Paul Reubens
Pee-wee Herman
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Episode Guide
- 1. Ice Cream Soup Sep 13, 1986
- A swim in Dinosaur Cave; pencil/potato animals; Capt. Karl gets lost at sea.
- 2. Luau for Two Sep 20, 1986
- Pee-wee wins dinner for two; golf practice; tape; Jambi helps.
- 3. Rainy Day Sep 27, 1986
- On a wet day, Pee-wee camps indoors; a whipped-cream shave.
Pee-wee's Playhouse: Created by Paul Reubens. With Ric Heitzman, George McGrath, Alison Mork, Paul Reubens. Pee-Wee Herman and his friends have wacky, imaginative fun in his unique playhouse.
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- 1986-09-13
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The Pee-wee Herman character was developed by Reubens into a live stage show titled The Pee-wee Herman Show in 1980. It features many characters that would go on to appear in Playhouse, including Captain Carl, Jambi the Genie, Miss Yvonne, Pterri the Pterodactyl, and Clocky. While enjoying continuous popularity with the show, Reubens teamed with yo...
At the start of season two, the show moved from its New York City warehouse studio to facilities at the Hollywood Center Studios, creating changes in personnel and a change to the set that allowed the show to take advantage of the additional space. The show changed production facilities again in 1989 during its fourth season, this time at the Culve...
The premise of the show is that host Pee-wee Herman plays in the fantastic Playhouse in Puppetland. The house is filled with toys, gadgets, talking furniture and appliances (such as Magic Screen and Chairry), puppet characters (such as Conky the Robot and Pterri the baby Pteranodon), and Jambi (John Paragon), a disembodied genie's head who lives in...
The music for the show was provided by a diverse set of musicians, including Mark Mothersbaugh, The Residents, Todd Rundgren, Danny Elfman (who provided the score for both of the Pee-wee movies), Mitchell Froom, Van Dyke Parks, George S. Clinton, and Dweezil Zappa with Scott Thunes(spelled 'Tunis' in the credits). Mothersbaugh, who later went on to...
Many now-well-known TV and film actors appeared on the show, including Sandra Bernhard, Laurence Fishburne, Phil Hartman, Natasha Lyonne, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jimmy Smits, and Lynne Stewart. Future heavy metal musician and filmmaker Rob Zombie was a production assistant, and future filmmaker John Singletonwas a security guard and production assista...
Critical reception
As soon as it first aired, Pee-wee's Playhouse fascinated media theorists and commentators, many of whom championed the show as a postmodernist hodgepodge of characters and situations that appeared to thumb its nose at the racist and sexist presumptions of dominant culture. For example, Pee-wee's friends, both human and not, were of diverse cultural and racial origins. In a review of the first season for The New York Times, John J. O'Connor called it "undoubtedly this season's most imaginativ...
Awards and nominations
1. 14th Daytime Emmy Awards – 1987 1.1. Outstanding Makeup – Sharon Ilson (won) 1.2. Outstanding Hairstyling – Sally Hershberger and Eric Gregg (won) 1.3. Outstanding Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design – Gary Panter, Sydney J. Bartholomew Jr., Nancy Deren, Wayne White, and Ric Heitzman (won) 1.4. Outstanding Film Sound Mixing – Rolf Pardula and Ken Hahn 1.5. Outstanding Videotape Editing – Paul Dougherty, Doug Jines, Joe Castellano, Les Kaye, and Howard Silver 1.6. Outstanding Graphic...
DVD and Blu-Ray
Image Entertainment first released all 45 episodes of Pee-wee's Playhouseon DVD in 2004. On July 3, 2013, Shout! Factory announced that they had acquired the rights to the entire series from Paul Reubens, which was released on Blu-ray and DVD on October 21, 2014. In addition, the entire series was digitally reconstructed from the original 35 mm film elements and original audio tracks, with some special effects recreated digitally.The restored episodes have also been made available on streamin...
Bibliography
1. Gaines, Caseen (November 1, 2011). Inside Pee-Wee's Playhouse: The Untold, Unauthorized, and Unpredictable Story of a Pop Phenomenon. Toronto: ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-55022-998-1. Retrieved August 11, 2023. 2. Meet World-Renowned Illustrator Gary Panter. Vice Media. April 16, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
Apr 27, 2012 · Find out how to watch Pee-wee's Playhouse. Stream the latest seasons and episodes, watch trailers, and more for Pee-wee's Playhouse at TV Guide.
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Watch Pee-Wee's Playhouse Free Online | 5 Seasons. Join Pee-wee and his friends as they let their imaginations run wild in his wacky, whimsical playhouse where there is never a dull moment.
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- January 1, 1990
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Aug 15, 2024 · Currently you are able to watch "Pee-wee's Playhouse" streaming on fuboTV or for free with ads on The Roku Channel, Tubi TV. It is also possible to buy "Pee-wee's Playhouse" as download on Apple TV, Amazon Video.
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This is the complete episode list for Pee-wee's Playhouse. A total of 45 half-hour episodes and 1 primetime special were recorded for CBS from 1986 until 1990. [1] [2]
It's party time at the Playhouse, and you're invited! The whole gang is here: Cowboy Curtis, Captain Carl, Reba the Mail Lady, and the lovely Miss Yvonne! You'll want to join in the Hokey-Pokey, scream when you hear the secret word ("this"), and play Pin-the-Tail-on-the-Conky!
