Few comic characters were ever as fully-formed as Pee Wee Herman. Based on “the most annoying kid in my class at school”, Paul Reubens’ character was a kitsch mash-up of everything that makes children so fascinating and hard to box in. He was capricious, silly, smartass and extremely odd, existing in his own little bubble, as kids do before being crushed by the system.
Reubens’ appearances on Letterman before his kaleidoscopic TV show Pee Wee’s Playhouse and big feature films are the stuff of legend. Letterman ‘s reactions are uncomfortable to say the least. He knew when he was being outclassed, and he didn’t like it. Rest in peace Paul Reubens, you were a true original and a comic genius. Your social media site was all about kindness and fun, and in a cruel world that is a beautiful thing.
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