The Carbonaro Effect

The purpose of this show is to entertain and if you go in with that in mind, you WILL be entertained. To those who complain that it is fake, well DUH, it is. It is fun watching people being flabbergasted in these little vignettes, if you actually are expecting 'real' magic, then just remove the series and move on to something more to your taste.

I DO have one complaint. Some of the shows are duplicates with different titles, but the descriptions are the same, as is the content. Hmm, perhaps it's magic!

This is a wonderfully done show. I can watch it by myself, or with my wife and two young children. The illusions are fun and the explanations Michael gives to confused targets are hilarious. I truly appreciate the thought and effort put into this program. There are so few programs that are good clean humor and entertaining as well. Sometimes after a long day, my daughter and I hang out in my easy chair together and enjoy a good laugh and some amazement while trying to figure out how he does what he does. There are a lot of fresh takes on old classics and plenty of never seen before illusions. He makes being the unsuspecting mark look like fun. He's very respectful and has a great warmth about him. He seems like the kind of person you would want to hang with. This is and will be a top priority on my DVR. Thank you Michael Carbonaro!

When I first saw the show its just looks like any other magic TV show. But the people who have done the negative reviews on this show should research it Before writing a review.

I found out that he finds people who need work and then He does magic tricks on them. They are people who see the trick fail, but they have to pay them money any, then there are people who got fooled by the trick but don't want to be on TV but still get paid, the last people get the biggest sums of money are the people who get tricked and say it's okay to be put on TV.

Some of his tricks are really clever which makes you wonder how he did it, others you notice at once and wonder how people fall for it. I just love seeing how the react to the trick. What people are most skeptical about are the zoom in on the victim. They usually do that so you can't see them make a switch while the person is distracted to keep it a mistake. The only reason I don't give it a 10/10 is because they sometimes but this is rare, they do tricks so obvious that it makes you wonder how people could fall for it. Give it a try you might just like it.

Michael is very creative, a great magician, a wonderful entertainer, a bulls**** artist Extraordinaire ( in a good way) and his unsuspecting victims always add to the festivities. As a diehard animal lover, I particularly enjoy the way he often integrates them into his magic. He's smooth, smart also not bad to look at.

Cameras cut off on spots so you do not see the whole trick. Certain angles are only allowed to be seen so that you do not get the whole view of the room. And please, I do not believe that all the people on the show are that gullible. You can see how he does a lot of it. Do not waste your time watching this.