Alistair`s Hypnosis Show

Alistair the Stage Hypnotists Wall of Fame.
People who have inspired me. Let’s keep their memories alive.

Ormond Dale McGill (June 15, 1913 – October 19, 2005) was the "Dean of American Stage Hypnotists".A pioneer who brought stage hypnotists to the masses. The legendary Ormond McGill, the Dean of American Hypnotists, is on the Board of Advisors of the American Council of Hypnotist Examiners. In the field since 1927, he received international acclaim beginning in the 1940's for his excellent books, including those integrating hypnotism and meditation. Born in Palo Alto, California, McGill became interested in magic as a child (and was later considered legendary in magic circles), but first studied hypnosis in 1927 while still a teenager. He wrote the seminal Encyclopedia of Genuine Stage Hypnotism (the acknowledged bible of stage hypnotism) in 1947, and continued to teach courses and lecture right up until a few days before his death. He died in his native Palo Alto.From 1947 to 1954, McGill performed hypnotism and magic under the stage name of Dr. Zomb. His "Séance of Wonders" show featured horror-themed routines and costumed assistants typical of the midnight "Spook Shows" which were popular during that era.In addition to his career as a world-traveling magician and stage hypnotist, McGill was also a skilled hypnotherapist and a student of Eastern mysticism. He wrote between twenty-five and forty books (sources disagree on the total), including such titles as Grieve No More Beloved (about his afterlife contact with his deceased wife), Hypnotism and Mysticism in India, and his autobiography, The Amazing Life of Ormond McGill.

Jerry Valley stage hypnotist: Jerry Valley has toured the world as the featured hypnotist on cruise ships, including the QE II, The Princess, The Countess and others in the Cunard Ship Lines.He has entertained with numerous Hollywood stars such as Steve Allen, Jane Meadows, Norm Crosby, Jack Jones, The Platters, Phyliss Diller, Vic Damone, Jim Bailey and Barbi Benton.He has appeared in several movies including "The Out-Of-Towner#s" with Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis. Jerry has been an author and teacher for stage hypnotists books for over 30 years.

Tommy Vee, a amazing stage hypnotist personally trained by Jerry Valley, has also studied with Ormond McGill and a number of other well-known hypnotists. In his travels, Tommy has appeared on a number of cruise ships, corporate functions, luxurious resorts, and is constantly sold out at the Tennessee State Fair in Jackson, Tennessee.He is an enormous hit in many colleges and universities throughout the USA. Bill as the "Hypnotist Extraordinaire", he has had many successful tours throughout the United States and Canada.

Pat Collins most popular female stage hypnotist. As female stage hypnotists go she is considered the best. She did her performance in the early 60's at clubs until she opened her own club on the Sunset strip at the corner of Sunset and Doheny next to gil Turners Liquer. Where she did her show and also held self hypnosis classes. One of her line in her stage hypnosis show was "who wants to sleep with me" as she invited people to come up and be hypnotized. Then in the early 80 she closed the club and moved to Reno Nv and performed at the MGM and in Tahoe. She only did a brief appearance in Las Vegas about 1981. She appeared on almost every talk show you can think of from late 60's through the 70's. ( I would love to have copies of them if any one has one) She played her self in Divorice American Style, The Lucy Show, & an episode of the Bill Dana Show. She played a caricature called BABS IVAR in an episode of the Honey West Show. She was also on an episode of Whats My Line and a show called No Time for Seargents. She made 2 record albums the one listed here and another called Sleep With Pat Collins. She never did a tv show although it would have been great. I am sure that she was concerned about people thinking it was rigged. She became ill and in her 60's decided to stop performing and moved back to southern california where she passed in 1997.

Martin St James The best stage hypnotists Australia has ever had. Martin St James hails from Down Under's and is the very popular hypnotist, having played repeated tours in the leading cities of 31 countries. In his long career, his box office records have outstripped many of the world's "superstars". A young man of vigour he presents his show in a modern manner. His dress, his style, his hypnotic presentation directly appeals to the "rock" generation. He is the Elvis of stage hypnotists.For over fifty years, Martin's knowledge of hypnosis has developed to the point where he is now considered the world's expert on-stage hypnosis and hypnotherapy. During the past 50 years he has hypnotised more than 1.5 million people - 20, 30, 40 at a time. Without doubt he has hypnotised more people than any other.

