Watch the magician practice for the stunt: How a drive-in magic show became reality Part of his training involved holding his breath until he passed out - 'so I'm aware of it when I'm getting close,' he said. But while moving and exerting his muscles, he lasts just over a minute. 'I have to be comfortable with more (carbon dioxide) and condition my cells,' Poole said.įully relaxed, he can hold his breath for 3½ minutes, Poole said. He has had to learn how to pick a lock, escape from a straitjacket on land and in the water and do breath training. He'll have just a few minutes' worth of oxygen to get out of the predicament. It will go like this: Poole will be wrapped in a locked straitjacket and submerged in water inside a glass chamber. 'How cool if I could do the two together - a straitjacket in a chamber,' Poole said. Another is his straitjacket escape while hanging upside-down from a crane. One of Houdini's most famous tricks was escaping from a 'water torture cell' while locked head-first inside a water-filled tank. The other highlight of the night will be a Harry Houdini-inspired underwater escape. 'I wanted it to be different from a normal magic show and leverage the fact that we’re at a drive-in,' Poole said. The surprise trick will happen in the middle of the show, and a camera will follow him around all the while so visitors can see everything on the big screen. Poole has other tricks up his sleeve as well. He will perform illusions and close-up magic on stage and street magic such as card tricks at attendees' cars. 25, at a 90-minute drive-in magic show titled 'Unforgettable.' He won't reveal what it is just yet, but Arizonans can watch it happen live in Mesa on Friday, Sept. The result is a new trick that took the Arizona-based magician and mentalist two years to figure out how to do. When coming up with new magic tricks to perform, Thomas Poole asks himself two questions: “What would be the craziest thing to see?” and “How could I make that work?”

Update: Thomas Poole’s drive-in magic show has been rescheduled to Friday, Sept.

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