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Comedy hypnotist Brenda Kaye — “Hypno Brenda” — pulls up a chair to share 13 years of guest-entertainer chaos at sea. Between butt-grabbers, boob-honkers, and one Captain Lou army-crawling across the stage, she also opens up about the surprisingly serious side of hypnotherapy: fertility, hypnobirthing, quitting smoking, and more. The guys are officially becoming “the interview people,” and they're loving it.
What they covered
Topics on deck
Guest entertainer life
Comedy hypnosis
Hypnotherapy
Contracts at sea
On-stage disasters
Contractor vs. crew
Cruising post-COVID
Don’t miss
Moments worth the wait
- Tom's ego intro — our co-host welcomes himself before the guest.
“I am the man. I am Thomas Kennedy… hold off on the autographs.”
- “Bill the Butt Grabber” — a Marilyn Monroe suggestion goes gloriously off the rails when a volunteer pushes right through Brenda's “bad breath” defense.
“He leaned in harder and squeezed even harder.”
- Captain Lou — a hypnotized volunteer army-crawls across the stage, then hides in plain sight.
“If he can't see me, I can't see him.”
- The adult show — a guy whose “favorite body part” started telling jokes ended up going down the whole row.
“Hey, listen, hey, listen.”
- Her love story — Brenda warned her boyfriend she might be gone “three weeks, three months, three years.”
“He waited. And then nine years later, he married me.”
- Trevor's college flashback — a campus hypnotist convinced his roommate he was watching an adult film — and he got comfortable.
In the guest chair
Special guest
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Brenda Kaye (“Hypno Brenda”) — comedy hypnotist and hypnotherapist with 13 years as a guest entertainer aboard Norwegian and Celebrity. She brought the stories, the behind-the-scenes look at ship-entertainer life, and her trademark “hypnotic happy hour — the best natural buzz you'll ever get.”
Golden nuggets
Running bits & lore born here
- Hot dog = sandwich? — Trevor wants Brenda to hypnotize Tom into believing a hot dog isn't a sandwich — an early flash of the guys' endless food debates.
- “Hypnotize the wife” — the recurring joke that Brenda should hypnotize Trevor so his wife is less annoyed with him. “You might have to hypnotize her.”
- The interview people — hot off the Zach Lee musician chat, the guys embrace their new identity: “We're kind of becoming the interview people.”