Pee-Wee's Playhouse

So for Christmas - Chris got us the Complete Pee-Wee's Playhouse TV Series on DVD...

My first reaction was a mixture of reminiscent of childhood TV programming - and disdain for the weird pervert...

But there it was - and we popped it in the ol' DVD player to see if it is was all that we remembered!!

Sadly - It was...

...While it had moments of campiness and cheese - I laughed at things I laughed at as a kid - and then jokes I didn't get as a kid - but then understood why my dad liked watching it with my little brother and I all those years ago... ahh, the frequent use of double entendre!

This fantasy playhouse - with talking furniture, animation, silly behavior, and a little moral lesson at the end... and of course The Secret Word!!!! AaaaaaHhhhhhhh!!

Yes - we watched and grinned at the antics of characters like Chairry, Pterri, Conky, Jambie the Genie, Ms. Yvonne, Cowboy Curtis, Capt. Carl, the talking Flowers and Fishes, and my favorites - The Puppet Blues Band- Dirty Dog, Kool Kat, and Chickie Baby!!

Then I did something I never did as a child -- I watched the fast rolling credits at the end of the show... and there flashed by my little hazel eyes the names Todd Rundgren, Dweezil Zappa, and Danny Elfman - And Cyndi Lauper sang the Theme Song!! Who knew it? Not I, any way - but they were very involved in the Music composition of the Show - its theme and little music interludes!!
Of course great actors and writers were involved in the show: Phil Hartman, S. Epatha Merkerson, William Marshall, Laurence Fishburne, John Paragon, Gilbert Lewis, and many, many more!!

What a great show that was! Very Wacky - Creative, Different, and Fun!!
And now - It is an icon of sorts... Pee-Wee's Playhouse...

Mekka Lekka Hi-Mekka Hiney Ho!