The Art of Hypnotism

TOM HALL ON OUR WEBSITE WGCU DOT ORG. THE CONCEPT OF HYPNOSIS DATES BACK TO THE 18TH CENTURY. THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SAYS CLINICAL HYPNOSIS CAN BE USED TO HELP TREAT A VARIETY OF ELEMENTS FROM DEPRESSION TO FORMS OF ADDICTION AND EVEN PAIN MANAGEMENT. BUT IT ALSO HAS ANOTHER USE ENTERTAINMENT COMEDIAN BOB LAW VERSUS HE USES STAGE HYPNOSIS AND COMEDY TO ENTERTAIN AUDIENCES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. LAUFER WILL BE PERFORMING FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH AT THE ARTS CENTER THEATER ON MARCO ISLAND. HE SAYS IT'S A SHOW THAT DEMONSTRATES THE POWER OF THE MIND. >> FOR MORE ON THE POWER OF HYPNOSIS, I'M JOINED BY BOB LAUFER. >> IN STUDIO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> FOR JOINING US TODAY. YOU ARE ON TO WHERE YOU ARE. YOU DO TO WAS YOU. >> STANDUP COMEDIAN AND HIT THAT TO US. IT HURT OR HOW DID YOU END UP COMBINING THE 2? IT'S A QUITE THE INTERESTING STORY. I STORE STANDUP SINCE 2009. >> ASHLEY WAS STARTED OPENING FOR PEOPLE AROUND 2011 STARTED GOING ON TOR AND UP OPENING FOR A HIT. THAT STAGE A PROTEST THAT DOES THIS. AND FOR YEARS I'VE BEEN OPEN FOR HIM NOT EXCLUSIVELY BUT A LOT. AND HE KEPT INSISTING THAT I LEARNED THIS BUSINESS BECAUSE HE LIKE ME AND THOUGHT I DID I INSISTED I WASN'T GOING TO DO IT, BUT EVENTUALLY IT I REALLY SAW THE POWER OF IT. AND I TOOK THE COURSE HE TEACHES A CLASS ON HOW TO LEARN HAVE HAD NO SUS AS WELL AS THE STAGE SHOW ITSELF TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. SO I'M VERY FORTUNATE TO BE KIND OF UNDER HIS WING. AND THEN ONCE I STARTED, YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID. IT JUST KIND OF TAKES OVER YOUR WHOLE SCHEDULE TO ARE HARDLY EVER DO STAND-UP COMEDY. NOW, THIS IS A AND TO BE CLEAR, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CLINICAL HYPNOSIS AND WHAT YOU DO ON STATE. THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE AND THE SENSE THAT MY GOAL AS A STATEMENT TO THIS IS TO ENTERTAIN. SO THURSDAY, 50 PEOPLE OR 1000 PEOPLE. MY JOB IS TO ENTERTAIN THOSE PEOPLE WITH THE PEOPLE I BRING ON STAGE. SO WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR OUT OF A SUBJECT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE CLINICAL SITUATION WHERE YOU COME IN WITH AN ISSUE AND THEN I'M TRYING TO PICTURE ISSUE OR HELP YOU WITH YOUR ISSUE MANAGER. PROBLEM THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT IN ARE LINKED BECAUSE PEOPLE UNDER HYPNOSIS DISCOVER THINGS ABOUT THEMSELVES THAT THEY HAD NO IDEA, IN FACT, THE REAL SHOW NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE IS A RIGHT OUTSIDE OF ESTERO. I DID. 55 AND A PLACE SHOW WAS DONE. LADY COME ABOUT THE SHOWS THAT I GOT TO TELL YOU. I FEEL AMAZING. I SAID THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO. SHE SAID NO, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. SHE SAID I'VE HAD STAGE 4 CANCER FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND I HAVEN'T FELT GOOD EVER. BUT IT TOOK HER MIND WAS ABLE TO RELEASED THAT STRESS AND TENSION AND FIND A BETTER PLACE IN HER MIND TO WHERE SHE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THAT BURDEN ANYMORE. AND AT THAT MOMENT, I WAS JUST SO TOUCHED. I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN DOOR COMEDY FOR YEARS AND I NEVER HAD A CONNECTION LIKE THAT. THAT'S JUST ONE STORY ABOUT 1000. BUT JUST TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION WITH SOMEBODY AND DO SOMETHING NICE FOR THEM. IT'S AND I PUT THAT IN AT THE END OF EVERY SHOW. IF YOU VOLUNTEER, YOU GET A VERY GOOD PACKAGE OF GOODIES