I saw part of The Amazing Johnathan’s special on Comedy Central one day as I was getting ready for work. I thought it was pretty funny, and wished that I had more time to watch it and that it was censored. Imagine my surprise when I was looking at Books A Million on Saturday and ran into the uncensored DVD of the show. I snatched it up (along with a copy of Howard The Duck) and added it to my collection. Of course since I still needed to watch a DVD for Saturday, guess which one I chose. Yes, The Amazing Johnathan Wrong On Every Level Uncensored.
If you’re not familiar with The Amazing Johnathan, he is a comedian and a magician. His magic is pretty good, but he never lets it stand in the way of a good joke. He starts a card trick at one point, but he has no intention of actually performing a typical magical card trick. The whole set up is part of a joke, actually a series of jokes, all based around magician’s card tricks.
Johnathan is not afraid of a little blood and gore either. His ring trick ends with his “volunteer” getting his tongue ripped out and blood flying everywhere like watermelon at a Gallagher show. He does tricks with razor blades as well. His act is not for the squeamish.
Another part of Johnathan’s show that I really enjoyed was his ditzy sidekick Psychic Tanya (Penny Wiggins). Penny allows for Johnathan to do some dumb blonde jokes, but she also delivers a very funny bit involving Blue Man Group tickets. The first time I saw it, I laughed my ass off.
The DVD is a great bargain as it also contains a bunch of deleted scenes, Johnathan’s performance on Premium Blend and his other Comedy Central show, Comedy Central Presents The Amazing Johnathan. If you like stand up and you like magic, I can’t recommend this enough. It’s hilarious. At 42 minutes, Wrong On Every Level earns a 10 on the Night Flight scale.