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

[Barendd Nobeard]

I watched a few minutes of it, so I didn't see the whole episode.

The original airings of PeeWee's Playhouse has some animation bits (the opening credits, the Penny cartoons). Were those included?

Quite a stretch, I know. But I, too, was wondering what this was on Cartoon Network. Maybe they just wanted a show with a future Oscar nominee in it.....

 

[The_lurkeR]

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

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.

Quoted for truth. I rarely find anything worth watching on there any more.

 

[Filby]

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

Really? I thought he was bound by law not to reprise the character.

 

[Kesh]

Really? I thought he was bound by law not to reprise the character.

Er, never heard of that one. It's just that the character had a rather bad reputation after Reuben's arrests.

Lots of info on Wikipedia.

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

It was supposedly a satire of children's programming but CBS didn't quite get that.

The 1981 HBO-recorded Roxy Theater stage show of Pee Wee's Playhouse certainly was. I was terribly disappointed that the CBS show was dramatically tamed down from the Roxy Theater stage show and never watched more than a few episodes when the CBS-version of the show was first aired.

 

[Taelorn76]

Here is the real reason why AS is showing Peewee's playhouse.

[sblock]they want to *&** with us, and they can[/sblock]