How Piff the Magic Dragon Went From a Struggling Performer to Building a Multi-Million-Dollar Magical Empire

“No one really likes a dickhead, but a dickhead in a dragon outfit is hilarious.”

So says Piff the Magic Dragon, aka John van der Put, a performer whose act has conjured up awards for Best Comedian, Best Magician and Best Headliner in Las Vegas and a nine-year residency at Las Vegas’s Flamingo Hotel and Casino that shows no signs of vanishing. Working alongside his sidekick Mr. Piffles – The World’s Only Magic Performing Chihuahua™ — the deadpan dragon has earned a devoted following of superfans, including Penn and Teller and David Copperfield, who calls him “a true original.”

I caught up with the self-described “loser of America’s Got Talent” via

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