The Magic Door
The Magic Door (also known as The Magic Door Television Theatre) was a Jewish educational television series aimed at providing kiruv (outreach) to Jewish children in the Chicago, Illinois metropolitan area. The show was produced by the Chicago Board of Rabbis and premiered January 1, 1962. The show ran weekly until January 1, 1982. It aired at 9:00 AM every Sunday morning on WBBM-TV.
There were two main theme songs for The Magic Door. The first was based on an Israeli Children's song, "A Room Zoom Zoom". The second - written by Charles Gerber - was set to a melody from Beethoven's "Pastorale" Symphony No. 6: "Open, come open the Magic Door with me, / With your imagination there's so much we can see. / There is a doorway that leads to a place. / I'll find my way by the smile on your face."
The main characters of the series included "Tiny Tov" (a character reduced to appear as a kind of elf) and his cousin "Tina Tova". Tiny lived in a house that was made out of an acorn; the entrance was The Magic Door. In addition to Tiny and Tina, there were other puppet characters including Bubbe Beaver, Icky Witch, Rabbi and Mrs. Moreh, Max the Mailbox, Rumplemyer Dragon, Bunny Rabbit, Buddy, Worthington Warlock, and many others. Before he would enter the dwelling, Tiny would sing a tune containing the lyrics, "Ah room zoom zoom, ah room zoom zoom, gily gily gily gily gily a sa sa. Come through The Magic Door with me, just say these words and wondrous things you'll see" .....and Tiny would be in the town of Torahville.
The Magic Door (album)
The Magic Door is the second studio album by American blues rock band Chris Robinson Brotherhood. It was released on 11 September 2012. It was recorded at the same time as their previous album, Big Moon Ritual, and features a cover of Hank Ballard's "Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go", which the band has frequently performed live. "Appaloosa" and "Little Lizzie Mae" are versions of recent Black Crowes songs (from Before the Frost...Until the Freeze and Cabin Fever, respectively), and "Someday Past the Sunset" was previously released on the Robinson brothers' live album, Brothers of a Feather: Live at the Roxy.
Track listing
All songs by Chris Robinson, except where noted.
Personnel
Podcasts:
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by Elk City
Magic Door
by: Elk CityLet's not say it's over.
Let's not bid adieu.
One and one don't make one.
One and one make two.
Let's not shut the light.
Let's not close the book.
Take a second look
Let's step through a magic door.
And be set for more, be set for more.
It was dark for hours.
Everyday it rained.
But we'll go back to Paris and
We'll go back to Spain.
Let's not hit the switch.
Let's not say we're done.
We've only begun!
Let's step through a magic door.
And be set for more, be set for more.
Ah, ah! When the smoke, it settles,
let's not give in to fear.
We'll barrel through together,
Cause we belong here.
Let's not turn the page.
Let's not change the plan.
Oh, please take my hand!
Let's step through a magic door.
And be set for more, be set for more.
Ah, ah! Let's not shut the light.
Let's not close the book.
(Step through a magic door)
Take a second look
Let's step through a magic door.
(Step through a magic door)
And be set for more, be set for more.