How to Rip a Phonebook in Half!
Thursday, January 1st, 2009 running time 10:15
The tables are turned on Brian, as he is the student learning from the ultimate master of strength!
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...hard work and years of training.
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Welcome to the first of many episodes that will teach you how to FAKE your way into (almost) duplicating the feats of the world's strongest men. Your guest co-host and teacher is a former world-champion armwrestler and 100% genuine strongman: Dennis Rogers. Dennis has appeared on dozens of TV shows, holds numerous world records, and has been called "pound for pound, the world's strongest man."
...and lucky for us, he gets ticked off by all the strong-man fakers out there. Ticked off enough to share the secrets used by cheaters to fake authentic strongman feats.
In today's episode, we're going to learn how to prepare phonebooks and playing cards by baking them... making them brittle enough that even a weakling (like the host of "Scam School") could tear them apart with his bare hands.
Enjoy!
Oh, and if you actually want to BE strong, make sure to check out Dennis's instructional DVD's at dennisrogers.net. He has trained thousands of people to develop phenomenal grip strength, and (probably) can do the same for you as well!
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Automatically Generated Transcript(may not be 100% accurate) ( more )
" War. This substance in school brought you by bringing tonic."
" others like -- played and not just for the mind scam school the only -- dedicated to social engineering at the bar and on the street and -- now you know we've done a lot of social engineering at the bars and now it's time to do some on the -- to that extent we're launching a new set a very special episodes that don't involve beer for a change -- revolve -- a good friend of -- Dennis Rogers I got to go down there a couple weeks -- and spend some time with -- let me tell -- about -- he's a former world champion arm -- and he is strong."
" Freaky strong."
" Crazy stop an airplane from taking off strong. And he goes around demonstrating these awesome pizza strengths and when he finds people are thinking of the stunts he does legitimately. He gets mad so mad that he's agreed to share with us the secrets to becoming a fake. Dennis Rogers."
" Dennis Rogers professional strong."
" Man tell me what it is you do a break chains. Group home books it was wore shoes wolf Ryan opinions with my fingers. Drive nails in boards of my hand stop airplanes and -- from isn't. Have big guys jump off -- on the my stomach normal things everybody gets everything he -- in 1998 I was named by the association of old time or balance strong -- As -- pound for pound the world's strongest man who was beaten for that is amazing to me that about -- agreed to expose these secrets these these tricks that the figures -- Well what happens is not I'm watching TV occasionally. And I feed people. Thing that they're doing a particular -- And I can immediately spot that they're really not doing this he because signs this were you -- because you are the real. The real stuff that's right what gives you the ability to spot acres I'll absolutely fantastic let's learn that's like stamps -- right. And then -- hit the deck of cards plastic coated heart she's either very slick yes. Political -- 9. They're fascinating. They thought he obviously is to keep them square in terror and not do any kind of who didn't mean anything because otherwise it just turned the card one and it's you -- just go. That is the that is okay is that -- cheaters do they do it over time good all right so anyhow you'd just take it out like over like this position that -- and it. -- just taken it."
" Let me do it Clinton and nothing that's well on this I'm used to -- things is not a big deal. You know what what I've -- a phone book I grabbed them and and I squeezed it -- what has really -- a totally flat. Grip it's about like this okay because you you know to have it what you can't make your hands. Go right I have let there. Right and I basically pull back this way in her hand I've seen people that this takes some skill even notes trick. They have taken no crawl under like this in certain pages that time but it still could takes practice okay. And then. One of the things I don't. -- like and I think it's a trick is something called the meeting will take the book like this. Put their thumbs in here and if you notice when I go like this you see that more yeah yeah yeah we'll let you keep -- one this will vote that the you -- down and know everything I say -- there's people that argue with me. Oh that's not really trick that's just a different technique play well I took -- 49 year old 110 pound woman should read the book and him are you kidding so you tell me. Let me tell you there's people lit up almost -- house true story doing these total faith. They won't pay included in the OK and -- Yes they would they would do it hard to anything else debate that will make that paper so if so where it'll it will pull apart. This is blue here okay okay insects it's hard. Most of them that they will go from this side although I have seen people vote no site but they'll just give it sports -- over -- they'll take it that you see. They'll turn it like this push down that will boring you know we'll split the book about that -- into the fray just cracks at that was fine -- as far apart yet. I -- not felt like -- was indeed and I got SpinRite and our right it's the same technique for parts as well though right I think if any kind of paper thing. You -- hit it falls apart okay. Look at I think many of them after it was good neighborhood was cooked the books."
