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On this show, inspiration can come from anywhere.

Back in Season 1, it was laundry day.

And as we killed time at the Laundromat,

we started to see the magic potential

in these surroundings,

so...off we went.

Is there any -- can you give me that one?

Give me one -- That box.

-[ Chuckles ] -Oh, wait, no, no, no, there is.

Oh, so it's awesome.

Uber.

I've never seen that.

Oh, it's like 45 bucks -- a box this big.

-Are you serious? -Yeah. Yeah.

What the hell?

Do you see on the outside, it says "100 loads"?

Look at it.

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That's all you got to put in there?

Yeah. Just a little bit in there.

You have to, like -- you shake it up.

-Uh-huh. -You never saw this?

Yeah, once you have it shaken up,

you just...

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Look at all that.

Yeah.

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Yeah, it's, like, super concentrated.

So you can do 100 loads with one little box,

but it's really expensive.

I've never seen nothing like that.

Never saw it? Never.

Oh, man. It's the best because...

Look at you still pouring.

This is German concentrated stuff.

-All that? -Yeah. Yep.

100 loads out of one box.

And it smells really good.

Wow.

How much did you pay?

Oh. $4 for that little thing.

$4 -- but how many loads are you gonna get out of that?

It don't even say.

It doesn't say. See, that's how they get you.

It doesn't even say.

No, and then they have this one.

They got the one that does 10,000 loads.

-What in the world? -Yeah.

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If you need any of this, I'll be down here.

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So, occasionally, I'll trick someone

and then wonder if they actually believed it

or if they're just humoring me.

Well, Ronald here answered that question

when I revealed to him that he was on my hidden-camera show.

Check out this never-before-seen clip.

[ Laughs ]

Did I trick you with that?

Yeah, man.

That was a magic trick. See what I'm saying?

-You were on to me, right? -No!

Oh, good! I totally fooled you?

Yeah, man. I thought that [bleep] was real.

[ Laughs ]

So, you're part of all this.

This is all us, yeah. You're on TV right now.

You -- [ Laughs ] You serious?

My name's Michael Carbonaro.

You're on a new show called "The Carbonaro Effect."

I'm a magician. Wow.

And we pull magic off in real life

to see if we can get people to believe it.

Man, I believed that totally.

Yeah! Alright. [ Laughs ]

Wow. [ Laughs ] You had me going, man.

[ Laughs ]

You had me really going.

With Uber soap?

With Uber soap.

[ Both laugh ]

Camera right here?

Yeah.

How you doing?

[ Both laugh ]

[ Indistinct conversations in distance ]

How you doing? Good.

How are you? Doing okay.

Today's my last day of work.

Oh, nice.

Oh, yeah. I'm going to Cancún.

-[ Gasps ] -Got my shorts, my shirt.

And you're ready. That's it.

I just finish my laundry, and I'm getting on a plane tonight.

Wow. That's awesome.

Yeah. You ever been to Cancún before?

I was in Florida last year for a month, for all of March.

Have you ever been on any cool, like, tropical?

I've been to, like, the Bahamas.

Mm-hmm.

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You had your, um, blue shirt on -- that one.

Yeah. That's my work clothes.

How'd you do that, really, though?

'Cause you were just showing me the clothes.

Do I -- Do I look like I'm ready to go?

You were holding it, though. That's what I don't get.

I didn't watch you bend down or anything.

I'm going on vacation now.

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I'll send you a postcard!

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[ Whirring ]

[ Indistinct conversations in distance ]

[ Whirring continues ]

You have a dollar bill?

This one has a rip in it.

[ Whirs ]

You don't mind swapping with me?

I appreciate that.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

[ Scoffs ] Look at that, man.

The serial number...

K33111253e.

It's exactly the same.

[ Chuckles ]

That's the same serial number.

[ Chuckling ] Whoa!

You put it in. [ Chuckles ]

That's crazy.

I've ne--

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Don't you hate it when a vending machine

won't take your perfectly good dollar?

Well, that kept happening here,

forcing us to abort this trick earlier than we wanted to.

[ Chuckles ]

What?

[ Laughs ]

[ Bells ring ]

[ Laughs ]

This is crazy.

For a buck?

[ Laughs ]

Bunch of change below.

Yeah! [ Laughs ]

You had the -- the one that matched.

