1. Brian Allen Brushwood was born on January 17,1975 and is an American magician, podcaster, author, lecturer, YouTuber and comedian.
20 Facts About Brian Brushwood
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Brian Brushwood was a regular guest on the This Week in Tech podcast.
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Brian Brushwood co-hosted a YouTube show along with Jason Murphy called The Modern Rogue.
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Brian Brushwood has appeared on national television numerous times including on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, CNN and Food Network.
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Brian Brushwood graduated from the Arts degree Plan II honors program at the University of Texas at Austin in 1997.
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In 1999 Brian Brushwood was offered a raise at Dell and realized he wasn't following his passion, so he made the decision to quit working at Dell and to start performing his Bizarre Magic show full-time.
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Brian Brushwood originally intended to produce it independently but eventually sold the idea to Revision 3 and the first episode aired on April 6,2008.
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When Discovery Digital Networks purchased Revision 3 Brian Brushwood used it as an opportunity to move production of Scam School from the San Francisco Bay Area to Austin, Texas, where he currently lives with his wife and three children.
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Brian Brushwood is friends with fellow Austin residents Korey Coleman and Martin Thomas of Double Toasted.
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Conversations with audience members after performances inspired Brian Brushwood to develop his Scams, Sasquatch, and the Supernatural lecture in 2004.
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Brian Brushwood stated he could sleep on it without the style being disturbed, and that it was low maintenance.
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Episode 23 of Brushwood's web series Brian Brushwood on the Road is a demonstration of how the style is created.
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Brian Brushwood retired the hairstyle in 2012, citing his age and television projects as reasons for its discontinuation.
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Mr Happypants is a voodoo puppet that makes appearances in Brian Brushwood's stage show and podcasts.
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Brian Brushwood thought it would be fun if the character had a cute name but turned out to be mean, intending to come up with a better name later.
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Brian Brushwood has appeared twice on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno where he performed the "human crazy straw" and his "spinning cups" routine.
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In CNN's Life Beyond Limits Brian Brushwood taught Gupta how to eat fire.
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Brian Brushwood discussed eating fire on Food Network's Unwrapped, and appeared on Paula's Party where he ate fire and helped make a s'more brulee.
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Brian Brushwood has appeared on Debra Duncan, The Jenny Jones Show, Unscrewed with Martin Sargent, Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge, and Ricki Lake.
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Brian Brushwood starred, with co-host Jason Murphy, in Hacking the System that premiered on February 27,2014, on the National Geographic Channel.