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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.
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.
Paragon, a fellow Pee-wee’s Playhouse actor, died in 2021 at age 66 from heart failure, while Hartman was killed in 1998 at age 49 by his wife in a shocking murder-suicide.
Together they created the character Pee-wee Herman and developed The Pee-wee Herman Show, a live stage show that subsequently aired on HBO in 1981. [11] Hartman played Captain Carl in the show, and reprised the role for the children's TV show Pee-wee's Playhouse. [11] Reubens and Hartman made cameos in the 1980 film Cheech and Chong's Next Movie.
Pee-wee Herman not only taught us that it was OK to be a bit weird, or be seen as a bit of an outcast, but to celebrate it. ... TIME’s Top 10 photos of 2024. News. ... Matthew Gaudreau's wife ...
Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman ('Pee-wee's Playhouse,' CBS, 'Pee-wee's Big Adventure,' 1985 and more) Impatient, fun-loving, spoiled and yet devoted to friends like Chairy, Jambi, Miss Yvonne ...
Peterson has also portrayed non-Elvira roles in many other films, most notably Pee-wee's Big Adventure in 1985 alongside friend and fellow Groundling Paul Reubens, who starred as his Pee-wee Herman character; Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold, released in 1987, which starred Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone; and 2010's All About ...
Actor Paul Reubens, who came to fame in the 1980s as children's TV star Pee-wee Herman, has died years after a cancer diagnosis, his team said Monday.