Puff, the Magic Dragon older Jackie Paper. The tune was used in the promotional LP "Push the Magic Button" for the track with the same name by Versatec, a computer printer company In the mid 1970s an American Jewish band named Ruach created a parody version of the song entitled "Puff the Kosher Dragon". In the course of the song, Kosher Puff eats kosher food, has a Bar Mitzvah, fights anti-semites and finally marries and brings up his children as loyal members of the faith. The Ruach song has been noted as one of the first examples of a modern Jewish band using a
The Magic Land of Allakazam Circus episodes. The Magic Land of Allakazam The Magic Land of Allakazam was the name of a series of network television shows featuring American magician Mark Wilson. It ran from 1960 to 1964 and is credited with establishing the credibility of magic as a television entertainment. The origins of the series were in a locally broadcast show that Wilson arranged in Dallas, Texas, in 1955. That grew into other shows in Houston and San Antonio. With the introduction of videotape, Wilson created "The Magic World of Allakazam" as the first magic show to be videotaped and nationally syndicated. It debuted