Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985) is the big screen debut for both the Paul Reubens alter ego Pee-wee Herman, the children’s TV show character he originally created in a live comedy revue, and director Tim Burton, and it was a perfect melding of sensibilities. Pee-wee, the spastic child with a neat, out-of-date preppie suit and a […]
The 2006 TV season treated us to not one but two shows set backstage at a late-night comedy skit show. 30 Rock (2006-2013) was the funny one created by and starring Tina Fey, the former head writer of Saturday Night Live and host of the SNL “Weekend Update.” It was also the good one and […]
Pee-wee Herman is back and Netflix is sending him on his first holiday vacation. Directed by John Lee, a TV comedy veteran (Wonder Showzen, Broad City), from an original screenplay by Paul Reubens and John Rust (co-creator of the Netflix original series Love), Pee-wee’s Big Holiday co-stars Joe Manganiello as a handsome stranger who inspires […]
The upcoming Netflix Original Movie Pee-wee’s Big Holiday is set to debut Netflix on Friday, March 18, a day after its world premiere at SXSW. I leave the description to Pee-wee himself (as featured on his blog): The new film stars the beloved fun-loving hero of TV, stage and film, ME!! In Pee-wee’s Big Holiday, a […]
