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The Best Episodes of The Carbonaro Effect

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Carbonaro Effect Season 5 Episode 1 - Cat Lady
    9.2/10(12 votes)

    S5:E1

    At auditions, Michael wows directors with costume changes but cracks when he sings; things get sticky when he demos flying post-its; Michael's co-worker's jaw drops when a shape-shifting tenant returns while they clean house.

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  2. The Carbonaro Effect Season 5 Episode 3 - Lipstick and the Flying Nun
    9.2/10(10 votes)

    S5:E3

    While working at an antique shop, Michael unpacks an item with a message from beyond and a problem-solving toy puzzles his co-worker. Plus, Michael works a fundraiser where a painting raises not just money but the body of a nun.

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  3. The Carbonaro Effect Season 5 Episode 4 - Pink Slime
    9.2/10(9 votes)

    S5:E4

    While working at a book store, Michael feeds some book worms. Plus, Michael serves food and gives new meaning to the term "grass fed beef". Then, at a food testing center, Michael spooks his assistant when an experiment takes a new shape.

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  4. The Carbonaro Effect Season 5 Episode 5 - Chilly Flakes and Wormholes
    9.2/10(9 votes)

    S5:E5

    Michael works in a spice shop and gets the icy treatment with his take on "chilly flakes". Plus at a hotel, he cleans a spill with his phone. And then, at an abandoned house, Michael amazes his assistant when he climbs through a wormhole.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. The Carbonaro Effect Season 4 Episode 9 - There's Life in Here
    9.1/10(12 votes)

    S4:E9

    Michael gives a confused woman the license to speed at the Department of Motor Vehicles.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. The Carbonaro Effect Season 5 Episode 6 - Popcorn Pants
    9.1/10(11 votes)

    S5:E6

    Michael delivers a shock in a shipping store when packaged wine tips over and gets the bubble wrap tipsy. At a popcorn shop, Michael dons the latest kernel fashions. Later, at a theater, he stuns his helper when a trick jumps off the screen.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. The Carbonaro Effect Season 4 Episode 3 - The Snowball
    9.0/10(10 votes)

    S4:E3

    Michael visits a ski shop to demonstrate the latest in winter gear; a hat that also makes hot cocoa.

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  8. The Carbonaro Effect Season 4 Episode 11 - Vegan Plant
    9.0/10(9 votes)

    S4:E11

    Michael feeds a cannibalistic plant at a garden center.

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  9. The Carbonaro Effect Season 4 Episode 1 - Total Face Rejuvenation
    8.9/10(11 votes)

    S4:E1

    Michael shocks a receptionist with a medical procedure that leaves both their jaws on the floor.

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  10. The Carbonaro Effect Season 4 Episode 10 - Prehistoric Fossil Breeding
    8.9/10(11 votes)

    S4:E10

    Michael schools a man on fish fossil breeding at a rock store.

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  11. The Carbonaro Effect Season 4 Episode 2 - Relax the Back
    8.8/10(13 votes)

    S4:E2

    Michael shocks people with every trick in the book at a library, including a voice-controlled page turner.

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  12. The Carbonaro Effect Season 4 Episode 7 - The Food Flattener
    8.8/10(11 votes)

    S4:E7

    At a cooking class, Michael gets crabby when chopping salad and brings the heat to instantly cook a meatball with his breath.

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  13. The Carbonaro Effect Season 4 Episode 12 - Sorcery or Science
    8.8/10(9 votes)

    S4:E12

    Michael sweetens a woman's day at a candy store when a chocolate bunny eats here ring.

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  14. The Carbonaro Effect Season 4 Episode 13 - Fight or Flight
    8.8/10(9 votes)

    S4:E13

    While working at a cheese store, Michael milks the reaction of a woman stunned by breeding brie.

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  15. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 17 - A Faux Pas to Wear
    8.7/10(28 votes)

    S1:E17

    Michael stuns shoppers with a remarkably advanced antique that self-tailors clothes and a chalkboard that solves mathematical equations.

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  16. The Carbonaro Effect Season 4 Episode 5 - Simon Soft
    8.7/10(10 votes)

    S4:E5

    Michael turns iced tea into a tea candle.

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  17. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 2 - A Problem with Chocolate Turtles and Seeds
    8.6/10(38 votes)

    S1:E2

    Posing as a cashier, Michael makes a shopper's face appear on a milk carton and tries to convince her that she really is a missing person. Then, in a shipping store he has customers believing that impossible technology of the future has arrived, like a bowling ball that can be mailed in a flat box. Plus, he has a hotel guest questioning her identity when he swaps her ID, and stumps a valet when he does a disappearing act from his car.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. The Carbonaro Effect Season 3 Episode 9 - A Similar Rock Energy
    8.6/10(10 votes)

    S3:E9

    Michael is back in Chicago to hash out new ideas in a hemp store, but it's not until he inspects a spooky church that people start getting stoned, literally. Plus, Michael teams up with special guest star, Jack Black!

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  19. The Carbonaro Effect Season 4 Episode 4 - You’ve Been Marked
    8.6/10(15 votes)

    S4:E4

    Michael shows off a seashell from the seashore, that still has the seashore in it.

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  20. The Carbonaro Effect Season 4 Episode 8 - Dr. Bones
    8.6/10(12 votes)

    S4:E8

    Michael explores the true depth of a deep-dish pizza.

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  21. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 1 - Got the Bug Out
    8.5/10(52 votes)

    S1:E1

    Posing as a technician, Michael literally "gets the bug out" of a customer's phone and has him convinced it was in there all along.

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  22. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 5 - Out of Bounce
    8.5/10(39 votes)

    S1:E5

    Too good to be true toys; Michael poses as a personal trainer who sweats a bucket-full; a disappearing car makes a security guard panic.

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  23. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 18 - Just a Milker
    8.5/10(23 votes)

    S1:E18

    Michael fishes for trouble in a toy store with pop-up books that contain live animals and, at a health food store, he shows a woman how to milk almonds; a mummy causes an employee to question ancient curses.

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  24. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 19 - Suburban Pimp
    8.5/10(21 votes)

    S1:E19

    Michael gets spooky at an antique store with a vintage voodoo doll and, at a costume store, a Dorothy outfit comes complete with a little dog too.

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  25. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 20 - Might Be Trippin'
    8.4/10(23 votes)

    S1:E20

    Michael fills in for a karate instructor and interrupts the Zen of his students; a frog necklace that is so realistic; a clothing display that puts the "man" in mannequin.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Cat Lady" is the best rated episode of "The Carbonaro Effect". It scored 9.2/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/7/2019. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Lipstick and the Flying Nun".