The History of Pee-Wee's Playhouse: From Cult Classic to Cultural Icon

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Welcome to a whimsical journey through the colorful and eccentric history of Pee-Wee's Playhouse!
In this deep dive, we're peeling back the curtain on one of television's most beloved and bizarre shows. From its humble beginnings to its status as a cultural phenomenon, join us as we explore the incredible evolution of Pee-Wee's Playhouse.
Discover the creative genius of Paul Reubens, the man behind the bowtie and red bicycle, and how he brought Pee-Wee Herman to life. We'll take you behind the scenes, revealing fascinating anecdotes, surprising facts, and the magic that made this show a must-watch for kids and adults alike.
So, whether you're a lifelong fan or just curious about this wacky world, join us on this nostalgic journey into the Playhouse that redefined children's television and pop culture forever.
Get ready to relive the fun, nostalgia, and quirkiness of Pee-Wee's Playhouse - a place where anything can happen and where imagination knows no bounds!
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@ifritmog9011 8 ай бұрын

I still remember when Pee Wee made his surprise public return on the MTV Video Music Awards show.The crowd went crazy for him as soon as he walked on stage. His first line was "Heard any good jokes, lately?" Brilliant.

@JohnDoe-wq5eu 8 ай бұрын

I miss the days when MTV and the VMAs were culturally relevant. Every now and then there's a little something but mostly nah. Not like the old days.

@MykeLewisMusic 8 ай бұрын

I thought that was one of the best "public recoveries" I'd ever seen. Dude owned it like a champ.

@KomradeKrusher 8 ай бұрын

I was shocked and saddened when I heard of Paul Reubens' passing, more so than by most other deaths of people I looked at with fond nostalgia. Thank you for this one, Dan & crew.

@JohnDoe-wq5eu 8 ай бұрын

Honestly, I didn't realize he was as old as he was. I really wished the Peewee character hadn't been basically banished after the infamous 89 incident, taking 20 years to bring the character back was absolutely tragic. Still I'm glad he got to come back before everything was said and done. He's a legend, he's a childhood memory many people remember fondly. And I think it's absolutely beautiful that even his final act of keeping people from knowing about his situation was just very consistent with who Paul Reubens was.

@charlenehamby2565 8 ай бұрын

So you're saddened by a guy passing, who had obscene child images on his computer? Nah Robin Williams was someone to be upset about..not this guy.

@KomradeKrusher 8 ай бұрын

@@charlenehamby2565 why are you spreading lies? It's pretty much public record what happened. Among a huge Art collection of over 70,000 physical items, there was a handful of artistic nudes from the 60s or 70s of a then 17 year old model. It's a nothing burger. But I hope posting that needlessly aggressive and factually wrong BS gave you a brief respite from your usual life.

@StarryStarryNocturne 7 ай бұрын

@@charlenehamby2565 He had "obscene" images of grown men, as well, which was all just part of a collection of vintage erotica, which is actually categorized as a form of art, unlike Pornography. The district Attorney themselves saw the collection and found no grounds to bring any felony charges into it, in other words to him this was not a clear and cut case of CeeP.

@michaelblaine6494 7 ай бұрын

The incident was in 1991 not 89. Victimless crime though. I remember him coming out to open up,I think it was the vma’s,and he got onstage and asked “heard any good jokes lately?” in reference to the countless jokes that were told in the months after his arrest,I thought that was great but I wish he hadn’t almost disappeared after that(at least in the Pee Wee character) for 20 years

@lukasketner 8 ай бұрын

In the 90s, an adult theatre was one of the places you were SUPPOSED TO GO for adult viewing. A celebrity wouldn't have to talk to the local video rental folks face to face to be recognized. Even as a 12 year old I thought it was pretty messed up that it was a criminal case.

@ebbderelict 8 ай бұрын

Agreed. I was 14, and I thought it was stupid and a non-story.

@jxchamb 8 ай бұрын

@@ebbderelictI was around 14, too and felt bad for him. Maybe it was just a different time or my school but it wasn't somethng anybody talked about doing. On a class trip one of the kids got caught wacking it in his hotel room. The rest of senior year was hell for him. Even the teachers made fun of him and nobody would talk to him or sit near him.

@LynnHermione 8 ай бұрын

Also it's true that what are you doing at an adult theatre looking at the other people there, that's weird

@tompatchak8706 8 ай бұрын

Yeah, like when I found out that he got busted for Bing doing things on an adult theater you know I wonder what he was doing and didn’t involve children because you know how that shit kind of goes. The answer to that was no and he was doing adult stuff in another lockdown theater. It was a Non story it was on the big deal.

