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♪♪♪

So, we were supposed to film at a grocery store,

but the location fell through at the last second.

The producers found this mini mart as a replacement.

But we quickly discovered that a lot of the specific tricks

that we'd planned to do at the grocery store

didn't really work here, and so what you're about to see

is a collection of tricks that were pulled together

just days before and day of the shoot.

Oh, my God. Let me get this other one.

Okay.

-You gonna get both of them? -Yep.

Oh, cool. Yeah, they do these cool sales, right?

You can't get no better than that.

50 cents, huh?

I think they're doing, like, a promotion.

Do you have a, um -- Do you have an I.D.?

Okay. Okay. Good.

Yeah, we just have to ask for I.D.

'cause it's a wine promo. Okay.

And I think they -- They have, like, a -- Do you drink wine?

-Yeah. -Oh, good.

Yeah, that's why they're doing this wine promotion.

It's, uh -- It comes with wine.

-Aah! -So...

And I think both of them, right?

Yeah. Yep, look. Both of them.

-You want a bag? -Really?

Want a bag? So...

Cool, right?

[ Laughter ]

How do they -- They're so light, though.

I don't know. I didn't even know they were in there!

So, if you put the wine back in here, it'll be heavy now.

I don't know. I mean, I don't -- They just --

-Put it in here and let me feel. -They do a promotion.

-Can I put them in there? -Yeah.

Oh, no, you can feel that the's wine in there.

-You can feel it now. -Now, but I didn't feel it --

That's how quickly I snatched them bags up.

You didn't feel -- You couldn't feel?

Here. Feel them now. Is that how it felt?

-No. -No.

Why? Is it because it was sealed and the air was inside?

-Yeah. -I don't believe it.

-Is that what it is? -Probably.

So, it must be that when they're sealed closed

and the air is inside...

It feels like a balloon.

-It's like a balloon. -Yeah, right.

Ah, that's probably what they're doing.

They're filling the bags with helium.

-Helium. -Yeah.

We'll go with helium.

Can you smell the helium?

♪♪♪

Usually, I'm the one who gets the big reaction

when I tell people that they're on

my hidden-camera magic TV show.

But something funny happened here.

Check out how the ladies react

to our production associate Tanice

in this never-before-seen clip.

My name is Michael Carbonaro.

And I have a TV show called "The Carbonaro Effect."

Right now there's a camera hiding behind that --

There's a camera hiding behind that glass right there.

[ Laughter ]

-I think, um -- -Get over here!

Look right over there behind there.

There's cameras under the...

[ Laughter ]

Let me say, I think that, um...

Are you still trying to figure it out?

What you just said. It was on that show.

I was smiling and stuff.

-Ohh. -It's on the show!

I want you guys to be on the show.

-Would you be on the show? -I give permission.

Yeah? Well, we're gonna give you --

Want to hook these -- This is my friend Tanice.

[ All screaming ]

Woman: Oh, my God!

[ Laughter ]

[ Indistinct shouting ]

I'm...

I'm missing something.

Does Tanice have her own show?

-Hey. -How you doing?

-Fine. -All right. Just this?

All righty.

[ Beep ]

That's $1.97.

-Oh. -That's one dollar.

-[ Laughs ] Here. -Two dollars. Right?

-Thank you. -Great. Oh, wait a minute.

You said $1.97.

Oh, shoot. Well, this feels a little fake.

-Are you serious? -Yeah, I think this might be --

-Can I check it? -I would like for you to.

-Yeah. -I literally just spent the $20.

Yeah, the ink's coming off.

Yeah, look. Look what's under it.

Wait. Let me see this. I didn't look at it.

What the [bleep]?

-What is it? -I need to, yeah, go back there.

Wow. And where'd you get this from?

-The Jamaican spot on Edgewood. -Really? Here.

I'm gonna try the -- Can I try the whole thing?

You bring them back to it like this, too.

All right, yeah. 'Cause they've been putting these, um...

♪♪♪

...coatings on them. What?

-Can I see that? -Yeah.

This was actually the second time

I attempted this trick the same season.

A few weeks earlier, a guy was so freaked out

when I revealed the counterfeit bill,

he ripped up my magic prop and walked away.

Needless to say, I was relieved with Tia's reaction here.

