Oh, no–somebody stole Pee-wee Herman’s nifty art deco bicycle! It feels impossible to grasp just how off-the-wall Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985) must have seemed to those unfamiliar with Paul Reubens’ ...

For those of us who were sitting around the television in 1988, Christmas at Pee Wee’s Playhouse was certainly unlike anything that we had ever seen. That year, holiday specials ran rampant over ...

Keijsers Koning From underground punk comics to fine gallery walls, Gary Panter’s edgy imagery has made quite a mark on pop culture. Perhaps best known for his punk-rock everyman character Jimbo and ...

This story is part of our Best Things in Texas package, which appeared in the December 2025 issue. For the last year or so I was busy with an unusual project: writing the interpretive panels for the ...

The iconic lead of "Pee-Wee's Playhouse," Paul Reubens, passed away at the age of 70 after privately living with cancer for several years. He was preceded in death by many other actors from the ...

My son Levi, much to my frustration, has never been a big TV kid. For years, I’d put on an episode of Paw Patrol or a newish Disney movie, but nothing seemed to stick. Either he’d come to me halfway ...

Every filmmaker has that one movie that puts them on the map, and for Tim Burton, it was his very first film, Pee-wee's Big Adventure. Pee-wee's Big Adventure premiered in 1985, and sees the quirky ...

In this Oct. 29, 2010, photo, Paul Reubens, in character as Pee-wee Herman, poses on stage after a performance of "The Pee-wee Herman Show" on Broadway in New York. AP Americans today seem to almost ...

After bringing out droves of doppelgangers for Adam Sandler, Jeremy Allen White and Timothée Chalamet, New York City has proven to be the right destination for celebrity look-alike contests. Next up, ...

Paul Reubens, the eccentric performance artist best known as Pee-wee Herman, was an intensely private person. After a number of people had approached him about making a documentary about himself, he ...

“I know you are, but what am I?” takes on a new meaning this weekend at the first-ever Pee-wee Herman look-alike contest in Coney Island. The competition marks the early birthday of the late Paul ...