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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]
So says Paul Reubens — better remembered by many viewers as offbeat children’s entertainer Pee-Wee Herman — at the outset of “Pee-Wee as Himself,” as he and director Matt Wolf ...
Variety spoke with Wolf about “Pee-wee as Himself” ahead of the its Sundance world premiere on Jan. 23. Establishing trust between a director and a subject is a key component of making a good ...
Paul Reubens reveals the man behind his most well-known role, Pee-Wee Herman, in the new documentary series Pee-wee as Himself.. The two-part doc, directed by Matt Wolf and shown to Park City ...
Pee-wee became an instant cult figure and, for the next decade, Reubens was completely committed to his character, doing all of his public appearances and interviews as Pee-wee. He produced and wrote a feature film, Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), directed by Tim Burton , which was a financial and critical success.
In 2007, Pee-wee's Playhouse was named to Time magazine's list of the 100 Best TV Shows. [5] On November 1, 2011, in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the show, a book by Caseen Gaines called Inside Pee-wee's Playhouse: The Untold, Unauthorized, and Unpredictable Story of a Pop Phenomenon, was released by ECW Press. [39]
In 1986, "Pee-wee's Playhouse" premiered on CBS and the Saturday morning children's program ran until 1990. After a long hiatus, the character was revived for the stage with "The Pee-wee Herman ...
The second script, a family-friendly adventure called Pee-wee's Playhouse: The Movie, followed Pee-wee and his Playhouse friends on a road-trip adventure, resulting in many of the characters leaving the house for the first time and going out into "Puppetland". All of the original characters of the show, live-action and puppets, were included in ...