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Johnathan did it through failure.
But youre just as likely to see him pull the cloth away to reveal hes flipping you the bird.
Johnathan was not the first person to approach his act the way he did.
A lot of people who end up interested in comedy go through a magic phase first.
Steve Martin famouslyworked at a magic shopas a teenager and allegedly still breaks out the old act at parties.
Arsenio Hallperformed as a child magicianbefore becoming a comedian, materializing doves from thin air.
Some comics never leave it behind:Nathan FielderandDavid Wainhave both incorporated magic tricks into their work.
It makes sense that both art forms light up the same brain at different stages of its development.
Encountered at the right age, Johnathans work can be a bridge from one form to the other.
This, he says, is real.
The audience gasps and then laughs.