" Let's cook the books and."
" We're coming up on almost an hour at 400 degrees. And at this point. The cards are a delicious golden brown in looks kind of like an old fashioned old time indexed and when you when you when you do this you won't this. If you break -- and it snaps in makes his brutal. Toward just breaks apart. Is it brittle -- no it's not religion its. Oh yes it is here oh yeah."
" We don't know what you -- can go into different if it can't help but the book. And then I would think that the book because I think that cheap effects."
" That's it that's chef boy. We think a lot of but actually what we learned learned that about forty minutes at 400 degrees Fahrenheit was enough to get the cars -- they are pretty brittle. Do be very careful to watch themselves right fire. We learned that it fills my house was smoke that's right forty minutes via phone books actually seem to go a lot faster that we Wright was only like 1520 minutes about fifteen or twenty minutes it was pretty brown had -- out. Well that I guess at this point let's give that a try. In Lebanon."
" This is a nice. Fresh phone book brand new phone book. And what I like to do is rip it and have totally with the response that we got."
" Yeah like it's nothing I."
" Makes it okay guys ready. Brian the strongman let's give out of luck I."
" The pressure -- on thick this is my attempt to pull off a fake Dennis Rogers let's see if we could do it when you're gonna do it --"
" Who are all week yet. You get them here."
" Thank god there are well. -- god."
" Yeah. Just tap into."
" Right next to bring it looks like in the star man has -- dude they fumble at the gala -- of the most accidents drug bed and I am here you can position right here go here got a position ready ready. Good position."
" Oh my goodness. --"
" I."
" Dude all right -- You can't help but feel like thirty feet tall -- didn't do something like that. I gotta tell you that the most underneath in schools like that I've ever had -- and Dennis Rogers them."
" I cannot say enough about how much fun that is you want to -- twenty foot tall when bunkers on the side of playing cards and blow your friends away. Want to get a special thanks to mr. Dennis Rogers -- dropping in on this episode don't forget if you want to actually develop phenomenal restrained picture agenda on his website has got instructional dvds that are designed to give you phenomenal their strength as well. To wonder how they're developing a body don't forget to develop your mind. By visiting the website of her latest sponsor here -- scam school."
" Brain tonic provides the world's first think drink with no process sugars and no caffeine had gone over to bring tonic dot com that's -- dot com. When you buy your brain -- use the promotion code. 10% off your order. Policy video you guys pulled off this scam want to see your charitable looks solid state -- that decks of cards. Blowing your friends minds and I want to -- those videos at revision3.com. Slash skimmed school on the message boards. -- this -- you want to suggest burning questions about how this stuff works want to -- me directly have a variety of revision3.com. The next week we will be back apple mark but in a few weeks we'll be back -- Dennis Rogers for some more straight school."
" War. This substance in school brought you by bringing tonic."
" others like -- played and not just for the mind scam school the only -- dedicated to social engineering at the bar and on the street and -- now you know we've done a lot of social engineering at the bars and now it's time to do some on the -- to that extent we're launching a new set a very special episodes that don't involve beer for a change -- revolve -- a good friend of -- Dennis Rogers I got to go down there a couple weeks -- and spend some time with -- let me tell -- about -- he's a former world champion arm -- and he is strong."
" Freaky strong."
" Crazy stop an airplane from taking off strong. And he goes around demonstrating these awesome pizza strengths and when he finds people are thinking of the stunts he does legitimately. He gets mad so mad that he's agreed to share with us the secrets to becoming a fake. Dennis Rogers."
" Dennis Rogers professional strong."
