The Mentalist

 

During my last home satellite, which by the way, Hermie and Joe Pane won, Joe and his lady, Sissy were telling us all about a show they had seen at Hooters Casino called "The Mentalist". Of course, when I heard that name, I am thinking of the cute blonde actor Simon Baker, who stars in CBS new hit, "The Mentalist." Wrong, this mentalist, they said, is the guy who CBS got the idea for their show from. It sounded intriguing.

 

A few days later, Joe called. He had scored four tickets and would I like to go and bring a friend. You bet 'cha. So off to Hooters we went. The show was great. This guy, Gerry, the Mentalist was absolutely amazing. Joe had wanted to see it a second time to see if he could figure out how this fellow did some of his "mind tricks." Beats me, but it was entertaining. To tell you more about this Las Vegas Mentalist, I went to the Internet and this is what his website had to say:

 

It all started in the 1980’s when Gerry was a headliner in Comedy Clubs across the country. He also specialized in entertaining at Fortune 500 corporate events and celebrity “A-List” parties.

 

Gerry has appeared on countless radio and TV talk shows including "Late Night with David Letterman," "The Today Show," “The Vegas Show,” “Soap Talk,” “Real Life” and "The Best Damn Sports Show Period."

 

In 2004 the Psychic Entertainers Association awarded Gerry for his “Outstanding Contributions to the Art of Mentalism.” In the summer of 2004 Gerry performed his one man show to critical aclaim Off-Broadway in New York City. In 2005 the Psychic Entertainers Association again awarded Gerry. This time he received “Mentalist of the Year.” In June of 2005 Gerry moved his one man show to Las Vegas and signed a 3 week Las Vegas contract to perform at the Rampart Casino. The Las Vegas Review Journal readers poll voted Gerry’s show “Best Lounge Show” in all of Las Vegas.

 

Due to overwhelming ticket demand, Gerry continued to perform his show at the Rampart for over 47 sold out weeks before moving his show to the Legendary Stardust Casino. Gerry headlined there until the Stardust closed for implosion. In June 2007 Gerry signed a 1 year, 1 million dollar deal to move his show to the brand new Hooters Casino Hotel. There the Las Vegas Review Journal readers poll nominated him “Best Magician” in all Las Vegas, beating David Copperfield and Penn and Teller.

In October 2007 Gerry starred in the reality television series “Phenomenon” with Criss Angel and Uri Geller.

 

In June 2008 the Chief Operating Officer of Hooters Casino Hotel presented Gerry with a diamond and ruby Presidential Rolex watch celebrating his 1 year

anniversary at Hooters. It was also Gerry's 500th Las Vegas performance. Hooters announced Gerry's deal was extended another year keeping him performing at

Hooters Casino until May 2009.

 

On August 25th 2008, the International Magicians Society presented Gerry with the “Merlin Award” for “Mentalist of the Year”. Gerry was the first mentalist in history to

receive the Merlin award since the organizations inception in 1968.

In May 2009 Gerry moved his show to the prestigeous "V" Theater at the Planet Hollywood casino. Call 702-932-1818 for tickets.

 

Since he started headlining in Las Vegas in June 2005, Gerry has performed over 775 shows in Sin City.

 

I recommend this show.