The matching bill -- oh, man.

I would have never came down here

if you hadn't have asked for the dollar.

[ Both laugh ]

Can I borrow one more quarter?

Just 'cause the dryer's...

Oh, you're the best.

Alright, thanks, man. Sharing the wealth.

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You are the luckiest guy, man.

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So, this store is called "Second Life Upscale Resale,"

and I love it for two reasons --

one, it's full of bizarre merchandise

that fits right in with our show,

and, two, proceeds from the store

benefit local animal rescues,

and I love all animals, even venomous ones,

as you're about to see.

And this is another friend of mine.

Oh, these are great.

So, you know...

These are great shoes. Yeah.

Wow. Look at that. Whose were these?

Used to be a friend of mine. Her name is Debbie.

Mm. Looks like there's a little, uh...

[ Tapping lightly ]

What is that up there?

What is that?

Aah!

What?

What the...?

[ Gasps ] Is he alive?

No, I don't think so. It's a --

Oh, yes, he is.

That was in my shoe.

Yeah, they like the security of being inside of a shoe.

Oh, he -- Oh! Oh, whoa, whoa.

Yeah, yeah. Okay, okay. I'm glad you saw it.

Can you imagine if this were in my room, and I have two dogs?

-Oh. Is he yours? -No!

Oh.

Did you -- Duh.

Well, I don't know. A lot of times --

We get shoes here delivered here all the time,

and there's all kinds of different things living in them.

-Wow. -Yeah.

They're also called the shoe scorpion

because they like the smell of feet...

Oh, my God.

...and they're attracted to --

and socks, too, so check socks.

What are you going to do with him?

What are you going to do with it now?

Oh, we have somebody come and pick them up for us.

-Oh, okay. -Yeah.

So you've got -- Unless you want

to take him back.

I mean, he's yours.

No, it's not mine.

I don't raise scorpions. I raise kids and dogs.

Yeah. Okay.

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I actually had no qualms about working with a scorpion,

but it took some convincing

to get the owner of the store to allow it.

Later that day, I was able to talk him into

giving the scorpion trick another whirl,

and, once again, it caused a commotion.

Check out this never-before-seen clip.

-Okay. -Nice pair of shoes here.

Yeah, they are.

They say "excluded."

Does that mean there's no singular...or anything?

What is it?

It says "excluded" on there.

-Okay. Did you try them on? -Yeah.

Did they fit good? Yeah.

I don't know what "excluded" means, actually.

Oh, there's, like, a -- Oh, that must mean something.

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Whoa!

Oh, my gosh.

-You had this on? -Yeah.

Whoa! And you didn't feel anything on your foot

when you put it on?

[ Chuckles ]

Oh, my gosh. Are those things, like, poisonous?

Oh, that's real?

Yeah, it was inside the shoe.

Oh, my gosh!

So, do you still want them?

Yeah. [ Laughter ]

-Okay. -Without the scorpion.

Let me just -- I'm gonna give a good check, though, okay?

-That thing is huge! -Yeah.

-Here. Put it in this. -Oh, my gosh.

That's a good idea.

So I just...

Don't touch it. I wouldn't touch it.

Just sort of...

Here.

Whoo! You're brave.

Thanks.

Oh, so, you still want the shoes?

Yeah.

-Yes? -Yeah.

Okay. Just check --

Give 'em a good check -- okay? --

before you put 'em on.

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What do you got here?

For our second day of filming at Second Life,

the original plan

was for me to man the counter in the furniture department,

but between our scout and the shoot,

they got so much furniture donated

that our cameras would have been blocked,

so I decided to switch things up and go undercover

as a customer.

Are these good, or are they...

As far as I know,

and I would hope so because we're selling them, so...

Sure. Right.

[ Chuckles ] You know.

Let me just give it a little...

look here.

[ Polka music plays ]

Oh, what is that? Oh, my gosh.

I can't believe you just did that.

That was really cool.

Oh, yeah. It's polka, though.

Yeah, but that's funny. What?

There's others -- no, I just --

I've never seen anyone do that ever --

What? With this.

What are you talking about?

The sound it made.

-What? Playing a record? -Yeah.

Oh, well, you have to listen to a --

With your finger.

Yeah, 'cause a vinyl --

that's why everybody loves vinyl.

