A face you won’t forget
Pee-wee Herman
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Pee-wee Herman is Paul Reubens’s bow-tied comic persona, known for his high-pitched voice, playful mannerisms and mischievous confidence. Reubens portrays him in Saturday Night Live’s 1985 Big House, trading increasingly unlikely stories…
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Pee-wee Herman is Paul Reubens’s bow-tied comic persona, known for his high-pitched voice, playful mannerisms and mischievous confidence. Reubens portrays him in Saturday Night Live’s 1985 Big House, trading increasingly unlikely stories with Tommy Flanagan.
Other performers also portray the character in sketches, including Mikey Day in SNL’s Jurassic Park screen-test parody.
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