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Oh my gosh! That's nuts. That's crazy.

There is sorcery at play.

This is... The Carbonaro Effect.

Hey, I'm Michael Carbonaro, and welcome to our second edition of Cause & Effect.

This is the one where we're going to show you all new material, and we're

to show you some secret behind -the -scenes clips so you guys will get a

of just how we make this crazy little show.

One of the things I try to do as much as I can is push the envelope, see how far

I can actually get people to believe in things.

And honestly, sometimes I even surprise myself at just what I can get away with.

First up, we have Josh here. I couldn't figure out how to pull this trick off

until the very end of the day. Everyone told me to give it up. I couldn't pull

it off. I said, please, just give me one more shot.

And here's Josh in the park.

Could you take a picture of me and the dog? Yeah, man. All right. I just want

get this building in the background.

That's the building where he was made.

And I played with him here for the first time. Let me just get his collar off

there. Oh, yeah.

Hold him up. What about you?

Put your hand over it. Yeah.

Is the screen not on? No. Really?

Both of them are running down.

I don't think it's the same battery. Let me see something. Hold on.

Now, this is a...

Nine volt. That's not the same as... I didn't realize it wasn't a real dog

you just took that apart.

Huh? It wasn't a dog. It was a real dog.

Oh, yeah, animatronic. They make them in this building.

Wow. Yeah.

Very cool.

They're awesome. You don't have to clean up for them or anything.

That's crazy. Yeah. It looks cool, right? Yeah.

Yeah. It's strange. How much money does it cost?

Five grand. Yeah.

Wow. He tried to run away from you. Yeah, I know. They're programmed to look

like he's running around, and you can walk him on a leash and everything.

That's incredible.

Yeah. They even have ones that pee, just so the people won't know.

Wow. Yeah.

Cyberpets. Yeah.

Thanks, man. No problem. Appreciate it. All right. You're out of battery, fella,

so let's just go home.

Come on.

Yeah, I like to take my dog for a drag at least twice a day. Otherwise, you

know, you come home and there's batteries all over the house. You have

them up.

Gross.

Up next, we have Jackie.

Now, usually I come up with my own little scientific mumbo jumbo that I

give to somebody. Well, Jackie here beats me to the punch.

Have you seen these things? You're looking for discount stuff?

Well, no.

You know how you can make a clock with a potato? Yeah, you can make batteries

out of them.

Yeah. Well, how does that work?

Well, it has the acid, which is the electrolyte. Right. And you have copper,

you have lead. Right. And it moves through, and that is electrolyte.

Here, come here. Let me ask you this. You're like an expert.

Tell me if this makes sense.

Because if it's like a battery, I understand that.

You poke a hole in the front, and I know how the clock works, where it's like,

you know, the nail is zinc.

Right. So that's the one that shoots the electrons out.

And then burrow a hole in the back here.

So would this be, like, comparable to a battery?

No. Okay, because I leave that part out. Yeah.

And then a little cotton that they said not to get your oils from your fingers

on.

And then, you know, the kids pick a color.

Sure. And you put that in there.

And then they said the quarter is like the copper wire of a potato clock.

Yeah. But the copper is in the middle.

And I guess that's what someone just discovered, that it intensifies that

reaction. So now when you poke into one of the eyes, that's what makes a

laser light.

That's pretty slick.

How does that make a... No idea. It's not necessarily a laser per se, but

it's...

Lasers use superconductors. Right.

That is obviously not a superconductor, but it's an electrolyte. Right.

Electrolytic material.

So it's... Because it has, like, it feels like from... Do you feel that?

Yeah, it's got a little bit of heat coming out of it.

Because they said not to, like, aim it at paper stuff. Like, if I were, like,

aiming... See, that's what I'm talking about.

That's good.

I mean, it's pretty strong. Do you see it on the back wall? I can almost get it

on that sales sign.

Do you need to focus it?

Yeah, it does need focusing, right?

That's good. That is some good science right there.

Science. She said science.

I don't know why we bleep that.

Now let me introduce you to Loretta.

Every once in a blue moon, I meet a person who is so willing to believe with

that I start believing in these things myself.

My peaches and apples did well this year. Sure. You were using the eco pods

the peaches?

No. We're selling those like crazy.

What are eco pods?

