Pee Wee's Playhouse on Adult Swim...Why?

[Tinker Gnome]

Why is Pee Wee's Playhouse on Adult Swim?

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

...because the guys at AS seem to thinnk its hilarious.

Instead, I just feel pain. Mission Hill wasn't great, but I'd take that over Pee Wee anyday.

 

[Fast Learner]

Because it's (a) surprisingly funny, and (b) chock full of adult humor, from politics to blatant sexual innuendo. The fact that the latter was either never noticed or never a problem for CBS on Saturday mornings is still a mystery to me.

 

[Tinker Gnome]

Because it's (a) surprisingly funny, and (b) chock full of adult humor, from politics to blatant sexual innuendo. The fact that the latter was either never noticed or never a problem for CBS on Saturday mornings is still a mystery to me.

I think that you might be reading too much into it if you see tons of innappropriate humor in it. A lot of kids shows have a lot of weird stuff that older minds read too much into and construe it as something nasty.

 

[rom90125]

Why is Pee Wee's Playhouse on Adult Swim?

Because torturing us with Saved By The Bell wasn't good enough for the rat b@stards at AS...

 

[CrusaderX]

Because it's (a) surprisingly funny, and (b) chock full of adult humor, from politics to blatant sexual innuendo.

So is Cheers, but I don't want that on Adult Swim, either.

The question here is, "Why does the Cartoon Network continue to show non-cartoon programming?".

 

[Fast Learner]

I thonk that you might be reading too much into it if you see tons of innappropriate humor in it. A lot of kids shows have a lot of weird stuff that older minds read too much into and construe it as something nasty.

I can only go with what both Paul Ruebens (Pee Wee) and other show writers have said about the characters and the stories. I heard a fairly recent interview with Ruebens where he specficially noted that he was stunned that CBS never pulled it due to the dozen or more adult-oriented humor bits in ever episode.

 

[Fast Learner]

The question here is, "Why does the Cartoon Network continue to show non-cartoon programming?".

My guess is that it is similar in concept to much of the stuff on AS, something that is still normally considered as being for children but that is in fact for adults.

 

[Dog Moon]

Wow, I can't believe enough people like the show that it's being put back on air. That it's going onto Adult Swim is just amazing.

 

[Crothian]

I think it is better then a lot of the cartoons they show