Yeah, because the paper is what's more valuable.

You know how they used to make quarters out of silver?

-Yeah. -And it became a time

when the cost of the silver was more than 25 cents.

That's [bleep] crazy. What did you just even wipe off?

Like, what is that?

That's just the ink that they put on the front of it.

And they give us this special spray.

That's [bleep] crazy. So, yeah, this is

just the ink they --

they lay on the front of that, that rubbed off.

'Cause it --

Well, do you know the currency exchange for this?

This is a vintage bill, so that's worth about 20 bucks.

I can give a $20 for it, if you want.

-Seriously? Yeah. -Yeah.

Oh, yeah. All right. I'll take that.

Well, I exchange them, so...

-Well [bleep]. -I can get you a $20.

Yeah, it's not a problem, you know?

I need to start checking my change now

when I get change from, like, a restaurant.

Yeah, you can kind of feel it.

Yeah. Okay, so if I come into more, I'll just come

bring them to you, right?

Yeah, bring them to me. I'll spray them down.

And then I'll just give you 20 bucks for them. Yeah.

♪♪♪

Now, when I said that some of these tricks

came together at the last second,

I wasn't joking.

In this never-before-seen clip,

I try out a trick that we dreamed up only minutes earlier

during a snack break at the mini mart.

Check it out.

All right.

You got some peanuts and cola.

Let me get you a bag, okay?

All right.

Put these in there, as well.

And, uh... Just for the -- Ohh.

I'm sorry. Heh.

I don't want that to explode.

-Is that okay? -That's okay.

I'm not gonna drink it today.

Oh, really? It feels weird now.

Does it have a leak?

It feels, like, empty.

What's going on?

Wait a minute. Oh, I think I know what happened.

Wow!

Oh, I'm sorry. Yeah, the soda --

Ah. The soda got in here.

-Oh. Okay. -How did that happen?

'Cause I think it's -- This is compressed.

And they try to make them now

so they're not gonna explode on people.

[ Rattling ] Yeah, that's the peanuts.

I think because this is compressed...

Right.

And then I dropped it, so instead of it exploding --

It's like an air bag. It's like a reverse air bag.

So it sucked the peanuts in, which displaced --

You know, it displaced the soda.

-Wow. -Yeah.

-How you doing? -All right.

Good to see you. Two little bags of chips here.

You got sour-cream and onion chips

and a bag of regular chips? Yeah?

Oh, did you want to play our, uh, second-chance lottery game?

-No. -See this clip hanging here?

We do a second-chance lotto each week.

-Want to give it a try? -Yeah.

Yeah? Uh, you have to name, uh, six numbers.

-Six numbers? -Yeah, six numbers.

-One. -One.

-Four. -Four.

-Nine. -Nine.

-Eight. -Eight.

-Three. -Three.

-Two. -Two.

1-4-9-8-3-2.

1-4-9-8-3-2.

That is -- That's the winner of the second-chance lotto.

-Dude! -That's it? For real?

Seriously, yeah. Look. We write the numbers down.

1-4-9-8-3-2.

[ Laughs ] So, what'd I win?

You win this -- You win your purchase.

You get your purchase for free. Did somebody not tell you that?

Nobody never told me. I just stood right here and done it.

You seen me! Oh, my God.

Nobody told you that in advance? Like, my boss didn't --

I swear to Jesus Christ nobody told me nothing.

Wow! We just won the second-chance lotto!

Woman: Get out of here. Wow. Here.

-You want to keep this, too? -Yeah.

All right. A little souvenir for you.

-Wow. -Here. Let me get you a bag.

I don't believe this. I mean, that's in order.

-Yeah. And in order. -And in order.

You should -- You should play the real lotto today.

You know what?

-You might -- -Might has well. [Bleep] it.

Yeah.

So, the trick was over,

but when he gave me a dollar to buy a lotto ticket,

I realized it was the perfect opportunity

for me to play a second trick that I had ready.

Oh, my God. This one has a scratch-off on it.

This is -- This is a scratch-off.

This is, like, a -- You have a chance to win on this dollar.

You haven't seen that?

What the hell's going on here?

They're issuing bills that have, like, game play on it.

-But, I mean, I ain't never -- -Do you want to play it?

Yeah, scratch it off. It's kind of like a scratch-off game.

