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Comic hypnotist Rich Guzzi will make a stop in Denver – Colorado Springs Gazette

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"The Rich Guzzi Comedy Hypnosis Show," 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Sunday; "XXXtreme Hypnosis Show," 9:45 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Denver Improv Comedy Club and Dinner Theater, The Shops At Northfield Stapleton, 8246 E. 49th Ave, No. 1400, Denver, $18-$20; 1-303-307-1777, denver.improv.com

For all the naysayers who believe hypnotism is fake, comic hypnotist Rich Guzzi has one word for them: vomit.

He laughs as he recounts the time an audience member on stage was in such a deep trance he got sick.

"He thinks the person next to him is farting on him," said Guzzi. "I told him it was getting smellier and smellier. He must have had a weak stomach because he threw up all over this guy's boots. I say it's pretty hard to fake that."

Guzzi will perform Thursday through Sunday at Denver Improv Comedy Club and Dinner Theater, including two "XXXtreme Hypnosis Shows" for a more adult crowd.

The stand-up comedian and certified clinical hypnotherapist was an early convert to the power of hypnotism at 14, when he found a how-to booklet and used it to help a friend catch more footballs during games. Intrigued, he kept at it, even as he worked as an auto mechanic by day and a comic by night.

It was at one of those shows he decided to bring up a couple of audience members and attempt to blend the two worlds together. It worked. Audiences loved to watch Guzzi quickly talk their friends into a trance and have them do goofy things. And while it was certainly good for laughs, Guzzi also saw how beneficial it could be to help people quit smoking, lose weight and become more positive.

"The show is about the power of the mind," Guzzi said. "It's a comedy show but the real benefit is it trains and shows you that you have the power to do anything you want. Once you can control your mind you can control your life. You can go out into the world and make the world a better place."

During a typical show Guzzi will ask for volunteers and bring up about 15 people on stage. It takes him two and a half minutes to knock out the audience members by slowing their brain cycles down through various methods, including finger snapping and physical touch.

"It's a numbers game," he said. "Ten percent are natural subjects. Ten percent are really difficult. Everybody else is pretty much in the middle. Everybody can be hypnotized under the proper circumstance and in a certain amount of time. I have to act fast because the audience is getting bored with the hypnosis stuff."

With everybody safely under his spell, he starts out with easy gags involving the sensory receptors. That includes telling the volunteers they're getting colder and then hotter.

"You can see people start sweating and fanning themselves," he said. "Now I tell them it's cold and to hug the person next to you to keep warm. It could be two big burly biker guys next to each other hugging and the plot thickens."

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