For generations, people laughed along with Pee-wee Herman. However, the silly man with the red bowtie wasn’t born with the stage name that fans came to recognize. In Touch breaks down everything you ...

Pee-wee Herman, the comic creation of actor/writer Paul Reubens, would often toss taunts of the schoolyard into his casual conversation. It was one of the character's go-to bits. "Why don't you take a ...

When I learned Paul Reubens had died, I started a rewatch of his Pee-Wee’s Playhouse that ran for five seasons (1986-1990) on CBS’ Saturday Mornings. In the third episode, “Rainy Day,” Pee-Wee folds a ...

The first time we see Paul Reubens in the documentary “Pee-wee as Himself,” he is not playing Pee-wee Herman, the antic man-child he portrayed in comedy routines, movies, a children’s TV show and most ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: It’s a common joke on what used to be Twitter anytime a countercultural icon dies, but in this case it’s the literal truth: Pee-wee Herman did teach me it’s okay to be ...

The two-part posthumous Paul Reubens documentary out of Sundance premieres one month from today on HBO and Max. By Tony Maglio The man behind Pee-wee Herman, Paul Reubens (Blow), is ready to truly ...

Paul Reubens has died at the age of 70 after privately dealing with cancer for six years. Reubens is most famous for playing Pee-wee Herman in a string of movies and specials spanning five decades.

When it was announced Monday that Paul Reubens died at age 70, fans around the world mourned an artist. But they were even more devastated by the passing of their dear old friend Pee-wee Herman. That ...

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 ...