@mariablanco8678 7 ай бұрын

@@tompatchak8706 Didn't they alsoo find CP in his house ?

@RandomTrinidadian 8 ай бұрын

There will never be another Paul Rubens

@MrBeardsley 8 ай бұрын

Fun fact, Cassandra “Elvira” Peterson also joined the Groundlings in 1979 and became close friends with Paul Reubens and John Paragon. Much like he was with Reubens, Paragon was a close collaborator with Peterson serving as a writer and occasional performer (usually playing dirty caller “The Breather”) on Elvira’s Movie Macabre, as well as cowriting the movies Elvira: Mistress of the Dark and Elvira’s Haunted Hills.

@mangrove 8 ай бұрын

She's in the photo of the Groundlings at 3:37, first row and far left. Also in the pic are Edie McClurgh and Phil Hartman.

@MrBeardsley 8 ай бұрын

@@mangrove I wasn’t sure if that was Peterson or not, but I did spot Hartman and McClurg. Also John Paragon is to Reuben’s right in the photo and Timothy Stack (probably best known to my generation as Parker Lewis’ dad) is to his left. The guy on the far left of the back row also looks really familiar but I’m drawing a blank on where I’ve seen him before.

@briantaylorcloe7725 8 ай бұрын

Yes, quite a few familiar faces there ...@@MrBeardsley- but totally forgot about nearly every character of PLCL! Timothy Stack became the premier late night host for me as Dick Deitrick on Night Stand, delivered a quick yet memorable Scary Movie performance, and of course, Notch Johnson - thee Son of the Beach! Haha

@hamsandwichson 8 ай бұрын

Elvira mistress of the dark is such a funny campy movie. I love watching it around Halloween.

@jeremyjamesdewitt 8 ай бұрын

My mom had a friend over, who had a couple of kids around me and my brother’s age. We all decided to get pizza and rent movies. We went to Family Video and they suggested Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure to me. I wasn’t interested. They kept pushing it, and I even exclaimed that I HATED Pee-Wee (I had never even heard of him)! They rented it for me anyway. I reluctantly started watching it with everyone, and my scowl quickly turned into a huge smile. I ate it up, along with the pizza. I proceeded to watch it over and over again. What a wonderful film. So, when Pee-Wes’s Playhouse debuted, I was on it! Such a great part of not only my childhood, but my aging self as well. ❤

@JohnDoe-wq5eu 8 ай бұрын

This is why being a kid during the eighties and early nineties was an absolute treat. There never was and never has been yet anything close to PeeWee as far as a character or a show. It was a brief moment in time and it was absolutely fantastic.

@ErrinT80 8 ай бұрын

Even as a kid, I thought Pee Wees Playhouse was so avant garde. I loved it!

@joeblankenship377 8 ай бұрын

Felt like a fever dream but it was real!

@Shastavalleyoutdoorsman 8 ай бұрын

Lol people are so fake.

@edgardeitz2784 7 ай бұрын

On par with "Gumby Adventures", this was one of the *best* surreal kids shows...

@marccaselle8108 7 ай бұрын

I used to watch pee wees playhouse as a kid and loved it. I didn't see the later years of it but enjoyed it very much. These days I have all the episodes and it's still silly fun

@marccaselle8108 7 ай бұрын

@@edgardeitz2784I loved Gumby adventures and was entertained by it

@JoeNayDoh 8 ай бұрын

Pee Wee Herman and Ernest P Worrell were my heroes as a kid. Needless to say I was shocked to find out both were just characters the actors played

@Thraeryn 8 ай бұрын

When Paul Reubens was working on his comeback, I remember being shocked by his recurring spot on _Murphy Brown_ : first, that he had a recurring role on the series, and second, that he was a great actor when he _wasn't_ Pee-Wee. Highly encourage folks to seek it out.

@MykeLewisMusic 8 ай бұрын

First time I saw him outside of the role of Pee Wee was the movie Blow. I was genuinely surprised at how good he was, and my respect for him as a performer went way up. Dude really was underrated.

@edgardeitz2784 7 ай бұрын

Did you know he voiced characters in animated movies? He voiced the character of "Fife" in "Beauty and the Beast 2: the Enchanted Christmas" and "Golly Gopher" in Cartoon Network's "Re-Animated".

@Imac7065 8 ай бұрын

How many remember the movie "Flight of the Navigator"? It's basically Reubens playing pee wee... but as sentient Alien spaceship. Love that movie

@davedixon2167 8 ай бұрын

Flight of the Navigator! I just watched that movie again a couple weeks ago after we heard of PeeWee's passing; still enjoyed the movie just as much as when it came out!

