The Carbonaro Effect — Season 1
01 Got the Bug Out
Apr 1, 201430m
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.
02 A Problem with Chocolate Turtles and Seeds
May 15, 201430m
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.
03 A Waddle, a Scratch...
May 15, 201430m★ 8.0
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.
04 Just Smash It Out
May 22, 201430m★ 8.0
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.
05 Out of Bounce
May 29, 201430m★ 8.0
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.
06 Don't Freeze Me
Jun 5, 201430m★ 8.0
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.
07 The Lizard Law
Jun 12, 201430m★ 8.0
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.
08 It's a Makeshift
Jun 19, 201430m★ 8.0
Never ending laundry soap; a human phonograph at the thrift store; a flipping punch bowl; a teleporting glass penguin.
09 Green Friendly
Jun 26, 201430m
A shrinking wine bottle with a confounding cork; vanishing diamonds in a jewelry store; going green at the car wash.
10 Maybe it's the Echinacea?
Jul 10, 201430m★ 8.0
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.
11 Serious Déjà Vu
Jul 17, 201421m
Posing as a bartender, Michael turns water into liquor and convinces a self-proclaimed experienced drinker that distillation is a lie.
12 An Elevated Ferret Alert
Jul 24, 201430m
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.
13 Cause and Effect
Oct 30, 201430m
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.
14 This is Not an Orange
Nov 6, 201430m
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.
15 Just During the Previews
Nov 13, 201430m
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.
16 In Case What?!
Nov 20, 201430m
Michael stumps a delivery man when he pulls live crabs out of his Chinese food order.
17 A Faux Pas to Wear
Nov 27, 201430m
Michael stuns shoppers with a remarkably advanced antique that self-tailors clothes and a chalkboard that solves mathematical equations.
18 Just a Milker
Dec 4, 201430m
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.
19 Suburban Pimp
Dec 11, 201430m
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.
20 Might Be Trippin'
Dec 18, 201430m
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.
21 An Awogami Is Ripe
Dec 25, 201430m
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.
22 Iguanasaurs
Jan 1, 201530m
Michael shrinks into a leprechaun outfit; a museum employee makes the discovery of a lifetime when a preserved egg hatches a baby dinosaur.
23 3D Galastical Morphin Ranging Power Tents
Jan 8, 201530m
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.
24 Flash Melt
Jan 15, 201530m
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.
25 An Over-grooming Situation
Jan 22, 201530m
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.