Long before Simon Baker started playing a keen detective, able to solve stone who-done-its by mastering the powers of the human mind, Gerry McCambridge was the original Mentalist literally. Gerry had a television show The Mentalist in 2004 and, all told, has been entertaining audiences with his unique brand of entertainment for 30 years.
Gerry has built his celebrity star up by merging his own talents of the mind with skills he learned from his father, a New York City detective. The result has been an ongoing act in Sin City for decades: The Mentalist. Formerly playing at Hooters, Gerry McCambridges show can now be found at Planet Hollywood on an ongoing basis.
The Mentalist is able to blend a few different styles into one act. For starters, Gerrys mind is absolutely amazing when compared to other hacky acts and flash-in-the-pan startups around Vegas. He also blends in some magic, like Copperfield on a miniature scale, and even some comedy, for those loving a good laugh.
The real trick to Gerrys show is in the way the audience comprehends it. With out-and-out magic shows, the audience is wondering exactly how the magician was able to pull off the tricks on display. With Gerrys show, the audience is left wondering if what they just witnessed were, indeed, tricks at all. Thats the real magic behind it all.
Gerry is able to disguise his work and blend it rather well, so that no matter what you think you're seeing, you're really getting something else entirely. There are a few established tricks that audience members might recognize, but by the time The Mentalist touch is put on them, they become something new entirely.
One of the more astonishing parts of McCambridges act is when he performs tricks blindfolded. Gerry is able to deduce peoples names from initials and even match his watches time perfectly with one from a random audience members. Before its over, people are usually speechless and scratching their heads. In Gerrys world, that's success.
In between tricks, audience members are treated to some real-life wise-guy antics courtesy of Gerry. This is taken to extremes when audience members decide to heckle and interact with the onstage performer. Despite the distractions, Gerry still manages to stick to his routine and go from one trick to another.
One of the best aspects of the show as a whole is the audience participation. In fact, a show like this couldn't be pulled off without a few participators and a few skeptics on hand. There always seems to be audience members who refuse to believe, even after Gerry has stunned them and that makes it all the more worth while to see the next trick.
As far as the stage is concerned, Planet Hollywood offers Gerry a far better platform than the Hooters Casino, not to mention his show is better advertized and the audience has more room to file in and even better angles to see the performer.
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