He brought nothing but SMILES and lots of laughter to everyone. He's just a funny guy all by himself.

Rest in peace, Paul Reubens. Great monologue. When that pizza gets delivered and he starts talking to the delivery guy in gibberish Spanish and then asked Suzanne and Frankie if "they were having some, too?", I fell on the floor laughing.

Best guest host...EVER! He had the crowd in the palm of his hands.

Wow, Paul is a master improv! I was just a kid back then so I didn't realize how much effort he put into his Pee-Wee persona.

Love him or hate him, he was by far one of the most original characters in the history of entertainment.

Man he was ahead of his time. I didn’t appreciate him enough back then, but I think he’s pretty brilliant now.

I just bought the complete series of Pee-Wee's playhouse. I watch it every sunday morning while I eat breakfast just like i used to when I was young and would watch it every saturday morning.... I appreciate it more now than I did when I was young. It always makes me feel better...Just saying, as you were.

Pee Wee should have had his own late night show. It would have been a hit.

Paul Rubens is such a genius. He and Norm McDonald are the most underrated comics in history.

Like everyone else said here, I totally appreciate him more now than i did as a kid. I wasn't planning to watch this whole episode, but I enjoyed every minute of it. I wish he had a talk show today.

He should’ve gotten his own talk show.

😂 that nod to Johnny Carson’s “golf swing” at the beginning.

Seeing this for the first time, I'm impressed! I never thought I'd see Pee Wee as a guest HOST on The Tonight Show, but he did a GREAT job!

I’ve seen a lot of his late night clips over the last few days… but this was peak Pee-wee!!

Thank you for uploading this!! He is such a gem ❤ watching this on his Birthday. Rest in peace my friend ❤

Who else is here broken hearted 😭💔

Awwwwwww, Suzanne was so freaking adorable on this show; loved her Pee Wee dance!!

God I miss the late 80’s/early 90’s.

I remember this from when I was a kid, thanks for posting! I never forgot Pee Wee's joke to Suzanne..."What's your favorite color?...Black and white...Those aren't colors!"

Pee wee’s playhouse was everything good about the 80’s and my childhood. I knew the song by heart and when it would come on Saturday mornings I would jump up, turn the sound all the way up, do the Pee Wee dance, and sing every word at the top of my lungs (much to my Dad’s chagrin who was in kitchen drinking his coffee-if you know the song then you understand 🤣). Yes the show was fun and wacky, with lots of kooky characters, but the humor was actually very advanced for a kids show; it didn’t talk down to kids like we were stupid. Filled with double entendres, lessons on how to be a good person, the “inside joke” angle with the secret word, lots of high level thinking, sophisticated humor concepts, and was wholly and completely inventive and original. It was just so great. If you didn’t live in that time and have it as a child, it’s hard to understand just how great it was. But it was Fantastic. Paul Reubens (Pee Wee) started as a stand up comic and his humor came from that perspective even though it was for kids. It still had an intelligence, wit and sarcasm to it that put it shoulders above other kids show and still does. I think that’s why his live Pee Wee shows all sell out and still go over so well with adults, besides the nostalgia aspect. It truly was One of a kind. There Will never be another Paul Reubens or a show like Pee Wee’s Playhouse. I still miss it, some 35 years later. The crap they spoon feed to kids these days can’t even come near it. Long live the king, Mr. Pee Wee Herman 👑

Oh damn, I would have loved to be in the audience for this taping. What fun!

what a comedic genius - and he never never lets up for a SECOND!!! his delivery is absolutely unique as he effortlessly bounces between bits… an absolutely loveable, ageless character - we were so lucky - I think he really did know how much we loved him…

He was excellent! It was sweet that Herman was talking to his parents.

I ate some Skippy peanut butter,and it reminded me of Annette Funicello, and THAT reminded me of "Back to the Beach." SO I started watching it. I called my mom to say, "Hey, ma...! I'm watching Back to the Beach!" and she mentioned the Pee Wee Cameo I had totally forgotten about. Then she told me about this specific video on youtube, so here I am.

