The spoon is bending. It won't bend past 90 degrees,'' Geller says. And it doesn't. Johnny Carson set me up to fail,'' says Geller, insisting the talk-show host bombarded him with negative vibes. Now a youthful 53 with only flecks of gray in a thicket of black hair, health nut Geller hopes to course back into the mainstream with a positivist message for the new millennium.
Health is our most precious asset.
The journey from that day on Carson's couch to Deepak Chopra wannabe has been a long one. Success might have spelled a different future for the '70s staple who rubbed spoons and shoulders with the likes of Muhammad Ali, John Lennon and Rosalynn Carter. Pop culture took note, with films such as Phenomenon and The Matrix proffering psychokinetic characters. Geller Freud, who claims family ties to the Viennese master. Gregarious, exuding passion and, well, energy, Geller fixes his dark eyes on you, and the feeling is slightly disquieting.