Dave Elstun

Location: Denver, CO
Specialty: Magic

"The Jacket of Doom" is the highlight of a program filled with laughter and fun. The Amazing Dave begins his show in a low key charming fashion. His self-deprecating humor disarms the audience, as Dave displays the skill of an experienced performer. Coins appear from nowhere. A signed card is lost in a deck, triumphantly Dave pulls one card from the deck, and oops it’s the wrong card! Never fear a real magician simply blows on the card changing it in to the correct card, complete with the signature of the baffled assistant.

In the second segment of the show The Amazing Dave steps up the humor and the astonishment. A torn newspaper instantly repairs itself. An open book suddenly catches fire. And a classic of magic is presented when Dave links six beautiful silver rings together. Don't make the mistake of thinking "I’ve seen this trick before." In the hands of this expert magician the rings seem to literally dissolve one through the other.

The final act of The Amazing Dave Elstun’s Comedy Magic Show is a recreation of Houdini's famous straitjacket escape. Labeling his straitjacket, "The Jacket of Doom", Dave keeps the finale of his show in line with today’s attitudes. Dave plays this one for humor. And funny it is, your group will literally roar with laughter as Dave’s middle age physique takes on the rigors of a straitjacket escape. The Rocky Mountain News described Dave’s straitjacket escape this way... "Dave Elstun broke into a sweat as he tried to break out of a straitjacket... he squats. He grunts. He wriggles and wags his backside. He runs at the crowd shouting at the top of his lungs. "OK this is not a Kodak moment," he quips. Finally one minute and 34 seconds into his ordeal, he is free!"