Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman posing for a portrait while promoting 'The Pee-wee Herman Show' live stage play in Los Angeles. "I was scheduled to do a final interview with him the week after Paul ...

Pee-wee As Himself tells the story of how a kid who grew up adoring The Little Rascals and I Love Lucy went on to revolutionize sketch comedy and children's television. In 1986, one of the most ...

Countless memes exist about how Gen X is a tough, often overlooked generation, and there are a million more memes about how we're also an apathetic generation (say whatever you want about us, I don't ...

On the occasion of its 40th anniversary, the esteemed Criterion Collection has added the zany 'Pee-wee's Big Adventure' to their curated lineup of home video releases. TPR's Nathan Cone has a look at ...

The world knew and loved Pee-wee Herman for more than four decades, but how much did anyone know the man behind the child-like character in the gray suit and red bow tie? Just before he died in 2023, ...

The Wikipedia entry for “Pee-wee Herman” begins by noting that the figure in question is “a comic fictional character” who is “best known for his two television series and film series during the 1980s ...

The first time we see Paul Reubens in the documentary “Pee-wee as Himself,” he is not playing Pee-wee Herman, the antic man-child he portrayed in comedy routines, movies, a children’s TV show and most ...

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 14: Actor Paul Reubens 'Pee-wee Herman' speaks onstage at the 10th Annual TV Land Awards at the Lexington Avenue Armory on April 14, 2012 in New ...

The stunt bicycle from the 1985 movie "Pee-wee's Big Adventure," a Hollywood prop that plays an outsize role in Alamo pop culture, will be on public display at the historic site beginning Saturday.

One of the pivotal turns in Paul Reubens’s life happened years before Pee-wee Herman, years before the “Playhouse,” years before the arrests. It was the mid-seventies, and Reubens was in his early ...

"The Playhouse will always be here for everyone to play in," the late Reubens promised at the end of his series' final episode in 1990. "Forever and ever and ever. On that, you have my WORD!!" There’s ...

When he was arrested in 1991 for indecent exposure at an adult movie theater, the star of Pee-Wee's Big Adventure and Pee-Wee's Playhouse became a popular punch line. A decade later, no one was ...