Kreskin or Kresge (television stage hypnotist)was born in Montclair, New Jersey. From 1971 to 1975, his television series The Amazing World of Kreskin was broadcast throughout Canada on CTV and distributed in syndication in the United States. The series was produced in Ottawa, Ontario at the CJOH-TV studios. An additional set of episodes was produced in 1975, billed as The New Kreskin Show. He appeared on the The Tonight Show 56 times from 1970-1980. Then in the 1980s and 1990s, he came to prominence again through several appearances on Late Night with David Letterman. In 2009 he became the first guest to make two appearances on the new Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. He is still active as a live performer, appears regularly on WPIX in New York City, and appears annually on the Fox News Channel and CNN to give his New Year's Day predictions for the coming year.[1] One of his best known tricks is finding his check for a performance, which he instructs the audience to hide while he is escorted off stage and into seclusion by other members of the audience. While finding the check on most occasions, he has failed to find the check nine times. Though Kresge makes "predictions," he does not claim to have paranormal or clairvoyant powers, and is annoyed to be lumped with psychics.[2] He teaches classes for law enforcement groups, which "focuses on psychological methods such as jogging lost memories through relaxation techniques or detecting lies through body language and voice inflections."[2] The 2008 movie The Great Buck Howard is based on the experiences of writer-director Sean McGinly who worked briefly as the road manager for Kreskin.

Paul McKenna changed stage hypnotists in the UK and around the world. Paul McKenna started in radio, aged 16, at in-store Radio Topshop, and went on to present for stations including Radio Jackie, Radio Caroline, Chiltern Radio and Capital Radio. A stage hypnotist who guested on his show led to a developing interest in the subject, initially for reasons of self-development, although entertainment was later to play a big part. Whilst still working at Capital, he began experimenting with small hypnotic shows, first for the amusement of friends, then for hoodwinked audiences in pubs and clubs. McKenna then started doing regular Sunday night shows at the Duke of York's Theatre, which was owned at the time by Capital. The success of those shows led to his playing other theatres across the UK, Ireland, The Netherlands, the US, Australia and Hong Kong. After a brief spell at Radio 1 in the early 1990s, McKenna decided to quit radio. In 1993, ITV broadcast The Hypnotic World of Paul McKenna, which featured audience members volunteering to be hypnotised to act in comedic ways, the show subsequently being aired in 42 countries. During this time, McKenna continued to study hypnosis, and neuro-linguistic programming with Richard Bandler, the co-creator of NLP. Many of McKenna's one-to-one hypnotherapy clients are celebrities including Ellen DeGeneres and David Walliams, who used McKenna's "time distortion technique" to help with his swim across the English Channel. In the 1990s, McKenna presented a number of TV programmes including The Hypnotic World of Paul McKenna (1993-1995), Paul McKenna's Paranormal World (1997) and Hyp the Streets (1999). In January 2008, the Discovery Channel signed a £23 million deal with McKenna to make a series of self-help programmes. To date, the deal is the largest ever for a British TV personality. According to the Sunday Times he is Britain's best selling non-fiction author and is published in 23 languages. In 1996, after two years of study on a 70,000-word thesis, McKenna was granted the doctoral degree PhD degree from LaSalle University (Louisiana). LaSalle University was properly licenced by the state of Louisiana, but falsely claimed to be an accredited university. After the principal of LaSalle pleaded guilty to fraud, along with thousands of other students, McKenna was awarded compensation from the U.S. government. In 2004, McKenna completed an APEL and subsequently gained a UK accredited doctoral degree DPhil from the business school International Management Centres Association (IMCA), which is accredited by the British Accreditation Council (BAC). The title of his thesis was "The Effects of Fixed Action Patterns and Neuro-Linguistic Programming in Determining Outcomes in Human Behaviour". This became his book how to change your life in 7 days.