These are eco pods.

These?

You haven't seen these?

No. Oh, here. Put that in there. Come on over here.

Take a look in the light there. That's a little eco pod.

You see what that does?

Yeah,

they fall here. I'll take one. They fall from trees. You know, they have their

own little center of gravity.

Right. Inside.

Oh. And thousands of microbes inside that live like its own little solar

See, once it's the right time of season, do you see how it kind of moves?

Yeah. Wow.

Yeah, it kind of moves. Well, I've never known. But I've seen them before. Yeah.

Yeah.

See? If it's just right, this one feels a little warm.

Yeah. Are you serious? It has its own center of gravity on it so that... It

takes in a lot of oxygen and produces a lot of carbon dioxide for the plants so

they can grow really easily.

You see that?

And they know when they feel the heat, they'll just work like that.

Will something come out?

No, no, they're all inside there. They're just living inside there. And

these like this? Yeah, they'll all do that.

They don't land to plant themselves until they find the right soil.

So why is it moving?

Well, you know, he has to be very, very still.

They're like a turtle. You know, they'll hide inside their shell, and they try

and act like just a seed. You've seen these before, right?

Yes. Have you ever picked one up? No.

Oh, well, once it becomes comfortable, they'll start going back to work. They

start doing all their little jobs inside there. You know, you have worker

microbes, and you have the queen microbes, and they're just running

circles.

They couple up. A lot of them have families.

And they just live in there just like we do. It's like a little planet.

Are you serious?

Oh, yeah.

And when they hover, they hover like this?

They'll hover just a few inches above the ground.

Sometimes they'll circle around.

And if they are really, really comfortable, I heard they can sing, you

like they can make a very high pitch. So how do you feed them?

You don't.

The wind feeds them. You feel the holes inside there?

So I can have it on the inside of my house, can't I?

Well, don't, what do you mean?

Can they stay outside during the winter?

Oh, yeah.

They'll hover up above the snow so they don't freeze.

How about you put them in a dish in the winter? In a dish like this on the back

porch? Yeah, you could keep it on the back porch. That's a good idea during

winter.

Maybe put a little candle next to it.

And don't be afraid to... Oh, careful.

Oh, be very careful.

Yeah. You don't want to frighten them.

They'll never float.

So how do I handle that? Just very delicately. Just like this? Yeah, the

would handle a little baby.

That is so sweet.

Loretta wrote to me, by the way. She said she's still waiting for them to

She's got them out on the back porch. I'm waiting for mine to float, too,

Loretta. It hasn't floated since I met you.

It has been talking, though.

Says we have to go to commercial.

We'll be right back.

She said, what?

Hey, I'm Michael Carbonaro. Welcome back to Cause and Effect. You know, ever

since we first started airing this show, people always ask me, do you ever get

recognized when you're trying to do a trick? And the answer is no, actually

never.

On TruTV.

Me? Yeah.

Oh my God, you look just like him.

Who? From the Carbonaro effect, that show.

It's called the Carbonaro Effect.

I know. I swear I thought that was you. Thought that was me who?

The Carbonaro Effect. I watched that on TV.

You do? Yeah.

We've seen every episode.

Oh, really?

Okay, fine. Maybe they do.

They recognize me.

But one thing I've learned, in order to succeed in this show, sometimes I just

have to do what I do best.

Lie.

Like I did to this father and daughter who came in to shop at the Army -Navy

store. This guy is the best. We sell this one out all the time. Oh, yeah?

I'm going to show you, but you're not going to buy it for him, right?

No. Okay, good.

Doesn't he remind you of that magician dude?

Yes. What magician dude?

Go ahead.

Do something weird and I'm going to slap you. No,

they just have this little thing that they're just hiding. Oh, that's cool.

Yeah.

Horrifying. Yeah. What's the guy's name? Oh, it's the Carbonaro.

Oh, busted.

Or am I?

You ever seen Carbonaro?

I have not. Look it up, because you're that guy. Oh, really?

What is it?

It's a magic show. He does like this. He goes into a straight environment,

a dry cleaner or a pet store. Right. And he does just exactly what you did. He

grabs something from out of the...

cabinet and does something absolutely un -freaking -believable. This lady goes

to kennel her dog, and he just pulls out this disc of smashed fur and then makes

it into a dog, and she's like, what did you do to my animal?

