With Pee-wee Herman standing as one of pop culture ... Groundlings tapes and excerpts from early media appearances like The Gong Show that might make one lament Reubens’ hypothetical chameleonic ...

As Pee-wee Herman, Paul Reubens was a performance artist hiding in plain sight in mainstream popular culture. His fictional character, a hyperactive, bow-tied man-child, provided subversive messages ...

Reubens debuted Pee-wee Herman while performing with comedy troupe the Groundlings in 1981, and when his Pee-wee stage show exploded in LA, the actor chose to conceal his private life entirely.

As Pee-wee Herman, Paul Reubens was a performance artist ... wee’s Big Adventure” and his classic Saturday morning TV show, “Pee-wee’s Playhouse.” Fans adored his playful insouciance ...

After a long hiatus, the character was revived for the stage with "The Pee-wee Herman Show" in 2010, which ran in LA and on Broadway. Six years later, Pee-wee returned on Netflix for the film "Pee ...

He eventually had a small comeback, starring in “The Pee-wee Herman Show” on Broadway in 2010 and making the 2016 film “Pee-wee’s Big Holiday,” among other smaller acting and voice roles.

"Pee-wee Herman" star Paul Reubens, who died in 2023, has posthumously revealed he was gay in a new documentary unveiled at Sundance Film Festival.

“I was pursuing the Pee-wee Herman career ... landing the star his Emmy-winning children’s show, “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” and two hit films. (A third, far less celebrated Pee-wee ...