Hustling America is a three part television series. It is presented by

Alexis Conran Alexis Conran is a British actor, writer and presenter on TV and radio, who currently hosts the weekend afternoon show on Times Radio and a number of consumer advice programmes for 5. He is also known for co-hosting the BBC Three show '' The R ...

. This is similar to Conran's UK show

The Real Hustle ''The Real Hustle'' is a BBC British television series created by Objective Productions, Alexis Conran and R. Paul Wilson for BBC Three. The show demonstrates confidence and magic tricks, distraction scams and proposition bets performed on memb ...

, in the case that he goes around scamming people and creating Proposition Bets with them. It features Conran travelling across America retesting old scams by famous con-artists such as

Titanic Thompson Alvin Clarence Thomas (November 30, 1893 – May 19, 1974), better known as Titanic Thompson, was an American gambler, golfer, and hustler, who killed five men but was never charged with a crime. Thompson traveled the country wagering at cards, ...

. The first episode took place in New York, the second in Texas and the third in

Las Vegas Las Vegas, colloquially referred to as Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Clark County. The Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area is the largest within the greater Mojave Desert, and second-l ...

Episodes

New York

Conran travels to

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * ...

and tries out a birthday bet. Testing to see if in a group of 30, that 2 or more people will share a birthday. He plays table tennis against a professional (with coke bottles). Conran attempts to remove the cork from a wine bottle with his shoes. Finally he places an eating bet against world champion food eaters. His eating partner has a twin, giving Conran the edge when the twins switch offstage.

Texas

In the second episode Conran comes to

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and experiments some scams by

. He throws a walnut over a building, to win himself a car. Conran races someone who is in a lift by taking the stairs in an 11 floor building. Conran attempts to throw all 52 playing cards into his hat of which he won from another proposition bet, by taking off his waistcoat without removing his jacket. Finally he attempted Thompson's first ever prop bet where he would mark an X on a rock and throw it into the river. Then his dog would go in and fetch that particular rock. However, for Conran this ended up being a failure, resulting in him losing the bet.

Las Vegas

In Conran's third and final episode, he wins a bet that makes him win himself free gas. He places a bet on which sugar cube a fly would land on, he ends up taking this bet too far and losing. This requires him spending the night in prison. Conran made a bet with people that he could toss a coin and shoot a hole through the centre, he won this one and got his car washed in return. Finally Conran visited a man called Brian Zembic and learned about his life and bets. In particular his most famous one where he got ''man boobs''.

References

American television series based on British television series {{US-nonfiction-tv-prog-stub