How Paul Reubens Saved Pee-Wee’s Playhouse From An Animated Destiny
Paul Reubens wasn’t the primary comic of his period to mine tv nostalgia to unusually earnest impact. Andy Kaufman famously interviewed Howdy-Doody with nary a touch of condescension or snark. It was a magical second, one which Reubens gleefully recreated each Saturday on “Pee-wee’s Playhouse.” However CBS had different concepts previous to greenlighting the present. … Read more