Synopsis: Driven by a soul-baring interview with Paul Reubens, the man behind the iconic character Pee-wee Herman, PEE-WEE AS HIMSELF is the definitive portrait of the comedic performer, and a window into his never before discussed personal life. Determined to correct the record and tell the factual story of his life, Reubens excavates his kaleidoscopic influences, origins in the circus and avant-garde performance theater, and career choices, while reflecting on the reasoning behind, and the consequences of, severing his beloved alter ego from his authentic self.
Woven together from over 40 hours of interview footage filmed before Reubens’ premature death in 2023, 1,000 hours of archival footage, and tens of thousands of never-before-seen photographs from his personal collections, the film chronicles Reubens’ influences, from growing up in the circus town of Sarasota, Florida to his avant-garde theater training at the California Institute of the Arts. Combining his love of performance art and comedy, Reubens joined the legendary Groundlings improv group, where he created Pee-wee Herman, the impish character that would come to define his career. Becoming a cultural touchstone of the 1980s with his hit film “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure,” and his sweetly subversive Emmy®-winning children’s television series “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” Reubens chose to never be photographed or interviewed publicly as himself — an artistic choice to present Pee-wee Herman as a real person not to be confused with his creator. From the “Dating Game” to regular appearances on “The David Letterman Show,” Reubens never broke character, living his dream of doing performance art in mainstream pop culture. When Reubens was arrested at an adult movie theater in 1991, his anonymity was destroyed and he fell prey to the media’s growing appetite for salacious and spurious takedowns.
Occasionally sparring with the documentary’s director over creative control, Reubens speaks candidly, and sometimes warily, about his personal and professional challenges before and after his arrests. Alongside interviews with artists and actors from “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” and prominent figures in his life, Reubens openly discusses further legal battles, his exoneration, his ultimate resurrection as a public figure, and the apotheosis of Pee-wee as an adored and enduring cultural icon. The result is a revealing, hilarious, and complex portrait of Reubens, and a celebration of the enormous and indelible legacy he leaves behind.
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Wasnt this guy caught m*sterbating in a theatre and with CP photos? But tbh i dont think hollywood would greenlight a film about someone unless theyre a PDF file
He had to have made this knowing he was dying… while no one knew he was dying… That's insane and I can't thank Paul Reubens enough for doing that while he knew he still could…. Thank you for my childhood.. and everyone who grew up in the 80's or 90's along with me… forever Pee Wee Herman
Peewee was SpongeBob before SpongeBob rip
I* L*oVE* PeE* WeE*~ ✨💫💖🥳
I watched Pee Wee's Big Adventure every morning before school to imitate his laugh. God I miss him.
Derek Ferell?!
He got us through our day. Nevertheless, he inspired me to take on a bully.
pee wee for life son
Pretty sure he was arrested for jacking off in an adult theater, but I guess they'll just gloss over that part
I thought he was dead
Oh man…this is gonna be an emotional ride. I loved watching Pee Wee's Playhouse every Saturday morning. Pee Wee's Big Adventure was the VERY first VHS tape my family rented from a local mom & pop video store when we first got a VCR. I watched the f*** out of that movie. I was quoting it left and right. To this day, when I'm driving around and I see police, I say "The LAW!!" (IYKYK) Paul Reubens leaving this world was so very sad.
It’s not YOUR video. Will never click on YOUR channel again.
Hope it gets a blu ray release
Eminem could do a biopic of him, he does a good impersonation of him lol
I want to see this and I'm going to go ahead and call it and say I'm going to cry my eyeballs out when I do
Here's a big mecka lecka high mecka hiney ho to all the peewee fans. The word of the day boys and girls is DOCUMENTARY.
dude was kind of a genius. gone way, way too soon. and he sold the hell outa that coke in BLOW.
I remember seeing him on nice dreams as a six year old and I used to fuk with my parents by using the IM SORRY, IM SO SORRY, IM TRULY SORRY. Then when they walk away I'd scream HAHAHHAHAAAA IM NNNOT SORRY. I got my but whooped or grounded more than a few times from that. Then I saw his stage act on HBO in 82'. It was hilarious and set up playhouse and more than a few comedians futures. Peewee was my childhood,
Young me would never would have thought i would see this 30 years later in my life. So fun times those saturday mornings watching. RIP and he lives forever!
Maybe I’d be into this more if he hadn’t bought child pr0n. Let’s not forgot shall we?
Can't believe I used to like that weirdo.
We need a Jim Varney one as Ernest man…
Bro, willard wyler for the win man
I know what you are but what I’m i talk to the hand
Wow
The man, the myth, the legend: The hamburger man!
First saw him in Cheech and Chong’s Next Movie.
Pee Wee’s Big Adventure solidified his genius for me.
RIP Pee Wee
Paging Mr Herman
Let's not forget he wasn't found innocent of owning child porn. The charge was just dropped in exchange for Reubens's guilty plea to a lesser misdemeanor obscenity charge. For the next three years, he was required to register his address with the sheriff's office, and he could not be in the company of minors without the permission of their parent or legal guardian.
When I was a kid peewee playhouse was amazing amd of course RIP Paul, but he was a huge part of my childhood I was born in 82 so I remember all of his stuff, Buffy the vampire slayer he was an awesome vamp lord too 🎉