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Not quite a children's show, The Pee-Wee Herman Show is slyly subversive, a little bit naughty and always outrageous. Making its premiere as a midnight show on February 7th, 1981, at The Groundlings Theatre in Hollywood, the performance then moved to the famed Roxy Theatre on the Sunset Strip where it was filmed as part of HBO's new series On Location. Conceived as an homage to children's television programs of the 1950's and 60's, this live stage production features original music, puppets, a cartoon, a short educational film and Pee-wee's hilarious live-action friends.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Completely familiar, yet off-the-wall hilarious in a different way,
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This review is from: Pee-Wee Herman Show (DVD)
This hour long special was a treat for fans of Pee-wee Herman, to see the character before he was developed into the children's show host that we all know and love. Long before this, Reubens created this character for his comedy troupe, The Groundlings, based in LA. The audiences reacted so strongly to this mock of children's TV programs and entertainers that he was awarded his own run of the show and an HBO special.The adult humour comes from the innuendo of Pee-wee and all his strange friends that visit him at his Playhouse in Puppetland. The best part is it is extremely funny and in good taste. If a child watched it they would not get the nuances of the humour, rather they would be just as enthralled as if it were the show they watched from the late 80s. I highly recommend this show if you're a grown up and you grew up with Pee-wee as a kid. Take a look and appreciate as an adult his cheeky beginnings.
5.0 out of 5 stars
one of the funniest shows ever,
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This review is from: Pee-Wee Herman Show (DVD)
I used to rent this movie weekly and my friends and I would laugh almost to the point of suffocation every time. The high point for me is definitely the 50's era personal hygiene film "mr bungle". I can't wait for this to come out on dvd.
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4.7 out of 5 stars (29 customer reviews) 48 of 50 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Precursor to Pee Wee's Career,
By Jeremy Prizzy - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Pee-Wee Herman Show (DVD)
The Pee-Wee Herman Show was a successful performance which catapulted Paul Reuben's career beyond his own imagination. The performance was held in front of a live audience at the Roxy in La for around 5 months. Luckily HBO brilliantly caught one of these live performances and gave people the opportunity to see Pee-Wee Herman. Pee-Wee Herman along with an ensemble cast of notables produced a hilarious performance that had me laughing from start to finish. Let us not ignore the actual set design for the show as well as Jambi the Genie. The show put Pee-Wee on the map of stardom due to his creativity and ingenious ways of entertaining his fans. The show immediately starts with Pee-Wee Herman digging through a bag of toys pulling out one thing after another, and stumbles upon "NAKED GUMBY AHH". Another funny idea was the Mr. Bungle skit. The Mr. Bungle skit was an actual 1950's dramatization on exhibiting manners. The funny part of this whole skit is they actually showed this to little girls and boys back in the 1950's. One scene shows the boy getting served hot food and next to the hot food the cafeteria person places a big piece of cake on the tray. By the end of the skit Pee-Wee says something like "is that piece of cake big enough for ya!?" then does his Pee-Wee laugh. Classic. I think the real interesting phenomenon of Pee-Wee Herman was he could entertain both adults and children. Understandably this led to his hit Saturday Morning cartoon show "Pee-Wee's Playhouse" which had several emmy nominations throughout the late 80's and early 90's. Furthermore Pee-Wee teamed up with Tim Burton to mesh together a film called "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure". The Pee-Wee Herman show was a unique, weird, yet funny performance that catapulted Pee-Wee Herman into a cult classic for many people.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The birth of a legend,
By joseph Corey "party favors columnist" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Pee-Wee Herman Show (DVD)
I've caught this on HBO several times and it just gets funnier everytime. The interplay between PeeWee and Phil Hartman is brilliant. The show was an hour long HBO special featuring the Pee-Wee Herman Show that was done as part of the Groundlings. If you like the Saturday morning show, you better get this.This was shot on video. 13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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One of the brightest comedy moments of the '80s,
By James Lockett - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Pee-Wee Herman Show (DVD)
While I thought it would never happen, I have hoped for this to be released on DVD for years. I show this to everyone, hoping each time that the tape will survive for one last showing. This is Paul Rubens' nightclub act that started the whole Pee Wee Herman for kids thing - but this IS NOT for kids. It parodies the genre of kid shows and is one of the funniest things ever captured for an audience - Jamby finally gets his hands (mail order), a musical tribute to Sly Stone, and a film about manners. Makes you wish the whole Pee Wee character had stayed this funny. Yes, it was shot on video and as long as the transfer in broadcast quality it will exceed my current version. I can't wait!
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