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  • Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
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    Brian Brushwood
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    Jeff Schuessler
    Shot on location at The Kung Fu Saloon in Austin, TX

Комментарии • 241

  • @micahphilson
    @micahphilson 6 лет назад +120

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

    • @comicsans6487
      @comicsans6487 6 лет назад

      Omg who died?

    • @luitmeinen1902
      @luitmeinen1902 6 лет назад +12

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

    • @micahphilson
      @micahphilson 6 лет назад +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!

  • @TheRubySpider
    @TheRubySpider 6 лет назад +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.

  • @speedreader2660
    @speedreader2660 5 лет назад +15

    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 3 года назад

      exactly what i thought

    • @defnotisaiah3210
      @defnotisaiah3210 Год назад +1

      omg i thought it again!

    • @bigbird4481
      @bigbird4481 9 месяцев назад

      @@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

  • @Blake-jl8lh
    @Blake-jl8lh 5 лет назад +23

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

    • @MrGabirat
      @MrGabirat 4 года назад

      exactly what i thought about

    • @abaddon101
      @abaddon101 3 года назад

      Thought that too.

  • @ShiivaWilding
    @ShiivaWilding 5 лет назад +15

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

  • @TopLob
    @TopLob 10 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @leppeppel
    @leppeppel 6 лет назад +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.

  • @sleightlyhandy889
    @sleightlyhandy889 6 лет назад +2

    That ad has always been one of my favorites

  • @Coentjemons
    @Coentjemons 5 лет назад

    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!!!

  • @jamiethesubtledeceiver1585
    @jamiethesubtledeceiver1585 6 лет назад

    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!

  • @misterhatman5771
    @misterhatman5771 6 лет назад +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!!

  • @angelemmanuelperezmuniz1474
    @angelemmanuelperezmuniz1474 6 лет назад +66

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

  • @Lunch_box
    @Lunch_box 5 лет назад +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

  • @AlasdairThompson
    @AlasdairThompson 3 года назад

    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 3 года назад

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

  • @junglekiity
    @junglekiity 5 лет назад +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.

  • @skyepyro7104
    @skyepyro7104 6 лет назад +9

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

    • @davidarguez5833
      @davidarguez5833 5 лет назад

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

    • @squirrel_killer-
      @squirrel_killer- 4 года назад +2

      English tends to divide syllables using vowels.

    • @RK-zn7ib
      @RK-zn7ib 4 года назад

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

  • @henrynelson3870
    @henrynelson3870 5 лет назад +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

  • @blueridding
    @blueridding 5 лет назад +4

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

  • @blueburger4
    @blueburger4 6 лет назад +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 5 лет назад

      Rich Ferguson did the body through a playing card.

  • @DavidWillanski
    @DavidWillanski 6 лет назад +1

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

  • @Chriss_Workshop
    @Chriss_Workshop 6 лет назад

    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

  • @JudithOpdebeeck
    @JudithOpdebeeck 3 года назад

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

  • @simonaverbukh7316
    @simonaverbukh7316 6 лет назад +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.

  • @ThePowerIsBack31
    @ThePowerIsBack31 6 лет назад +3

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

  • @psiphiorg
    @psiphiorg 6 лет назад +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.

    • @T.M.N.616
      @T.M.N.616 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад

      @@T.M.N.616 what?! You like his idea yet you don't seem to understand the idea.

    • @T.M.N.616
      @T.M.N.616 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад

      @@T.M.N.616 you must be trolling. Anyway, have a good day!

    • @T.M.N.616
      @T.M.N.616 5 лет назад +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

  • @viktor.tsonev
    @viktor.tsonev 6 лет назад +17

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

  • @kymbo72
    @kymbo72 6 лет назад

    Brian loves to start his handshakes at eye level

  • @jeffcolorado
    @jeffcolorado 5 лет назад

    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.

  • @rabbitslayer42
    @rabbitslayer42 5 лет назад +1

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

  • @Nomad98gaming
    @Nomad98gaming 6 лет назад +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

  • @technowey
    @technowey 4 года назад

    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.

  • @thearrogantcorndog5704
    @thearrogantcorndog5704 6 лет назад

    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!!

  • @christhompson8003
    @christhompson8003 6 лет назад +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 6 лет назад

      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 5 лет назад

      @@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 5 лет назад

      ​@@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

  • @zachariasstarlid5365
    @zachariasstarlid5365 6 лет назад

    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!!!

