Puff, the Magic Dragon song with Mike Mitchell as director. The song was adapted for a children's pantomime, which played at Sydney's Seymour Centre in 1983. A 2007 book adaptation of the song's lyrics by Yarrow, Lipton, and illustrator Eric Puybaret gives the story a happier ending with a young girl (presumed by reviewers to be Jackie Paper's daughter) seeking out Puff to become her new companion. The lyrics remain unchanged from the Peter Paul and Mary version; the young girl is only seen in the pictures by illustrator Puybaret. On the last page of the book, she is introduced to Puff by an
Stuff the Magic Dragon that Stuff is a copy of the Philly Phanatic, but the two mascots were made by the same company, Acme Mascots (Harrison/Erickson), which made many popular mascots including the retired Yankees mascot "Dandy", the Hornets mascot Hugo, and Montreal's Youppi!. He was originally "the Magic's #1 pick in the supplemental dragon back draft, directly out of clown college." Stuff lives in the Dragon's Lair at Orlando's Amway Center and has his own play area, "Stuff's Magic Castle" on the promenade level. He has been entertaining thousands of Magic fans for the past 20 seasons. According to original Magic general manager