He’s such a great actor, he the show in character. The character we all love. I’m so glad as a person he embraced it. He’s Superman to us. Obviously most importantly hysterical. He is a comedian first.

This is absolutely adorable!

Pee wee Herman is crazy on here. I never would thought he would host show.

Wow! Pee Wee Herman did a fantastic job hosting!! I loved when he cut off Howard, Time's up!!" Hilarious.

“Is that how you met your wife?” Lol love how reubens/ pee-wee dresses down cocky Howard. And he was totally unprepared for it 😂

Also I love how Suzanne laughed the hardest at the Playboy reference. SHE LAUGHED BECAUSE THAT WAS FUNNY!!! 31:38 Paul continuing to remain on top of it IN CHARACTER.

I watched this when it was on. The next day at school, I asked my friends, "Hey did you watch Joan Rivers last night?" They said, "Yeah, did you see Pee-Wee Herman?" and one kid did the Pee-Wee Herman dance! I loved the film, Back to the Beach, too. The dance was mentioned in the Baha Men song, Move It Like This.

What a gem! I hardly ever watched TV in '87! This was terrific!

"I'd love to play, Muhammad Ali or something to go with your Patti LaBelle." haha. Perfect backhand!

Reubens should do a talk show on Adult Swim.

I would totally watch this if he were hosting a show!

I absolutely love hum, totally unique and hilarious and in style non-stop.

In my book, Pee-Wee Herman stock just keeps going up. Thank you for uploading this here.

I can't believe I watched the entire thing, well, minus skipping over the singing parts. I never realized how special Paul was and his ability to interact with people as Pee Wee. I love his adult humor mixed in with his normal banter. He was edgy for adults and kid like enough for children to enjoy as well. I think that is where things fell apart for him, you cross the line into children's entertainment and you have to keep your nose clean, look at all the narrators for Thomas the Tank Engine, you can come from being controversial, but once you make the crossover, your personal life can't go back into being called into question. Pee Wee would have shined even more if he would have been a few decades younger and in todays culture, he could have been huge in a more burlesque adult manner, not needing to worry about his personal life and choices being called into question.

Of course, Pee-wee would be somebody that orders himself a pizza while hosting a talk-show. XP

I like how Paul was showing his fangs just to see who was willing to play ball. Only a couple caught on in the later stages though and realized they missed opportunities to swing the bat.

Paul Reubens is fabulous .He should have his own talk show

Looks like Pee Wee has the show well in hand.

Man, I love this guy.

Thanks for posting this! I remember watching this on FOX tv when it aired. A big fan of Suzanne Somers and Pee Wee Herman 🙂

i would so watch a talk show hosted by pee wee lol

The man is pure genius.

RIP Pee-Wee Herman

Ironically the 1980’s guests ,by today’s standards, look weird compared to Pee Wee.

All the guests are so awkward because they are in the shadow of Pee-wee's comedic genius. They don't know how to keep up.

Genius....multi-talented. Not a one trick pony. Here he is performing by-gones. As of now, noone has come close via persona , a la Jerry Lee Lewis. Come back, Paul.

I realize that in the early eighties I worked for a Boston Bank and wore an identical outfit including the two pointed Brest handkerchief....I now wish I had acted in the same way!

pee wee was a genius

21:04 I don't know why but that part always crack me up Pee-wee just can't speak another language

should've been given his own talk show.

It’s 12am, I just found this jewel and I absolutely love it I’ve been laughing the entire time I loved Peewee when I was a child 😩❤️

Pee Wee: What is your favorite color? Suzanne Sommers: I like white and black. Pee Wee: Oh..those aren't colors LOL

I am reminded of why I loved Suzanne Sommers back then.

LOVE you Pee Wee. And what an excellent opportunity to see the pukey video quality we used to have to watch.

This was the best episode of Joan Rivers' show.

Great improv. Thanks for the videos!!! 📺📺📺

Dwayne_Mitchell thank you for posting all these amazing videos. They bring me much joy and laughter. I grew up watching Pee-Wee's Playhouse as a kid. It's crazy that he started the playhouse before I was even born(not the show).

Saturday mornings with Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, a joint and orange danish. Then more sleep.

