The Mentalizer

Last night I went to see The Mentalizer. I will admit – it was very entertaining and he had me ooohing and aaahing throughout the show like a little 7 year old. But the adult 27’ish or there abouts in me, was quite skeptical afterwards. He did a variety of tricks -which were all amazing. Some of my favorites were where he got a credit card from an audience member and proceeded to spin it in mid air over his palm and around his body. It was like a spinning ufo flying around the room. In another trick, he asked a spectator to randomly pick up a few pieces of a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle from a box. She then began to eliminate the pieces until there was only one left. He then lifted a veil over an easel they were standing next to. It was a completed identical jigsaw puzzle with only one piece missing. She then attempted to fit her piece – which she randomly picked from another box previous to the unveiling and wouldn’t you know it – she ended picking up the missing piece of the puzzle. Another trick was one in which I actually got to participate in. He tossed a deck of cards into the crowd – which I just happened to jump 10 feet up off the chair to catch. He asked me to look at a card in the deck with taking it out of the deck and to toss the deck further back into the crowd. The person who caught it behind me picked a card and also tossed it further back into the crowd. This happened twice more for a total of four participants. He then asked me and the other 3 to concentrate on our card while he attempted to read our minds. And lo and behold – wouldn’t you know – he guessed what each of us had randomly selected from the deck. I had picked a 3 of clubs from the deck. So I can definitely say that the audience was not rigged. As I said, I was definitely impressed but not sold on his supernatural abilities. I just really don’t believe in that ESP – Psychic stuff. Because the cynic and skeptic in me always say if these guys could see into the future or see things no one else can see than they would all be lottery millionaires. But nonetheless he was a great performer and entertainer especially for the price of – free.

Well, my friends – I am headed off to CA tomorrow. So there may be no more updates for a week. But you never know – I may just surprise you with an on location blog post – so I guess you will just have to check back everyday to see if there is one.