@lukasketner 8 ай бұрын

One of my favs as a kid! Another Twisted Sister connection there too.

@null6634 7 ай бұрын

Not to ruin any nostalgia, but I recently saw what happened to the child star in that. If I recall correctly, he ended up getting into drugs and robbing a bank. Truly unfortunate.

@Imac7065 7 ай бұрын

@@null6634 happens to a lot of child actors sadly.. too much parent pressure

@MyMomSaysImKeen 8 ай бұрын

Paul Reubens was the closest thing to a father I've ever had.

@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269 8 ай бұрын

"Oh dear." 😄👍

@diegorodriguez2559 8 ай бұрын

I understand. Mine was Beakman, Obi wan, Gandalf, the Doc Brown and my scouts leader. You gotta get the example from somewhere.

@egatica13able 8 ай бұрын

Nine was Al Bundy

@freshparkfilms 8 ай бұрын

😅 I don't know if that's a good thing or unbelievable horrific

@KaijuAKD 8 ай бұрын

Can be both.

@Vahmung 8 ай бұрын

Paul Reuben was an notorious smoker. He was so devoted to being a role model for kids that he would refuse to ever be photographed in character with a cigarette. He also turned down sponsorships for candy and chocolate bars. Additionally, because of his status as a role model to children is what other creators like Steve Burns used as inspiration for Blue's Clues. I recall watching an interview with him several years ago.

@curbydinobot8633 8 ай бұрын

I thought that was Jim Varney aka Ernest

@VahanNisanian 8 ай бұрын

Do you think that was what caused his cancer that took his life in terms of long term effects?

@Vahmung 8 ай бұрын

@@VahanNisanian I believe they ruled out lung cancer. His cancer was held very privately. He dis have a brain tumor that was surgically removed earlier in his life and the general theory is that the cancer he was diagnosed with in 2017 was from the tumor cells.

@VahanNisanian 8 ай бұрын

@@Vahmung I'm afraid you spoke too soon. Because in The Blast, they revealed the following statement. (Emphasis: Mine) According to the actor’s death certificate, obtained by The Blast, Reubens’s primary cause of death was “acute myelogenous leukemia.” Specifically, this is a form of blood cancer that also attacks the bone marrow. Unfortunately, in the months leading up to his death, the actor was also battling METASTATIC LUNG CANCER.

@Vahmung 8 ай бұрын

@@VahanNisanian oh dang! Well thank you for clarifying it.

@BaronVonHardcharger 8 ай бұрын

A fitting tribute. Sad how quiet the world was about his passing.

@TimothyCollins 8 ай бұрын

The brilliance of Pee Wees Playhouse was that Reubens had a show where kids kinda thought they were watching something "Dangerous" and "Out of control" - but at every single second he was making sure it was a safe place to have kids feel that way. Sure, kids were encouraged to yell when a specific word was said but that was just a way to encourage them to feel like they were doing something they weren't supposed to do - in a controlled way and safe environment. It was a balancing act that was absolutely brilliant and I wish we still had shows like that for kids.

@jeremylatham1160 5 ай бұрын

Well said

@MichaelMartin-qe5ye 8 ай бұрын

This video is a nice break from the essay I'm doing on bacteriology.

@DavidRomigJr 8 ай бұрын

Ahhhhhh!

@charlieogre4537 8 ай бұрын

AAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

@davewhitmore1958 8 ай бұрын

AAAHHHHH!!!

@kingrix 8 ай бұрын

I saw the original HBO special and loved Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. I grew up watching Pee-Wee and remember wondering why the cops were so interested in the audience at an adult movie theater, myself. Paul Reubens was fantastic and will be sorely missed.

@slrdarien 8 ай бұрын

That thing about Cyndi Lauper singing the theme song blew my mind.

@JohnDoe-wq5eu 8 ай бұрын

Under a pseudonym of course. (Which was the style at the time)

@goblinoidfilms7119 8 ай бұрын

Gone, but never lost. A brilliant icon gone too soon.

@Caffeine_Club 8 ай бұрын

Pee Wee lives! Pee Wee's Playhouse is perhaps the greatest show to ever grace the screens of Saturday morning television.

@JohnDoe-wq5eu 8 ай бұрын

Often imitated never duplicated. There is only one Pee-wee Herman and that character will live forever.

@Buggy-su4oy 8 ай бұрын

Paul's biography needs to be written.😊😊😊😊

@Interitus1 8 ай бұрын

I never knew the show had so much history before Pee-Wee's big adventure. Which is when i was introduced to the character. It's so funny the impact this made. Where in the playground at school kids would declare "I know you are but what am I?". It's only when you look back on something like this you realise how much of an effect it had on your life and you never realised.

