelemmanuelperezmuniz1474

    Well it's time to create a Domai... hey look is a salad!

  • @henrynelson3870
    @henrynelson3870 Před 5 lety +1

    The sponsor part was killing me I literally was asking myself what the girls were about and then he mentioned they were his daughters, hahahahahaha

  • @kymbo72
    @kymbo72 Před 5 lety

    Brian loves to start his handshakes at eye level

  • @TopLob
    @TopLob Před 3 měsíci

    Angel, angle, flange. He didn't say we couldn't use more than those five letters.

  • @jetnut89
    @jetnut89 Před 5 lety

    Yay! A new episode of "Scam Me."

  • @Maninawig
    @Maninawig Před 5 lety

    Trick 7 reminds me so much of the head through a playing card done on Scam School

  • @Lunch_box
    @Lunch_box Před 5 lety +1

    I LEARNED THE LAST TRICK IN 4TH GRADE AND I WAS SO FREAKIN HAPPY WHEN HE PULLED THE SCISSORS AND THE PAPER OUT AND SAID WALK THRU IT OMGLOB THIS EARNED A LIKE

  • @therocknrollmillennial535

    11:59
    Brian's reaction reminded me of David Attenborough, for some reason.

  • @LoriWolfcat
    @LoriWolfcat Před 4 lety

    I thought the portal one was you would cut a small hole that you could just walk On or thru with your fingers. Cuz Brian said he learned it as a kid and as a kid, I used to use my fingers as “legs” to walk.

  • @christhompson8003
    @christhompson8003 Před 5 lety +5

    haven't thought about the trick of fitting through a sheet of paper for years! better yet I've not shown my 4 year old (he loves some of the tricks I've picked up from watching this)
    also if you wanted to turn it into a gotcha you could always make them use the same piece of paper - by that point it would be un-unable

    • @christhompson8003
      @christhompson8003 Před 5 lety

      Update - he loved it and found it hilarious.
      btw, (on the chance you read this) here is a simple puzzle for you but has a gotcha in it. Line 6 glasses up in the following order (also the glasses should be almost touching or with hardle any space between them) :
      Empty, Full, Full, Full, Empty, Empty
      Moving one glass how do you get it so the glasses alternate between being full and empty - Bonus how do you make sure you get a drink out of it even if they get it correct.

    • @gatorguy87
      @gatorguy87 Před 5 lety

      @@christhompson8003 I like your setup of the glasses better than the common way of 3 full next to 3 empty. yours seems trickier. I give up, how do you get a beer if they get it right.

    • @christhompson8003
      @christhompson8003 Před 5 lety

      ​@@gatorguy87 like you say, its a common trick - the difference is that when you pick up the second full one and pour the beer into the last empty one you make sure that's a glass they know is your and had previously been drinking from.
      Probably would work well with whiskey... but depends how much of a mooch rex is feeling

  • @HuskieGaming
    @HuskieGaming Před 5 lety +1

    5:38, you can also just make the equals into a greater than sign

    • @kaoticwolf9256
      @kaoticwolf9256 Před 4 lety

      Say in your phrasing, "...without messing up the equal sign"

  • @eldancer2
    @eldancer2 Před 5 lety

    The salad just killed me

  • @user-pi7xw3fi1d
    @user-pi7xw3fi1d Před 5 lety +17

    more, more, more ... I'm cursed and I want more

  • @ThePowerIsBack31
    @ThePowerIsBack31 Před 5 lety +3

    To solve the first, I added 5 to each vowel in their names.

  • @Chriss_Workshop
    @Chriss_Workshop Před 5 lety

    The walk through the paper trick was in an episode. Only it was cut a card big enough to pull your body through. No way I can find it through 700+ episodes but i promise its there

  • @DasGrinch
    @DasGrinch Před 5 lety

    The 'walk through a piece of paper' I swear I saw in the Sunday comics at one point, like a 'Slylock Fox' comic. Way back in the 80's when we still read newspapers at least.

  • @bestnewb
    @bestnewb Před 5 lety +1

    you did cover that last riddle on scam school. you did a episode where you had to walk through a playing card before.

  • @toasthead
    @toasthead Před 5 lety

    For the roman numerals you could do this VI > I

  • @blueburger4
    @blueburger4 Před 5 lety +2

    BrushWOOD! You said you never had this on scam school before but I strictly remember there being an episode where another magician you've highlighted showed it off with a playing card.

    • @garrythirtle
      @garrythirtle Před 5 lety

      Rich Ferguson did the body through a playing card.

  • @codyx8273
    @codyx8273 Před 2 lety

    Jennifer puzzle also works with vowels.

  • @abaddon101
    @abaddon101 Před 2 lety

    For the make a perfect square one, I though move one match so that it spells out the number 4. Because 4 is a perfect square into 2.

  • @leppeppel
    @leppeppel Před 5 lety +2

    I got angle, angel, and nagel, which is German for nail. If he didn't say it had to be English, that's his fault.

