Last month, I had the extreme honor to assist Escape Artist, Joe Fox, at Scot Nery’s Booby Trap.

Scot Nery’s Boobie Trap is without a doubt the best use of a Wednesday night in Los Angeles.  It is an entertaining variety show with 4 minute acts that are full of laughs and surprises. And Joe Fox surprise appearance was no exception.

In the middle of the show, you hear the sounds of police helicopters and police sirens, followed by a guy (aka Joe Fox) rushing the stage in a orange jump-suit, shackled with 4 pairs of handcuffs.  Jail inmate number 103126 has just escaped from the police.

Joe offers to show the crowd his attempt at escaping from the handcuffs in 2 minutes or less without using the makeshift handcuff keys (“made in the slammer”) that are placed in the middle of a steel animal trap that could take his hand off.

As the official timekeeper, on my go, the house band “Fire Leopard” plays some dramatic music as Joe starts his escape, with me calling out 15 second time increments.

Joe uses the 4 inch lock-pick that he pulled out from his nose to pick the handcuffs one by one.

With only 15 seconds left, Joe is having trouble with the last cuff, and the steel animal trap gets sprung, but he is able to make his escape just before the 2 minutes are up.

Congratulations to Joe Fox!