I finally caught up with this on DVD. I'd always been told how creative and popular this show was, but had never seen it. I was in my thirties when it was first run, so I wasn't exactly watching Saturday morning television at that point in my life.The reason I love the hosts of my youth (Chuck McCann, Soupy Sales and Sandy Becker) was because they didn't dumb down to the kids. Their shows were crazy, unpredictable and just plain fun. All three of these men had their own style, and you tuned in to see just how crazy they were going to be. Herman captures that beautifully. There are so many creative things going on: great characters, running jokes (the secret word, the salesman at the door, the 'cool' musician puppets, the refrigerator) and the old Ub Iwerks cartoons (with an early WB cartoon with Foxy thrown in). Herman and crew use every conceivable animation technique available at the time, and it all fits together without calling attention to itself. It is great to see all the live actors; I hadn't realized that cult actress Shirley Stoler was a member of the cast.But the center is Pee-Wee, a very strange child-man who reminded kids that it was okay to be who they were.

No offense to any of the fans, but I only find this show enjoyable through the aid of mind altering drugs. Episodes prove to be pointless and the movie was probably the only true highlight of Paul Reubens career, other than when he did the character in the Cheech and Chong movies, which also go funny with a side of crack. I am fairly convinced Paul Reubens did this role after he did some lines. Have you ever noticed how his nostrils are flared out a little bit? There's some food for thought. Anyhow it was a pretty good show once you got past the silly stuff. Interesting characters as well. 9/10, and I don't know why.

Even though I was in my thirties, I loved PeeWee's Playhouse. I would party until dawn, come home and set my alarm, sleep a few hours, get up, alter my attitude, watch PeeWee, then go back to sleep.I cannot even begin to explain why I loved it, but I did get married in a Miss Yvonne dress.If it were on today, PeeWee's little indiscretion would have happened at his home while watching a DVD. How unfortunate for us that it was not.There was not a character on the show that was not, in their own way, totally camp. The decor was akin to a retro nightmare, decorated by a five year old. I wanted Chairy as my own, or at least a viable copy

When I was a kid I watched Pee-Wee's Playhouse. I'm glad it's not on in reruns for today's kids. It is so adult. But as a little kid, I would have never known that. I am surprised that I never got any mental probs from watching it. But I didn't. Thankfully, there were other normal shows on Saturday mornings.