The Carbonaro Effect

Season 2

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.

26 Episodes

  • Just Made History
    E1
    Just Made HistoryIn the season two premiere, Michael poses as a hipster at a farmers market and makes an endless supply of juice. Then things become blurry at the eye doctor, and later, shape shifting aliens send Michael's co-worker into a frenzy.
  • Dangerously Drinkable
    E2
    Dangerously DrinkableMichael astounds dental patients with molar radio transmissions, and while appraising art, he brings an extinct species back to life. Plus, an unusual brew stirs a ghostly hallucination that will make draws drop.
  • Japanese Waterless Folding Toilet
    E3
    Japanese Waterless Folding ToiletMichael stretches headphone cords and reality with a mystical putty, stuns a coworker with new bathroom technology, and in the big finale, a Porta Potty becomes a Portal Potty, leaving a construction worker amazed.
  • The Albino Corn Snake Viper Patrol
    E4
    The Albino Corn Snake Viper PatrolWorking at a tattoo parlor, Michael gets some killer ink in a flash. Then it's SNAKES ON A SEDAN when a serpent ambushes a routine car checkup. Down on the docks, one unlucky guy learns a lesson in shrinkage.
  • Amvox 73
    E5
    Amvox 73Michael unearths a mutant turtle from a mystical Peruvian clay. A woman is blown away when 2 adorable bunnies become 8 and to top it off, a hapless carpenter becomes an accidental time traveler when a potent new glue has him coming undone.
  • Turn to Gold
    E6
    Turn to GoldA miraculous liquid gives Michael the Midas touch in an eyeglass store. Later, Michael trains the new girl at a tanning salon, but things take horrifying turn when she believes she's killed her first customer.
  • Take the Mirror
    E7
    Take the MirrorMichael's candy shop customers witness a live scorpion get freed from a lollipop and later Michael's cocktail invention has one man drunk with envy! In the big finish, a cursed mirror turns simple reflections into reality.
  • Sierra Volcano
    E8
    Sierra VolcanoMichael performs a revolutionary treatment that turns back time and at the farmer's market, a pungent pre-historic cheese mesmerizes one shopper's taste buds. Plus, an accident with a 3D printer has Michael meeting his match.
  • The Doughy Parts
    E9
    The Doughy PartsAt an office, Michael goes from suave to slacker in the blink of an eye. Then at a museum, a man discovers his painter's touch is worth thousands and at a pool club, Michael and his strange friend are in the deep end with security.
  • That's Voodoo
    E10
    That's VoodooMichael wows mall shoppers with snakes that sooth and spiders that stitch. At an art supply store a woman finds out that she's a natural born wood whittler. Plus, an abandoned house won't let go of its precious things.
  • Catch the Flu
    E11
    Catch the FluAt a yard sale, Michael helps a man realize his amazing mind powers and shocks a college student by discovering she's the heir to the entire lot. Later, an art gallery's tribal mask goes missing and has the security guard fearing war!
  • Deep Space Air
    E12
    Deep Space AirWhile doing scientific research, Michael makes things heavy with some otherworldly air. At a bakery, the new rolls are so light that they defy gravity. Michael then gets caught by the ultimate sand trap as a golf instructor.
  • Fishguise
    E13
    FishguiseAt a local copy shop, Michael introduces a print by hand technique and at a bait and tackle shop, he unveils the latest fish fashion trends. At an office, Michael pulls a switcheroo and the new temp has no idea who's the boss.
  • EggShaq
    E14
    EggShaqMichael 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!
  • Dead Man Walking
    E15
    Dead Man WalkingWhile 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.
  • I Am Ogle Thorpe
    E16
    I Am Ogle ThorpeWhen Michael opens a shocking package at a warehouse, a man goes hog wild. And while pigs may not fly, Michael proves that kittens can. One woman believes a curse has transformed a man right before her eyes.
  • The Framing Canon
    E17
    The Framing CanonWhile working in an art supply store, Michael astounds a customer with a framing device, shocks a patron who can't see the whole picture and becomes a piece of art. Later, a woman goes haywire when Michael literally loses his head.
  • Skull with a Flower Hat
    E18
    Skull with a Flower HatWhile posing as a security guard, Michael turns a metal detector into a microwave, exposes a surveillance operation and finds himself in the line of fire. Later, a mover is dumbfounded when a woman rises from the ashes.
  • Warthogs, WogHearts and Hogwarts
    E19
    Warthogs, WogHearts and HogwartsMichael refreshes stale nachos and peels back the truth behind a fake bill. He also unveils the latest in cellular soda machine technology. But what will happen when he breathes life into a T-Rex?
  • A Positive Presence
    E20
    A Positive PresenceMichael serves a drink that can eat away at anything and cleanse so organic that it creates life. Later, his sneaker lacing technology shocks a customer and makes an assistant think someone has risen from the dead.
  • Top Priority of NASA
    E21
    Top Priority of NASAMichael 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.
  • Drone Care
    E22
    Drone CareDrone 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.
  • Sets Itself, Lights Itself
    E23
    Sets Itself, Lights ItselfMichael loses a credit card in a series of absorbing containers. In an art store, he shakes off sloppy handwriting to reveal some fancy calligraphy. Later on, a catering assistant gets spooked when the chinaware sets itself.
  • A Living Trilobite
    E24
    A Living TrilobiteAs 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.
  • House of Horrors
    E25
    House of HorrorsMichael unveils a coffee making app and gets textually active with the world's thinnest disposable phone. Then he debuts a new beauty invention that turns ugly.
  • He's a Professional Dude
    E26
    He's a Professional DudeMichael silences a traveling squeak while remodeling a home; a hospital becomes the scene of a mind-bending game of cops and robbers.

Cast of Season 2

  • Michael CarbonaroHimself

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