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Rambo John J

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I used to enjoy his show
was only allowed 30 minutes TV per day and it made the cut
Pretty weird show, mister rogers/Sesame Street hybrid
 

Uncle Tom Doug

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Jun 24, 2022
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I watched him as a young kid in Pee-Wee's play house and Pee-Wee's Big Adventure and then as a tween and teenager in Cheech and Chong's next movie, Nice Dreams, and Meatballs 2. I remember being high as shit as a teenager and having my mind blown that he was in stoner movies. Then I went back and watched Pee-Wee's playhouse and realized how fucked up it was, in a good way.

Dude is definitely a legend.
 

Bungee up

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Jun 25, 2022
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I used to enjoy his show
was only allowed 30 minutes TV per day and it made the cut
Pretty weird show, mister rogers/Sesame Street hybrid
Your parents raised you right. - re 30min a day.
I had a weird relationship with TV. I was a naturally active kid hut grew up on a boat. Literally sailed around the world. I remember when I was 6 or so pulling up to the statue of liberty ( 1989-90 ish) . I already had the nick name by my parents, the bilge rat by that point.. I did / would stick my head up out of the hatch and say " is that all " :) and go back to watching TV.
You have to understand that TV reception was a very scarce thing. There was no such thing as TV reception when you're in the middle of the Indian Ocean, Atlantic ocean or the pacific ocean 1000 miles from the nearest coastline. So whenever we got close to land I'd be seeing if we had TV reception. On a little shitty box hooked up to the 12v battery used to start the motor with alligator clips.
So I was like a fat kid on a forced diet that binged on shit food at the slightest chance.
I didn't fully take in the awesomeness of the places we went to unfortunately due to me being more concerned about TV reception.
If you're wondering why my dad didn't just smash the TV and be done with me being pre occupied with that garbage than don't worry. He did. I'm pretty sure it was at least 3 TV's he smashed. The last one I fully remember, and it was because the boat would swing around on the anchor ( this was halfway down the Mississippi (( we put the mast down and went up the Hudson into the great Lakes canada, down the Mississippi , down new Orleans...as dad sang the chuck Berry song the whole way down)) . He picked it up so high over his head and just smashed it all over the floor of the saloon. We were all in a state of quiet shock, but not really because this had happened before. Until he was about to jump on it , and my mother, sister and I yelled out NO!!! At the same time. He was bare foot and there was huge chunks of glass from the TV screen sticking out.
Unbelievably he actually listened and basically backed off mid air. Probably the first time in my life when I saw him show that kind of restraint when he gotthat mad.
It's probably why I have the restraint to have never smashed my kids I Pads when I've seriously considered it. šŸ˜€
I remember it was on the Mississippi because my sister tuned the radio we had into the TV frequency and I listened to the Saturday morning cartoons all morning on the deck while taking in the beauty of the Mississippi river.
She was good like that. I remember her fixing a blown fuse on the TV with a safety pin and super glue.

All that is to say. Good for your parents. I wasn't huge into pee wee hermin but if this doco is some kind of smear job then fuck those people .( I haven't even watched the trailer. As long as he's not a kid fucker I could give 2 shits if he got caught with his dick in his hand in the movie theatre).

Sorry for the FRAT. just brought back some memories.
 

kvr28

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Nov 22, 2015
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Didn't see this thread, Wild @Wild can you delete mine

I grew up watching pee wee, saw his comedy special on HBO which would have been around 84 or so. Then Pee Wee's playhouse and then Big adventure. I loved his role in blow. Huge fan. Can't wait to watch this.
 

MountainMedic

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Sep 28, 2017
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Your parents raised you right. - re 30min a day.
I had a weird relationship with TV. I was a naturally active kid hut grew up on a boat. Literally sailed around the world. I remember when I was 6 or so pulling up to the statue of liberty ( 1989-90 ish) . I already had the nick name by my parents, the bilge rat by that point.. I did / would stick my head up out of the hatch and say " is that all " :) and go back to watching TV.
You have to understand that TV reception was a very scarce thing. There was no such thing as TV reception when you're in the middle of the Indian Ocean, Atlantic ocean or the pacific ocean 1000 miles from the nearest coastline. So whenever we got close to land I'd be seeing if we had TV reception. On a little shitty box hooked up to the 12v battery used to start the motor with alligator clips.
So I was like a fat kid on a forced diet that binged on shit food at the slightest chance.
I didn't fully take in the awesomeness of the places we went to unfortunately due to me being more concerned about TV reception.
If you're wondering why my dad didn't just smash the TV and be done with me being pre occupied with that garbage than don't worry. He did. I'm pretty sure it was at least 3 TV's he smashed. The last one I fully remember, and it was because the boat would swing around on the anchor ( this was halfway down the Mississippi (( we put the mast down and went up the Hudson into the great Lakes canada, down the Mississippi , down new Orleans...as dad sang the chuck Berry song the whole way down)) . He picked it up so high over his head and just smashed it all over the floor of the saloon. We were all in a state of quiet shock, but not really because this had happened before. Until he was about to jump on it , and my mother, sister and I yelled out NO!!! At the same time. He was bare foot and there was huge chunks of glass from the TV screen sticking out.
Unbelievably he actually listened and basically backed off mid air. Probably the first time in my life when I saw him show that kind of restraint when he gotthat mad.
It's probably why I have the restraint to have never smashed my kids I Pads when I've seriously considered it. šŸ˜€
I remember it was on the Mississippi because my sister tuned the radio we had into the TV frequency and I listened to the Saturday morning cartoons all morning on the deck while taking in the beauty of the Mississippi river.
She was good like that. I remember her fixing a blown fuse on the TV with a safety pin and super glue.

