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. He is perhaps best known for co-hosting the BBC Three show ''The Real Hustle'' from 2006 until 2012. He was b ...

. 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) was an American gambler, golfer and hustler better known as Titanic Thompson. Thompson traveled the country wagering at cards, dice games, golf, shooting, billiards, horseshoes and propo ...

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

Las Vegas Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...

Episodes

New York

Conran travels to

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

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

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

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