Lake Scugog Historical Society Historic Digital Newspaper Collection

Port Perry Star, 20 Oct 1987, p. 14

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14 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, October 20, 1987 Mike Mandel put on quite a show Friday night at the High School with his demonstration of hypnotic and mental powers. The world's greatest Flamenco dancer, right on stage at PPHS. Find out what's happening at ... EMIEL'S PLACE New Year's Eve! \ ey ----- eh-. Co) Coy Rattan & Gifts 172 WATER ST. -- PORT PERRY | SALE on for month of OCTOBER _-- a - a. i. Shap > (Nex! to Ives Florists) Loh Ca) Ca on 3) Hee Se 9) fad og andel simply incredible with hypnotic laughter Mike Mandel brought his incredi- ble show to Port Perry last Saturday night. And while most of the large au- dience in the PPHS auditorium had just a whale of a time, 16 "slept" through the entire show. Those 16 were "volunteers" for hypnotist-mentalist Mandel, a thoroughly charming performer and one with truly amazing powers. By the time the two-hour show was over, those 16 volunteers had fallen en masse into a deep sleep several times on stage, sweated in the heat of a tropical jungle, screamed their way to the top of a roller coaster, 'pinched' each other and shouted *'I'll buy that' at the top of their voices every time Mandel said the words "Mennen Speed Stick." Mandel put the volunteers, all bet- ween the ages of 16 and 30, into a state of some kind of deep mental trance and then had them go through some very funny antics, much to the delight of the audience. He's been doing this kind of thing for some 15 years, and he makes it Ontario Public Library Week 19-25 Oct. 1987 © ~~ This 1s a FINE-FREE WEEK we ot -- Scugog Memorial Public Library BRING BACK ALL THOSE OVERDUE BOOKS, PLEASE! clear at the outset that it's all good clean fun. There is, he said, a big difference between 'mild embarassment' and outright humiliation. There was lots of the former and none of the latter, and the audience loved every minute of it. Il buy Yes, sir. The evening was sponsored by the Port Perry Ringette Association with net proceeds going to help that organization in its fund raising. This is the second time, Mandel has ap- peared in Port Perry for the Association to perform his feats of "mind power." that!' ' I'll buy that. Mennen Speed Stick, that is. When Mike Mandel said it's time to go bye- bye, he means it, as you can see.

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