Paul Reubens’s performance as Pee-wee Herman gave fans “license to be weird.” At an underground cabaret, he cheered on his community of renegades.
Category: Reubens, Paul
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Review: ‘Pee-wee as Himself’ Finds the Man Behind the Man-Child
This fascinating though incomplete documentary tells Paul Reubens’s story despite the subject’s doubts about the project.
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Why Has the Closet Taken on a New Allure?
Long a place of hiding and shame, it’s now being reconsidered in queer culture — and beyond.
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Pee-wee Herman Was Exuberant. Paul Reubens Kept Things Quiet.
Speaking with the actor was an entirely different experience than watching him play his career-defining character.
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Paul Reubens Was More Than Pee-wee. Here are 8 Great Performances.
He played dozens of memorable roles on big and small screens throughout his career. We’ve rounded up what to watch and where to watch it.
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In Pee-wee Herman, Joy and Fun Got Flat-Out Weird
Paul Reubens committed to profound silliness without ever going mean or dark — though some peers were disappointed that he focused on one character.
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Paul Reubens, Creator of Pee-wee Herman, Is Dead at 70
With his signature bow tie, short drainpipe pants and flattop hairdo, Pee-wee, as embodied by Mr. Reubens, became enshrined in the popular imagination as a symbol of childlike whimsy.
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Who Are All Those Celebrities at the Weird Al Pool Party? A Guide
The New York Times – Music:We break down that star-studded scene from “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story,” the sorta kinda true portrait of the pop star’s life, now on the Roku Channel.