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Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

1988 · 49 min

A hyperactive, joke-dense sugar rush of silly voices, guest stars, and handmade charm that plays like a kids' show for grown-up weirdos.

Tagline
If you love Christmas then why don't you merry it?
Overview
Pee-wee Herman and pals are celebrating Christmas in the Playhouse in their own creative ways: Pee-wee makes a list for Santa Claus 1.5 miles long, teaches Little Richard how to ice skate, goes for a sleigh ride with Magic Johnson, enslaves Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello into making Christmas cards, receives a long phone call from Dinah Shore, even has more musical fun with k.d. lang, the Del Rubio Triplettes and Charo! Finally, Big Red arrives and announces that Pee-wee's Christmas list was so big, he didn't have enough presents for all the children of the world. Will Pee-wee follow his own advice and help others?

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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • celebrity
  • greed
  • redemption
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour9
Realism1
Romance0
Tension1
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
family, comedy, tv movie
Directed by
Wayne Orr, Paul Reubens
Written by
Paul Reubens, John Paragon
Starring
Paul Reubens, Kevin Carlson, Laurence Fishburne, Aaron Fletcher, Ric Heitzman, Suzanne Kent, William Marshall, George McGrath
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
49 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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