Let's find out how Andrew Parker plans on
beating his competition.
Andrew: I don't really care about material things,
money, clothes.
I care about being creative and pushing myself to the edge.
I'm 23 years old, and I'm a YouTube escape artist.
A lot of the other performers are professionals.
I'm just an amateur. I don't have any fancy props.
I train in the backyard. Never done it on stage.
It's more of a passion, not a profession.
My act is super dangerous.
I am completely submerged underwater.
If I don't get out in time, I risk drowning.
I would love to show the people that have supported me,
like my mom and dad, that practice and dedication
to pull off these stunts -- it is worth it.
I am an amateur performer tying myself to a weight
and putting myself in a straitjacket underwater.
That should be a pretty good indication
of how far I'm willing to go.
This is the biggest stunt I've ever done.
[ Cheers and applause ]
He's a very DIY escape artist.
-Oh. -There he is.
-Hey! -There he is.
Hello.
Today, I will be put into this straitjacket,
blindfolded with these goggles.
Rope and duct tape will be attached to my ankle.
Those will be connected to these handcuffs...
All right.
...weighed down by this cinder block.
You did this in your backyard?
And I'm gonna perform it in this now.
Oh!
To get out, I'll have to escape from the straitjacket.
Okay. And then pick the handcuffs blind
with nothing but a paper clip.
Okay. And I will have to do all of that before I run out of breath.
It's not something I've trained. I top out about 40, 50 seconds.
[ Laughing ] This is, like, so ill-prepared.
"I can't hold my breath that long.
I have asthma. I gotta use a Q-Tip."
[ Laughing ] That's perfect.
Clearly, that is dad over there?
Mom and Dad over there. Yep.
Jennifer, would you like to come...?
You know I would love to help you with this.
All right, now, you won't be surprised to know
that I have never done this.
You haven't done this? Wow.
You can do it as tight as as it goes.
As it will go. Okey-dokey.
Okay. Thank you so much.
All right. Just please, do your -- be --
Do it, do it, do it.
-Good luck, brother. -Thank you.
Kreischer: Mom and Dad, are you nervous?
-Little. -Yeah.
Guys, he's got the paper clip in his mouth,
goggles on.
-Oh, my God. -He's going in.
Jennifer: Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh.
The crazy thing with this is there's no tricks.
What you see is what you get.
I can't even jump into water without holding my nose.
Cody: Getting his breathing down, getting his heart rate down.
It's a big Houdini move.
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Oh, wow. He's already out of the [bleep] straitjacket.
-Oh, whoa. -God, this kid's good.
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This is lot of energy.
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Okay, I don't know if he's going --
man, I didn't mean, like, literally the last round.
What does he do if it's not going right?
Is there a signal?
-Hopefully. -He's got a hand free.
-Oh, my God. -Straitjacket's off.
He's still got to pick the lock to free his ankle.
-He's still blindfolded. -38 seconds.
He's at his limit breath-wise.
He ain't gonna make it.
He's got this, he's got this.
He's picking a lock with a paper clip upside down
and blindfolded.
-Oh! He is not out. -Oh!
This is longer than he normally can hold his breath.
[ Clanging ] Come on, Andrew!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Ooh!
Yeah!
All right. Didn't make anybody nervous.
-Oh, man. -God!
-Good job. -Whoo!
[ Car horns honking ]
-I'm so glad he's alive! -Me, too!
I was waiting for that leg to start flailing.
That was amazing. I got to ask --
How close were you to running out of breath?
I was right there. I was out.
Oh, my God.
Rosario, how do you feel about this act?
I just was freaking out, and I'm really glad
that you actually did what you said you were gonna do,
because that doesn't always happen on this show.
So that was very dangerous. We're reeling over here.
Cody.
Jennifer put you in the straitjacket.
First for me, yeah.
Makes it all far more real for us,
which is what makes this damn difficult to call.