First, Reubens, who died in 2023, had been constructing his own identity for decades.He spent so many years making talk show ...

That stayed with me. I had a pull-string [Pee-wee] doll hanging above my bed, and I took a photo of the doll in my high school intro to photography class — that photo is still on my refrigerator.

In Pee-wee As Himself, Reubens shares insights about how he developed his most iconic character, a persona that soon became all-consuming.Although Reubens performed in many improvisational groups ...

The first time we see Paul Reubens in the documentary “Pee-wee as Himself,” he is not playing Pee-wee Herman, the antic man-child he portrayed in comedy routines, movies, a children’s TV ...

The man behind Pee-wee Herman, Paul Reubens (Blow), is ready to truly reveal himself.It’s just unfortunate that his definitive documentary, Pee-wee as Himself, had to come out posthumously.. The ...

‘Pee-wee as Himself’ Review: Paul Reubens Explores Pee-wee Herman, and His Own Identity, in Revealing HBO Doc. Culled from 40 hours of interviews and thousands of hours of archival footage ...

'Pee-wee as Himself,' a two-part documentary directed by Matt Wolf premiering Friday on HBO, supplies a vivid portrait of Paul Reubens, who receded behind his character.

You know him as "Pee-wee Herman," but in a new documentary, he wants you to know him simply as Paul Reubens."Pee-wee as Himself," a two-part HBO series, shows a side of the beloved children's ...

Paul Reubens’s performance as Pee-wee Herman gave fans “license to be weird.” At an underground cabaret, he cheered on his community of renegades. Paul Reubens, as seen in the documentary ...

Opening Shot: The actor, out of Pee-wee uniform but tended to by hair and makeup, sits close-up in center of the frame, announcing himself: “Hi. It’s Paul Reubens.