@dh2244 8 ай бұрын

As a major Pee-Wee fan, Paul Reubens best role... The undying vampire in the original Buffy movie 😂😂 makes me laugh every time!!

@thebranchise 8 ай бұрын

I watched Pee Wee's Big Adventure with my 8 year old son this week. He got so excited when he saw all the Godzilla items in Pee Wee's bedroom. He loved the movie and flipped his lid when they went through the Godzilla movie set. He loves Godzilla and now Pee Wee as well.

@johncliffalvarez6513 8 ай бұрын

When you can’t get the opportunity you want, make your own. Paul Reubens is a great example of a creative who took his future in his own hands, a total inspiration. Pee Wee will always a place in my heart. Thanks for the great childhood. RIP.

@shenloken2 8 ай бұрын

It wasn’t until later I realized Cyndi Laupner was the high-pitched squeaky singer of the Pee-Wee’s Playhouse theme song! It oddly makes so much sense! XD

@Tarman85 8 ай бұрын

Pee-wee's Playhouse made my childhood magical. I'll always remember that feeling.

@user-mk6ei9bh6z 8 ай бұрын

I will truly miss Paul Reubens he was a true entertainer RIP to a legend

@humorouserrectis5791 8 ай бұрын

Thank you all for doing this one. RIP Paul Rubens. Like 115 is from me 👍🏼

@michaelmoore7791 8 ай бұрын

I was a young adult when Pee Wee's Playhouse was on. On Monday mornings, I would go into work and my co-worker, Pat, and I would discuss the latest episode from that Saturday. We both loved the fact that it obviously appealed to kids, but there was also plenty of sub-text and innuendos to give us adults something to enjoy too. We agreed that Miss Yvonne was not only the prettiest woman in Puppetland, but she was also the skuttiest! Giving Ricardo a journal, in which he can record every time he "scores" and Cowboy Curtis returning from a date with Miss Yvonne, with a smile on his face, were priceless!

@LeatherRebel75 8 ай бұрын

I still remember seeing the original Pee Wee Herman Show special on HBO in the early 80's when I was a little kid. This was before the movie and the Pee Wee's Playhouse series, and it definitely made an impact. Us kids liked it, but I can still remembering the adults trying to figure out if it was something for kids or for adults. It was safe and fun for kids, but there was this unmistakable sense of playful subversion underneath that made it fun for adults who may have been under the influence of certain green leafy substances. So, when the movie Pee Wee's Big Adventure came out, we were already familiar with the character and loved the movie. It was probably one of the top movies of that year to be loved by kids and stoners at the same time!

@JohnDoe-wq5eu 8 ай бұрын

In general Pee-wee had that subversive quality that's completely lacking in most children's media and modern cartoons. It was the absolute most brilliant part. The fact he could seamlessly and easily entertain both children and stoners.

@khiclark31 8 ай бұрын

You're explicitly action of The Pee Wee show made me think of Bluey

@TreyMcDonaldAnimator 8 ай бұрын

This is legitimately the first thing I've seen associated to Paul or Pee-Wee since he passed. I owe a great deal of my creative skill to this show's off the wall nature, abstract world, and unique personality. There is nothing like it and I doubt there ever will be.

@jeffjones2463 8 ай бұрын

If you like the Nostalgia Critic, he made a video about the movies yesterday. It was a good watch. I'd recommend it.

@JohnDoe-wq5eu 8 ай бұрын

That's the thing this really drives home to me. Pee-wee was such a unique creation and even though many attempts have been made to imitate they've never come close to duplicating what he did. With the condition most of media is in these days I highly doubt we'll ever see anything even remotely close to to anything close to Pee-wee's playhouse or similar.

@irkalla100 8 ай бұрын

Rest in peace Paul Reuben. Such an amazing human being.

@csj9619 8 ай бұрын

PeeWee's Playhouse was my very favorite show back when I was a wee lad.

@jeremiahm1413 8 ай бұрын

I'll never forget this show. Very fond memories to see it again. Was so cool to see an adult act like a kid and not be scared of it.

@christopherhare4606 8 ай бұрын

Never expected to hear such an eloquent description of Pee Wee's Playhouse and I can't argue with any of it. Very appropriate for not just the show but cultural icon that was Pee Wee Herman.

@bloocheez3 8 ай бұрын

There's a certain song that would play at the end of each episode that would trigger a wash of sadness over me because I knew the show was about to end. He would pull the lever making his scooter come out of the wall and I'd just be so bummed that I would have to wait a whole week to see him again.