TO GO HOME WITH. >> HOW DOES THIS PROCESS WORK? WALK ME THROUGH IT. >> FOR THE STAGE SHOW, TYPICALLY I WILL ASK FOR VOLUNTEERS REPRESENT A CROWD OF PEOPLE LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU BRING PLANTS OR YOU HAVE PEOPLE YOU PICK. I PICK NO ONE. I ASK FOR VOLUNTEERS. PEOPLE COME UP ON STAGE. I EXPLAINED TO THEM WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. NOW. MIND YOU. I'M A COMEDIAN. SO THIS IS FUNNY THROUGHOUT. THEN WE START WITH JOKES. ITS FUNNY WHILE I'M EXPLAINING IT BECAUSE I'M ENTERTAINING PEOPLE, BUT I TAKE A VOLUNTEER. EXPLAIN WILL AND THEN I EVALUATE THOSE VOLUNTEERS AS TO WHO'S GOING TO BE GOOD SUBJECTS FOR THE SHOW BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE I COULD HIT HIGHS, YOU DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOOD FOR THE SHOW BECAUSE THERE'S LEVELS OF HYPNOSIS OR 6 LEVELS. SO THE DEEPER YOU CAN GO AND HAVE NO SAYS THE MORE YOU CAN I CALLED THE LOSOM 8 ESSENTIALLY. SO WHEN I SAY OH, MY GOD, WE'RE ON A WATER PARK RIDE. YOU BELIEVE WE'RE ON A WATER PARK RIDE IN YOUR MIND? IT'S ISRAEL AS IF WE WERE THERE. SO BUT THAT PROCESS HAPPENS IN JUST SUCH A SHORT PERIOD. TIME OUT TO DETERMINE YOU'RE GOING TO BE GOOD HERE, NOT AND THEN I ELIMINATE THOSE THAT ARE NOT SO I CAN HAVE A GOOD QUALITY SHOW. >> BECAUSE THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. SO AS A SKEPTIC OF THIS. >> HELP ME UNDERSTAND. HOW DOES THAT, HOW DOES IT ACTUALLY WORK IN THE BRAIN WHILE THEY'RE UNDER OK WITH? SO IT'S TAKING PLACE. WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH HYPNOSIS? >> LIKE WE WORK OUR WHOLE LIVES. WE WALK AROUND. WE HAVE OUR CONSCIOUS MIND. THAT'S WHAT WE USE. THAT'S WHAT DETERMINES. DON'T TOUCH THAT. IT'S HOT GOING THROUGH THIS. YOUR CONSCIOUS MINDS MAKING YOUR DECISIONS FOR YOU. HIPNESS SOCIAL WAS AT THE MAGIC. THERE'S A WALL BETWEEN THE CONSCIOUS AND THE SUBCONSCIOUS. BECAUSE SUBCONSCIOUS. WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPING. ANYTHING SOME CRAZY THINGS LIKE ALL. I REALLY CAN'T IMAGINE TRYING TO WHAT HAPPENS AT NOSES BRINGS OUT WALL DOWN AND ALLOWS THE SUBCONSCIOUS. MIND TO CONTROL YOUR BEHAVIOR IN THE CONSCIOUS ARENA. AS I MEAN, THAT'S A VERY SIMPLISTIC WAY TO PUT THAT. IT'S MUCH MORE IF YOU READ IT KNOWS THIS STUDY. THAT'S MUCH MORE COMPLICATED. BUT IN LAYMAN'S TERMS THAT ALL THAT'S HAPPENED IS THAT WALL COMES DOWN AND NOW THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND CAN COME OUT. AND YOU CAN DO AMAZING THINGS. THERE'S A TACTIC CALLED HYPER PLEXI. THEY DON'T. AND I'M BUT THEY USED TO TAKE SOMEONE LIKE YOU. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TAUGHT YOU. PUT YOU ACROSS TO CHAIRS WHERE YOUR HEAD IS UP HERE. YOUR FEAR ON THE OTHER ONE AND SOMEONE MY SIZE WOULD THEN STAND ON. YOU. WE COULDN'T BECAUSE THEY SAID YOU'RE YOUR TIGHT AS A BOARD. YOU CAN MOVE YOUR MUSCLES. BECOME THAT FROM. BECAUSE YOU'RE MINE. I'M TELLING YOU THE POWER, THE MINDS OF CREDIBLE AND THEY I MEAN, IT WAS A LEGIT THING THEY DON'T ANYMORE. OBVIOUSLY CAUSE THERE ARE INSURANCE AND EVERYTHING ELSE. BUT YEAH, THERE'S IT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE. WHEN YOU START WATCHING. >> WELL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND THE TODAY. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE. THAT WAS MY PLEASURE TO GET TO COME. YEAH, THANKS FOR JOINING US. FOR DATES AND TICKET INFORMATION. >> FEEL FREE TO VISIT BOB LAUBER DOT COM. >> AFTER THE BREAK, IT TAKES A COMMUNITY TO GROW A GARDEN. MEET THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LOWERING THEIR GROCERY BILLS BY ROLLING UP THEIR SLEEVES AND HARVESTING