Harley Newman...
...escapes
from a straitjacket, while riding a unicycle through the audience!
Or while hanging upside down from a crane, under a hot air balloon,
or a helicopter! He's hung with or without a burning rope, and
has even taken other people on the rope with him!
...picks combination locks with his teeth, feeling the numbers with his tongue!

...releases himself from
chains, shackles, handcuffs, duct tape, and numerous other unusual
means of restraint!
...has NEVER been successfully bound with ropes!
...is wrapped into a tiny
form-fitting cocoon of over a quarter-mile of plastic food wrap,
with just a snorkel for breathing. When the wrapping is complete,
the snorkel is corked, cutting off his air!