@lc6428 8 ай бұрын

Back when I was on Facebook, PeeWee (Paul) the only celeb I followed (all the others were pencilers I admired). That dude's messages and comments were amazing. Everything he had to say was sweet and uplifting and he would actually talk to you.

@ExUSSailor 8 ай бұрын

Every Saturday morning at 10, on channel 10! I never missed an episode! R.I.P. Paul Reubens.

@krizash 8 ай бұрын

I was lucky enough to meet him face to face for all of 5 seconds. We were both coming out of the same bathroom at the Magic Castle when I recognized him. I didn't want to bother him but when we stepped out I quickly told him. "I don't want to bother you but I just want to say thank you for the memories. I'm a big fan." In a very gentle not Pee Wee like voice he sajd, "Thank you, that's very kind." And that was it. No cameras are allowed in that place and I didn't want to draw attention to him so I just walked away but will never forget it.

@freddyvidz 8 ай бұрын

Greatest live action show of the 80’s

@DaRealCheeseboy 8 ай бұрын

Wow. What an amazing episode. I realized at the end that we didn’t have any of the usual running Secret Galaxy gags, which just shows the amount of respect Paul Reubens deserves.

@spoonimefan 8 ай бұрын

That explains why we never heard the Secret Word of the Day! (Seriously) I kept listening for it, but unless it was a blink-and-don't-squint-or-you'll-miss-it moment there never was a payoff. That *confused* me! Was practically studying the audio like BACTERIOLOGY!

@bullmonty764 8 ай бұрын

Moreso than anything from the show itself, I love the idea that a children’s show with an unironic adult fandom was once a rare and cherished thing. Now obviously I wouldn’t want to live in a world without compilations of DuckTales 2017 or whatever, but to people my age and slightly older it feels alien to know that not-so-long-ago, children’s television was largely reviled by adults, and that anything that dared to go beyond the millions of toy infomercials of the time was celebrated as something truly special- for example…

@jonathanbynoe4375 8 ай бұрын

Watching Pee-wee's playhouse gradually got me into live-action kid's shows. I loved that show and Paul Reuben was funny playing to character. RIP Pee-Wee.

@chrisprescott2273 8 ай бұрын

Big time nostalgia here. I remember hearing the opening theme song and smelling bacon frying in the kitchen on Saturday mornings.

@kyles3335 8 ай бұрын

Loved the TV show and the movie. RIP

@ceno10101 8 ай бұрын

I had the trapper keeper of Pee-Wees playhouse that I loved, and would watch the VHS of the Pee-Wee stage show all the time as a kid. Still to this day, my parents ask me to do the Pee-Wee Tequila dance during Christmas.

@DasNordlicht91 8 ай бұрын

Watching Pee-wee's Christmas Special every year is probably one of my favorite annual pre-holiday traditions that I like doing, along with watching the Muppet Family Christmas.

@michaellomax6353 8 ай бұрын

I knew who the character of Pee Wee Herman because of the films. Which where always showing at Christmas which where brilliant. Never had the change to watch Pee Wee's Playhouse as it was never showing in my local TV area. I really feel I missed out on something good, really good.

@bigm8785 8 ай бұрын

This show mesmerized me when I was little. Peewee was a champ

@gnohman8580 8 ай бұрын

I always loved watching Pee-Wee's Playhouse, but even as a kid the ending of each episode would get to me. In my area, it was the final show on in the Saturday morning cartoon block. So when it was over, my lazy morning of cartoons was also over

@DasNordlicht91 8 ай бұрын

that credits song is just the most perfectly melancholic way to end 30 minutes of wacky fun.

@xNeonWarlockx 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this! RIP P.W. Herman! You will be missed!💚

@mattchalucha894 8 ай бұрын

I loved Paul Reubens. He brought joy to so many children.

@phoenixlich 8 ай бұрын

I first saw his tv show during the late 80s as a preschooler. It definitely shaped me into the child all my schoolmates called "weird" for next 9 years.

@jesseperry9602 8 ай бұрын

I will always remember all things Pee Wee Herman because i liked him...but my mother LOVED him. Every Saturday morning no matter if i was watching Mighty Orbots or Teen Wolf or Real Ghostbusters my mom always made a point ofl saying, "Tell me when its time for Pee Wee's Playhouse" and we'd watch it together. Very fond memories.

