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Jerry Sadowitz (alternative spelling Gerry
Sadowitz), (born 1961) is a Scotland|Scottish card
Conjuring|magician and stand-up comic known for
his Political correctness|offensive humour.

Born in New Jersey, USA, into a Jewish family,
Sadowitz was brought up in Glasgow. Following the
breakdown of his parent's marriage, his mother
returned to her native Scotland. A sickly child,
Sadowitz took an interest in magic while still at
school. He is today widely acclaimed as one of the
best close-up magicians in the business, has
written several books on magic and invented many
conjuring innovations.

His comedy act is based around extreme
offensiveness, breaking all taboos, using obscene
language, and insulting the audience as much as
possible. He famously opened the Montreal comedy
festival with the line "Hello, moose-fuckers" and
was promptly knocked unconscious by outraged
audience members. His refusal to moderate his
comedy act has led to difficulties in his career:
his debut television show on the BBC attracted a
record number of complaints and was promptly moved
to a graveyard slot and has never been repeated.
And outbursts of his savage comedy routines during
his conjuring shows have sometimes alienated him
from the more conservative magic community.

Some of his earliest performances as a magician -
with comic asides - were at a Glasgow pub, the
Weavers Inn, run by future comedienne Janey
Godley. In his early days he was managed by
anarchic comedian and club proprietor Malcolm
Hardee, whose provocative selling line was that
Sadowitz was too shocking to appear on TV; this
may have actively put off TV producers from
booking him. 

Later, Sadowitz appeared in the music video of The
Shamen's UK number 1 hit from 1992 "Ebenezer
Goode", and helped get now-famous mentalist Derren
Brown his first shows on Channel 4. 

== Television credits ==
* The Last Laugh With Jerry Sadowitz, British
Satellite Broadcasting, 1990 in television|1990
* The Other Side of Gerry Sadowitz, Channel 4,
1990 in television|1990
* The Pall-Bearer's Revue, BBC Two, 1992 in
television|1992
* Without Walls: The Greatest F****** Show On
Earth, Channel 4, 1994 in television|1994
* Stuff The White Rabbit, Channel 4, 1997 in
television|1997
* The People vs. Jerry Sadowitz, Five (TV)|Channel
5, 1998 in television|1998-1999 in television|1999
* The People Of New York vs Jerry Sadowitz, Five
(TV)|Channel 5, 2001 in television|2001
* The Jerry Atrick Show, Five (TV)|Channel 5, 2000
in television|2000-2002 in television|2002

== Bibliography ==
* Inspirations: Jerry Sadowitz & Pater Duffie 
* Cards hit: The card magic of Jerry Sadowitz 
* Cards on the table  

== External links ==
* Times Online:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0%2C%2C
2-1506-1035416%2C00.html Magi-comic takes pleasure
from pain