Puff the Magic Dragon is a 30-minute animated television special based on the song of the same name made notable by Peter, Paul and Mary.
[1] First aired October 30, 1978, on CBS,[2] and produced by Fred Wolf Films, it features Burgess Meredith as the voice the title character.
The film begins with Puff's narration about a little boy named Jackie Draper, who is filled with so much self-doubt and fear that he has stopped talking altogether.
Puff invites himself in, talks to Jackie about inner happiness, and pulls a long sheet of paper out of a magic bag.
After he does so, the paper doll version of Jackie comes to life, and Puff then begins to make plans to go to Honalee, which is located by the sea.
Jackie challenges (with a verse from Billy Boy) Very Long John to bake a cherry pie, which he does, and subsequently expresses that he always wanted to be a baker, but never believed he could do it and was afraid he could not change from being a pirate.
He is then reunited with Jackie, who returns with Very Long John and his chicken soup to cure the living sneezes of their colds, making them happy.
The head of Puff can also be seen on the green dragon in the music video for "Weird Al" Yankovic's song "Another Tattoo".