The most heartwarming extravaganza of the year is coming to St. Pete as the Wee Macree Giveback Spectacular spreads kindness this weekend. Organized by “mompreneurs” Jackie Zumba, Jackie Z Style Co, ...
The influence of Pee-wee Herman—née Paul Reubens—can’t be understated. And in the wake of Reubens’ passing on Sunday night, at the age of 70, it’s an appropriate, if saddening, time to emphatically ...
When he starts hyperventilating his way through a theme song to the audience of Angeleno hipsters at the Roxy Theatre (“Onyourmark getready getset/Now go-go-go-go-GO!”), you wonder if you’ve stumbled ...
Fans get to see a new side of Paul Reubens, a.k.a. Pee-wee Herman, in the new HBO documentary Pee-wee as Himself In the film, Reubens talks about how he enjoyed hiding behind the character, while also ...
When I learned Paul Reubens had died, I started a rewatch of his Pee-Wee’s Playhouse that ran for five seasons (1986-1990) on CBS’ Saturday Mornings. In the third episode, “Rainy Day,” Pee-Wee folds a ...
Somehow, amid all the colorful claymation and puppetry, the human character at the center was the most animated of all. I spent many Saturday mornings sitting on the living room carpet in my ...