AZ Central

All your Pee-wee Herman questions answered, sort of, in fascinating film

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 ...
Yahoo

Pee-wee Herman and the secret, complicated world of the man behind him: ‘I didn’t see him as a victim’

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 ...
Yahoo

Let’s Talk About Pee-wee’s Playhouse

“Everything I did and wrote was based in love and my desire to entertain and bring glee and creativity to young people and to everyone,” Paul Reubens says in the newly released Max docuseries, Pee-wee ...
NPR

'Pee-wee as Himself' gives unprecedented access to an eccentric comedy legend

Moments into the illuminating, two-part HBO documentary Pee-wee as Himself, what emerges pretty quickly is a struggle for control. Paul Reubens, the performer who invented the Pee-wee Herman character ...
KSAT

Paul Reubens tells his story in ‘Pee-wee as Himself.’ Here's how it came together after his death

Paul Reubens did not tell his director that he was dying. On July 31, 2023, the news of Reubens' death came as a shock to documentary filmmaker Matt Wolf, who had spent a year trying to convince him ...
Salon

“Pee-wee as Himself” director says working with Paul Reubens was “contentious” and “thrilling”

Even as Reubens wanted to impact kids with TV the way it impacted him, he lost part of himself by having his alter ego pass as a real person. Director Matt Wolf shrewdly recounts Reubens’ life and his ...
AOL

Pee-wee and Me: Why a Gay Man Felt at Home Watching “Pee-wee's Playhouse”

To love Pee-Herman was a wonderful thing, a silly and liberating thing. Miss Yvonne, actually, looked like a girl who’d gotten lost on her way to the prom a few decades earlier and finally turned up, ...
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These Stars Appeared on ‘Pee-Wee’s Playhouse’ Before They Were Famous

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 ...
Hartford Courant

Pee-wee’s bike is at the Alamo, but not where you think

Grammy voting, explained: How nominees and winners are picked Michael Jordan’s race team just scored a major win against NASCAR Movie Review: Russell Crowe and Rami Malek face off in the Nazi trial ...
The Post-Journal

Paul Reubens Tells His Story In ‘Pee-wee As Himself.’ Here’s How It Came Together After His Death

Paul Reubens did not tell his director that he was dying. On July 31, 2023, the news of Reubens’ death came as a shock to documentary filmmaker Matt Wolf, who had spent a year trying to convince him ...