Brushwood has appeared on national television numerous times including on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, CNN and Food Network.

[3] During his time as a student at the University of Texas at Austin, Brushwood rediscovered his interest in magic, performing his first paid shows by filling in for another magician whose schedule was too full.

[1] After graduation, Brushwood married his wife, Bonnie, and began testing video games for Rockwell Semiconductors, followed by a career at Dell where he designed high-end computer systems.

[1] During his time at Dell, Brushwood moonlighted as a magician on Wednesday nights at The Electric Lounge in Austin, Texas, while The Asylum Street Spankers took their break.

In October 2008, one of Brushwood's childhood heroes, Richard Garriott, performed a magic trick he learned from Scam School while he was aboard the International Space Station.

[4][7] When Discovery Digital Networks purchased Revision 3 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.

[4][15][16] In the September 3, 2010, episode of the Point of Inquiry podcast, host Karen Stollznow asked Brushwood about myth debunking in his various shows.

[18] As of March 7, 2018, Brushwood sports a short fringe parted to one side, complemented by a neatly trimmed beard of modest length.

[21] The first reported appearance of Mr. Happypants' evil incarnation during a stage show was in the comedy competition at a Texas Association of Magicians conference.

[6][23] Brushwood has appeared twice on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno where he performed the "human crazy straw"[24] and his "spinning cups" routine.

[29] Brushwood has also appeared on Debra Duncan,[30] The Jenny Jones Show,[31] Unscrewed with Martin Sargent,[32] Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge,[33] and Ricki Lake.