  • @JudithOpdebeeck
    @JudithOpdebeeck Před 2 lety

    i mean, depending on how you count, at this point we are getting dangerously close to 700 episodes

  • @thunderusnight
    @thunderusnight Před 4 lety +1

    JESSICA PUT DOWN THE DAMN SALAD

  • @jacobstory8895
    @jacobstory8895 Před 5 lety

    On the second one, you could also move one match to make the number 4, which is a perfect square.

  • @Donteatacowman
    @Donteatacowman Před 3 lety

    I'm pretty sure the "walk through" paper was in one of the American Girls books, or one of their companion pieces. Weird place to learn it...

  • @timcrimson
    @timcrimson Před 5 lety

    I want to see Scam School and the Modern Rogue to come out to Philly

  • @SubjektDelta
    @SubjektDelta Před 5 lety

    Those glasses suit you well, wear them in the rogue episodes!

  • @christopherfrost8230
    @christopherfrost8230 Před 5 lety

    I learned that paper portal thing on the Mr Wizard show. I wonder if Brian learned it from the same place.

  • @tristanyokom1542
    @tristanyokom1542 Před 5 lety

    I remember learning how to do that last one as a little kid, but with a playing card

  • @tattoodfreeek
    @tattoodfreeek Před 5 lety

    Think I'm in love with the salad eating redhead

  • @bilfaulk
    @bilfaulk Před 5 lety

    wow, I just had a flash back to Mr. Wizard.

  • @DexXx84
    @DexXx84 Před 4 lety

    3:17 BOOM!
    3:20 Lincoln, mind blown

  • @jeffcolorado
    @jeffcolorado Před 4 lety

    I used to do the final challenge with a playing card, and the challenge was to make a hole in the card big enough to stick your head through. Since I specialize in card magic, it made sense to use a playing card for that challenge.

  • @jamiec4478
    @jamiec4478 Před 5 lety +2

    The last one has been shown on scamschool

  • @adicio5782
    @adicio5782 Před 5 lety

    Brian I just wanna say I loved hacking the system on the tv

  • @outlawz38
    @outlawz38 Před 5 lety

    glean, angel, and angle i got in 3 seconds, i feel like a damn genius. i may miss the rest though

  • @simonaverbukh7316
    @simonaverbukh7316 Před 5 lety +2

    I learned a magic trick when I was 4 and I thought it was garbage. I recently showed it to all of my friends and they all got stumped.

  • @Szadols
    @Szadols Před 5 lety

    Love the ads

  • @ufc_fan
    @ufc_fan Před 5 lety

    That domain commercial 😂

  • @brianburnett5943
    @brianburnett5943 Před 4 lety

    Only got the Angel and angle answer because my daughter is called Angel. Love your channel Brian!

  • @thebackchannel1641
    @thebackchannel1641 Před 5 lety +4

    I'm thinking about domains.

  • @thechosenofmystra9397
    @thechosenofmystra9397 Před 5 lety

    DCUP-Magic!

  • @ottaviafassone718
    @ottaviafassone718 Před 5 lety +3

    Love IT...but gonna say this again. .pls pls plssss another pickpocket tutorial

  • @epicSaturnismyname12
    @epicSaturnismyname12 Před 5 lety +6

    Re the perfect square: I'd have moved the match on the right to vertical on the other end of the left stick to make a 4 shape. 4 is a perfect square

  • @booksrblue
    @booksrblue Před 4 lety

    The names also work with each vowel being worth 5.

  • @bustedbone14
    @bustedbone14 Před 5 lety

    So would you be able to teach simple to medium difficulty flourishes, such as multi packet cuts like the Sybil (check spelling) cut? Or would that be more suited for an extra credit? I just want the scam school version so I can learn them easily.

  • @eekorocks2332
    @eekorocks2332 Před 5 lety

    In the perfect square challenge, you can move one match and make 4...which is also a PERFECT SQUARE!

  • @michaelbusch3075
    @michaelbusch3075 Před 5 lety +5

    I’m not sure if I watched a new episode or a scam school remix?? Cross over episode

  • @TokyoXtreme
    @TokyoXtreme Před 3 lety

    5:37 doesn’t really look like the square root symbol; maybe if you had snapped it in half first. As it is, it looks like “VT = I”

  • @omaraftab7131
    @omaraftab7131 Před 5 lety

    The last one was done on Scam School by Diamond Jim Tyler with a playing card.

  • @moeenuddin6756
    @moeenuddin6756 Před 5 lety

    Love you Brian.....
    You done great things sir!

  • @sophyoung903
    @sophyoung903 Před 5 lety

    The second puzzle, if you move one match you can make the number four, which is a perfect square number

  • @mmfnmn2456
    @mmfnmn2456 Před 5 lety

    The Lat one has been on scam school

  • @Ryan-zh5iw
    @Ryan-zh5iw Před 5 lety

    you should do the game of Nym. where 12 objects, stones, or coins are lined up, and you take turns taking stones, whoever takes the last one wins

  • @Biomaterials_Science
    @Biomaterials_Science Před 5 lety

    I never realised anyone didn't know the paper one either

  • @roughryder5
    @roughryder5 Před 3 lety

    The entire time Lincoln was like "WTF these White boys doing? Why am I here?" 🤣

  • @ThePanchEffect
    @ThePanchEffect Před 5 lety

    oh men, that closer, I learned it on a Simpsons magazine, is quite amazing to have it back from... I say 20 25 years?