" Man tell me what it is you do a break chains. Group home books it was wore shoes wolf Ryan opinions with my fingers. Drive nails in boards of my hand stop airplanes and -- from isn't. Have big guys jump off -- on the my stomach normal things everybody gets everything he -- in 1998 I was named by the association of old time or balance strong -- As -- pound for pound the world's strongest man who was beaten for that is amazing to me that about -- agreed to expose these secrets these these tricks that the figures -- Well what happens is not I'm watching TV occasionally. And I feed people. Thing that they're doing a particular -- And I can immediately spot that they're really not doing this he because signs this were you -- because you are the real. The real stuff that's right what gives you the ability to spot acres I'll absolutely fantastic let's learn that's like stamps -- right. And then -- hit the deck of cards plastic coated heart she's either very slick yes. Political -- 9. They're fascinating. They thought he obviously is to keep them square in terror and not do any kind of who didn't mean anything because otherwise it just turned the card one and it's you -- just go. That is the that is okay is that -- cheaters do they do it over time good all right so anyhow you'd just take it out like over like this position that -- and it. -- just taken it."
" Let me do it Clinton and nothing that's well on this I'm used to -- things is not a big deal. You know what what I've -- a phone book I grabbed them and and I squeezed it -- what has really -- a totally flat. Grip it's about like this okay because you you know to have it what you can't make your hands. Go right I have let there. Right and I basically pull back this way in her hand I've seen people that this takes some skill even notes trick. They have taken no crawl under like this in certain pages that time but it still could takes practice okay. And then. One of the things I don't. -- like and I think it's a trick is something called the meeting will take the book like this. Put their thumbs in here and if you notice when I go like this you see that more yeah yeah yeah we'll let you keep -- one this will vote that the you -- down and know everything I say -- there's people that argue with me. Oh that's not really trick that's just a different technique play well I took -- 49 year old 110 pound woman should read the book and him are you kidding so you tell me. Let me tell you there's people lit up almost -- house true story doing these total faith. They won't pay included in the OK and -- Yes they would they would do it hard to anything else debate that will make that paper so if so where it'll it will pull apart. This is blue here okay okay insects it's hard. Most of them that they will go from this side although I have seen people vote no site but they'll just give it sports -- over -- they'll take it that you see. They'll turn it like this push down that will boring you know we'll split the book about that -- into the fray just cracks at that was fine -- as far apart yet. I -- not felt like -- was indeed and I got SpinRite and our right it's the same technique for parts as well though right I think if any kind of paper thing. You -- hit it falls apart okay. Look at I think many of them after it was good neighborhood was cooked the books."
" Let's cook the books and."
" We're coming up on almost an hour at 400 degrees. And at this point. The cards are a delicious golden brown in looks kind of like an old fashioned old time indexed and when you when you when you do this you won't this. If you break -- and it snaps in makes his brutal. Toward just breaks apart. Is it brittle -- no it's not religion its. Oh yes it is here oh yeah."
" We don't know what you -- can go into different if it can't help but the book. And then I would think that the book because I think that cheap effects."
" That's it that's chef boy. We think a lot of but actually what we learned learned that about forty minutes at 400 degrees Fahrenheit was enough to get the cars -- they are pretty brittle. Do be very careful to watch themselves right fire. We learned that it fills my house was smoke that's right forty minutes via phone books actually seem to go a lot faster that we Wright was only like 1520 minutes about fifteen or twenty minutes it was pretty brown had -- out. Well that I guess at this point let's give that a try. In Lebanon."
" This is a nice. Fresh phone book brand new phone book. And what I like to do is rip it and have totally with the response that we got."
" Yeah like it's nothing I."
" Makes it okay guys ready. Brian the strongman let's give out of luck I."
" The pressure -- on thick this is my attempt to pull off a fake Dennis Rogers let's see if we could do it when you're gonna do it --"
" Who are all week yet. You get them here."
" Thank god there are well. -- god."
" Yeah. Just tap into."
" Right next to bring it looks like in the star man has -- dude they fumble at the gala -- of the most accidents drug bed and I am here you can position right here go here got a position ready ready. Good position."
" Oh my goodness. --"
" I."
" Dude all right -- You can't help but feel like thirty feet tall -- didn't do something like that. I gotta tell you that the most underneath in schools like that I've ever had -- and Dennis Rogers them."
" I cannot say enough about how much fun that is you want to -- twenty foot tall when bunkers on the side of playing cards and blow your friends away. Want to get a special thanks to mr. Dennis Rogers -- dropping in on this episode don't forget if you want to actually develop phenomenal restrained picture agenda on his website has got instructional dvds that are designed to give you phenomenal their strength as well. To wonder how they're developing a body don't forget to develop your mind. By visiting the website of her latest sponsor here -- scam school."
