Originally published at: In one of his first interviews from 1981, Paul Reubens tells the origin story of Pee-wee Herman | Boing Boing
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“Wee-Wee” ???
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What a great clip. And how easy is it for him to slip into character, no effort at all, it’s just under the surface. Thanks for the laughs, Paul!
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He mentions his father in the clip. I just looked up Paul Rubens’ wikipedia page, and his father has his own page. He was a founding pilot of the Israeli Air Force. And Paul’s sister is a civil rights attorney, who was one of the lawyers sitting at the table in front of the Supreme Court when Obergefell was decided. She had filed a similar case in Tennessee that was included in the appeal before the Supreme Court. Some family.
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It’s wild to see what a 90s look and affect he has here, considering it’s 1981. And I guess Pee Wee’s Playhouse is kind of a touchstone for 90s esthetics too.
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I met him once at a party in mid-90’s. He was really nice, quiet, normal guy. Then he left and he was apparently parked in because he came back and yelled “DOES ANYBODY HERE HAVE A BLUE VOLVO?” and it was totally Pee Wee’s voice. Nobody laughed but we all thought “ohmygod that’s the best thing that ever happened.”
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That’s crazy talk!
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Well the typo is corrected now.
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her practice was in Nashville when I was a teenager there. one of my friends was at Target in the toy aisle shopping for toys from the Playhouse and a woman stopped and said “that’s my brother.” he was floored
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Yes in Nashville. She helped a lesbian couple I worked with adopt a couple of children. They told me she had a picture of Pee Wee on her desk and one day they couldn’t stand it anymore and had to ask her about it. “Oh that’s my brother Paul”
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