I noticed the "crack" disappears about halfway through. Wonder if it went directly into Pee-Wee's pocket.

Dead wrong. My mother always used to say that you can be "dead right". Good times.

Pee Wee's playhouse was such a great show. The media screwed him all those years ago with all the coverage of his misdemeanor arrest. Sad!

KH

Yaaaaaay! All the best advice comes from men in miniature bowties. Heard he's making a comeback...

I don't think I will ever forget Pee-Wee Herman appearing onscreen only to say in the most somber voice he can muster- "This. Is crack." Hilarious.

Amen, KatiesHole (#2)

yeah, new movie in the works. another big top adventure one can only dream!

Crack is whack. (c) 2004, Whitney Houston Enterprises.

OMG, this is genius! That ominous droning noise, the opening verite-style shot, punctuated by those lights that seem almost menacing, and then Pee-Wee in full-on Pee-Wee mode but at the same time, completely, deathly serious.

And I totally agree, poor Pee Wee was wronged. But things were a bit different. You couldn't just show up on SNL or Leno laugh it off and get a complete exoneration back then. And man alive, am I sick of celebrities doing that.

I'm not saying PW didn't deserve to be arrested...but it sucks that he came up with such a cool, funny, innovative show (LOVE the Adult Swim reruns!) and he's only remembered for...well, you know.

According to IMDb, the show was canceled a few months before the incident. So it was also basically bad timing.

But anyway, thanks for the blast from the past! Ah, the 80's--with its paranoia of crack and child molesters (remember all the anti-kidnapping stuff? Do they do that in schools anymore?).

I remember the news coverage on PeeWee. The North Korea test missile launch got less coverage than PeeWee. Then, the religious right jumped on the bandwagon too, he didn't have a chance. It was tragic.

Paul Ruebens did appear recently on an episode of the Oxygen network show, 'campus ladies'. He played an acting professor, he was great!

KH

Its been 20 years since I heard this joke: Can you name two people who were shot in the head while attending the theatre?

Answer: Abraham Lincoln...and the guy sitting in front of Pee Wee Herman