Gerry McCambridge – The Mentalist at the V Theater behind Planet Hollywood is entertaining, mystifying, and fun. See his show and you’ll say, “How the heck does he do that!?” I can tell you one thing — I don’t know! Gerry’s tricks are amazing. He has been performing in Vegas for 19 years. This month, he will reach an impressive milestone: 5,000 shows.
The small theater seats less than 200 people – up close and personal. As you enter, you are asked to fill out a card with some questions . Like when will I go on another vacation or who was my first boyfriend.
Gerry tells the audience, “My job is to screw with your mind.” He does. He tells us he is going to use maybe 75% of the audience.
He quotes statistics about odds of getting things right and talks about intuition. The odds are 48 to one that I can do this. Then the odds are 288 to one as he talks about intuition.
Gerry picks a clump of cards from the box, Crumbles them in his outstretched hand and calls a name. He proceeds to tell that individual some personal stuff like the names of their kids or the first boyfriend.
It is all done with a thread of humor as this likable guy blows our minds. Intuition? Trickery? Super powers? All of the above? Gerry says he looks for clues like hand and finger gestures.
He has a woman hold her hands behind her and place an object in one of her hands. She moves the hands around front and he tells her – and all of us – which hand holds the object.
Then she does it again. And he gets it right again. “This is like taking candy from a baby “ he says.
A highlight of the show is the staple gun routine. Four staple guns. Three have empty cartridges. One by one, the Mentalist fires the guns against his body. Will blindfolded Gerry shoot himself in the head with the loaded one?
Another notable trick involve a rubix cube and a tile rendering of Albert Einstein. You really have to see The Mentalists to experience this.
I highly recommend The Mentalist as good quality entertainment. Go see this show AND ENJOY.
* And one more thing: Gerry McCambridge will be honored with a star on Las Vegas Blvd. In commemoration of his 5,000th show, The Mentalist Gerry McCambridge will be honored with a star on July 31 at 8 P.M. on the Las Vegas Boulevard in front of the Paris Casino. He is the first magician and mentalist to receive this honor.
