Happy 68th Birthday Paul Reubens

Paul Rubenfeld born August 27, 1952 in Peekskill, New York.

A.K.A. Pee-wee Herman. He’s “a loner, a rebel, a Dottie.”

^{Pee-wee’s Playhouse ran on Saturday mornings on CBS for five seasons, 45 episodes, starting in 1991, and continued in reruns. It is now available on Blue-ray.}

^{Here are 10 reasons I love Pee-wee’s Playhouse:}

^{1. Paul Reubens never broke character.}

^{2. Pee-wee always wore the same thing: a gray suit, white shirt, and red bow tie with matching lipstick.}

^{3. The “secret word.”}

^{4. Pee-wee’s laugh coupled with him uttering, “I know you are, but what am I?”}

^{5. Miss Yvonne was “the most beautiful woman in Puppet Land,” but an honorable mention goes to S. Epatha Merkerson, who portrayed Reba, the mail lady. The former showed cleavage; the latter did not.}

^{6. Laurence Fishburne played Cowboy Curtis, complete with a jheri curl.}

^{7. Academics studied it before “queer theory” and “gender studies” classes.}

^{8. Sandra Bernhard did a cameo in the first episode.}

^{9. Globey the globe.}

^{10. Jambi the blue-faced genie.}