The Movie: The Pee Wee Herman Show (1981)
What Is It?: The
HBO special that started an international legend by dragging Paul Ruben’s
low-budget Sunset Strip show into living rooms across the U.S.A. There’s Phil
Hartman as salty Cap’n Carl and Lynne Marie Stewart as the Most Beautiful Woman
in Puppetland and John Paragon as a boxed genie who just can’t wait to try out
his new hands (Caucasian) and an awesome medley of hits from Sly and the Family
Stone. The atmosphere is Howdy Doody kiddie time but the humor is for the grown
ups. A righteous combo.
Why Today?: Today
is 7/11 and Pee Wee is the luckiest
boy in the world.
