Hypnotist and magician

Podcast interview with Michael Mezmer and CoolKay - May 2022 CoolKay - Hi I'm Karen from County Fairgrounds USA County Fairgrounds dot net Welcome to today's podcast County Fairgrounds here Do I have the infamous Michael Mesmer hypnotist magician on the line with me Michael Mezmer - Yes this is the infamous Michael Mesmer CoolKay - Hey you know Michael I've been looking at your videos and pictures You kinda look like Doctor Spock Have you been told that before Michael Mezmer - Uh actually I've been a lifelong tracker and uh I actually won uh there was there's a network called the Heroes and Icons Network uh that has Star Trek every evening and a couple years back they had a competition and uh they wanted to get the most valuable tracker and I end up winning the competition So yeah I do uh cos playing too as as so I enjoy it CoolKay - Ok Well he was one of my favorite characters Yep Yep Absolutely great Anyway so you do primarily more hypnosis and you're known around the world is a world class hypnotist but you're also a magician right Michael Mezmer - Yeah I do I I actually have been touring with magic for many many many many years um and all over the world And uh I I so I I known as a too because I that's what I'm primarily known as these days But honestly uh I have toured you know all my life doing magic um started doing magic when I was 11 actually All right Did you have a mentor Um you know for both of them I had I I studied with people uh for both magic and hypnosis Um the uh magic I had several Uh but I went to the Chev Chavez College of Magic uh in uh Panorama City when I was becoming a magician And that at the time was the premier place to study It's still in existence not not that particular location Uh And not the teacher I learned from cause I learned from Marian Chavez uh the magic that I learned and um she's now passed away But um it was it's the only school that was uh open to the G I Bill to be able to go and actually study using the G I Bill at that time back after World War Two And in that era And uh so I learned there and then for [...]