

So you're working pretty much at your wits end.

You don't want to take an expensive one in case you have to leave it (laughter).ĭEWOLF: So you find an unsavory neighborhood where people got cash to burn, the kind of cash that nobody wants to talk about where it came from.ĭOC: Usually when you roadside, you don't have police protection unless you have an in and you're paying one. And usually you get a small, cheap one when you roadside. So that's when you take your games to the roadside.ĭOC: Roadsiding is a trailer that has awnings and a door on it.

They happened on the little side street fairs and festivals or things like that.ĭEWOLF: And when the carnival season ends, some grifters want to get in a little off-season hustle. Most of the big scores really didn't happen on carnival lots. These are the carnivores of the carnival, and they're all hungry for their big score.ĭOC: You know, everybody talks about the big scores. In the old days, Doc ran games that were designed for only one thing, to take your money. This here is Doc.ĭOC: Doc, my nickname is Doc, traveled the carnival business for about two-thirds of my life.ĭEWOLF: Doc is what some would call a grifter, a small time hustler. JAMIE DEWOLF, BYLINE: In the carnival world, there's clowns. Jamie DeWolf, please show these nice people the next story. And I'd advise you to please keep a close eye on your purse at all times. For our next story, we've got a window on the black sheep of the circus family, the bad boys of the circus experience. Welcome back to SNAP JUDGMENT, the "Circus, Circus" episode.
