The comedian known for his character Pee-wee passed away after a private battle with cancer on July 30. “Icons of our youth tend to remain ageless in our minds, especially Pee-wee, the hilariously stunted man-child who hovered somewhere circa puberty for a four-decade career,” says critic Sean Burns.
Reubens enlisted Michael Varhol and a pal from the Groundlings comedy troupe, future"Saturday Night Live" legend Phil Hartman, to write the script with him. The three of them freely admitted they had no idea what they were doing and followed Syd Field's 1979 textbook"Screenplay" to the letter.
Reubens parlayed the film's success into Saturday morning stardom, shepherding five seasons of"Pee-wee's Playhouse" for CBS, bringing an anarchic energy and cross-generational appeal that hadn't been seen in children's television since"The Muppet Show." But 1998's"Big Top Pee-wee" was a lackluster follow-up, with"Grease" director Randall Kleiser unable to recapture Burton's madcap mania.
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