" Brain tonic provides the world's first think drink with no process sugars and no caffeine had gone over to bring tonic dot com that's -- dot com. When you buy your brain -- use the promotion code. 10% off your order. Policy video you guys pulled off this scam want to see your charitable looks solid state -- that decks of cards. Blowing your friends minds and I want to -- those videos at revision3.com. Slash skimmed school on the message boards. -- this -- you want to suggest burning questions about how this stuff works want to -- me directly have a variety of revision3.com. The next week we will be back apple mark but in a few weeks we'll be back -- Dennis Rogers for some more straight school."
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Started discussion: January 1, 2009 @ 9:07am GMT
Episode 42 - How to Rip a Phonebook in Half! [Discussion]
The tables are turned on Brian, as he is the student learning from the ultimate master of strength!
Watch and get scammed here.
shwooddotcom
11 months ago
I loved doing this episode. But since it's a bit of a departure from our previous episodes, I'm excited to hear what you guys think of it.
Murphy1d
11 months ago
I think the idea of taking the scams out of the bar has a lot of potential. There are soo many scams out there that I'd love to hear more about (have the ability to spot).
The one thing that stuck out in my mind is that the "Strength School" overlap and title change seemed unnecessary. This is just the follow up to our normal Scam 101 classes.
Its like Scam School 110/ Applied Sciences.:)
The one thing that stuck out in my mind is that the "Strength School" overlap and title change seemed unnecessary. This is just the follow up to our normal Scam 101 classes.
Its like Scam School 110/ Applied Sciences.:)
boldfire
11 months ago
In reply to Murphy1d:
The one thing that stuck out in my mind is that the "Strength School" overlap and title change seemed unnecessary.
Really? I liked that they did that, I thought it was a nice touch. The episode was great and seemed slightly longer as well, something that's been asked for a while.
I prefer the usual bar tricks than this episode, but I love the idea and want to continue. Perhaps 2 weeks for bar scams, 1 week street, 2 weeks bar scams, 1 week street etc.
Good work as usual!
misterparry
11 months ago
To be honest, I don't think strength school is all that great. I don't see these as scams but more or less lame magic trick reveals. The social engineering of scam school is what made it awesome. I think the concept is good but for me I like things just the way they were.
therage800
11 months ago
In reply to Murphy1d:
I think the idea of taking the scams out of the bar has a lot of potential. There are soo many scams out there that I'd love to hear more about (have the ability to spot).
The one thing that stuck out in my mind is that the "Strength School" overlap and title change seemed unnecessary. This is just the follow up to our normal Scam 101 classes.
Its like Scam School 110/ Applied Sciences.:)
The one thing that stuck out in my mind is that the "Strength School" overlap and title change seemed unnecessary. This is just the follow up to our normal Scam 101 classes.
Its like Scam School 110/ Applied Sciences.:)
I agree. I feel that it's still Scam School, so leave it at that.
I wouldn't mind seeing more street scams! Although, I still think Bryan needs a second show...
HappyHippyHarry
11 months ago
In reply to boldfire:
Perhaps 2 weeks for bar scams, 1 week street, 2 weeks bar scams, 1 week street etc.
Good work as usual!
Perhaps 2 weeks for bar scams, 1 week street, 2 weeks bar scams, 1 week street etc.
Good work as usual!
I think because there are so many scam schools, they should have it the other way round, 2 weeks street, 1 week bar, until they've caught up with the amount of scam schools, then they should swap it to 2:1 with more scam schools. Am I making snese?
xfuuey
11 months ago
Cool episode.
I've done the phone book rip before by using that V shape trick, but it was badass seeing someone do it the real way.
Brian: Even though you used the baked phone book, didn't that shit just kill your hands afterwards? (it always did for me anyway) :cool:
I've done the phone book rip before by using that V shape trick, but it was badass seeing someone do it the real way.
Brian: Even though you used the baked phone book, didn't that shit just kill your hands afterwards? (it always did for me anyway) :cool:
Minton
11 months ago
an interesting change of pace, I am much more for the bar tricks as they can be used a lot more in my everyday life, but I think this was a pretty BA epsiode
therage800
11 months ago
In reply to Minton:
an interesting change of pace, I am much more for the bar tricks as they can be used a lot more in my everyday life
Just bring a baked phone book to the bar!
I just realized, I am probably the first person to ever use that phrase :D