  • @ThePurpleBlackDragon
    @ThePurpleBlackDragon 6 лет назад +4

    The add was wonderful.

  • @melodicsunstudios6388
    @melodicsunstudios6388 5 лет назад

    Lincoln looks so happy

  • @christhompson8003
    @christhompson8003 6 лет назад +1

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

  • @LoriWolfcat
    @LoriWolfcat 4 года назад

    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.

  • @HuskieGaming
    @HuskieGaming 6 лет назад +1

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

    • @kaoticwolf9256
      @kaoticwolf9256 4 года назад

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

  • @toasthead
    @toasthead 6 лет назад

    For the roman numerals you could do this VI > I

  • @JoseGarcia-fj9qb
    @JoseGarcia-fj9qb 6 лет назад +22

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

    • @micahphilson
      @micahphilson 6 лет назад +10

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

    • @daffgy
      @daffgy 6 лет назад +4

      Finally a way for us dudes to get free drinks!

    • @Alcoholism.23
      @Alcoholism.23 6 лет назад +1

      Micah Philson 😂😂😂 legend

    • @Manu-tf6xn
      @Manu-tf6xn 6 лет назад +1

      Yeah, I hate paying for free stuff

  • @ParthGohil1
    @ParthGohil1 5 лет назад

    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 :)

  • @sophyoung903
    @sophyoung903 6 лет назад

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

  • @jacobstory8895
    @jacobstory8895 6 лет назад

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

  • @epicSaturnismyname12
    @epicSaturnismyname12 6 лет назад +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

  • @eldancer2
    @eldancer2 5 лет назад

    The salad just killed me

  • @DasGrinch
    @DasGrinch 5 лет назад

    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.

  • @brianburnett5943
    @brianburnett5943 5 лет назад

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

  • @DexXx84
    @DexXx84 5 лет назад

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

  • @peterheikoadolf3062
    @peterheikoadolf3062 6 лет назад

    The first one also works by counting the vowels in each name, each vowel having a value of 5:
    S *U* S *A* N -> 10
    *I* S *A* B *E* LL *A* -> 20
    J *I* M -> 5
    J *O* HN -> 5
    J *E* NN *I* F *E* R ->15

  • @eekorocks2332
    @eekorocks2332 6 лет назад

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

  • @booksrblue
    @booksrblue 4 года назад

    The names also work with each vowel being worth 5.

  • @thunderusnight
    @thunderusnight 4 года назад +1

    JESSICA PUT DOWN THE DAMN SALAD

  • @Ryan-zh5iw
    @Ryan-zh5iw 6 лет назад

    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

  • @Bleys087
    @Bleys087 5 лет назад

    For the first one, if you count the vowels instead of the syllables, you get the same results. So the first guy’s theory wasn’t wrong.

  • @bestnewb
    @bestnewb 6 лет назад +1

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

  • @blanktom6049
    @blanktom6049 6 лет назад

    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 6 лет назад

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

  • @jamiec4478
    @jamiec4478 6 лет назад +2

    The last one has been shown on scamschool

  • @roughryder5
    @roughryder5 4 года назад

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

  • @outlawz38
    @outlawz38 6 лет назад

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

  • @Donteatacowman
    @Donteatacowman 4 года назад

    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...

  • @SubjektDelta
    @SubjektDelta 6 лет назад

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

  • @abaddon101
    @abaddon101 3 года назад

    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.

  • @Biomaterials_Science
    @Biomaterials_Science 6 лет назад

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

  • @Maninawig
    @Maninawig 6 лет назад

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

  • @thecreep7777
    @thecreep7777 6 лет назад

    i figured out the "How much are women worth" riddle at 7:26. they're worth 70
    Edit: i too learned of the paper portal riddle when i was young

  • @tristanyokom1542
    @tristanyokom1542 6 лет назад

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

  • @stelley08
    @stelley08 3 года назад

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

  • @krunalpatel4736
    @krunalpatel4736 6 лет назад

    Words using L,G,N,E,A - Englishman, Englishwoman, Anglo-American.

  • @codyx8273
    @codyx8273 3 года назад

    Jennifer puzzle also works with vowels.

  • @tattoodfreeek
    @tattoodfreeek 5 лет назад

    Think I'm in love with the salad eating redhead

  • @bustedbone14
    @bustedbone14 6 лет назад

    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.