@BonusEggs4Sale 8 ай бұрын

Paul Reubens was a comedic and artistic genius, and seemed like a super sweet and fascinating person, too. RIP

@DavidRomigJr 8 ай бұрын

I remember Reubens in a bit roll in Midnight Madness, a kind of B movie I loved as a kid about teams competing using clues to find locations to find clues to find locations. It’s literally what the TV competition was decades later. I ran my own competitions with my cousins. Reubens was at the arcade customer counter dressed as a cowboy. Spoke one line in his now famous Pee-Wee voice, “Scared ya’, didn’t I?” when dispensing quarters with a plastic pistol. Also, Michael J. Fox was in it in a minor role. It’s weird to think of Reubens and Fox as relative unknowns. In a more recent memory, flipping on HBO and seeing a (then) new Pee-Wee’s Playhouse stage performance was such a pleasant surprise and I tested up at the opening when they had lines of light quickly draw outlines of everything culminating with the stage lights flipping on with the sound of a crow. And randomly, my brother had the pull string doll. And I remember that commercial in a disturbing level of detail considering how young I was. Enough rambling.

@AliceBowie 8 ай бұрын

Paul Ruebens was in Nice Dreams, the Cheech and Chong film. He was good in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and then he was in Blow, with Johnny depp

@grimcatnip 8 ай бұрын

Pee Wee was my childhood. i never missed an episode. And I was always sad when having to say goodbye at the end of the episode. Not only did i have to wait till next week for more Pee Wee. But it also meant that was the end of the kid stuff on TV. Now all the boring adult shows would be on.

@Kap00rwith2os 8 ай бұрын

The media backlash against Paul Reubens after the whole adult movie theater thing was unfair IMO. I was a teen at the time and while I stopped watching Pee-Wee's Playhouse by then. Were it not for the conservative sensibilities of the time I don't think it would have been blown out of proportion as much as it did. 😟

@JohnDoe-wq5eu 8 ай бұрын

The worst part about it was it put a stink on Reubens and the character for a good long while. The fact he wouldn't reintroduce the character until 2010 really says a lot. I mean roughly 20 years, geez.

@VahanNisanian 8 ай бұрын

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu Actually, Reubens first returned as Pee-wee in 2007 during that year's "Guy's Choice Awards".

@JohnDoe-wq5eu 8 ай бұрын

@@VahanNisanian Was that what back when Spike TV was still a thing?! I'm not saying that anything that happened on that channel was irrelevant but by 2007 maybe it mostly was.

@VahanNisanian 8 ай бұрын

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu Yes.

@JohnDoe-wq5eu 8 ай бұрын

@@VahanNisanian Ah, ok then.

@Wildcat_Media 8 ай бұрын

I watched Pee-Wee’s Playhouse when I was four and I loved it. My parents thought it was strange, but they let me watch it because there was enough educational stuff to balance it out. I was a teenager before I saw Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, so I always assumed the movie came about because of the success of the TV show, not the other way around. I think that’s why I’m totally cool with my kids watching Blippi when other parents don’t like him. I describe that character as a mix of Mister Rogers and Pee-Wee Herman. I get weird reactions to that, but I grew up with those shows and maybe that explains something about my parenting style 🤷🏼‍♀️ RIP to Paul Reubens - a true legend.

@dendostar5436 8 ай бұрын

My older cousin was SUPER into Pee-Wee. That’s how I was introduced to him, I think.

@godzillafan4033 8 ай бұрын

Been a fan since I caught his appearances on Letterman. Like Devo he changed the game and you can still see his influence to this day.

@derekmason1881 7 ай бұрын

Pee Wee Herman, Ed Grimley, and Ernest made me glad I was a kid in the 80s.

@TaylorFalk21 8 ай бұрын

I literaly watched Pee Wees Big Adventure out of nowhere for the first time in 20 years 3 nights ago, and now I am seeing videos about Pee Wee left and right. Freaking crazy

@joshxx1 8 ай бұрын

That intro alone had more imagination and charisma that a lot of complete shows.

@akaBoG 7 ай бұрын

Grew up watching Pee-Wee. My mom loved Paul Reubens.

@teddyfurstman1997 8 ай бұрын

This show is how it got me into The Residents as well as the Pee Wee movies. RIP Paul Rubens.

@Olkv3D 8 ай бұрын

As a kid, the Pee-Wee's Playhouse special was shown on late night HBO and I loved it.

@goranisacson2502 8 ай бұрын

As a Swede Peewee's Playhouse was something I only saw in nostalgia articles written by US 80's kids in their 30's when I was growing up on the Internet... but honestly, through their memories I kind of got a bond to the show anyway? I loved the kind of children's shows that really built out a world with proprs and backgrounds, and the work Paul Reuben put into making his show good for kids still resonates with me. Hearing he was connected with so many different people in showbiz, that he did so much and invovled so many... definitely wish he wouldn't have gotten blacklisted like he did, might have done more stuff that even my generation could've had a connection to. Rest in peace.

