Pee Wee Herman
died, and a little voice said, “you should write something about Pee Wee Herman”. I haven’t written a thing since. What am I? An obituary site? Maybe I am and maybe I’ve got to feed the little voice lest I go mute. So here goes:
Paul Reubens was an actor best remembered for his Pee Wee Herman character. He played a Pinocchio clad stick-like boy with a high voice and a higher “HaHa” laugh that became his trademark soundbite. Pee Wee wasn’t in the right cosmic time slot for me – I grew up with the Soupy Sales Lunch Hour; so I’ve always sided with the White Fang/Black Tooth fanbase. Pee Wee was competing with Eddie Murphy’s Gumby on SNL in my stoner days.
Pee Wee had another chance to entertain my son with some Movies but couldn’t compete with Transformers and Diablo and Harry Potter. Paul Reubens made a good living and fought his demons and was more successful than many. I would have had him over for dinner for sure. Soupy? I’m not so sure. Officer Joe Bolton? NAAAAA.
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