Vinyl's like a -- it's a percussive instrument.

Right.

So it plays like an instrument does, you know?

I learned something new today.

Yeah.

But there's other stuff here.

What do we got here?

Let me listen to this.

[ Opera music plays ]

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Oh, that's like -- it's like opera or something, right?

[ Laughs ]

Do you have, like, a pen or something?

Yeah.

Could I see it? Yeah. Yeah.

Sometimes you can do it this way, too.

Be like...

[ Sped-up opera music plays ]

[ Tempo slows ]

Yeah, but it -- it messes up the sound.

That's why it's better to do it manually.

Oh, okay.

Yeah.

Okay? Okay.

What is this? What is that?

Oh, it's, like, country.

I love country.

I like country, too. Country's good.

Country's good. Yeah.

[ Country music plays ]

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I like that. That is good.

[ Music repeating ] Uh-oh.

Are you doing that on purpose?

I think it has a scratch.

Totally understandable.

And what is this?

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Let me see.

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Oh, it's, like, Old Western.

Yeah, that's like some John Wayne stuff.

He'd love that.

Wait. Can I do it? Yeah, of course.

Okay. How do you...

Just pull -- pull the bottom of your eye down and see.

And now... What does it show you?

Maybe not with the -- The movie.

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Fans of the show know that

I almost always leave people alone at the end of tricks

to see how they react when I'm gone.

Occasionally, it creates

interesting situations like this.

Watch a random shopper approach Ann Marie here

and try to make sense of what she just witnessed

while I made my exit.

No, I --

-You're kidding me. -No.

Yeah, that's cool.

-I'll give you a buck? -Yeah.

Alright. So you're good to go.

Yeah, he'll love this. Thank you.

Yeah, no problem.

Oh, my gosh.

That was the coolest.

But...I can't believe he just did that.

I can't either. I mean, ah!

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I can't believe he just did that.

It was -- I'm --

Honestly, I've never, ever seen anyone do that at all.

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This is a crazy little array of stuff you got here.

I am actually doing an assignment for school.

It's a lot.

Oh, you're doing an assignment for school.

Tabernacle. Oh, the tabernacle.

And I chose the lampstand.

Wow. Oh!

The golden lampstand.

We filmed this next bit seven times,

and something went wrong every time.

Either the illusion didn't work

or the customer refused to sign an appearance release,

but then Listra walked up with her golden lampstand.

You're gonna spray-paint it?

I got to put it in bronze.

Oh, wow.

I think we might be able

to get you a good deal on this today.

Really?

Yeah, because we run specials.

What does the sign right there

on the front of the counter there say?

"Thursday special golden lampstand --"

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"Golden lampstand -- free!"

A golden lampstand free.

"All golden lampstands free."

Oh, yeah, well, I guess this would count.

She's making her own golden lampstand.

Yeah, I think that counts as free.

Yeah, that'll count.

So I'm getting this free?

Well, you said it was a golden --

[ Laughs ]

God is good. Yeah.

Well, yeah, I mean,

if you're considering it a golden lampstand...

It has. I mean...

I mean, it's the best pieces I've seen

since I'm looking.

But you're not just coming over here

and putting this together and calling it a golden lampstand

for the special, are you?

I didn't see this.

I didn't see this.

I walked in, and I said, "Let me look."

Yeah.

-I saw decor. -Yeah.

Just so that I don't get in trouble with the management,

when you're finished making it and spray-painting it,

would you send me a picture

so I can prove to them it really was a go--

I'm gonna do it. Okay. Great.

I'm going to do it. Then that's free.

Yeah, let get you a bag. [ Chuckles ]

Now this is for me to go home and barbecue my fish.

Oh, yeah.

Well, if you want to come back tomorrow,

I kind of heard a buzz that they were doing

fish-frying equipment tomorrow as a special.

Are you serious?

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Hello. Hi. How are you?

Good. How you doing? I'm doing good.

What do you got over here? A special sale?

Um, yeah, I guess.

We have a few little trinkets here.

Yeah, the whole shebang.

Yep, we do. We have a lot of different varieties.

Yeah, you do.

And that?

A butterfly. Yeah.

Now, I'm not too sure how this works.

Maybe that just goes inside.

Oh, you can actually open it.

