When I snap my fingers, you will laugh out loud

SAVE YOUR LIFE NOW! GRAB YOUR HOW TO QUIT SMOKING IN A WEEK FLAT BOOK NOW! Joe Boccuti is quick to shoot down a popular misconception about hypnosis, that people in a hypnotic trance can do things they wouldn't ordinarily do.
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"Completely false," Boccuti says. "If I could do that, I'd have people robbing banks for me all over the country."

Boccuti has taken his talent for tapping into the human subconscious onto the stage with "Hypnosterical," his 75-minute show at Trump Marina.

Boccuti began his career as a hypnotist in a conventional manner. He used the power of suggestion to help people lose weight and quit smoking. But in the course of his practice, the thirtysomething Philadelphia native also realized that people are inherently funny -- and they become even funnier when they're under his hypnotic spell.

That led him out of the office and onto the stage, where he began developing an act in which he is more of a guide than the center of attention. It's the people who willingly climb onstage who are the real stars of the show.

"When you take away their inhibitions and let them let go and just be themselves, you'll be surprised at what will happen," Boccuti said during a pre-show interview.

Boccuti's interest in hypnosis began when he was 11 and had begun having vivid and scary nightmares. He began reading books about dreams, trying to find a way to have only happy ones.

"Over and over, I kept seeing the word "subconscious,' so I started reading books about that," he says.

He learned the subconscious part of the mind is a vast and mostly unexplored area for most people.

When he got serious about pursuing hypnosis as a career, he began studying under established hypnotists, some of whom practiced clinically and others who had become entertainers.

"There's no college or university you can go to, so I learned from the guys who are experts at it, people who had studied the work of the forefathers of hypnosis like (Franz) Mesmer and (Milton) Erickson," he explains.

He also learned how to think quickly and react on stage when something funny or unexpected happens, which it usually does during every "Hypnosterical" performance.

When it's show time, Boccuti bounds onto the stage of the casino's intimate, 462-seat Shell Showroom with the energy of an athlete, the patter of a comedian and a twinkle in his eyes which says he knows what's coming, but the audience doesn't.

From an initial group of about 30 people who willingly take the stage, he weeds out those he feels won't make good subjects. Once under his spell, the volunteers appear to fall asleep on his command. Soon, the stage is littered with sleeping bodies, whom he then awakens and commands to do things such as use one another as pillows or swim like a fish in a bowl.

The show takes an R-rated turn when he suggests the volunteers are strippers auditioning for a job. At one point, he sends them into the audience, where they actually do lap dances with strangers.

Through it all, Boccuti insists nothing in the show is staged or rehearsed.

"I don't use stooges or plants," he says adamantly. "People are funny when you tap into their subconscious. That's why the show is so funny. Because people are different, the show is never the same."

It's the return of "Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia," featuring The O'Jays, the New Stylistics, Jerry "The Iceman" Butler and other acts with Philly roots in the Event Center at Borgata. Show time is tonight at 8. Tickets are $50, $65 and $85, available through theborgata.com or ComcastTIX at (877) 544-8499.

Paul Potts, the winner of the first "Britain's Got Talent" TV showcase, will fill the Music Box at Borgata with his big tenor tonight at 9. Tickets are $39.50, available through theborgata.com or ComcastTIX at (877) 544-8499.

Rock 'n' rolling bass guitar virtuoso Les Claypool will thump onto the stage of the House of Blues at Showboat tonight at 8:30. Tickets are $25 and $30, available through ticketmaster.com or (800) 736-1420.

The tribute band series will continue at the Hilton with Spread Eagle's tribute to The Eagles tonight at 9. Tickets are $15, available through ticketmaster.com or (800) 736-1420.

Veteran rockers Stone Temple Pilots, with 15 Top 10 hits over the past 15 years, will land on the stage of Borgata's Events Center Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $95 and $135, available through theborgata.com or ComcastTIX at (877) 544-8499.

Singer, songwriter and actor Robin Thicke will headline the House of Blues at Showboat Saturday at 9 p.m. Tickets are $30 and $35, available through ticketmaster.com or (800) 736-1420.

Loverboy, the Canadian rock band that has been bringing it for nearly 30 years, will play the Atlantic City Hilton Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $30, available through ticketmaster.com or (800) 736-1420.

Comedian Dave Attell will crack wise in Borgata's Music Box Saturday at 9 p.m. Tickets are $35 and $45, available through theborgata.com or ComcastTIX at (877) 544-8499.

Drake Bell, the actor, comedian and musician who stars on the Nickelodeon series "Drake & Josh," will headline the Tropicana Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets range from $35 to $65, available through ticketmaster.com or (800) 736-1420.

On-going shows include: Chazz Palminteri starring in "A Bronx Tale" at Harrah's Resort through Aug. 9; "Cirque Dreams: Pandemonia" at Trump Taj Mahal through Sept. 6; "Carnival of Wonders" at Trump Plaza through Sept. 6; and "Fame" at the Tropicana through Sept. 9. For tickets and show times, contact ticketmaster.com or (800) 736-1420.

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