A specially-recorded hour-long interview of DonDriver (interviewer is the late David Alexander) that gives history, insights, and advice on how to make money selling the most popular trick deck in the world. Don also tells many stories and anecdotes of how he got into magic, side shows and ultimately pitching Svengali decks.
The Comprehensive Guide to Making Money Pitching Svengali Decks
Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been made on selling the humble Svengali Deck and yet few people ever learned the inner secrets of how to pitch the deck successfully. This DVD fills that shortage.
DonDriver pitched for twenty-five years all over the country. He learned his pitch from S. David Walker, the Grand old Man of Svengali pitching who has been at it since the early 1940s. Mr. Walker learned from Mickey MacDougall, the creator of the Svengali pitch.
Explained in detail is a pitch that has been polished and...
Vital knowledge and an essential skill for buskers, pitchmen, or anyone who wants to gather a crowd DonDriver reveals the exact construction and presentation of how he built tips in Las Vegas for a highly successful jam auction, stopping people on the streets and holding them. This DVD has actual footage of Don working this on Hollywood Boulevard as well as the bally being done by street performer Zachery Strange.
A tip in pitchman parlance is a group of people that has stopped to look what all the fuss is about, and who is ultimately ready to be pitched to and buy products.
There is no better demonstration of applied psychology than the Jam Auction, and Jack Nyberg is the recognized king of that money-making business. This is the ONLY video of Jack’s two-hour pitch from start to finish. Jack starts by building a tip and then, over time, has about 25 people standing in his tent for two hours waiting and wanting to give him money. Filmed on location with a hand-held camera this is unlike anything you’ve ever seen when it comes to crowd control, creating customers, and getting them to buy.
Don started his magic career in the late 60's working at the Yogi Magic Mart in Baltimore MD, his home town, owned by the notable Phil Thomas. From there he moved to side shows and later he was inducted by David Walker as svengali pitchman. Don has worked as pitchman for more than 30 years and is considered the best svengali pitchman alive today.
The svengali pitch was originally created by Mickey MacDougall in 1935. In the 1940s S. David Walker learned the pitch directly from Mickey. And Don learned the pitch from David. Don is therefore in the direct line of the svengali pitch ancestry.
Effect: Teleport a borrowed driver's license under near impossible conditions.
Two manila envelopes are shown. Each is just large enough to hold a driver's license. Any spectator comes forward. No stooge or pre-show work. He hands you his driver's license which is placed inside one of the manila envelopes. The performer marks a large 1 on the front of the envelope. This envelope is then placed inside a larger window envelope where it is seen through the clear window. The window envelope is then clipped closed with a paper clip and finally placed inside a clear plastic bag and given to the...
Twenty-five pages of previously unpublished information on successful pitching – tips, ideas, and insights from highly experienced pitchmen. What to wear, details on the joint, and more. A valuable addition to the DonDriver Svengali DVD on pitching the Svengali and the DonDriver Interview.
Muchas páginas de información inédita sobre el éxito de los lanzamientos: consejos, ideas y opiniones de lanzadores muy experimentados. Qué hay que llevar, detalles sobre la articulación y mucho más. Un valioso complemento del DonDriver Svengali DVD sobre el lanzamiento del Svengali y la DonDriver Interview.
Gene Marvin flourished during the 1970s and 80s when he was a Las Vegas-based mentalist. He was billed as "The 21st Century Man". He had several TV bits, performed for the Playboy clubs, and did a lot of corporate engagements. He was married to Carmel. In the late 80s he pitched Svengali decks for DonDriver. Wrote Confidential Mental Secrets (~1970, 87 pages).
its sequel, Zulu Dawn. So, it is no surprise that some of his effects highly emphasize storytelling and delivery. Tricks like Two To Divine, "Blackie Is With Us!" and Conjure Bones have plots that seem to have jumped from the pages of depression-era pulp magazines like Weird Tales or Adventure.
But don't just take my word for it. Endfield's legacy is hailed by none other than his former student and conjuring virtuoso, Michael Vincent. It's easy to assume that Vincent praises his former teacher's work out of a sense of loyalty or rose-colored nostalgia, but that would be a mistake. He praises...
The word 'special' in the title refers to a special train - a privately hired train. This is a train a railway company inserts into its regular schedule when somebody pays for the expenses of the locomotive, wagons, and staff to operate the train. It is essentially the equivalent of chartering an airplane at a time when there were no airplanes.
This impossible crime story concerns the baffling disappearance of a special from the London and West Coast Railway Company on its journey from Liverpool to London on 3rd June 1890. Besides the train crew of driver, fireman, and train guard the only...
... at various jobs: radio programmer, disk-jockey, promotion man, salesman, restaurant manager, male model, tree-trimmer, blackjack dealer, construction worker, warehouseman, program consultant (voluntary health agency), institutional house-father, social worker, gym instructor, bartender, ambulance driver (at a race track), and finally he went to work for Eastern Airlines from 1965-1990 as an airlines business person.
He eventually joined the IBM and the SAM in 1966, is a member of the Order of Merlin, and is a Lifetime Member of the Magic Castle in Hollywood, California. He was the Associate Editor of Richard Kaufman's Genii magazine. Prior to accepting this post, he contributed to numerous...
No-Touch ACCAN - A freely selected card appears at a random number. No Force. You never touch the decks. No switching of decks.
Double Coincidence - A freely chosen word is found to be the only one circled in a dictionary you never touch!
Psychoportation Envelopes - Teleport a borrowed driver's license across the stage!
A bargain at this price, as some of the marketed effects sell for more than the price of the lecture notes. Note the effects described in the lecture notes are abridged versions of the separate releases.
... car. Finally, you get out of the car and place your hands on the hood and concentrate. The reporter is now able to start the car! Another variation has another car passing by that is caused to stall and stops dead in the highway. This can make for a nice heated exchange between you and the other driver that will be reported in the newspaper.
Both versions have a happy ending as the performer uses his psychic powers to make both cars start!
STOPPING CARS IN FRONT OF A NEWSPAPER OFFICE
This is an amazing publicity stunt. It appears in print for the first time. The performer stands...
... Although you introduce them as an impromptu stunt, you actually have a set program in mind for best results. These amusing little gags can make you the life of the party or gathering - they avoid the dull moments.
Seventy five betchas in the ebook. Start to use them now.