Description: This DVD features the best of The Mentalist, a popular TV series that aired on NBC. It is autographed by Gerry McCambridge, a magician and actor who played the character of Mr. T on the show. The DVD includes various features such as real life, soap talk, and lost NBC footage, as well as episodes of other TV shows like The Today Show and Access Hollywood. With a region code of DVD: 1 (US, Canada...), this DVD is compatible with most DVD players in these regions. It is in English language and was released in 2006 by Starr Video Productions. This DVD is perfect for fans of The Mentalist and collectors of TV specials. Gerry McCambridge is a stage Mentalist from Long Island, New York. He was born Scott Thomas Burns in Brooklyn New York, on Halloween, October 31, 1962. Immediately after his birth, he was moved to the Angel Guardian Home in Brooklyn, New York, where he was put up for adoption. A few months later he was adopted by Frances Ann McCambridge and Gerard Alexander McCambridge Sr.. After the adoption was final, they changed his name to Gerard Alexander McCambridge Jr.. From the age of 9 years old, Gerard was fascinated by magic. He started to study the art as a hobby. Gerard performed his first magic show at a neighbors birthday party for money at the age of 12. He was billing himself as "Gerard the Great." He started apprenticing for professional magicians and touring the country as an on stage assistant at the age of 15. By the time he was 18, he had a full show of his own. It is then he changed his performing name to Gerry McCambridge. Years later he took his love for magic, and mixed it with the observational skills he learned from his father who was a NYC detective and an expert at interrogation, and added a few mentalism routines to his magic show. In 1988 he stopped performing magic completely and focused solely on performing as a mentalist. He has studied memory techniques, body language interpretation, stage hypnosis, linguistics, statistics, law of averages, non-verbal communication, acting, theatre and stand up comedy, to enhance his mentalism show. In the 1980s Gerry was headlining as “Gerry McCambridge-The Mentalist” in Comedy Clubs across the country. Gerry also appeared on countless radio and TV talk shows. In 2002 Gerry dropped his name and billed himself as “The Mentalist.” In 1999, the International Magicians Society presented Gerry with the “Merlin Award” for “Mentalist of the Decade”. Gerry was the first mentalist in history to receive the Merlin award for mentalism since the organizations inception in 1968. In 2002 Gerry wrote his first TV script titled “The Mentalist” and took it out to Los Angeles to pitch it to the major networks. Jeff Zucker, the president of NBC witnessed Gerry’s live performances many times, and instantly licensed the special for his network. Gerry became the creator, executive producer and star of the hit prime-time network television special "The Mentalist” which started airing to 6.2 million viewers in the United States on May 12, 2004. The show then aired in Canada, South Africa, Korea, The Middle East, New Zealand, India, Thailand, Australia, Denmark, The Netherlands, Malaysia and the United Kingdom. In 2004 the Psychic Entertainers Association, an international organization of his peers, awarded Gerry for his “Outstanding Contributions to the Art of Mentalism.” Also in the summer of 2004 Gerry performed his one man show “The Mentalist” to critical acclaim Off-Broadway in New York City and made his acting debut in the movie "Mattie Fresno and the Holofulx Universe." In 2005 the Psychic Entertainers Association again awarded Gerry. This time he received the “Mentalist of the Year” award. Gerry performed for a year of sold out performances at the Rampart Casino. From there, Gerry moved his show to the Legendary Stardust Casino. When the Stardust closed its doors for implosion, Gerry moved his show to Hooters Hotel and Casino. Starting in October 2007 he appeared on a weekly television show titled Phenomenon with Criss Angel, Holly Madison and Uri Geller. In August 2008, the International Magicians Society presented Gerry with the “Merlin Award” for “Mentalist of the Year.” In 2009 he was voted one of the "Top 10 Absolutely Have To See" shows in Las Vegas by the Las Vegas Weekly Magazine. In 2010 the Las Vegas Review Journal readers poll placed Gerry's show as the "Best Bargain Show in all of Las Vegas." On April 5, 2020, Gerry McCambridge celebrated his 4,000th Las Vegas performance having been in that city for fifteen years. This makes McCambridge the longest running and most financially successful mentalist show in Las Vegas history. In 2014, he authored his first book titled, “Making the Mentalist” which told of his never ending desire to be a successful performer, and his battle with sexual abuse at the hands of his high school wood shop teacher. We strongly encourage you to thoroughly read the condition details above and to view all of the photos before purchasing, as these photos describe the item most accurately. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will get back to you as soon as we can. All orders are packaged properly and promptly shipped from Las Vegas, NV, USA. Thank you for your interest; please take the time to view all of the items within our Curioddities eBay store, as we have a wide variety of items including antiques, books and magazines, collectibles, music, toys, and many other vintage rarities and obscurities. We will combine shipping costs, just ask!
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Type: TV Series
Format: DVD
Region Code: DVD: 1 (US, Canada...)
Language: English
Release Year: 2006
Features: The Today Show (9 minutes), Access Hollywood (2 minutes), Best Damn Sports Show... Period (6 minutes), eXtra, CNBC (8 minutes), Real Life (16 minutes), Soap Talk (8 minutes), The Today Show II (4 minutes), The Vegas Show (16 minutes), Lost NBC Footage (21 minutes)
Genre: TV Special
Movie/TV Title: The Mentalist (NBC TV Special)
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Studio: Starr Video Productions
