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Pee Wee’s Last Big Adventure: Remembering Paul Reubens

We’re back! When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. Well, this spring we got a truck full of citrus!

Today we fill you in on our recent adventures and woes, plus take a look at all the celebrity documentary biopics streaming, the new Barbie film and the terrifying world of erotic clown leather fetish, not to be confused with RuPaul’s Drag Race.

Posted in: Culture & Style, Podcast, Television 1 year ago 0

FOF #2895 – What Pee Wee Herman’s Crack PSA Taught Us About Covid

Although some PSA’s are wildly ridiculous like trying to get people to eat healthy or to avoid using drugs, the reason these campaigns persist is because to some extent they are successful. So where are all the public service announcements for COVID?

Today, Summer Nettles, TV news producer and former communications specialist for the City of Denver, Colorado, joins us to look at some of our favorite public service health TV ads, and why Republicans aren’t using what we’ve learned in the past 75 years of ads.

Posted in: Podcast, Politicians/Activists, Writers 4 years ago 1

Best of Fun! Unwrapping Pee Wee’s Christmas Special

One of our favorite oddball TV Christmas moments is Pee Wee’s Christmas Special, a star studded hour long event that aired in 1988 at the height of Pee Wee Herman’s popularity.

Today we take you inside Pee Wee’s Christmas Special with the she-larious Irene Marquette,
who is putting on a holiday extravaganza inspired by Pee Wee Herman’s Holiday Show complete with variety acts and animation in the Curio Show at Chicago’s IO Theater.

Posted in: Comedians, Podcast 5 years ago 0

FOF #2264 – Unwrapping Pee Wee’s Christmas Special

One of our favorite oddball TV Christmas moments is Pee Wee’s Christmas Special, a star studded hour long event that aired in 1988 at the height of Pee Wee Herman’s popularity.

Today we take you inside Pee Wee’s Christmas Special with the she-larious Irene Marquette,
who is putting on a holiday extravaganza inspired by Pee Wee Herman’s Holiday Show complete with variety acts and animation in the Curio Show at Chicago’s IO Theater.

Posted in: Comedians, Podcast 6 years ago 0

FOF #2414 – Being Elvira’s Elvira

Today we’re chatting with Elvira’s only official drag queen impersonator, Christian Greenia, who also runs much of the behind the scenes business of the Queen of Halloween.

Listen as we chat with Christian about performers whose characters took over their lives and forever blurred the lines between reality and fantasy. Like pro wrestlers and rock stars, Elvira, Pee Wee Herman and Andy Kaufman made a career by blurring the lines.

Posted in: Comedians, Podcast 8 years ago 1

FOF #2264 – Unwrapping Pee Wee’s Christmas Special

One of our favorite oddball TV Christmas moments is Pee Wee’s Christmas Special, a star studded hour long event that aired in 1988 at the height of Pee Wee Herman’s popularity.

Today we take you inside Pee Wee’s Christmas Special with the she-larious Irene Marquette,
who is putting on a holiday extravaganza inspired by Pee Wee Herman’s Holiday Show complete with variety acts and animation in the Curio Show at Chicago’s IO Theater.

Posted in: Comedians, Podcast 9 years ago 2

FOF #1688 – It Wasn’t So Obvious At First

Like looking for your lost keys, getting in shape isn’t always so obvious, but at least you know your body is always at the last place you saw it.

Today’s show is all about those essential things we’ve learned over the years about working out that weren’t so obvious at first.

Posted in: Health & Wellness, Podcast, Self Improvement 12 years ago 4

PHOTO: Give Pee Wee Herman an Award for Being Pee Wee Herman

Sadly even though The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway didn’t get nominated for a single Tony Award, they are winners in our hearts. Check out this absolutely hilarious ad promoting the show parodying Melissa Leo’s […]

Posted in: Culture & Style, Images, People 14 years ago 1

FOF #1343 – Pee Wee Herman is Back!

In the late 1970s, Paul Ruebens developed the character of Pee-wee Hermanas a challenge by the LA based improv group, the Groundlings, to create a comic that could never make it in real life.

Joining us is film maker Kerthy Fix- her new documentary “Who Took the Bomp: Le Tigre On Tour,” that focuses on the electroclash band Le Tigre premiers at SXSW.

Posted in: Culture & Style, Filmmakers, Interviews, Movies, Podcast 14 years ago 3

VIDEO: Pee-wee Talks About his Comeback at SXSW

At SXSW 2011, Paul Reubens, dressed up as Pee Wee Herman talked about his upcoming HBO special.

Based on the original show that launched Pee-wee Herman into an American pop culture icon, Paul Reubens’ beloved quirky character brought his post-modern Playhouse to life again to delighted audiences.

Posted in: Culture & Style, Video Podcast, Videos 14 years ago 0