And people believe in that? Yeah.

I don't think so.

It's very crazy.

And you look, I'm not going to say you look like him, but you do look like him.

I've never heard of him.

I'm going to show you. That's crazy.

I'm surprised that nobody has brought this up before. No, I've never.

Well, you need to get a little thing and just do some magic.

Oh, it's magic stuff.

Oh, I don't know where I see it.

That looks like a cool show, though.

Okay, it looks like... It looks kind of Italian.

Oh, Carbonaro, that's why.

Did you say Carbonaro?

Yeah. That's funny.

What time are you going to answer? Like one?

Is one okay?

Yeah. Anyway. Yeah, that's neat. All right, cool.

Okay, I've convinced them I'm not myself, but...

It's not like I'm going to get away with doing a trick.

We're going to take these. No good on this one?

No, I'm not going to do it.

Well, that's good. It's probably better he doesn't have it.

It's funny because the kids will, I mean, when their parents come in,

let them have this.

That's like really sharp.

Feel the side of that.

It's horrifying.

It is horrifying.

This is so that when people, if you get caught with it, they'll see this and

they'll confiscate it.

But the best is this.

They have a release in here, and this is the one that people love. No, shut up.

Yeah.

Isn't that crazy?

I mean, there's something concealing it.

I didn't know how to respond to that. I did not expect that at all. Exactly.

I get the way they fold it up. It's called the Carbonaro effect.

You know?

Like that guy on TV.

I'm Michael Carbonaro. You are not. I am too.

Are you crazy?

I knew it, man. It was like, we're religious.

Hi. Hi, I'm Michael. As you kind of knew.

What's up?

This is happening.

This is happening.

Oh, yeah, it's happening. Okay, come on. That was pretty cool. All right.

Surprise.

Hey, don't feel bad. Sometimes surprises happen to me too. Like Jessica.

in our hardware store here who had me jumping through hoops until the very

second i've got one right here this one's six feet and i got um that one

right there here grab me that other six footer i'll show it to you yeah so this

one's six feet and this one's six feet so if you need it to be longer than that

if you need it to be 12 feet instead of having to plug the two in together you

line these guys up like this here hold on to that okay And if they're lined up,

then instead of plugging the two together, you just loop like

that and give it a little pull.

Uh -huh. And then you'll have a 112 -foot one. Oh, wow.

It's a Carbonara effect.

It is.

Do you know who I am? You just sat there letting me do that.

You just tricked me.

You just tricked me.

I was like, wait, it is the Carbonaro effect.

Okay, that was hysterical and mean.

Touche, Jessica.

I'll get you next time.

We'll be right back.

Hey, I'm Michael Carbonaro, and welcome back to the second edition of Cause and

Effect. Do things ever go wrong while you're shooting?

Things do go wrong. We're working with real people. The one thing that

frustrates me more than anything is when a trick goes right. Everything works,

but the person just doesn't care.

Like the time that I tried to sell fat -free brownies to this woman and her

husband. They cook them regular, and then I take the fat out.

It's kind of like coffee, you know, coffee beans.

That's right, this regular caffeine.

I'll get you one right here. So this is just how we cook them normal.

And then you've got to find the right spot on there.

I've got a little tool right here. And just drill a little hole right in the

right spot there.

See that?

And then it's sort of like a little sponge. You can squeeze it.

Squeeze out all the fat like that.

And then it's just a regular brownie again. Oh, okay.

Yeah. So the fat's all removed.

Okay. And you can eat it fat -free.

And you know there is two of us.

There's two of us. She wants one for her husband. I am removing the fat using

powers not known to modern man, and all she hears is free brownies.

Yeah, that's not enough for two people. I don't think so. Do you want the other

one without fat also?

He doesn't care. He doesn't care? All right, well, just give him one with the

fat then, you know? And see if you could taste the difference.

Okay. You know? I mean, you tell me what a difference this makes. Okay. Having

the fat out.

Okay. Okay.

A little lipo brownie to call.

All right.

Sometimes they don't notice. But perhaps worse than that, maybe my biggest

nightmare, something we all have, cell phones.

Great for checking your email and Twitter, but not so great when I'm

perform a trick.

Now, here's a cute little idea.