Huh. That's pretty cool.

What is it? It's like a...

Sometimes, we find a strange object

and then reverse-engineer a trick around it,

and that's what happened with this preserved butterfly,

which one of our art PAs randomly bought at a yard sale.

Maybe it was real. Yeah.

But it's only $2.

2 bucks, huh? Yeah.

Maybe I should get it for my friend Taylor.

I think I'll do it.

-Alright, high five. -It's not a bad price.

We've got something for your friend Taylor.

Boom!

Now, do I pay here or up at the counter?

Oh, right here is fine. Okay.

Thank you. 2 bucks and --

Oh, it slipped.

Oh, no! Oh, shoot.

[ Clattering lightly ]

Okay, wait.

Is it, like, glued, or is it a --

[ Gasps ] Oh, my God. Oh.

Is it alive? What?!

-Oh, my gosh. -Is it moving? That's moving.

Is that real? Yeah.

-That is moving. -That's real.

We just -- Whoa, that's kind of creepy.

What? Oh, my gosh.

That's beautiful.

Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh.

How could it...? I don't know.

Where was it? Was it in the box?

It was sitting right here in a, like, a mounted --

-[ Gasps ] -What is it?

-Oh, my gosh. -It's a butterfly.

It was in the box, mounted.

-It just moved. -It's real?

-Oh, my gosh. -Is it real?

Yeah, I -- We just -- It was, like, a mounted frame.

Oh, my gosh. Your friend is gonna love that.

[ Both laugh ]

I still get to -- I still get to have it?

Yeah, yeah, take it. Oh.

-Oh, well, grab it. -Oh.

Oh, no. It's gone.

Oh, no. Where did it go?

So, this footage takes us all the way back

to the very first shoot day of the very first season.

This store had so many regulars

who immediately noticed our huge camera hides

that I had to make up a story that we were hiding

the construction of some self-service shipping kiosks.

-It's like a "Nutcracker." -Yeah.

Oh, it's a snow globe.

Yeah, well, it's a little snow globe, like,

with "The Nutcracker" or something.

-Yeah. -Yeah.

She's holding the little -- "The Nutcracker."

That's cute. I can pack it up for you.

Hang on tight. Okay.

Let's see if I have a --

I will take some paper, so it's secure.

And I love this. This is great.

Oh. Oops.

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How did that come out?

Uh. Hmm.

Hmm.

How did it pop...?

Why don't we just tape it on the front of it?

I...

I'll put it on here for you, so you don't lose it.

This -- I see this all the time.

This is why they don't allow these on planes...

Mm-hmm.

...because kids shake them...

Yeah.

...and stuff flies out all the time.

So I'll put that there, and you can, uh --

Hold on. Wait.

Yeah, take -- Oh, what?

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-Huh. -I don't know, but, uh...

[ Chuckling ] I don't know.

Maybe don't shake it... Yeah.

...and pack it up as is. Yeah.

Alright.

[ Tape peeling ]

Here. Okay.

-Just not gonna shake it. -Yeah.

Let's not shake it. Just...

Yeah, be very careful.

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Okay.

Great.

Okay, alright, bye.

-Yeah. See you later. -Alright.

-Bye. -Bye.

♪♪♪

I can help you ladies over here.

Okay.

How are you? I'm good.

Alright.

-Oh, would you do me a favor? -Sure.

[ Chuckling ] Could you grab that for me?

It looks like the arrows are facing the wrong way.

[ Laughter ]

Yeah. Which side is that supposed to go up?

Yeah, it's supposed to go like that.

That way? That way.

Okay, here, let's put it down that way.

Would you put that down for a second?

-Here. Here. -It's not ours.

-This isn't yours? -No.

No, I know. The guy just dropped this off.

Oh, okay.

This was supposed to be -- So face this way.

-Yeah. -Yeah.

Is that right?

-Wait a minute. -I think it's the other way.

This way? I think the arrows

should go up.

He's got it taped from here,

so I would say it goes this way.

Yeah.

That's the way I would...

That way? Yeah.

Well, why is the sticker this way, then?

[ Clattering lightly ]

That's bizarre.

Yeah. Yeah, that one should be up that way, too.

I don't know why they do this.

Do you mind if I just open this really fast?

No. [ Chuckles ]

Okay, because, you know what?

