Netflix is a Joke's 40th-anniversary celebration of Pee-wee's Playhouse brought musicians, comedians, and fans together at ...

In July 2023 the world became a less funny, less quirky, and less queer place when Paul Rubens, best known for creating the character Pee-wee Herman, passed away at the age of 70, leaving behind an ...

Former Playhouse Gang member Shaun Weiss needed to connect the dots. "I'm not sure that I really understood the difference between real life and movies [at that time]," he said. John Kisch ...

Paul Reubens’s oddball masterpiece celebrated the kind of anarchy that captivates kids and freaks out adults. By James Poniewozik “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” premiered on CBS in 1986, the year I graduated ...

Tributes to the goofiest actor with the biggest heart have made headlines this week as the world remembers Paul Reubens of “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” fame, who passed away at 70 on Sunday. But did you know ...

It was an “I know you’re bittersweet, but what am I?” evening. The annual Netflix Is a Joke festival kicked off Monday night ...

In 1986, one of the most unusual and iconic kids' TV shows debuted. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "PEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE THEME") PAUL REUBENS: (As Pee-wee Herman) Hey. CYNDI LAUPER: (Singing) Come in and pull ...

Somehow, amid all the colorful claymation and puppetry, the human character at the center was the most animated of all. I spent many Saturday mornings sitting on the living room carpet in my ...

She was the Most Beautiful Woman in Puppetland. She had a pretty good run on TV, too. “My heart is breaking upon hearing the news of my dear friend Lynne Stewart’s passing,“ Peterson said in an ...

Pee-wee Herman, the comic creation of actor/writer Paul Reubens, would often toss taunts of the schoolyard into his casual conversation. It was one of the character's go-to bits. "Why don't you take a ...

Johnny Depp is in talks to play Pee-Wee Herman in two movies. The actor was approached by Paul Reubens, who played the children's character on TV and in films until 1990, to help bring two scripts he ...