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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]
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.
The second film, a family friendly adventure, is called Pee-wee's Playhouse: The Movie by Reubens, [37] [67] and follows Pee-wee and his Playhouse friends on a road-trip adventure, meaning that they would leave the house for the first time and go out into "Puppetland". All of the original characters of the show, live-action and puppets, are ...
Paul Reubens, the actor and comedian whose Pee-wee Herman character — an overgrown child with a tight gray suit and an unforgettable laugh — became a 1980s pop cultural phenomenon, has died at 70.
Additionally, Pee-wee toys were removed from Toys "R" Us stores nationwide, and a tape featuring the character's voice was excised from a studio tour at Florida's Disney-MGM Studios.
The actor had been fighting cancer privately for the past six years.
Lou Cutell (October 6, 1930 [1] – November 21, 2021) was an American actor, who was perhaps best known for his appearance as Amazing Larry in the 1985 film Pee-wee's Big Adventure and as Dr. Howard Cooperman in the 1995 Seinfeld episode "The Fusilli Jerry".
He continued to bring the character to life with his 1986 children’s TV program Pee-wee’s Playhouse for five seasons. Despite the show’s ending, Reubens did not retire from the role.