Michael Carbonaro
Director
The Carbonaro Effect (2014)
Season 5
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 they have no idea what just hit them.
Released April 1, 2014
Episode 29 min
12+
Genres: Comedy
Keywords: tmdb.magic, tmdb.hidden-camera, tmdb.prankster, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.magician, imdb.illusion, imdb.magic-trick + 10 more, imdb.magic, imdb.2010s, imdb.name-in-title, imdb.three-word-title, imdb.sleight-of-hand, imdb.deception, imdb.gullibility, imdb.hidden-camera, imdb.title-spoken-by-character, imdb.gay
Watch Providers: Spectrum On Demand, tru TV, YouTube TV
Network: truTV
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S5E1 - Cat Lady
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.
Nov. 7, 2019, midnight
S5E2 - Moving Dragon
While working at a pool store, Michael flies on a kickboard and shows the culinary uses of a pool noodle; at a pet store, he breeds hamsters from pellets; Michael stuns his helper as moving day heats up with a fiery statue.
Nov. 14, 2019, midnight
S5E3 - Lipstick and the Flying Nun
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.
Nov. 21, 2019, midnight
S5E4 - Pink Slime
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.
Dec. 5, 2019, midnight
S5E5 - Chilly Flakes and Wormholes
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.
Dec. 12, 2019, midnight
S5E6 - Popcorn Pants
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.
Dec. 19, 2019, midnight
S5E7 - Vanishing Daycare
At a thrift store, Michael transforms a t-shirt that's suitable for all four seasons and at a daycare, his aid thinks she loses more than her mind. Plus, in a museum, Michael's helper runs scared when a sculpture starts to slither away.
Dec. 26, 2019, midnight
S5E8 - Puppification
At an appliance store, Michael blends juices with a sticker. Then, at a pet shop, he reverses the food chain. Plus, at a doggy spa, an old dog learns new tricks when a rejuvenation machine turns back time and Michael doesn't go unscathed.
Jan. 2, 2020, midnight
Network: truTV
Episode Runtime: 29 min.
Season Runtime: 2751 min.
Released: April 1, 2014
Last Air Date: Jan. 2, 2020, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: B-15
Common sense age: 12+
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