  • @JoseGarcia-fj9qb
    @JoseGarcia-fj9qb Před 5 lety +22

    Wow thanks now I can go to the bar and get free drinks without paying

    • @micahphilson
      @micahphilson Před 5 lety +10

      Wow, that's genius! Way better than my plan of getting free drinks by paying!
      Though mine is more foolproof.

    • @daffkuh621
      @daffkuh621 Před 5 lety +4

      Finally a way for us dudes to get free drinks!

    • @andrewwilson8305
      @andrewwilson8305 Před 5 lety +1

      Micah Philson 😂😂😂 legend

    • @Manu-tf6xn
      @Manu-tf6xn Před 5 lety +1

      Yeah, I hate paying for free stuff

  • @thechosenbeastdoesgames956

    5:19 i was going to say make the = a > so it says 7 > 1

  • @GrahamOnTheGo
    @GrahamOnTheGo Před 5 lety

    First puzzle also seems to work with every vowel equals 5

    • @Kazutoification
      @Kazutoification Před 5 lety

      Doreen wouldn't really work with the vowel rule. I guess this could be an alternative!

  • @coachklotz4815
    @coachklotz4815 Před 4 lety

    The first one you can do 1 vowel is 5 too

  • @Sam_on_YouTube
    @Sam_on_YouTube Před 5 lety

    I got the right answer for the wrong reason on the first one. I did double the number of letters and round down to the nearest 5. Given that letters and syllables correlate, it isn't surprising this worked in all the examples. It wouldn't work every time though.

  • @Sjackson2369
    @Sjackson2369 Před 5 lety

    Drive a parade through a newspaper with that last one

  • @thexdestroyerxnl3583
    @thexdestroyerxnl3583 Před 3 lety

    gel can also be spelled

  • @louiswouters71
    @louiswouters71 Před 5 lety

    9:13 I would have done this: Take one match from the right triangle and break it into 3 pieces to create a triforce shape in the left triangle.

  • @psiphiorg
    @psiphiorg Před 5 lety +25

    Alternative answer for #1: Number of vowels * $5
    Alternative answer for #2: With the four matchsticks aligned in a +, move the matchstick from the right to make a 4. Voila, perfect square.

    • @THEMODERNNERD616
      @THEMODERNNERD616 Před 5 lety +1

      I like your solution to the matches in a + but unfortunately in order for it to be a perfect square it will need a match on all 4 sides, not just 3

    • @mickee
      @mickee Před 5 lety

      @@THEMODERNNERD616 what?! You like his idea yet you don't seem to understand the idea.

    • @THEMODERNNERD616
      @THEMODERNNERD616 Před 5 lety +1

      You sure about that? With a + by moving a match from the right to the left you get the shape of a digital Y which also looks like a 4. And it is almost a square.
      BUT This is still not a square as a square needs one match to be on all 4 sides. A perfect square will not have any open sides

    • @mickee
      @mickee Před 5 lety

      @@THEMODERNNERD616 you must be trolling. Anyway, have a good day!

    • @THEMODERNNERD616
      @THEMODERNNERD616 Před 5 lety +1

      Nope not trolling, just giving my opinion (you know, freedom of speech)
      Sorry David, this isn't fair to be doing this on your comment, have a good one

  • @dm666master
    @dm666master Před 5 lety

    Why didnt i know this was a thing still

  • @stelley08
    @stelley08 Před 3 lety

    This episode was brought to you today by the letters r, o, b, o, t, s and the number 3

  • @ParthGohil1
    @ParthGohil1 Před 5 lety

    As a suggestion for the show you could consider doing more productions with youtube personalities and stumping them with these puzzles and simultaneously asking them to execute those illusions or scams to other people and make that as a show.
    Same show with youtube folks :)

  • @cadewatkin7086
    @cadewatkin7086 Před 5 lety

    11:22 You're not the only one cursed with knowledge.

  • @koolkat5217
    @koolkat5217 Před 4 lety

    Didn't see you walk through it mate

  • @blanktom6049
    @blanktom6049 Před 5 lety

    1:45 Lincoln's way worked too, and you get the same answer if you say 5 per vowel
    susan 10
    isabella 20
    jim 5
    john 5
    richard 10
    jennifer 15
    works, i'm sure, because of the high correlation between vowels and syllables

    • @Kazutoification
      @Kazutoification Před 5 lety

      Doreen wouldn't really work with the vowel rule. I guess this could be an alternative!

  • @5ammy13
    @5ammy13 Před 3 lety

    For the perfect square one, I was thinking move the matchstick to make the number 4, which is a perfect square (of 2)... Aha!!! :-P

  • @richkoch5091
    @richkoch5091 Před 4 lety

    Lincoln tripping balls rn

  • @straphyr
    @straphyr Před 5 lety +4

    7:17 has so much potential for memes
    Sorry EU

  • @MarketingExtraordinaire

    Good