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Pee-wee Herman is a comedy character created and portrayed by the American comedian Paul Reubens. He starred in films and television series during the 1980s. The childlike Pee-wee Herman character developed as a stage act that quickly led to an HBO special in 1981.
The show was developed from Reubens's popular stage show and the TV special The Pee-wee Herman Show, produced for HBO, which was similar in style but featured much more adult humor. In 2004 and 2007, Pee-wee's Playhouse was ranked No. 10 and No. 12 on TV Guide ' s Top Cult Shows Ever, respectively.
Rubens, known for his beloved character Pee-wee Herman, died on July 30 from acute hypoxic respiratory failure at the age of 70, after keeping his cancer diagnosis private for years.
Pee-wee's first name came from a one-inch Pee Wee brand harmonica Reubens had as a child, and the surname Herman was the last name of an energetic boy Reubens knew from his youth. [ 13 ] [ 26 ] The original small, gray suit Pee-wee wore had been handmade for Groundlings Director and Founder Gary Austin , who passed it on to Reubens.
Paul Reubens's delightfully demented alter ego Pee-wee Herman entertained a generation of kids during the five-season, Emmy-winning run of Pee-wee's Playhouse airing on CBS from 1986 to 1990 ...
Pee-wee Herman had all the wide-eyed enthusiasm for the world and its people that Mr. Rogers had, but “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” came with an added dose of mirth: a chair named Chairry, a King of ...
When Reubens and the producers of Pee-wee's Big Adventure saw Burton's work on Vincent (1982) and Frankenweenie, they decided to hire him. [7] Burton felt that he connected with Reubens's personality and the humor of the Pee-wee Herman Show. [8] After hiring Burton, Reubens, Phil Hartman and Michael Varhol revised the script. [9]
The comedian created his Pee-wee Herman alter ego during his time in the acclaimed improv comedy group The Groundlings before premiering as Herman live in the “Pee-wee Herman Show” in 1980 ...