Pee-wee Herman, the comic creation of actor/writer Paul Reubens


It was one of the character's go-to bits

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it came to Pee-wee himself with his tight gray suit

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rouged cheekbones and ruby-red lips

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it was the one he posed merely by existing

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Reubens died Sunday of cancer at the age of 70

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he tried to convince the public that Pee-wee was a real person

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Folks didn't know what to make of Reubens' petulant man-child at first

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The character was very obviously and intentionally

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Pee-wee Herman Show at The Groundlings Theatre soon

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It was never Peter Pan, what he was doing

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