Some bills have it, some bills don't.

Yeah, take the penny.

Scratch the little square.

What does it say under there?

What's that say? I can't see.

Oh, uh, "win free ticket."

-There's a lotto ticket. -Oh.

-Yeah. -Any free ticket?

Yeah, so you win a free ticket.

-Give me Lucky Seven. -Lucky Seven.

-Good choice. Right? -Yeah.

Lucky Seven. Okay. One free ticket.

That'll be a Lucky Seven.

-You know, you good at this. -Me?! You're good at this.

You're good at this, 'cause I just walked in here.

Lucky Seven.

Let me just take this with me.

Okay, you don't want to do it now?

Yeah, do it at home. That's a good idea.

You know what? Thank you, Lord.

[ Laughs ]

Boy. Wow. [ Laughs ]

all fun and games filming at this toy store

in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta.

We ended up with a lot of great reactions,

but our audio department in particular

had a tough time, as you're about to see.

Or hear, I should say.

That's "YMCA."

How are you guys doing? Doing good?

All right. Some sharks.

Oh, tattoos you're getting today, huh?

Those are great.

And some rubber bands here. All right.

Have you guys seen these things? The intuition flash cards?

It's like how kids learn quickly

with, um, playing, uh, Mozart music.

-Okay. -So they have a game you play.

Here's the answers, so no peeking.

And what you do is you just play with this toy

while you have flash cards.

So it's to have them think without thinking.

Just like yesterday, she was doing her hula-hooping

and spelling her spelling -- and saying her spelling words.

Exactly right. So here's the answer...

-Okay. -...to the first one here.

Now, I'm gonna show it to you first.

There's a whole bunch of vegetables and fruits on it.

Just take them all in, in your mind.

And if I said to you, "Apple," what number would you say?

Uh, I guess one. I don't know.

One. That's what comes in your head?

What number would you say?

-Four? -She says four.

See, just by instinct, and she -- See?

Four. Okay, so let me see.

So, why -- Why did she say four?

-There's four apples on there. -Oh, there's four apples.

See? She's, like, really good.

-I only said apple -- -But were you counting apples?

Were you counting apples or did you just say four?

She's very observant.

-Very observant? -She is.

That's really good. Here.

Try this one. This is the answer.

Don't peek at it. It's a math equation.

-Okay. -No number comes to your head?

[ Laughs ] Okay, um...

I guess -- I don't know.

I have no i-- I have no idea.

Just guess. What number -- by intuition?

-Six. -Number six comes to your head.

What number comes to your head?

-Say it loud. -12.

12?

-Okay, wait a second. -That's -- Yep.

-How -- How? -I know.

-Nuh-unh. -It's by gut.

-By -- By instinct. -How -- How do kids --

Have you tested this out with moms and kids?

Yeah, just kids.

And how -- And how -- How did the kids do?

All of them are getting it right

when they're distracted as they're answering.

But how would she even know that that's 12? Like, what number?

Because we know -- They're saying that

we know more than we think we know.

And instead -- When we teach kids --

When we teach them, we're teaching them a process

by how to learn instead of just letting them know.

But you're born knowing.

-No, I do not buy that at all. -I know. I know.

Let me see what you did with this cube here.

Is that it? Did you finish?

Are you sure? This is what I'm saying.

See, this is the toy right here.

-Mm-hmm. -Do you see that?

How did she do?

Without thinking about it -- Do you see that?

Look at that.

-It matches the toy. -What? Nuh-unh. Wait a second.

Yellow, red, orange, blue, orange.

Match up all of them. Did she get all of them?

That's exactly the same.

-Exactly the same. -Nuh-unh. Okay.

-That -- That's really -- -Exactly the same.

H-- Nuh-unh!

Swedish scientists invented a system

of knowing without learning.

Nuh-unh. I'm a school psychologist.

-Are you? -Yeah. And this -- I know.

This is, like, really weird.

Audrey, were you looking at that at all?

No!

Okay. This is really weird.

Yeah. It's amazing.

If you don't ask and have them answer,

they'll just know by intuition.

Yeah. Let me see if I have another pamphlet

in the back on that.

I don't understand.

♪♪♪

-Just this? -Yes, sir.

Great. Okay.

