- Imagine that you're going into a trance right now.
Just like that, very good.
(laughs)
Yep, exactly, just like that.
- My name's Ethan.
- I'm Jim, nice to meet you, Ethan.
- My name's Helena.
- Helena, nice to meet you, I'm Jim.
- I'm Ernie.
- Nice to meet you, Ernie.
- My name is Sienna, and also what kind of person are you?
An office man?
- An office man?
- Like a principal or a manager?
- Nope, I'm not those.
- You're a businessman.
- No.
- A tooth fairy. (laughter)
- Nope, I don't fly. (laughs)
- Okay, how about this?
Are you ready?
You're getting sleepy.
(laughs)
I'm thinking they've never heard of what I do.
(laughs)
I'm a hypnotist! - What's a hypnotist?
- That's what I assumed was gonna happen.
(laughs)
- I watched a movie about a penguin
who hypnotized this guy to do all his bidding.
- Yes, and so you know what?
Everything you've ever seen in a movie
about hypnosis is wrong.
- [Ethan] Really? - It is, sorry.
- Can you make me act like a chicken right now?
- Probably not.
- Have you ever hypnotized any animals?
- I have not.
- Have you made anyone poop their pants?
- I have not.
- What can you make people do?
- Well, I can make people quit smoking or lose weight
or get better at video games.
- How do make them lose weight?
- Well, I put them in hypnosis and then I tell them
that they should eat healthy foods and exercise.
- I think my dad needs to lose some weight.
- Does he? (laughing)
Ouch.
- How many people have you hypnotized?
- Oh, thousands.
How about you?
- Even more than thousands. - Really?
- Yeah, mostly I stare into a kid's eyes
if they're being mean.
They usually get creeped out.
(laughs)
- Let's look in each others' eyes.
Ooh, it is creepy.
(laughing) Whoa!
(laughs) - Yep!
- Can you hypnotize me?
- Absolutely, do you want to be hypnotized?
- Yes. - Okay.
- I think I already know how to hypnotize you.
- Oh. - Close your eyes.
- No you don't know what you're talking about.
- Pretend right now that all the muscles
in your head and neck are just totally relaxed.
Take a moment and just open your eyes nice and wide
and then close them right down.
Then open them up again
and close 'em right down.
And then you can just feel like you're wrapped up
in a warm and comfortable blanket of total relaxation.
(blows raspberry) Good.
Imagine that you're going into a trance right now.
Just like that, very good.
(laughs)
Very good, Miko, you're doing perfectly.
You're gonna lift up your wrist one more time.
Relax, sleep. Just relax.
Just let go completely.
Good, perfect, just like that.
And the deeper you go the better you feel,
the better you feel the deeper you go.
And the sound of my voice is the only sound
you need to pay attention to.
All outside sounds and distractions simply guide you deeper
and even deeper now, perfect.
Good, you're doing perfectly.
Just like that.
You're doing good, too.
(laughs) - You woke.
- Why didn't it actually make me hypnotized?
- Oh, you know what? Everybody has different ideas
about what they think hypnosis feels like.
- But you didn't make me do anything.
- Some people it just takes longer,
so you might just take a little bit longer, that's all.
Might have to use different strategies for you
'cause you're pretty hyper.
- Yeah I am. - Yeah? (laughs)
In a moment, I'm gonna count from one to three.
The moment that I say three, you'll realize
that you've forgotten the number two.
No matter how hard you try to think of the number two,
it's totally gone, it's totally vanished.
One, two, three, eyes open, wide aware, feeling really good.
Do you feel pretty relaxed right now?
- What is this?
- One, three,
four, five,
six?
- How many fingers did you come with?
- Apparently six. (laughs)
- I want to hypnotize you.
- Sounds good.
- Close your eyes, plug your nose, and close.
Okay.
Touch your ears.
- Touch my ears? Like this?
- Yeah. - Okay.
- Now you're hypnotized. (snaps fingers)
(laughs)
- Relax those arms, relax those legs, relax those feet.
And wake up!
- (laughs) You're doing great.
- Sleep! (laughing)
- Every time that I say your name, you bark like a dog.
One, two, three, eyes open, wide aware.
So I just want to tell you I really appreciate you coming in
voluntarily to do this with me, Miko.
- Bork, bork.
- What was that?
- What was what?
- You just said "Bark, bark."
- Huh?
- Sleep, just relax, good boy.
- Have you ever tried to hypnotize your enemies?
- I have not, but I'm gonna start trying.
- Instead of hypnotizing people,
can you hypnotize computers?
- No I cannot hypnotize computers.
- It's not alive.
- Dang it. - It's not alive.
It can only work with people.
- Miko, what I want you to do is I want you to focus
on one thing in your life that you'd like to change,
something that you'd like to be better at
or maybe something that you'd like to get rid of
if it's a bad habit.
Now as I say one, you start to come back
feeling more confident, more successful
in everything that you do.
Two, feeling more motivated, more determined.
Three, wiggling your fingers and toes a bit
as you come out of the hypnotic state.
Four, maybe stretching, moving a little bit.
And five, eyes open, wide awake,
all the way back feeling really good.
What was that like for you?
- Fun. - Yeah? Good.
Because people, when they're dancing around and stuff
on stage for a common hypnosis show,
a lot of times afterwards they say
they don't remember anything.
- Well.
- Do you remember your experience with the hypnosis?
- A little.
I remember I couldn't count two.
I kept on saying bork.
- Uh huh, why were you saying "Bork"?
- I don't know. (laughs)
- See, that's the same thing that happens to them.
- Okay. (laughs)
- When you grow up, do you think
you might want to be a hypnotist?
- Yeah.
- You know what you would be perfect for?
Being a stage hypnotist
because then you can look in people's eyes
and go "Now bark like a dog."
(laughing)
Now do you think you'll want to hypnotize other people?
- Yes, very much yes.
- Thank you for teaching me all that stuff.
- Well thanks for being such a good student.
Now remember, though, when you're hypnotizing people
only use that power for good.
- Dang it. (laughing)
- I'm Jim Kellner, thanks a lot
for watching Kids Meet a Hypnotist.
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