There is a new Pee-
wee's Playhouse show running in LA and I wish I could call upon
Jambi to fly me down to see the great Mr. Herman live and in person. It's not an exaggeration to say that Paul
Reubens, the mastermind behind Pee-wee, is one of the most
influential people in my life.
The Pee-wee character, the Playhouse world, the movies, were a huge part of my youth. I remember playing spin the bottle after watching the original
"The Pee-wee Herman Show". I got to see
"Big Top Pee-wee" on the big screen at
Grauman's Chinese Theatre. Perhaps most importantly, as a poor weird kid, living in a house with no phone, surrounded by abuse and alcohol, "
Pee-wee's Playhouse" was a sweet and silly, candy coloured escape from my reality. Into adulthood Pee-wee continued to see me through
life's difficulties including grief after loss.
Pee-wee has never failed to instill at least a small glimmer of delight, even in the darkest of circumstances. The whole Pee-wee world is like all the best and happiest things you can imagine rolled into a lovely sparkly ball of glee. It's what I've come to strive to for. Aspiring for a
perfectly positive, wonderfully silly life is a pretty nice dream to have.
I'm totally tickled Paul
Reubens (who is all around awesome in so many ways) is bringing Pee-wee back. I can not believe that I've never done any Pee-wee crafting!
Soooo, next week I'm devoting some quality time to creating
fantastical Pee-wee inspired thing-a-ma-bobs and hopefully make my own big sparkly ball of glee a little bigger in the process.
Official Website for Pee-wee's Playhouse and Pee-wee Herman
