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Pee-wee's Playhouse

1986–1990 · 5 seasons

A giddy, joke-dense burst of Saturday-morning surrealism where every object might talk back and the whole world feels like a toy box come to life.

Overview
Join Pee-Wee Herman and his friends Chairry, Miss Yvonne, Cowboy Curtis, Jambi the Genie and others as they play around in Pee-Wee's magical Playhouse!

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  • Shout! Factory Amazon Channel
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How it feels

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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • campystrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • identity
  • art
  • music
  • freedom
Places
  • home
Era
timeless
Audience
kids
Form
  • ensemble
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour9
Realism1
Romance1
Tension1
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
kids, comedy
Created by
Paul Reubens
Written by
Michael Varhol, Roger S.H. Schulman, Paul Reubens, Doug Cox
Starring
Paul Reubens, Lynne Marie Stewart, Phil Hartman, Laurence Fishburne, Gilbert Lewis, Suzanne Kent, S. Epatha Merkerson, John Paragon
Length
5 seasons, 45 episodes, 30 min each
Network
CBS
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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