  • @thunderfieldcastle
    @thunderfieldcastle 5 лет назад

    My answer to how to make the equation correct was to move one of the matches from the = to create a > symbol, so it would read: VII > I
    I don’t care what you say, I’m still counting that as a win.

  • @BeardedBilliards
    @BeardedBilliards 6 лет назад

    For #3, change the equal sign to a greater than sign

  • @adicio5782
    @adicio5782 6 лет назад

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

  • @louiswouters71
    @louiswouters71 6 лет назад

    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.

  • @straphyr
    @straphyr 6 лет назад +4

    7:17 has so much potential for memes
    Sorry EU

  • @RandomNickCanada
    @RandomNickCanada 9 месяцев назад

    Before I get the answer, I just wanna say, Glean, Angle, Angel.

  • @TommyB1031
    @TommyB1031 6 лет назад

    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.

  • @Sjackson2369
    @Sjackson2369 6 лет назад

    Drive a parade through a newspaper with that last one

  • @calebdaily1049
    @calebdaily1049 6 лет назад

    For the last one, I learned that in school but we used an index card. My team was the first to solve it

  • @TokyoXtreme
    @TokyoXtreme 4 года назад

    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”

  • @michaelbusch3075
    @michaelbusch3075 6 лет назад +5

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

  • @thebackchannel1641
    @thebackchannel1641 6 лет назад +4

    I'm thinking about domains.

  • @timcrimson
    @timcrimson 6 лет назад

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

  • @GrahamOnTheGo
    @GrahamOnTheGo 6 лет назад

    First puzzle also seems to work with every vowel equals 5

    • @Kazutoification
      @Kazutoification 6 лет назад

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

  • @bilfaulk
    @bilfaulk 6 лет назад

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

  • @christopherfrost8230
    @christopherfrost8230 6 лет назад

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

  • @therocknrollmillennial535
    @therocknrollmillennial535 5 лет назад

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

  • @deepblueyonderspage
    @deepblueyonderspage 6 лет назад

    Is it weird that I got all of these except the "what do women equal" which Brian was right... was too vague to give the answer required. Also, the paper thing... Mr. Wizard's World. Taught me that when I was like 9. If you don't know what I am talking about... You missed out as a kid. Go check it out. RIP Don Herbert. We miss you.

  • @skatman339
    @skatman339 6 лет назад

    "Nagel" actually means nail in dutch, (as in a fingernail), so you were not wrong!

  • @MegaDirtPotato
    @MegaDirtPotato 5 лет назад

    There is actually another word that can be found with the letters L N G E A
    Lagen with several definitions, including:
    an obsolete unit of capacity for liquids
    part of the bottom of a barrel
    a large flask
    (I had to look up the definition, but I figured out the word before googling it)

    • @ItsRayful
      @ItsRayful 5 лет назад

      Nagel is also a word. Maybe not an english one, language was never specified tho.

  • @o.a.47
    @o.a.47 6 лет назад

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

  • @thechosenbeastdoesgames956
    @thechosenbeastdoesgames956 6 лет назад

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

  • @fitzfitz2801
    @fitzfitz2801 5 лет назад

    I think the best bar trick I saw in a while was ………. you take a empty bottle of liquor a bar straw and a toothpick you poke the toothpick through the straw about 3/4 the way up then put the longer half of the straw in the bottle resting the toothpick across the opening of the bottle now tell somebody to get the straw out of the bottle you can touch the bottle or move it but it must remain flat on the bar the trick is to get the straw out of the bottle without touching the straw or toothpick ???? …… the trick is catchy the bottle works best with higher proof liquor and bottle must be recently empty I seen people blow in the bottle shift the bottle back and forth quickly scratch their head cuss and yell ???? in the end the guy took a lighter got it near the bottle when it hit the fumes like a rocket it blew the straw out so hard it stuck in the ceiling of the bar lmao

  • @Szadols
    @Szadols 6 лет назад

    Love the ads

  • @ufc_fan
    @ufc_fan 6 лет назад

    That domain commercial 😂

  • @thechosenofmystra9397
    @thechosenofmystra9397 6 лет назад

    DCUP-Magic!

  • @ThePanchEffect
    @ThePanchEffect 6 лет назад

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

  • @cadewatkin7086
    @cadewatkin7086 6 лет назад

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