Amazing Jonathan

Amazing Jonathan began his career performing in the streets of San Francisco, he first appeared on television in The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show in 1983 and later went on to become the host of the short-lived 1991 syndicated variety/game show Ruckus. He appeared on various talk and variety shows from the mid-80s to mid 2000s. His only credited performance as an actor was The Obligatory Holiday Episode of The Weird Al Show (playing the part of Uncle Johnathan). He has made several appearances on Late Night with David Letterman, a record 24 appearances on Fox’s Comic Strip Live, and has had several specials on Comedy Central including Comedy Central Presents, The Lounge Lizards and more recently his own one hour special entitled Wrong on Every Level., He dedicated the special to his Uncle Eugene, who showed him his first card trick which “started this whole mess”. His only film appearance is the 2005 documentary The Aristocrats. Amazing Johnathan had huge success in Australia, becoming a household name due to his many well received performances on Channel 9’s “Hey Hey Its Saturday”. Amazing Jonathan has also authored a how-to book on practical jokes titled Every Trick in the Book, a compilation of both classic practical jokes and plain magic tricks, along with his own original material in both categories. He is currently finishing up his memoirs, entitled, “Drive It Like You Stole It.” In 2008, Szeles combined two of his passions (classic car collecting and drive-in movie theaters) to open the “Amazing Underground” a members only indoor drive-in movie theatre located within his warehouse facilities in Las Vegas. As of 2011, The Amazing Jonathan was performing regular shows in Las Vegas at the Harmon Theater while also taking select dates at venues across the United States and in Australia. 2011 marks The Amazing Jonathan’s third year of performing at the Harmon Theatre and his 11th consecutive year as a full-time Las Vegas headliner. He has won “Best Comedian” award from Las Vegas Review Journal, Comedian of the Year from Nevada Magazine, Top Ten Acts in Vegas (LVRJ) and is the longest running, most successful solo comic magician in U.S history.