The amazing Harry Houdini, or ERIK WEISZ (or about a half dozen other spellings of Erik and or/Weiss...maybe the amazing part is why no one figure out his real name for sure), was famous for his escape acts. He got out of tanks of water, shackles, straight jackets, chains, just about anything he could find to bind him.
Last fall History Channel had a mini-series about the life of Houdini, with Adrien Brody playing the title role. I thought it was an interesting show, worth the 2 two-hour segments.
Not sure if the videos from the show's website are showing up for everyone, but they have a handful of clips with commentary at http://www.history.com/shows/houdini/videos
Excellent hidden rick entry! I had no idea! It goes to show you that Rick's can be tricky.
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