All that is to say. Good for your parents. I wasn't huge into pee wee hermin but if this doco is some kind of smear job then fuck those people .( I haven't even watched the trailer. As long as he's not a kid fucker I could give 2 shits if he got caught with his dick in his hand in the movie theatre).

Sorry for the FRAT. just brought back some memories.
Shit man, tv was my babysitter as a kid. Mom shoved one in my room in 1st grade when we moved off the commune back into town. Andy Griffith was the only stable parent I had. To this day it's hard to fall asleep in absolute silence, that tv was pretty much always on.
 

kvr28

I am the Greengo
Nov 22, 2015
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Shit man, tv was my babysitter as a kid. Mom shoved one in my room in 1st grade when we moved off the commune back into town. Andy Griffith was the only stable parent I had. To this day it's hard to fall asleep in absolute silence, that tv was pretty much always on.
My three sons for me
 

CuddleBug

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Nov 18, 2023
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I read his wikipedia page the other day and I was surprised to find out he was gay. When I think about it a bit more, I'm now surprised that I was surprised...
 

IschKabibble

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Jan 15, 2015
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Your parents raised you right. - re 30min a day.
I had a weird relationship with TV. I was a naturally active kid hut grew up on a boat. Literally sailed around the world. I remember when I was 6 or so pulling up to the statue of liberty ( 1989-90 ish) . I already had the nick name by my parents, the bilge rat by that point.. I did / would stick my head up out of the hatch and say " is that all " :) and go back to watching TV.
You have to understand that TV reception was a very scarce thing. There was no such thing as TV reception when you're in the middle of the Indian Ocean, Atlantic ocean or the pacific ocean 1000 miles from the nearest coastline. So whenever we got close to land I'd be seeing if we had TV reception. On a little shitty box hooked up to the 12v battery used to start the motor with alligator clips.
So I was like a fat kid on a forced diet that binged on shit food at the slightest chance.
I didn't fully take in the awesomeness of the places we went to unfortunately due to me being more concerned about TV reception.
If you're wondering why my dad didn't just smash the TV and be done with me being pre occupied with that garbage than don't worry. He did. I'm pretty sure it was at least 3 TV's he smashed. The last one I fully remember, and it was because the boat would swing around on the anchor ( this was halfway down the Mississippi (( we put the mast down and went up the Hudson into the great Lakes canada, down the Mississippi , down new Orleans...as dad sang the chuck Berry song the whole way down)) . He picked it up so high over his head and just smashed it all over the floor of the saloon. We were all in a state of quiet shock, but not really because this had happened before. Until he was about to jump on it , and my mother, sister and I yelled out NO!!! At the same time. He was bare foot and there was huge chunks of glass from the TV screen sticking out.
Unbelievably he actually listened and basically backed off mid air. Probably the first time in my life when I saw him show that kind of restraint when he gotthat mad.
It's probably why I have the restraint to have never smashed my kids I Pads when I've seriously considered it. šŸ˜€
I remember it was on the Mississippi because my sister tuned the radio we had into the TV frequency and I listened to the Saturday morning cartoons all morning on the deck while taking in the beauty of the Mississippi river.
She was good like that. I remember her fixing a blown fuse on the TV with a safety pin and super glue.

All that is to say. Good for your parents. I wasn't huge into pee wee hermin but if this doco is some kind of smear job then fuck those people .( I haven't even watched the trailer. As long as he's not a kid fucker I could give 2 shits if he got caught with his dick in his hand in the movie theatre).

Sorry for the FRAT. just brought back some memories.
I still struggle with TV not living up to its former glory. It was a cultural experience back in the 90s. YouTube has been fun, but I miss the regular schedule, the jazzy background music, the whole presentation. Take me back!

 

Lennybishop

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Nov 17, 2023
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I still struggle with TV not living up to its former glory. It was a cultural experience back in the 90s. YouTube has been fun, but I miss the regular schedule, the jazzy background music, the whole presentation. Take me back!

I think I saw a tittie.
 

oblongo

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His dad was a pilot for the UK and the US in WWII and later helped found the IDF air force. He was described by another pilot as a man who swaggered even when his was sitting. How do get from that to Pee Wee Herman in one generation?
 

Jesus X

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Sep 7, 2015
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the gaydar force is weak in you
Only gay people are supposed to have gaydar it is a gay persons intuitive ability to sense out other gays in a crowd it is hilarious when straight people say they have gaydar as it is "gay radar"
 

kvr28

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Nov 22, 2015
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Only gay people are supposed to have gaydar it is a gay persons intuitive ability to sense out other gays in a crowd it is hilarious when straight people say they have gaydar as it is "gay radar"
It also develops more as you get older and interact with more people.

 

Uncle Tom Doug

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Jun 24, 2022
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Only gay people are supposed to have gaydar it is a gay persons intuitive ability to sense out other gays in a crowd it is hilarious when straight people say they have gaydar as it is "gay radar"
This is like saying only black people are supposed to be racist against black people. It's preposterous.