Pee-wee Herman, the comic creation of actor

while Reubens was a member of the Los Angeles sketch troupe

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Pee-wee was part prop comic, part brat and part trickster spirit

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explicitly dictate the terms for his audience

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the precise fuel mixture that powered Reubens

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There was something fearless in Pee-wee

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he had LA hipsters lining up around the block for a midnight

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Pee-wee was a boy who never grew up

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the spotlight like he did? How could a sissy so confidently

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something unapologetic and brash that took you a second to process

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Bask in and on how to experience him

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