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Pee-Wee as Himself is a 2025 American documentary series directed and produced by Matt Wolf. It follows the life and career of actor and comedian Paul Reubens, most known for portraying the character Pee-wee Herman. It had its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2025. [1] [2]
In particular, "Pee-wee as Himself" reconsiders Reubens' 1991 arrest for indecent exposure at an adult theater in Sarasota, Fla., to which he pleaded no contest, and his 2002 arrest for possession ...
Paul Reubens, best known for playing Pee-wee Herman, reflected on his controversial past before he died in 2023. In the upcoming HBO docuseries Pee-wee as Himself, the late actor — who died of ...
But fans didn't want to see Pee-wee's playhouse abandoned forever. In the weeks after Reubens's arrest, "Free Pee-wee" rallies were held in Los Angeles and New York, and Reubens's celebrity pals ...
When Pee-wee's fame started growing, Reubens started to move away from the spotlight, keeping his name under wraps and making all his public appearance and interviews in character while billing Pee-wee as playing himself; Reubens was trying to "get the public to think that that was a real person".
The actor had been fighting cancer privately for the past six years.
Reubens once called his first script The Pee-wee Herman Story, [9] describing it as a black comedy. He also referred to the script as "dark Pee-wee" or "adult Pee-wee", [10] with the plot involving Pee-wee becoming famous as a singer after making a hit single and moving to Hollywood, where "he does everything wrong and becomes a big jerk". [11]
The 1988 sequel to Pee-wee’s Big Adventure picks up with Pee-wee living on a farm with his fiancée. When a storm blows a traveling circus into his backyard, Pee-wee’s life gets turned upside ...