WINFREY: They call my next guest the memory man.
His real name is Dominic O'Brien, and he's
the five-time world memory champion.
Dominic, come on up.
Now I know you-all are gonna find this extraordinary
for people who can't remember--you know,
you know how--you go to parties and people say,
`Remember me?' I get it all the time.
And I always go,
`Hey, girl. How you doing?'
Then if they say, `What's my name?'
then I'm just, you know, out-and-out lying.
But anyway, his extraordinary brain is so
valuable that it's insured for $1.6 million.
He is even banned from some of the casinos...
Mr. DOMINIC O'BRIEN: That's right, yeah.
WINFREY: ...cor--ar--around the world.
I would--I would imagine so.
A-- 'cause one of his specialties is remembering
the names and faces of people
that he meets, which means you could also
remember cards, too.
Mr. O'BRIEN: Playing cards, yeah.
WINFREY: Playing cards.
Mr. O'BRIEN: Yeah.
WINFREY: So you're banned from casinos.
Like, how do they ever know you know that?
So then they--how do you ever get banned?
Mr. O'BRIEN: Well, in England, you have to become a member,
so they give-- you have to give them the name
and address.
WINFREY: Uh-huh.
Mr. O'BRIEN: So I'm barred from most casinos in the UK.
I'm barred from about 13 casinos in the States--
probably every casino now, after this program.
WINFREY: Yeah. So to put him to the test,
we had him greet an entire section
of 42 people in our studio audience before the show.
So you met all of these people earlier.
Mr. O'BRIEN: Yeah.
WINFREY: They gave you their names.
Mr. O'BRIEN: That's right.
WINFREY: And you're gonna--all--all of them?
Like, from where to where?
Mr. O'BRIEN: Yeah. There's about 51, right from
the top down to the bottom here...
WINFREY: OK.
Mr. O'BRIEN: ...ending with Danny.
WINFREY: OK.
Mr. O'BRIEN: St--starting with Mary at the top.
WINFREY: Starting with Mary at the top.
OK, stand up when he calls your name.
Let's just go.
Mr. O'BRIEN: OK, Mary Jo Angolio.
We have Lori Hoffman, Kathy Thom-Shevitz.
There are some really good names here.
We have Christina Balsamelia, Dina Miller, Colleen Bittener,
Patty Veazie, Caroline Larry, Edie Beworth.
We have Linda Dean, Suzanne Lawrence.
We have identical twin sisters here,
starting with Jean West and Joan Miller.
I'll come back to you.
Thora, I think it is.
Patty O'Mahoney.
After that we have Karen Lynch, Don Wenz,
Joyce Hughes, Phyllis Myers,
Janice Tampere, Deborah Tankers Lee, Lois Barrett.
We have Judy Sancie.
We have mother and daughter here,
Mary and June--Phyllis, I beg your pardon, Brevitz.
OK, another mother and daughter here
and they're the Kneehouses, starting
with June Kneehouse and Jenay Lee--Kneehouse.
That's right? Difficult name.
Taki Hoage--strange name--Karen Foss.
We have a husband and wife here,
and it's R--Robin and Sheilah Myles.
Another strange name, Dolly Buhdu, Janet DiStefano,
Ju--Judy Gaffa--Gaff--Galfa.
Is that right?
Judy Galfa, Sheba Ad--Adjensa.
I'm better off if I do this from memory.
I'm--I'm just gonna close my eyes now
and see if I can get the rest in order.
We have Paulette Keefe.
Is that right?
Karen Hahn, Georgia Sutton, Marilyn Flores, Pamela Wehner.
We have a husband and wife, Jerry and Chrisy Connick.
We have Beth Parker, Matt Van Wyck, Renita Martin,
Kathleen Ryan, Karen Cocinas.
We have Mary and Danny Byrne.
And there's one I've missed. It's Thora Katzikakis.
WINFREY: Thora Katzikakis. That's amazing.
OK. You're right. You are banned from every casino.
That was pretty amazing.
I mean, could you--could
you even list the front row now?
A--amazing.