Paul Reubens
Pee-wee's Big Return
by Gordon HurdJul 13, 2006
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More than 15 years have gone by since he hopped, skipped, and screamed across our TV screens. But, thanks to the savvy programming of Cartoon Network, Pee-wee Herman is back, and things are pretty buzzy about Pee-wee's big return.
Repeats of Emmy-award-winning "Pee-wee's Playhouse" debuted in the Adult Swim lineup this week. Fans of the late '80s Saturday-morning TV show fueled "pee wee herman" (+99%) and "pee wee's playhouse" (+51%) queries, and the searches keep jumping in that hyper, overexcited, Pee-wee Herman kind of fashion.
Considering some of his off-screen mishaps over the last decade or so, this rebirth of Pee-wee mania should be cheery news for actor Paul Reubens. Cartoon Network will also air the celebrity-strewn "Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special," and a DVD of the live HBO special from 1981 that started Pee-wee's rise to greatness is scheduled for release later this month.
Reubens hasn't paraded around in a wee gray suit since 1991, but the buzz running through the playhouse suggests that new Pee-wee movies may appear in the future. Let's hope we'll never have to say "goodbye" to Pee-wee again. Mekka lekka hi, mekka hiney ho!