David became a member of Lair No. 1 of the RR&R on December 4, 1996. A lifelong Pittsburger, David started his career in advertising but in his 40s became a psychotherapist and hypnotist. He is the composer of the hit song, "If Ireland were Formica, the Angels Would Wipe it Clean. Davide won the J. Z. Landgraf Prize in the 1998 Mass Challenge. He died in Pittsburgh on May 7, 2021.
David also wrote and published McFadden's Funnies, a small illustrated magazine with true, weird and funny stories from his life and from Pittsburgh.