HYPNOTIC COMEDY SHOW
Hypnotist
Chris Mabrey
brings out the
humor of the
unexpected
14 | Umatilla County Fair 2019
The captivating art of hypno-
tism combined with the humor
of the unexpected comes to the
Umatilla County Fair by way of
Chris Mabrey, a master of his
craft.
When Mabrey met a hypnotist
as a child he said he was en-
amored, and ended up working
with the practitioner in the
summer months.
“When I was young I was not a
very good hypnotist,” Mabrey
said. “I videoed my shows so
if I failed, I could learn how to
make it work.”
The humor element of his
hypnotist performances is in
the unexpected — what people
do and say under hypnosis is
anyone’s guess.
When he graduated from high
school he went on to study hyp-
notherapy, psychotherapy and
neuro-linguistics programming.
Today he claims to have about
a 90 percent success rate of put-
ting a subject under hypnosis.
“The funniest part is I never
know what I’m going to get. I
don’t have a script and I don’t
know what I’m going to do
when I come on stage. Every
time I do a show I get a differ-
ent result,” Mabrey said.
“I literally am living my
dream,” Mabrey said. “I’m very
passionate about it and I get to
work with some awesome peo-
ple like Tim Allen and Comedy
Central.
Working with people all these
years he said he can quickly fi g-
ure out what motivates a person
to go under hypnosis.
Mabrey said he learned the
power of humor when he lost a
fi nger at the age of nine.
“I was told by a doctor, if you
laugh about it, you’ll feel bet-
ter,” Mabrey said.
“I can tell a lot about a person
by their shoes, their clothes or
their hair — everyone gets an
individual skit, which is what
makes it super funny,” Mabrey
said. “I probably laugh harder
than anyone else.”
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