Are You Dead or Alive?
| Are You Dead or Alive? | |
| Number | 36 |
| Broadcast Date | November 20, 2008 |
| Episode Length | 7:20 |
| Hosts | Brian Brushwood |
As a conversation starter, Brian shows you how to use two toothpicks to detect a pulse.
Revision3 Summary
Effect: You are able to show your pulse using two toothpicks. No matter how hard they try, your friend cannot.
Method: hold a toothpick horizontally by pinching one end between your thumb and forefinger, and laying it across the fingernail of your middle finger. Pull down with your index finger, and push up against that toothpick with your middle fingernail.
Next, lay a second toothpick on the first, so it balances on the palm of your hand and rests on the first toothpick.
If you press down and slide the first toothpick along your fingernail, the small ridges in your fingernail will cause the second toothpick to bounce wildly, seemingly without cause. By timing these movements, you'll be able to convince your friend that your pulse is causing the toothpick to move.
Now here's the important part: keep doing the trick like it's no big deal, explain to them how they should position the toothpicks, and act only mildly interested when they complain that they can't get it to work... This will drive them nuts! If you're looking to keep a girl pestering you for help the rest of the night, this is the effect for you.
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Great Quotes
- "I might be dead." -Mitch
- "I'll see you in class next year. Failed student." -Brian
Next Week
Now don't forget! Next week, we're going to have a very special episode. We're going to teach you how to hack your infrared remotes to reading Blu-ray DVDs!
Fun Facts
- This is the first episode of Scam School to assign "homework".
- This is the first episode of Scam School to answer a question from the forums. (Hayz asks if he will ever do The Human Blockhead on Scam School.)
- A response from Rabidbadger can be seen below Hayz's post.
- In Brian's response to Hayz, we see Andrew Bancroft on Scam School for the first time in clips from The Digg Reel. There is also footage of Brian's appearance on The Digg Reel.
- Mauricio Balvanera is credited as a "Toothpick Wrangler".
- Filmed at Horseshoe Tavern.
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| Preceded by: "Stick It To 'Em with The Funnel" |
Are You Dead or Alive? |
Followed by: "You're Always a Winner with Advance Nim" |