A kitten adoption, where I gave kittens a chance for a home by floating them up

into the air.

Maybe that would have been a shocker to this woman if she didn't have to answer

this very important phone call.

You know, when you have rescues, it's just about hoping.

All right.

There you go, fella.

Bye -bye.

There he goes.

Sweet, right?

Are you serious?

Oh, my God.

Sometimes people just don't care. But on the other end of the spectrum, are

those that care a little too much?

Remember Marcella, who saw the head of a voodoo doll appear in her water bottle?

Oh, my God, I'm sweating.

Now, I tried that same trick on a woman named Simone.

I'm not superstitious.

I'm from New Orleans, so I kind of am. Oh, really? I don't really believe in

much of it, but I hear about it.

It has like a scary... Yeah, it does.

Yeah. So let me get you another one.

Clean. There you go. You can go for this one.

Was that in there?

Oh, that is so weird.

Okay.

Bye. Where are you going?

I don't know. Where are you going? I don't know. Don't leave me here by

Where are you going? That just, that this was your water.

You're going to leave me alone with this thing? Yeah.

Please come back. No.

Sometimes it can be very powerful stuff.

Simone, please come talk to me. No.

Thank you for letting me show that clip, Simone. Oh, and by the way, give me a

call. I still have your water bottle.

And finally, there are the times when basically I lose control of the entire

show. Earlier this season, I did a trick where I made somebody believe that

their dollar bill was actually a vintage counterfeit.

Now, to do this trick, I required a one -of -a -kind custom -made prop, very

expensive.

Maybe I shouldn't have let them hold it.

That's the first time I've ever actually run into counterfeit. Okay, yeah, it's

a bizarre kind of... Here, I'll do the whole thing.

Here, don't rip it, don't rip it. Oh, wow.

If it's fake, you gotta rip it. Throw it away.

You're absolutely right.

Enjoy the book.

Thank you. All right.

If it's fake, you gotta rip it.

Oh, that still hurts to watch.

We'll be right back.

Hey, welcome back to the second edition of Cause and Effect. I'm Michael

Carbonaro. I hope you've been having a good time.

You know, whenever I pull off a trick, I get to tell somebody that they're on my

TV show. And that's the moment, I don't know if they're going to laugh or smile

or punch me in the face, but it's the moment that I wait for because it's when

they really drop their guard and I get to meet them for the first time.

I'm going to leave you now with some of my favorite reveals.

Is that broken when you brought it in? I don't think so.

All right.

Well, we want to find something.

Holy f***ing s***.

Is that real?

What if I told you you were on my TV show right now? Am I really? You are.

Holy s***.

Oh, my God.

You were great.

Are you serious?

I'm absolutely serious. I'm a magician.

Oh, my God. Can I give you a hug? Because I'm so, like, not okay. Like,

God.

Look at him. He loves us.

The way that they are able to make it look so real, it's called the Carbonaro

Effect.

Have you ever heard of that?

No? It's also the name of a hidden camera magic TV show.

Oh.

Like the one you're on right now.

Shut up.

Stop messing with me, dude.

I'm Michael Carbonaro. You're on my show, The Carbonaro Effect.

For real? For real.

Wow. I'm a magician.

Get out of here. And you believed that this was a secret hidden orange, didn't

you? Yeah. And I love you for it.

I'm Michael Carbonaro.

No way. You're on a show called The Carbonaro Effect.

No, I'm not. I'm a magician.

No. Yeah, there's cameras hiding over in there.

What? There's cameras over there. What?

No way, you're lying to me. I'm not lying to you. You are lying to me right

It's my show.

What? It's magic.

What? The heat from the lamp in the goji sand is a new kind of cooking process

called the Carbonaro effect.

Okay. Have you heard of that before?

I've heard the word, but I think I've heard it with Mexican food.

The Carbonaro effect is also the name of a hidden camera magic TV show.

What?

Like the one you're on right now.

What are you even saying? I'm a magician.

I'm Michael Carbonaro.

I'm a magician.

You're on my show, The Carbonaro Effect, right now.

Wait a second. Am I really? You are really.

We've got a hidden camera right over here.

And right over here. Tell the truth.

I'm telling you the truth.

This is just a little seed.

It was a beautiful little story, though, wasn't it?