We live in Las Vegas so we know a good show when we see one, we also know a TERRIBLE one, which you don't come to expect living in this town.

6+ years ago we did see Amazing Jonathan "AJ" perform at the Golden Nugget. His opening comic was funny and AJ act was charged with energy. Also, himself and assistant (wife) were 50+ lbs lighter than today which may be a reason why they now just slough around the stage. An overall observation is they look and act now like severely worn out entertainers too lazy to find a new job, because it is easier to keep up what they are now doing, ripping you off! (BIG TIME).

Last night we purchased VIP tickets (a Very Idiotic Purchase, in hindsight) to take our friends from CA. With taxes and all it came to about $90 PER TICKET (trust me lose this gambling and you'll be much more entertained and less frustrated than seeing this show).

The show is at the Harmon Theater now for a few reasons which we discovered too late. It is NOT inside a casino (because none one them would all this act to ontinue on), and it's your first indication something may be wrong with this act. The Harmon is one step away from demolition and you don't want to visit the bathrooms at all unless you have had all your shots and don't mind using bathroom stalls with doors almost ripped off and no locking mechanism in place. I did happen to visit one half way through the show, which "still" turned out to be a welcome relief from the entertainment we were viewing.

Most of the show takes place with a guest from the audience (which you can bet is a friend of AJ's because anyone else would have left the stage before too long). Throughout this LONG and boring interval the guest does NOT have a mic on him and AJ does. So you get to hear “one side” only of a performance which goes on almost endlessly and for WAY too long. Add to that a number of "back to back" unprofessional and least of all entertaining tricks performed by AJ, and you will begin to feel the what this show is ALL about!

But the main reason for this review is AJ's overall performance does shame to Las Vegas and all the "real" acts in this town. I only wish all the other reviewers and myself could launch a petition to get this act (and all its billboards) removed from the town. In the 10 years we have lived here we have seen all the acts and most more than once. We can't express enough how much of a waste of time and money AMAZING JONATHAN was to us and our friends, and would be to you also!

To give you a better idea, this is the FIRST time we have ever written a review about ANY act in Las Vegas or elsewhere, but we felt so RIPPED OFF that we just had to something to warn others. Just think of us as the Ambassadors of Las Vegas trying to save its reputations by taking the time to write this "very" accurate review.

I could go on and on in this review about the incredibly terrible performance AJ gave form beginning to end and ALL the other issues we had with this act and location (mainly the act), but I have to be honest, we left a little before the end because it was REALLY too much to sit through unless you are into Masochism!

If we learned anything from this mistake it is to check out online reviews about a show "before" you purchase. In hindsight it would saved us time, money AND embarrassment (you can imagine what our friend must be thinking with us living in Las Vegas and picking THIS show!). It was also nice to see SO MANY of the reviews about AJ the same as ours (or worse) which only enforces our feelings of dismay.

In closing if you want to know from trendy, outgoing Las Vegans what shows are better in town to see than the AMAZING JONATHAN, this answer is quite simple. ALL OF THEM!