At the 21:00 mark - I keep rewinding it to hear Pee Wee do the babbling when he imitates the Pizza guy! I miss those days when we could do that! Today people would be screaming racist and canceling him because they have no sense of humor.

The whole Halloween show tha night was fantastic. Firstly, Joan Rivers as Guest Host and guests for the whole show feature PeeWeee Herman, Phyiiiis Diller as Dr. Ruth and Elvira, Misstriss of the Dark. What a lineup and what a show.

I’ve been looking for this particular video for a long time. I was watching back in 1987 when it first aired and remember laughing uncontrollably when the PIZZA DELIVERY MAN 20:54 asks for payment and Peewee says, “excuse me?”, and then mimics him.

We lost a lil sunshine ❣💔

When PeeWees Playhouse went off the air, he could have totally done a talk show, but with a different theme. People would have watched that.

He would have been brilliant with his own show.

GOOD VIDEO. 70's AND 80's they had Great shows.

Rubens I think could have been a regular host if not had his own talk show - surprisingly good! Just professional enough to get the job done and say all the right things needed (breaking to commercial etc.) but also just childlike enough to offer something fresh to the genre! My guess is if you were to search the alternate universes, Paul Rubens as Pee-wee Herman (or whatever his name would be on that alternate planet or universe) would have had some sort of (quite successful) talk show!

I also saw him in Rodney Dangerfield's " Easy Money " movie . He played a friendly coke stone out guy Rodney & Joe Pesci ran into at a restaurant .He played it so perfect, I know I 've been that guy.

3 Batman references. Paul Reubens played The Penguins father in Batman returns, Michael Keaton (who appeared in a clip) played Batman in the film 2 years later to this and The Batcar on the desk. Wonder if the Batcar on the desk was a sly reference to Keaton becoming Batman 2 years later?

He's such a funny man. I didn't know this before

Best host fill in ever! Know I have to go rewatch Pee Wee’s Playhouse

He was great. Sorry I missed him back then but thanks to youtube we get to see him still.

This is silly. LOL. Thanks for sharing.

Rae Dawn Chong made pot brownies and sold them on the movie set “Up In Smoke”. 😁

Love how he put down the hecklers with the ad lib and the zip your lip move!

I dug his comedy especially in the cheech & cong films

Back when celebrities could just chill and relax when other guests arrived

❤️❤️❤️ always LOVED Paul / Pee Wee !!!!

PeeWee is multi-talented. What a pro. And Frankie Avalon, with the perfect hair helmet 🪖... outstanding!

Impressive Paul What a super talent he was then and is now.

I would have lost it being in the audience... rest well you two

Thanks so much for posting this video Dwayne!!

Cindi Lauper sang the theme song to Pee Wee's Playhouse

RIP Pee-Wee Herman & Suzanne Somers.

Great Hosting Job Pee Wee Darling ~ All Stars Are Angels & Go to the Sky One Day ~ Fabulous Group of Entertainers ~ All very Gracious 🙏🎭💐 Hollywood Needs to Name A Star After You Dearest Pee Wee 🤲💋😽🌌⭐

He was 10x better at this than Joan ever was.

Howard Hewett's voice is perfection.

Damn, I had to be in bed before Joan Rivers so I missed this. This is AWESOME!

He had a small role in a Cheech and Chong movie too

he was so good w/ Susanne

I think 🤔 Pee Wee was Black in his past life He loved R&B music 🎶 and knew so much about the artists I remember him... My older sister used to love this singer Howard Hewitt but I was only about 5 yrs old and she was a pre tween about 11

"I hope you all come, all of you, everywhere" - Rae Dong Chong

i know peewee has some adult humor but when he made the joke about a donkey show i was shocked

Rae Dawn Chong is in Cammando with Arnold Schwarzenegger!Classic!

Noone can't tell me that Theme Song Joan Rivers had wasn't hot 🔥 Cause that's another reason why i watched it 💯💪🏽

This was April 1987 and when he mentions Edgar and Joan (2:21), it's haunting knowing Edgar would be dead just a few short months later. (August 1987)

I jam out to the 1980 mega hit by Shalamar ‘TheSecond Time Around’.