saran wrap, glad wrap, cling film

[Jimbo]

how many performers out there do the classic wrap escape, i know of a few, three candians, Jeff, eric and derek (the rest of three canadians), I used to do it, and paul issac.

and who origianly did it?

[Butterfly Man]

If I remember correctly ... it was Oscar Meyer.

[young raoul]

I saw Flying Debris do it - or it may have been "Flyin'" which was "Flyin'" Bob Palmer and James O'Shea - do it in 1988, but they were both wearing onions on their belts, which was the style at the time...Nurse!!! Nurse!!!! My pan needs "changin'"

[Jimbo]

so butterfly are you just kidding or was there actually a busker named oscar meyer, and how long ago was that. i'm just tring to trace it back, gazzo said that the first time he saw it was like 15-20 years ago where a guy got wraped head to toe in saran with a snorkle, and corked the snork for the esorp (escape spelt funny to rhyme, i wish i was rumplestiltskin)

[Stephon]

Harley Newman is well-known for this escape. He doeas it with five rolls of wrap at once.

[LUCKY DIAMOND RICH]

Hello to all escape artist's,here is a idea for you all!Try Gaffa tape,


LDR

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[firegirl]

man -- i gotta try that... seran wrap w/corked snork escorp vs. the blindfolded woman in stripper heals and a straight jacket...

LOL

[Jimbo]

just becarful about the whole saran wrap escape there are some performers out there who claim originality over it and will try to sue you, thats what happend to me. but what doesn't kill us makes us stronger, now i have a killer new, (hopefully) completely original grand finalle.

[firegirl]

it just cracks me up that there are some performers out there who would try to claim propriatrary over *STUNTS* in a show... i would never, never, never steal someone's patter and jokes - but, come on! to claim that you were the *FIRST* person to do a particular stunt, you'd have to have been a busker/variety artist since god was a child... eh... um... er... not mentioning any names, of course...

anyhow - thanks for the warning!
firegirl

[Rex Boyd]

Yeah about busking when God was a child....

Robert and Gazzo could you tell us please what it was like back then?


: )

Rex

[Rich Potter]

Since God was a child?

Er, Saran wrap is only 50 years old or so.
Plastics are a relatively new industry.

So either God is only 50 years old, or he's been holding a huge stash of Saran Wrap in Heaven for the last few epochs.

Harley is the only guy I know who has done that escape. And a duct tape escape. But then what do I know about escapes? I'm a freakin' juggler.

--Rich

(If God made Man in His image, and Man is basically a stupid creature, does that mean God is basically stupid? And if he's stupid, how could he have invented boobies? I mean, whoever invented boobies must have been a genius. These questions have me laying awake at night. With a box of tissues.)

[malkav powermann]

-
- hey you can invent stuff like the fruit bowl that's all me baby

I am working on a hard core hot sun tin foil escape to the EXTREAM 'yo I call it the baked potato


This guy he crazy!