Forbes

‘Pee-Wee As Himself’ Director Had No Idea Paul Reubens Was Dying

Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman posing for a portrait while promoting 'The Pee-wee Herman Show' live stage play in Los Angeles. "I was scheduled to do a final interview with him the week after Paul ...
CNET

Pee-wee Herman's Documentary Lets Gen X Reflect on Our Quirky Childhood

Countless memes exist about how Gen X is a tough, often overlooked generation, and there are a million more memes about how we're also an apathetic generation (say whatever you want about us, I don't ...
NPR

'Pee-wee as Himself' is a portrait of a private man and his public alter ego

Pee-wee As Himself tells the story of how a kid who grew up adoring The Little Rascals and I Love Lucy went on to revolutionize sketch comedy and children's television. In 1986, one of the most ...
Forbes

New Pee-Wee Herman Documentary Arrives On Streaming This Week

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 14: Actor Paul Reubens 'Pee-wee Herman' speaks onstage at the 10th Annual TV Land Awards at the Lexington Avenue Armory on April 14, 2012 in New ...
Los Angeles Times

Everyone knew Pee-wee Herman. But few knew the man behind the man-child

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 show and most ...
The New York Times

Pee-wee’s Legacy: A Network of Ambitious Weirdos

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 “Pee-wee as ...
Rolling Stone

Pee-wee Herman Was the Greatest Pop-Culture Manchild Ever

When he starts hyperventilating his way through a theme song to the audience of Angeleno hipsters at the Roxy Theatre (“Onyourmark getready getset/Now go-go-go-go-GO!”), you wonder if you’ve stumbled ...
People

Pee-wee as Himself

Other contenders in the category included 'Deaf President Now!,' 'Martha,' 'Pee-wee As Himself,' 'Sly Lives!' and 'Will & Harper' Lizzie Hyman is a Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE, where she contributes in ...
Los Angeles Times

Paul Reubens is gone. Why Pee-wee Herman is destined to live on

Paul Reubens has left the Earth, riding a sporty red-and-white bicycle into that Puppetland from whose bourn no traveler returns, but leaving us with his great creation and alter ego: Pee-wee Herman.
IndieWire

‘Pee-wee’s Big Adventure’ at 40: Tim Burton and More on Paul Reubens, Ditched Sequels, and Creating a Pop Culture Classic

From creating the Large Marge who scarred us all to being in a dinosaur's mouth with Reubens, the cast and creative team relive the 1985 classic with IndieWire. It’s been 40 years since Pee-wee Herman ...
Salon

“Pee-wee as Himself” director says working with Paul Reubens was “contentious” and “thrilling”

Even as Reubens wanted to impact kids with TV the way it impacted him, he lost part of himself by having his alter ego pass as a real person. Director Matt Wolf shrewdly recounts Reubens’ life and his ...