

Turns out Roger just wants to be friends! How's that for a lesson on learning to listen and give people a chance?īut that aside, it's also just a visually fun and stimulating show and all of the puppets are so cool. He's snarling and growling away, and Pee-wee realizes he doesn't speak his language, so he uses his one wish (per episode) to be able to speak to Roger. One of my favorite episodes is when Roger the monster is in Puppetland. It goes into a lot of detail about why I personally like this show and why I don't bat an eye when I decide to force my kids, er, I mean, let my kids watch it: it's incredibly creative and silly but still teaches some great lessons, especially about accepting people (and puppets) no matter what they look like. This is an "unauthorized" story, and it kind of shows a bit in the writing, but it was still full of interviews and good information.

Whenever I put it on, one of my 6-year- old twins always says, "AAfter reading the Jim Henson biography, I remembered that this book had been released a few years ago and decided to read it.

We watched Pee-wee's Big Adventure incessantly, with my parents even quoting from the movie ("Everyone I know has a big 'but.' Let's talk about your big 'but.'") I got a Pee-wee doll for Christmas one year. We watched it every Saturday morning (it was all synched up and ready to go so me and my older sister wouldn't even have to wake our parents to put it on). From casual fans to devout followers, everyone will be interested in taking a look Inside Pee-wee’s Playhouse. Pee-wee Herman fans have been energized recently by the character’s re-emerging presence. Inside Pee-wee’s Playhouse is the first comprehensive look at this amazingly successful (and still revered) children’s program. His public Twitter and Facebook accounts boast over one million fans and followers. He starred in a successful stage revival of his live show in January and February of 2010, and it hit Broadway later that year.

Paul Reubens (as Pee-wee Herman) has been making a comeback since August 2010, appearing on Saturday Night Live, The View, The Jimmy Kimmel Show, Conan, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Complete with an episode guide, biographical information about the cast and key members of the show’s creative team, never-before-told anecdotes, and previously unpublished photos, Inside Pee-wee’s Playhouse takes the first in-depth look behind the program TV Guide recently cited as one of the top ten cult classics of all time. Now, on the 25th anniversary of the show, the complete behind-the-scenes story is being told for the first time by those who experienced it. Between 19, nearly ten million people a week watched Pee-wee’s Playhouse, the critically acclaimed and widely successful children’s program broadcast on CBS.
