Nearly died when an escape trick he was performing for the taping of a
television show went awry. He was tied to the tracks of the Desperado
rollercoaster at Buffalo Bill's Casino-Resort in Primm, Nevada, with an
unoccupied rollercoaster riding on the tracks, when he discovered he
couldn't free himself from his bonds. He escaped, quite literally, at
the last possible moment (he later commented, "That was STUPID!"). He
frequently opens his stage shows by showing that clip on a projection
screen.