It's confusing 'cause one's going up and one's going down.

One's going up, one's going down...

So you don't really know.

...so we'll just make sure it's faced the right --

Oh, yeah, yeah.

Oh, my goodness.

Yeah. So this way up.

-Yes. -Yeah, 'cause...

-Mm-hmm. -Yeah.

-Mm-hmm. -That's -- That's the way up.

Yeah, 'cause, otherwise -- otherwise...

Yeah.

Yeah, if I put it the other way...

It's gonna be gone for sure.

-Yeah, it'll be gone. -Yeah.

Alright, great. Well, here. Let me get this.

I'll probably just -- I didn't...

[ Laughs ]

I didn't know it was gonna arrive already made.

It was a company.

They said they'll ship same day for parties,

and I knew it was --

Oh, you're kidding. No.

Liquid like that and do it in a bowl?

Well, it's -- That's amazing.

Do you guys want some punch?

[ Laughs ]

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Oh, my. Yeah.

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How you doing? I can help you over here.

-How are you? -Good.

What are you shipping?

This glass penguin.

Oh, okay. Glass penguin.

Um, because it's glass... Uh-huh.

...I can't wrap it for you. Mm-hmm.

But you can wrap it. I can give you supplies.

Okay, cool, cool.

Okay? It just has to be your -- your responsibility.

Right. Right. Yeah, okay?

Just 'cause it's glass. Right. Okay, cool.

Alright, so why don't you secure it in -- in paper first

so it's, like, wrap-- wrapped up really tightly?

Alright.

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Yeah, wrap it real secure.

Good. Alright, and I'll get you some bubble wrap.

You want to wrap bubble wrap around there, too?

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Great.

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Alright, you put him in the box.

More peanuts.

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[ Tape peeling ] Get you a piece of tape.

There we go.

Wrapping and boxing up a precious glass penguin

turned out to be surprisingly time-consuming.

We had to edit the sequence down

from almost five minutes of footage

to what you see here.

Great. Okay, good. And just sign that yellow paper.

Just my name? Oh, do you have

another one?

Hmm? No, I just --

Two?

Are you gonna ship another one, or they both in the same box?

That's supposed to -- What's in that?

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I'll see if I can find another box for you.

Uh, I think I have another one that size.

Um...let me see.

No, I don't have another, but they have to be separate?

No, but...

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Nah, this is crazy.

Why?

'Cause the penguin was wrapped up in here.

Now it's not.

What?

The peng-- The penguin was wrapped.

The hole poked out the tail. See?

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The -- The tail -- The tail poked a hole in it.

I'm confused.

I'm very confused. [ Chuckles ]

Let's try it [Laughing] again.

That's weird.

I wrapped him up, and his -- the tail poked out of that hole.

Uh-huh. Right?

Then I wrapped the bubble around it,

put it in there, put it right there,

and then next thing we know...

That is really weird.

...it was just back out.

Okay, yeah, wrap him again. We'll try -- We'll try it again.

Yeah, now, that was weird. That was really weird.

Yeah, that is really strange.

'Cause that's why I was looking, 'cause I was like,

"Hold on. How did the penguin...?

I just wrapped it." Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Alright, yeah, get --

get that all secure in there, okay?

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Just wrap it really tight, 'cause that's why...

Right.

That's why I'm not -- I can't be responsible.

Alright.

[ Speaking indistinctly ]

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[ Chuckling ] He's definitely in there?

Yeah, he's definitely in there.

Okay. Okay. Are you ready?

[ Tape peeling ]

That's for sure, okay? [ Chuckles ]

Sure. There we go.

Alright, just pop it on the scale,

'cause I'll check and make sure it's...

One more time?

Yeah, just to make sure it's on the -- Okay.

And it's under five pounds.

Okay, great. Bring it on over.

♪♪♪

How in the world does this penguin

keep getting out of this...box?

Oh, I've seen this before. When you --

When you can't ship something,

they call that the Carbonaro Effect.

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It's also the name of a magic, hidden-camera TV show.

Whoa.

You're on TV right now.

[ Laughs ] Yep, so you can say "hi" to your friends.

There's a camera right there.

Y'all got me. Y'all got me. Y'all got me.

-Was it fun? -Yeah, it was very fun.

[ Chuckling ] You were great.

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