Hello Don Driver here

[DonDriver]

Hello everybody,
Some of you here might know me from other fourms.I just found this fourm and I hope to make some new friends here.

I'm 63 and semiretired.Been in magic all my life.Grew up in Baltimore Md.
Worked The Yogi Magic Mart,owned by Phil Thomas back in the early
70's.Phil knew so many great magicians and they all came in the shop when
they were in town.Milbourne Christopher,Walter Gibson,Hen Fetch to name a
few.

Got into sideshow stuff learned the blockhead,fire eating.Went to work
for several sideshows in the mid 70's and on the road.
Moved to Las Vegas about 1979,worked a Jam Auction in downtown Vegas for
several years ( thats a whole other story)Got to be close friends with
Michael Skinner.He taught me more about close up magic than I
deserved.Michael was the "best".I still miss him.

Moved to the Nashville area about 1993,and still live here.

I've been pitching one thing or another most of my life.Been at the
svengali pitch for over 25 years now.David Walker,the KING of the svengali
pitch broke me in.

I have a DVD out teaching the pitch.Just go to my site at:
www.dondriver.tk for order info.
I have a another DVD out on how to "Build a Tip" for
busking.(I learned this bally working Jam Auctions)

Thanks for having me here.I hope to be of some help and feel free to ask
questions you might have and I'll do my best to answer them.

I'm looking forward to reading post here and leaning as well.

Well thats my story and I'm stuck with it...I mean I'm sticking to it...sticking to it...

Thanks for reading,and have a nice day,
Don

[Lee Nelson]

welcome

I have never met you but I am sure I would like to. I bet youve got some cool stories!

Welcome to pnet!

Lee

[Seadawg]

Hey don,
Glad you finally made it here...

Unlike the "Big greenie" the folks here will call a spade a shovel and whack you with it if they think for a moment you ain't the real deal.

Mike V... beware....

There are some real interesting characters...


Cheers
the Seadawg

[jayrodin]

This is the first time I've heard that "spade a shovel" saying. What does it mean exactly?

[Seadawg]

It means they will call it exactly what it is...

No beating around the bush, no BS.... if it is a spade, then they call it one... not a long handled sharp dirt removal device...;

[jayrodin]

I see. I like that.

[Doctor Eric]

actually it's a long handled sharp dirt DISPLACEMENT device.

[Mr.Taxi Trix]

Welcome, Don.

Organic Matter displacement device, to be correct.

[Doctor Eric]

dirt tends to be at least 50% inorganic.

Welcome, Don.

[Doctor Eric]

Although in certain situations, you could say "organic matter PLACEMENT device" but normally in those situations you shouldn't really be talking about it. In all likelihood, once you are in said situation, you've already eliminated the source of unwanted chatter anyway.

[DonDriver]

Well...the irony of this discussion that Seadawg started was "we tell like it is here" and explanding this,everyone seems to be beating around the bush.

What Seadawg should have said to begain with is:

"If you'er full of shit...we'll let you know about it here "

Now thats getting to the point...

Hey guys,thanks for all the welcomes...

Don

[jimmy talksalot]

hey welcome

is david walker ok? still around? still pitchin? i worked with him @ 2000 sellin svens and sets. he had a cut coin joint also in denton tx.

[DonDriver]

Hi Jimmy,
David Walker is still pitching. He gave up the cut coin joint.He's 81 now and lives in Dallas Tx....a most amazing man.
If your from New Orleans I guess you know Warpo. Be sure to tell him I said hello next time you see him.

Later,Don

[jimmy talksalot]

warpo ,yeh we're like family but i ain't in new orleans right now i'm in san diego. but i'll pass it along when i hear from him....wow wierd we know the same people. if you need any thing just holler.


warpo taught me a bunch and was the reason i got to meet and work with david walker.

i look up to him.

i havn't seen him in awhile keep missin him in my travels. but email him from time to time but he hasn't wrote back in a while. last i heard he just got back to new orleans after his trip with peter the glass harper in alaska. you might want to talk to peter he's on this forum.

[DonDriver]

Jimmy,
Warpo is back in New Orleans.I have talked to him since he got back from Alaska with Peter.

He worked the fair in BatonRouge La. some kid was grabbing at his pitch deck and being a real brat.Warpo looked at the tip and said :

" I know now why they have abortions"

The kids father was in the tip and went to the fair office to complan.Warpo was asked to leave...

Too bad...its OK to let your kids go wild..but try to do something about it and....I hate this " politicaly correct " bullshit.

Later,Don