Reubens’ exploration of these fears is the not-so-secret sauce that makes Pee-wee’s Big Adventure a masterpiece of kids’ cinema. The obvious starting point here is, of course, Large Marge .

As Pee-wee Herman, Paul Reubens Wanted Kids to Learn This 1 Quality, He Says Posthumously in New Documentary (Exclusive) Laurence Fishburne is among the stars who pay tribute to the late actor in ...

Fans get to see a new side of Paul Reubens, a.k.a. Pee-wee Herman, in the new HBO documentary Pee-wee as Himself; In the film, Reubens talks about how he enjoyed hiding behind the character, while ...

Parents loved Pee-wee, too, and college kids gathered to watch him in their dorm rooms. When a stage version of the character came to Broadway in 2010, ticket-buyers of all ages went in costume.

Pee-wee Herman wasn’t originally meant for kids. So when Paul Reubens did make a Saturday-morning TV show for them, his signature character came in a package shaped by underground art, punk rock ...

Pee-wee the character was a parody — a high-on-Pixy-Stix exaggeration of the clean-cut kids’ hosts of the 1950s, a Howdy Doody who brought himself to life. But he was also the thing itself.

The influence of Pee-wee Herman—née Paul Reubens—can’t be understated. And in the wake of Reubens’ passing on Sunday night, at the age of 70, it’s an appropriate, if saddening, time to ...

The self-described drag clown has been in awe of the show since, predictably, childhood. RuPaul’s Drag Race Winner JIMBO on How Pee-wee’s Playhouse Respected Kids’ Intelligence: Podcast ...