Carbonaro Effect

                The Carbonaro Effect is a show on TruTv. It is a hidden camera, magic, practical joke TV show. It shows Michael Carbonaro, who is a very talented magician, pranking random people. He disguises himself as someone in a normal, everyday job and does magic tricks on unsuspecting people. He convinces people that these magic tricks are real and this freaks many people out.

                This show is entertaining mostly because of the people’s reactions to the tricks. The tricks are cool to watch but the real fun from the show is seeing the people react. None of the people can seem to wrap their mind around what is happening right in front of them. They all get so confused but still seem to roll with it. The funniest reaction are the people that believe the magic tricks even though they are completely ridiculous. For example, one time he convinces two people that there are fish that turns invisible if there is something in their bowl with them.  He then pretends to put one of the fish in a baggie and gives it to one of the guys. He believes there is really a fish in it and walks away carrying the bag, looking into it, and smiling.

                Many people believe that the show is fake. They think that they people that he tricks are actors and they are just faking their reactions. I want to believe the show is real because it would be very cool if he could really trick people like that. However many of the things he does is hard to believe was real. One time he goes up and talks to a security guard who is sitting in front of a shed that has a car in it. He then leaves and the security guard just sits there for a while. Eventually he turns around and the car isn’t there anymore. This is seemingly impossible and when I first saw this I thought it was fake as well. However after reading some comments with people explaining how they probably did it, I think that it might be real.

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