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 ...

Those who tune into the new HBO original documentary Pee-wee as Himselfmight be surprised to see that a number of now-notable stars appeared on Paul Reubens’ popular Saturday morning TV show Pee-Wee’s ...

While HBO plans to celebrate the life of Paul Reubens in their original documentary Pee-wee as Himself, Shout! TV will run a marathon of his signature TV series Pee-wee's Playhouse on the same day, on ...

I do not observe Christmas, and do my best to avoid all its attendant hoopla. And I didn’t grow up watching “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” a show for which I was a bit outside the target demographic when it ...

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 ...

The American actor and performance artist Paul Reubens spent decades in the cloak of his alter ego, the strange, effervescent children’s entertainer Pee-wee Herman. Reubens liked the shadows and the ...

Considering that Paul Reubens helped deconstruct performance art and children’s TV — not your usual combo — is it any surprise that “Pee-wee as Himself” deconstructs the documentary? It is not. And we ...

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. After Weiss "stayed up ...