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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]
Reubens had been suffering from burnout from playing Pee-wee full-time and had been warning that Pee-wee was temporary and that he had other ideas he would like to work on. [8] The parties agreed to end the show after five seasons, which included 45 episodes and a Christmas Special. [44] Playhouse garnered 22 Emmy Awards. [45]
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]
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 ...
Born Melvin Peebles [1] in Chicago, Illinois, he was the son of Edwin Griffin and Marion Peebles. [2] In 1953 Peebles graduated with a B.A. in literature from Ohio Wesleyan University and, 13 days later, joined the Air Force, serving for three and a half years. [3]
Jeffrey Duncan Jones (born September 28, 1946) is an American actor, known for his roles as Emperor Joseph II in Amadeus (1984), Edward R. Rooney in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Charles Deetz in Beetlejuice (1988), Dr. Skip Tyler in The Hunt for Red October (1990), Eddie Barzoon in The Devil's Advocate (1997), and A.W. Merrick in both Deadwood (2004–2006) and Deadwood: The Movie (2019).
Aug. 1—With the July 30 death of actor Paul Reubens, also known as Pee-wee Herman, Craig Morrow is expecting an increase of visitors to Bicycle Heaven. The museum and bike shop in Pittsburgh's ...
The Pee-wee Herman Show played for five sellout months at The Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles, whereupon HBO filmed it and aired it as a special on September 11, 1981. Following the success of The Pee-wee Herman Show, in the early and mid-1980s Reubens made several guest appearances on Late Night with David Letterman as Pee-wee Herman. These ...