@willybeezy2775 8 ай бұрын

What's not mentioned is the reason why Cyndi Lauper was credited as Ellen Shaw. She was afraid it would hurt her album sales.

@JohnDoe-wq5eu 8 ай бұрын

I mean using a pseudonym wasn't uncommon and probably still isn't. Voice actors do it lots of people do it, to avoid legal issues usually but I guess not to affect your sales is another good one.

@langleymneely 8 ай бұрын

Paul Reubens death hit me so unexpectedly hard! It’s the rare celebrity death that makes me emotional as if they were part of my actual family? Its him and Leonard Nimoy so far.

@curseyoujordanshow 8 ай бұрын

Your comment at the end about "just didn't want to not watch TV" is so real. It's funny, I don't think I've watched a show actually on TV in like decades, but when I was a kid, I was absolutely glued to the screen. It truly didn't matter whether I liked the show or not -- if it was on, I was watching it.

@mjrleaguesweetie 8 ай бұрын

My favorite nugget of Playhouse trivia is that the actress who played Miss Yvonne also plays Charlie’s mom on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

@animefan25 8 ай бұрын

Lynne Stewart was also in The Running Man. She was the audience member that sent Sub-Zero after Arnold's character.

@joeblankenship377 8 ай бұрын

RIP Pee-Wee! I have a picture of me as a little kid wearing Pee-Wee Herman footie pajamas. I've always been a Pee-Wee fan. He will be missed. Definitely a comedy icon.

@crushcity3034 8 ай бұрын

Amazing show that I was happy to be able to watch as a kid

@travezripley 8 ай бұрын

Without Wayne White’s Art Direction, Pee Wee’s Playhouse wouldn’t be anywhere the legend it is.

@JohnDoe-wq5eu 8 ай бұрын

I saw something about that guy while back he is really cool. What he can do with pieces of cardboard is better than most people can do with enormous budgets but no creativity or imagination. Again Pee-wee's playhouse was a miraculous happenstance of the right people all coming together. That's why it's never been duplicated only imitated.

@btetschner 8 ай бұрын

A+ video! It deserves some type of KZfaq award, it is amazing! This is such a consistently high-quality channel!

@hectormanuel8360 8 ай бұрын

I saw Playhouse in Adult Swim around 2005/06 and everything felt like a dream that didn't follow the rules of reality.

@JohnDoe-wq5eu 8 ай бұрын

Adult swim really picked the perfect time to start showing that. Years before they come back so it really felt like they were getting ahead of a trend that hadn't yet started.

@MrLoretano77 8 ай бұрын

Loved Pee-Wee. In 1981, i saw his HBO special. I was 4 years old and was an instant fan. I watched everything he did as Pee-wee and never missed the Playhouse at 10am on Saturday mornings. My brother and I were so excited to see the first episode and anticipated it. My wife and sister and I saw his show live on Broadway and that was an amazing experience. When the curtain rose, every hair on my body stood on end. I really enjoyed his work and was saddened at his passing. Thank you for your videos

@zatransis 8 ай бұрын

This was a hard one. Big Pee Wee fan with a family of fans. Glad to see the Playhouse covered here. 🖤

@SolarDNA 8 ай бұрын

I lost my younger brother about this time last year but I still have his talking Pee-Wee doll and Chairie. We'd watch the show religiously and had Big Adventure on VHS that I'm sure we finally wore out as kids.

@pucknorris3473 8 ай бұрын

Pee Wee was a good dude i met him once and he took time to speak to me like he was a regular guy...i pretended not to recognize him and i think he bought it... We talked as strangers for like 20 minutes.

@JackieWohlenhaus 8 ай бұрын

It is my considered opinion that Herman’s role as Pavel in Tron: Uprising is his most underrated role. He was an absolutely riveting villain. I feel cheated that I never got more of it.

@seanrichardgreen 8 ай бұрын

I love you Paul Reubens. Thank you so much ❤

@JonTripp115 8 ай бұрын

_"HEARD ANY GOOD JOKES LATELY?!?"_

@jeffjones2463 8 ай бұрын

Fred Rogers, Bozo the Clown, Andy Kaufman, Pee Wee Herman, Ernest P. Worrell and Svengoolie... I don't think there will be characters so influential (or all encompassing) that they become more known than the actor playing them. In the future, now that most of them are gone. Thanks for the video. Very thorough, informative and worthy of the icon that was Pee Wee.

@acholl980 8 ай бұрын

Martin Short's Ed Grimley is all we have left. Time for a comeback?

@JohnDoe-wq5eu 8 ай бұрын

We never knew as kids and even after that that we were living in a golden age. You will never see those kind of characters like that again. True personalities, true characters so pure and so untainted by the world we now live in. It's a shame to look and know that for a fact but I do anyone else should as well. But it really makes you appreciate what those people did. Both then and especially now.

