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

[Tinker Gnome]

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.

Really? Any source?

 

[Dog Moon]

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

Hrm. Maybe I don't have enough experience with what they show. Imagining something worse than is something I can't do.

 

[Templetroll]

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.

It's just enough people at CN and AS like it and they were probably able to get a good price for it. Add to that the idea that showing it is considered edgy, at least by the folks who sign the checks to put it on the air. It was supposedly a satire of children's programming but CBS didn't quite get that.

 

[SnowRaven]

Why is Pee Wee's Playhouse on Adult Swim?

Because they hadn't driven off all their viewers yet, so they're seeking new methods.

 

[Villano]

Pee Wee's Playhouse was a great show. The problem is that it isn't a cartoon. We can add this along with Saved By The Bell, Spider-Man, and Dumb And Dumber to the "Why the hell is this on Cartoon Network?" list.

 

[griff_goodbeard]

I watch a half an episodfe last week. Some of the stuff made me giggle.

 

[Fast Learner]

Really? Any source?

Ruebens touched on it in an interview on NPR's Fresh Air about two years ago (when the DVDs were released), and the rest are interviews that I've heard or seen in various places. I remember a couple of writers on either Letterman or Conan about 5-7 years ago who were there for other projects but the topic was discussed.

 

[Mark]

Paul Ruebens just finished a script for a new Pee Wee movie.

 

[Lord Pendragon]

Pee Wee's Playhouse, Tom Goes to the Mayor, Saved by the Bell...

I still watch stuff on CN. But it's no longer something I can depend on to have good late-night programming. These days I'm just as likely to have to turn the channel in disgust as I am to be able to set down the remote.

 

[Bront]

When I still watched Adult Swim, it was going down hill with Tom Goes to the Mayor and stuff like that. My schedule prevents me from watching it regularly, which has become one of the blessing of working 3rd shift unfortunately

Then again, I didn't like Sealab either.