You might have heard of my older brother, Steve.” And that’s where that came from.

You could be Puff the Magic Dragon.” And I said, “Wait, I could be Piff the Magic Dragon.

And one of my friends who knew that I was a magician said to me, “You should do this in your act. Piff: Well, I went to that costume party in the dragon outfit. Palmer: So, you have joked about your brother being named Steve. And I guess it’s difficult to fill out paperwork when you’ve got claws. Piff: Yes, dragons are interesting because they’re like vampires: they exist in every culture. There’s Puff, Smaug, Charizard, the Game of Thrones dragons … even Godzilla is sort of dragony with his fire breathing! Any idea why they always seem to have just a single name? Palmer: Thinking about it, it seems dragons are all over the place. I did a thing on America’s Got Talent, and I did a thing with Cirque du Soleil when I flew in over the audience. So, you’re just a dragon without wings at all? Palmer: I thought maybe your wings were invisible. So, who’s to say a magic dragon can’t just be a grumpy English one with no wings. There’s a water dragon, a Komodo dragon, Chinese dragons, the Game of Thrones dragons. So, it was definitely some sort of lizardy, reptile-ish creature that I prefer to look at as a dragon.Īnd, to be fair, who knows what a magic dragon is? Because there are all types. And, I did ask her recently, ten years later, I did ask her, “Was it definitely a dragon outfit?,” and she could not authenticate that. So, the fact that it’s even a dragon outfit is solely down to my sister and her interpretation of the facts. And then I had to go to a costume party, and I didn’t have a costume to wear and I said to my sister, “Do you have anything to wear?” And she said, “Yes, I have a dragon outfit under my bed.” And it never really worked out for me … I had a sort of very grumpy face, and I was getting fired everywhere. What happened was: I was a regular human magician for many years. Piff the Magic Dragon: The first question is, “Am I even a dragon?” Because, well I don’t have wings … I can’t even fly. So, this is a great opportunity! First off, why are you a dragon, and not a unicorn, or Bigfoot, or some other mythological being? Let me start by saying that since dragons are rather rare, it’s extremely unlikely that I’ll ever interview another one. Rob Palmer: Hello Piff, and thanks for doing this Skype interview with me. Meet fellow skeptics and hear from the brightest minds in science. (This sounds like an on-site investigation opportunity for Kenny Biddle, if ever I heard one! Luckily, he will be a CSICon speaker this year!) That legendary mobster built the hotel, supposedly naming it after his gun moll, and is rumored to haunt the grounds to this day. The Flamingo even re-named its “ Bugsy’s Cabaret” theater as the “ Piff the Magic Dragon Theater,” bravely risking angering the ghost of Bugsy Siegel. In addition to touring the world and performing in iconic venues such as Radio City Music Hall, Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, and the Sydney Opera House, Piff is now the resident performer at the Flamingo Las Vegas, the site of this year’s CSICon. Piffles the Chihuahua, and showgirl Jade Simone-Piff will be performing for us on Friday, October 18, at 3 p.m.Īs his PR material notes, although Piff may not be as famous as his older brother Steve, his career took off following his first appearance on America’s Got Talent. Accompanied by his two faithful assistants-Mr. Yes, a cryptid, and a magic one at that, will be among us at the conference. Why? Because this year’s CSICon attendees will be treated to a private show by the world’s one and only magic dragon (and his little dog too). Henceforth, there will be one more association: Piff the Magic Dragon. And more recently there was the first Skeptoid film, Here Be Dragons: An Introduction to Critical Thinking. The associations between dragons and skepticism that I can think of are few: there is the must-read book by Carl Sagan, The Dragons of Eden, as well as Sagan’s brilliant essay, The Dragon in My Garage (actually a chapter from The Demon-Haunted World).

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