LOL Oh yeah, he was racy at times. Remember the first time we saw him was in a Cheech and Chong movie.

Well, we did let the kids watch him waaaaaaay back when. Now, they are pretty grown up. The 15 year old.....well....maybe he should try and get the jokes? :D I'd definitely be up for a question and answer time after. Ha, I'd probably be the one being enlightened, eh?

I never saw a stage show. Just the movies and the t.v. shows. We still quote him a lot. Just like Ahnold from the Terminator. Just...can't....stop....

Did you say stoners?

$68.50 a pop for the front balcony and orchestra! I think I'll pick up a pair in person and avoid the ticketmaster charges.

Don't know about the rest of you kids, but since Pee Wee's Playhouse was a staple of our morning routine after being up all night on LSD, I can assure you the show was completely targeted at the druggies. ;)

As GD says, there's a difference between the druggie allure of children's television shows and the sexual content of his old stage shows.

Oh, sure. I didn't mean to say that there was anything "adult" about the TV show and movies in the sense of sexual content or even adult themes.

I just don't think they were making them for children. If kids were entertained as well, then that was a good byproduct.

Personally, when I was a kid I didn't care for his show. It wasn't until I was well into my teens that it started to click (and I wasn't even using drugs to enhance it). Never did like the movies much, though (haven't seen them since living in the dorm, though, when screenings were always accompanied by a very thick...intoxicating haze that kept me away so it may be negative associations).

Whereas I liked it as a kid but found it kinda juvenile through most of my teen years, only appreciating it for its sentimental value, though that might be attributed to the fact that I watched it so much that I knew every episode by heart.

Mecca-lecca-high-mecca-hiney-ho...

I just had to watch the Breakfast scene from Pee wee's Big Adventure. Love that music.

Danny Elfman's first score. Rarely been as brilliant (though it was derivative). Tim Burton's first movie. Both were launched on quite the ride (often together).





On the other hand ... it wa the end of the Pee Wee train. Next movie sucked. The Orlando Mastabatorium was just the icing on the cake left in the rain.

The TV show came after the movie, which was a pretty big deal for my generation. Saw the movie once as a kid but saw the show every week...