Ok, so enough of this passing the hat stuff.

The turning point for me was working at the Jolly Jester Dinner Theater in Aspen and the Brookfarm Inn of Magic in Washington, DC.  I went from doing a show or two every so often to over 200 shows a year!  Working on stage, night after night, with two of the greats, Bob Sheets and Steve Spill.  We did close up magic.  We did stage shows.  We even had a magic bar.  Talk about fun.

So, although I had already been doing magic for a number of years, this is where I turned into a real pro.

Then, in 1977, I, along with Barrett Felker, Sean Morey, and Magical Mystical Michael, brought street performing to the Pearl St. Mall in Boulder, Colorado.  Known throughout the world as one of the meccas of street theater, I am proud to be one of the guys who started it all.

“Working the streets” gave me the solid foundation in performing which I have drawn on my entire career.

Back in 1973, not long after San Francisco’s Summer of Love, I started my performing career on Fisherman’s Wharf.  There were jugglers, acrobats, mimes, musicians, you name it.  What a colorful time.  In order to make it, you had to learn how to “work the crowd.”