Pee Wee Herman Show - Talks About his Comeback at SXSW

feastoffun.com - Paul Reubens dressed up as Pee Wee Herman talks about his upcoming HBO special.

Based on the original show that launched Pee-wee Herman into an American pop culture icon, Paul Reubens' beloved quirky character brings his Playhouse to life once more! "The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway" was shot at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre in New York City in January 2011, immediately following the conclusion of its wildly successful Broadway engagement. The 90 minute HBO special is filled with subversive humor and childlike wonder based both on Reubens original stage show "The Pee-wee Herman Show" and the Emmy-winning Saturday morning television show, "Pee-wee's Playhouse," that became a cultural phenomenon.

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[Urvy1A]

I taped both versions of the show after getting DirecTV (I got HBO free for 3 months) and I enjoyed both versions! I watched the original 1981 special in the Rio Grande Valley on off-network syndication when HBO and WB syndicated it in the 90's.

[2950bella]

lol the pee wee dance

[cameragirl90]

@Beeblez55 funny, but i was repeating what he said when he said "I love that story" at 2:18

[Beeblez55]

@cameragirl90 WHY DON'TCHA MARRY IT!?

[cameragirl90]

I love that story ha ha

[patricio910]

I LOVE PEE WEE!

[samuraiyao]

It was the best thing I ever saw on T.V... Maybe because I idolize PEE WEE HERMAN AS A FUCKING KID in the 80's.. And I get to see it again as an adult??? That is fucking awesome, and it was set in modern times and had all the fucking characters back in the 80's, WOW!!!

[takineko]

@Gumboz1953 I do love seeing him as he is. Its just funny when he does it in costume. I wish he did more interviews where he was either all in character or all out of character because I love his personal interests like collecting strange things and his love of art etc, but I also love Pee-wee interacting as a little child and not as a normal person. But he's still awesome!

[PeeWeeChic1]

"I love that story." 2:18 hot!

[Gumboz1953]

@takineko I really like it much better than him being in character all the time. I like the Pee-wee comeback, but he is a great actor in his own right and I hope he branches out to other things. The HBO show was very well done -- hard to believe he had to do that every day, sometimes twice, for a couple of months. He is the man.