Amazing Johnathan moves from Riv to Sahara

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on April 28th, 2005

Sure, it’s a two-week-old story, but we stumbled across this item in the April 15 Norm! column (he’s the guy with the eyepatch in the Las Vegas Review-Journal).

The Amazing Johnathan is jumping from the Riviera to the Sahara because of a 100 percent rent increase.

He announced the move in an e-mail to the Riviera, saying his final show will be April 20. He plans to open his 10 p.m. show at the Sahara on May 6.

He blamed his landlord Norbert Aleman, the producer of “Crazy Girls” and “An Evening at La Cage,” for the breakup.[…]

Aleman, reached by telephone, said he agreed to a one-year deal with Johnathan’s rep in January. However, Johnathan came back and wanted a new deal with a different rep. “He made a deal and a deal’s a deal,” Aleman said. “Nothing personal, but he’s crazy.”

Note to Aleman: He’s not crazy, he’s Amazing! Some people.

Interesting, though, Mr. Johnathan’s resilience and tenacity. Four-walling is not for the faint of heart. And this is his third such deal in just a couple of years!

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