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Pee-wee Staging Comeback

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 11, 2009 4:03 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Goofy kids character Pee-wee Herman will live again on a Los Angeles stage in a November comeback series by creator Paul Reubens, reports the Los Angeles Times. "I've put him away for a long time but part of him has always been with me," Reubens said in an interview. The extraordinarily popular child-man Pee-wee suffered a major blow when Reubens was busted for indecent exposure in 1991, and pleaded guilty 13 years later to possessing obscene images of children.

Paul Ruebens in Pee-Wee character.
Paul Ruebens in Pee-Wee character.   (©PalmettoScoop)
An eye on Pee-Wee.
An eye on Pee-Wee.   (©hive)
Paul Reubens is planning to revive popular character Pee-Wee Herman on a Los Angeles stage.
Paul Reubens is planning to revive popular character Pee-Wee Herman on a Los Angeles stage.   (Pee-Wee Herman web site)
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chas_m
Sep 11, 2009 11:38 AM CDT
Pee-Wee was actually INVENTED on an LA stage (for the improv group "The Groundlings," where he "existed" for years before the skit was filmed for an HBO special in 1981. I love the character (enjoyed the TV show and both movies -- without being stoned, even!) but am a little ambivalent about "his" return. If Reubens returns to it to being a riff ON kiddie-show characters, aimed at adults, that wouldn't bother me. He's got two strikes (the 91 arrest and the '04 porn charge). If he's cleaned up his (personal) act, fine. If he hasn't, this is his final moment in the spotlight.
2-bits
Aug 11, 2009 9:11 AM CDT
I found his show absolutely charming as a young'un. I find it charming today as a stoned adult.
DaytonAve.
Aug 11, 2009 4:52 AM CDT
I remember for awhile Adult Swim would play Pee Wee's playhouse. Adult Swim knows what stoned adults want.

 
California • Los Angeles • indecent exposure • arrest • child pornography • actor • Pee-wee Herman • television program • kids television • Paul Reubens

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