-You need that gift-wrapped? -Okay.

I'm, like, the worst gift wrapper, so...

this is a lifesaver.

We just got the new system, so I love using it.

-Okay. -Um...

Get some tape here. Okay.

You kind of have to approximate, but once you get the hang of it,

it's a lifesaver around the holidays.

Oh, my gosh.

Okay. And...

Get some paper.

Try to approximate. That's the hardest part.

-Is doing the approximation. -Yeah.

Is learning how big or how small.

You ever go to wrap a gift and then you, like,

thought you tore off enough and it wasn't enough paper?

I do that all the time.

So I'm getting pretty good at that.

Folded. This way. And you know what?

Let's do a little ribbon action here.

Okay.

They'll just go under -- underneath.

-Okay. -Yeah, like that.

And then I take the grommets up.

And give it a little clip on like that.

And like this.

There we go. They're all in there like that.

I have this thing right here.

So, this goes here.

And we'll just, uh, spin.

And it works on its own

just with centrifugal force up the sides.

'Cause the whole thing has elastic pieces in it.

Uh-huh.

♪♪♪

Yep. That's it.

-Really? -Yeah.

It's got a lining on the inside that gives it a little --

I don't know.

-There. -[ Laughs ] Wow.

Yeah. That's great, right?

-Right. -Yeah.

And it curls it and everything.

'Cause it goes through the circles of the grommets.

And it will use that as a [inhales sharply] to curl.

-Wow. -It's nice, right?

-It's really nice. -Yeah. Great.

Oh, yeah. We have kits to do it at home.

-It's great. Just comes with -- -How much is it?

-A post. It's $55. -Oh, wow.

Yeah. It comes with a post, a bungee,

and just different size, uh, cloths.

-Wow. -Yeah.

Once you get the hang of the paper size...

-Right. -...it's a snap.

♪♪♪

All right. I'm gonna ring that up for you.

Okay.

♪♪♪

I'm gonna have you put the candles on.

When we were scouting for locations,

we went on the lookout for a restaurant

with extra-high ceilings so I wouldn't hit my head

while performing this next trick.

-Frankie. -Frankie.

Michael: Good to meet you. Come on over here.

We're gonna build a cake, okay, in three stacks here.

So...

Want to help me?

Okay. Good. All right. Let's get that.

That's good. Okay.

And then we'll stack these up. In fact, you know what?

I don't want to get my hands dirty.

Uh, Thom? Will you help Frankie out?

Oh, yeah. Let me give you guys

some gloves.

Put on the gloves.

There you go. Put on the gloves.

This is what you're gonna do.

Stack up the cake, okay? Use all three tiers.

Obviously this isn't a real cake.

It's just for the show of it. But, um, stack up the cake.

Uh, one tier, second tier, third tier,

and then just adorn it with candles

and light them, and, uh, set that up.

Good, good, good, good. Uh, once the cake's set up,

then you can do more of the balloons,

but someone's gonna come early to look at it,

so get it really nice. Okay?

Hello. Just checking in on the balloons.

We have balloons coming? Good. Be very careful, guys.

Nice, nice, nice. Okay. Yeah, well -- Very nice.

-You guys can handle this? -Yeah. Not a problem.

Okay. I'll see you in a bit. All right?

♪♪♪

So you guys working together?

Yeah, we've been working together a couple years now.

So, let's make this one to be the tough --

How are you on the flowers on that side?

-Uh, I'm good. -Okay.

Should be all right.

-How's that? -Yeah, looks great.

-Looks good? -Looks straight to me.

Yeah.

All right. I got it.

Now let's put the top on. Oh, careful.

This one seems to be a little more delicate.

Yeah.

Makes me hungry for cake, though.

[ Chuckles ]

-Kind of a tight fit. -Yeah?

I'm gonna have you put the candles on.

Just make a little ring around the top, like, in the middle.

Make a circle. I'm gonna go look for a lighter

so we have something to light it with when it comes time.

♪♪♪

♪♪♪

Ohh!

Whoo-hoo!

♪ Party Ti-ime! ♪

♪ Ye-eah! ♪

Ow! [ Vocalizing ]

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

What is -- What is this?

Is this the Rabinowitz baby shower?

No.

Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh!

My stupid assistant sending me to the wrong place again.

