The Power of One (TV series)
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The Power of One is a television series involving hypnotist Peter Powers
travelling around Australia finding volunteers to be hypnotised by him and forced to perform amusing and often embarrassing acts.
Examples include:
He also claims to be able to give people electric shocks or render himself invisible, through use of hypnotism or not.
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Peter Powers
Peter Powers is a British television personality and hypnotist. According to his website, he claims to hold the world record of being the fastest hypnotist, as well as inducing the longest hypnotic sleep documented....
travelling around Australia finding volunteers to be hypnotised by him and forced to perform amusing and often embarrassing acts.
The acts
The acts included in the show usually aim for amusement rather than showing off the hypnotist's skill or convincing the viewers that a person can only be forced to perform the act through hypnotismExamples include:
- hypnotising a man to think he is driving an expensive car, when the truth is that they are driving a cheap one, or even a bumper carBumper carBumper car is the generic name for a type of flat ride consisting of several small electric cars which draw power from the floor and/or ceiling, and which are turned on and off remotely by an operator...
at a fair. sometimes he also makes them trash the car, with hilarious results - exploiting a personal weakness, such as arachnophobiaArachnophobiaArachnophobia or arachnephobia is a specific phobia, the fear of spiders and other arachnids such as scorpions. It is a manifestation of zoophobia, among the most common of all phobias. The reactions of arachnophobics often seem irrational to others...
or shyness - sexuallyHuman sexualityHuman sexuality is the awareness of gender differences, and the capacity to have erotic experiences and responses. Human sexuality can also be described as the way someone is sexually attracted to another person whether it is to opposite sexes , to the same sex , to either sexes , or not being...
centered acts, such as convincing a man that each of the holes in a pool table is a woman that he has to satisfy, or telling people to "become a lapdancer" or "make love" to whichever object they are closest to when he blows in a whistle - making a person do something embarrassing, or, for example, achieve instant orgasm, whenever something he's defined beforehand happens, like the subject hearing music, while being fully aware of what they're doing, but unable to affect it.
He also claims to be able to give people electric shocks or render himself invisible, through use of hypnotism or not.
Broadcast
Also previously aired on The Comedy Channel on Australian subscription television service FoxtelFoxtel
Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, operating cable, direct broadcast satellite television and IPTV services. It was formed in 1995 through a joint venture established between Telstra and News Corporation....
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