@jeffjones2463 8 ай бұрын

@@acholl980 I forgot to say Weird Al Yankovic. He is a very unique personality in the musical comedy genre that I don't think there is a comparison of.

@disky01 7 ай бұрын

I adored Pee-Wee's Playhouse. I'd watch it with my grandma, who adored it too.

@wstine79 8 ай бұрын

I never missed an episode (although it was usually the last kids show before the end of the Saturday Morning Cartoon line up). Miss Iyvonn and Cowboy Curtis were my favorite characters.

@HellOnWheel 8 ай бұрын

I was a big fan of Playhouse as a kid in the late-80's. I remember the clowns in Big Adventure gave me nightmares, but oddly I was fine with Large Marge and the pet shop snakes.

@comettamer 8 ай бұрын

RIP Paul Reubens. I remember watching a few episodes of the show as a kid and really liking Jambi the Genie. Paul definitely had a similar ability to Fred Rogers, able to talk to kids without talking down to them.

@marcusblackwell2372 8 ай бұрын

Me: "You know, all these Paul Reubens vids lately are neat to watch, but I wish there was one solely on Pee-Wee's Playhouse" Secret Galaxy: "Wish? Did somebody say wish?" I mainly wrote that because for some reason the presenter kind of sounds like Jambi. Just a little

@Rattys 8 ай бұрын

II always felt like if Neo had taken the blue pill, Morpheus would have turned into Cowboy Curtis. Also Dude, that one hit hard. What you said took me back to being a kid on Saturday, still in my He-Man pajamas and slowly drinking the leftover Sugar Crisps milk, weighing out the odds on if I can convince my Mom to let me watch Pee Wee before she takes back the living room TV for her shows.

@OldManTheseDays 8 ай бұрын

Did somebody say “WISH”??? That show was absolutely magical. Nothing like it before or since. I don’t know if you guys got this together in the wake of Paul Reuben’s passing or had it on the schedule already, but amazing work. Loved it.

@SailorStaria 8 ай бұрын

Pee Wee's Big Adventure was one of my favorite movies to rent as a kid. If there wasn't something new out it was my go to option for a long time. Saturday mornings I always looked forward to seeing the play house gang, and later not really understanding why my mom started getting upset that I enjoyed it so much. I learned why after i was in high school many years later, though it didn't taint my love of the character, film and show. Later in college I got to enjoy the TV series all over again when a fellow art major revealed that she had bought the whole series on DVD and Wednesday nights became play house watch sessions for about half a dozen of us who were animation or art education majors. About 15 years ago I got my hands on a copy of the HBO special and finally got to see the adult version of his show, and got myself a copy of the Holiday special as well. I will always have found memories of Pee Wee, and a great respect for the man who created him. I was heart broken at his passing but the out cries of love over social media from fans and celebrities a like warmed my heart and made me feel even better about loving Paul's work.

@ShelteredOne 7 ай бұрын

I was working in EPCOT and knew the show was closing the next day so I took time after my shift to watch. Enjoyable show, I hate to see any media lost, so it was a shame it was closed. I also did come across an opening day pin in my travels, it’s proudly displayed in my collection.

@kamenanew9867 8 ай бұрын

Mad kudos to you for letting peewee tell the story himself in that bit, I wanted to take my hat off for that interview but I uh I'm not currently wearing one. Props, sir. Many blessings as it were.

@kamenanew9867 8 ай бұрын

Thought Phil Lamar was DJ Lance rock for a second

@AliceBowie 8 ай бұрын

I loved this show as a kid. I recently got into the strat-cut animation style of David Daniels, who did the intro to Pee Wee's playhouse, as well as the idiot box, freeked, peter gabriel's sledgehammer, etc.

@JacobsenBros 8 ай бұрын

I do remember a little bit of Pee-wees playhouse. I remember loving all the claymation stuff. But I absolutely loved Pee-wee's Big Adventure. I even still have some Pee-wee action figures: Pee-wee, cowboy, and the chair I remember specifically.

@jonasquinn7977 8 ай бұрын

I never watched a single episode but I know it meant a lot to millions of people and never heard a bad thing about Paul Reubens

@lawrencerinehart5747 8 ай бұрын

Pee Wee's Playhouse was the collective zeitgeist of decades of live action kids shows. The DNA Is all there. In a time when broadcast Saturday morning entertainment was the wells countless children & adults shared enjoyment, entertainment and reveled in it. Andy Kaufman Definitely was an Inspiration For the Show as well as the collective of The Groundlings.