This is ridiculous. Are we Midtown?

-No. [ Chuckles ] -Oh, my gosh.

[ Sighs ] Where am I?

You're in Buckhead.

Buck-- Oh, my gosh. I'm supposed to be Midtown.

-This is ridiculous. -That's why it was so heavy.

My assistant's, like, pft, losing his mind.

♪♪♪

Well, this is a steakhouse.

-This is a steakhouse? -Yes.

So, how did you get inside the cake?

That's probably the mix-up.

♪♪♪

So, after thoroughly confusing Frankie with my sexy surprise,

I decided to come clean as you're about to see

for the first time in this never-aired reveal.

What is that called? Uh...

Social memory?

-Uh, the Carbonaro Effect. -Ahh!

-You know what that is? -No.

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

I'm on TV?

Like the one you're on right now.

-Yeah. -[ Laughs ]

-Yeah. -What were you thinking?

I was a little scared. Your hand came out.

I was like, "Ohhh! There's a hand in here!"

Hi, Gabrielle. How you doing?

-I'm great. That's pretty. -Great.

-It's beautiful, isn't it? -That is pretty.

Yeah. So, I want to -- You know,

the party's not coming in for another few hours,

so I want to actually photograph this.

-I want to touch it. -Go ahead. Touch it.

-I can touch it for real? -Yeah.

Oh, my God. How?

Isn't it -- Isn't it beautiful?

You can literally feel the coldness of it.

Yeah. So, are you good at taking photographs?

-I think I'm okay. -Yeah, good. You can help.

I'll show you how to use the equipment.

-I think I'm okay. -It's very easy.

Uh, I got the lighting set.

I don't want to hit it too hard, you know?

-Okay. -Okay. Good to bounce.

So, I'll show you what you're gonna do.

Uh, come on over here. Let's see.

Make sure we can see it.

Oh, my God. That's gorgeous.

Let me see something here. This is the zoom right here.

-Right here? -Yeah.

You want to frame it -- frame it so that it's real close

to the top, so it's nice and tight in there.

-Okay. -Yeah?

Let me see what you did there.

I didn't move anything. I just zoomed it on in.

Oh, that's really good. Really good job, though.

-That looks really nice. -That is gorgeous.

I'm trying not to seem rushed here,

but this was a race against time to finish filming.

The ice was melting, and we only had one ice sculpture.

In fact, the sculptor himself would come out between takes

to spray it with liquid nitrogen

and slow down the rate of melting.

-Gosh, that was bright! -It actually -- Look.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

How is that possible?

What just happened?

-I'm not sure. -The flash?

-The flash would do that? -What button did you press?

This one right here that you told me to.

What -- What -- Oh, my gosh.

-Oh, my gosh. -I'm so nervous. Oh, my gosh.

Oh, my gosh. That thing -- The flash was set too high.

-I'm gonna get -- -Oh, my gosh.

Oh, my God. Look at -- The whole thing -- Look at over here.

-How does that happen? -I don't...

Are you serious right now?

How -- How did -- It's just melted.

Okay. Hold on a second. Let me get --

Don't -- Don't let anyone --

Don't let anyone know...

-Okay. -...if anybody walks by.

Hello. It's good to see ya.

Uh -- Did you feel the heat from the flash?

No, I didn't feel the heat at all from the flash.

It was just when I seen it, you know, it was just, like,

"Did I just see a ghost?"

You know what I mean? A ghost or -- But it's solid.

Hard.

And it's just like the top part just disappeared.

♪♪♪

Have you ever heard of that happening before?

When ice can just flash-melt like that?

-Never. -I mean, that's --

This is a new flash, so it's, like --

They said it's a more intense beam.

Maybe that's why. It was too intense.

The frequency was way too high.

You know how, like, light can cause something

to evaporate really fast?

-Mm-hmm. -Like sunlight evaporates it.

But with an intense camera flash,

it can cause the Carbonaro Effect...

-Wow. -...on ice.

Have you heard of that before?

That's -- I never heard of that before, honestly.

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

Who? Wait a minute. Say what?!

[ Laughter ]

I'm like, "Oh, my God. I'm in trouble. It's my first day."

[ Laughs ]

I guess it just magically melted.

It couldn't have melted. There's no water flowing here.

♪♪♪