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Paul Reubens (born Paul Rubenfeld on August 27, 1952, in Peekskill, New York), is an American actor, writer, and comedian, best known professionally for his character "Pee-wee Herman".1 Early Development
In the 1970s, Reubens performed at local comedy clubs and made four guest appearances on The Gong Show. He soon joined the L.A.-based improvisational comedy team The Groundlings for 6 years, working with Bob Mc Clurg , John Paragon , Susan Barnes , and Phil Hartman. Reubens wrote sketches and developed his improvisational skills. He also forged a significant friendship and working relationship with Hartman, with whom he developed the "Pee-wee Herman" character. Pee-wee was an eccentric man-child with a perpetually giddy disposition.
2 The Pee-wee Herman Show
Reubens auditioned for Saturday Night Live the season that Eddie Murphy started, but wasn't accepted into the cast. Instead, he started a stage show with the Herman character. Originally, Reubens imbued "Pee-wee" with a sexuality that was later toned down as the character made the transition from raucous night club to children's television. His stage show was immortalized by HBO when The Pee-wee Herman Show was aired in 1981.
In 19801980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. Events January-February January 1- April 1 National steel strike in United Kingdom January 1 Changes to the Swedish Act of Succession creates Victoria of Sweden, Crown Princess over her younger brother January 5 He, Reubens landed a small role in the film, The Blues BrothersThe Blues Brothers is the name of a blues band fronted, incognito, by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi. Belushi (as vocalist Jake Blues) and Aykroyd (as harpist Elwood Blues), both members of the original cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live television. He also appeared in Cheech and ChongCheech Marin and Tommy Chong ''a. Cheech and Chong were a comedy duo who found a wide audience in the 1960s and 1970s for their stand-up routines, which were based upon the 1960s "hippie," "free love" and (especially) "drug culture" movements. Cheech play's Nice Dreams in 1981Events January-February January Sarawak Chamber found January 1 Greece enters the EEC January 1 Palau becomes self-governing January 4 Sheffield police arrests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper January 16 Protestant gunmen shoot and wound Bernadette D, and Meatballs Part II in 1984This page is about the year 1984. For other uses of 1984, see 1984 (disambiguation). 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday (link shows calendar). Events January January 1 Brunei becomes a fully independent state January 1 AT&T is broken up into 22 indepe.
3 Pee-wee's Big Adventure
While on a Warner Bros.Warner Bros. the abbreviated name of Warner Bros. Entertainment is one of the world's largest producers of film and television entertainment. It is presently a subsidiary of the Time Warner conglomerate and headquartered in Burbank, California. Subsidiari set, Reubens noticed that most of the people rode around on bicycles, and asked when he would get his. Warner Bros. presented him with a refurbished 1940s Schwinn; Reubens then abandoned the Pee-wee Herman script he was writing in favor of one about Herman's love for his bike and his efforts to locate it once it's stolen. Hartman and Reubens co-wrote the script for Pee-wee's Big AdventurePee-wee's Big Adventure is a 1985 film directed by Tim Burton and written by Paul Reubens, Phil Hartman, and Michael Varhol. Cast Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman Elizabeth Daily as Dottie Mark Holton as Francis Buckston Diane Salinger as Simone Judd Omen a and in 19851985 is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January events January 1 Creation of the Internet's Domain Name System. January 17 British Telecom annouces they are going to abolish the famous red telephone boxes. January 23 A debate in the House of Lor the film was directed by Tim Burton.
