Talk:Pee-wee's Playhouse

message: This phrase is almost exactly the same as the nonsense Arabic "Mecca lecca ho, lecca jani hey"
uttered in 1986 SNL Season 12 by Phil Hartman in the role of President Reagan in the skit 
"President Reagan, Mastermind"  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.84.66.30 (talk) 05:14, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Mecca lecca hi, mecca hiney ho

message: I edited the "Cast and crew" section to remove a phrase about the listed well-known actors receiving their "first big breaks" on the show.  Many of the cited actors were well-known before their appearances on Pee-Wee's Playhouse.  E.g., Laurence Fishburne appeared in Apocalypse Now, and Sandra Bernhard had done a lot of other things.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 163.231.6.68 (talk) 16:43, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Actors did not receive "first big breaks" on the show

message: Can someone explain why this section is relevant to the article?
First off, it's relevant to the article because even though Pee-wee himself created the game, he can't stand screaming. --User:Angie Y.
What she means is, sometimes Pee-Wee couldn't stand the screaming (especially when he was sick and pretending to be a librarian, which definately requires silence).
Second, can someone provide an image of the Picturephone? I have no images. --User:Angie Y.
What about the episode The Gang's All Here where the kids start playing too rough?  Pee-Wee gets upset and demands everyone be silent, ignoring the secret word, so that he can reprimand them.  Doesn't that count? -Rolypolyman 14:57, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Times where Pee-wee wanted silence... why?

message: I wonder, where does Pee-Wee live?
*Well, the playhouse is located in Puppetland (we know this because Mrs. Yvonne is "the most beautiful woman in Puppetland"). However, based on the locations in Pee Wee's Big Adventure, I'd guess somewhere in the southwestern United States (since he visits The Alamo in Texas and those giant dinosaurs in California). --Shinyplasticbag 06:45, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Where does Pee-Wee live?

message: Why is it that when Pee-wee is given a gift, he is quick in recieving it? He is clearly a spoiled brat in a man's body, but I want to know why. --User:Angie Y.
OK, he's a kid. Sometimes kids are like that. Didn't you ever feel that way sometimes? Mind you, this is the 80's, the Me Generation. A lot of kids were like that. You shouldn't call him a spoiled brat. You might as well call everyone growing up in the 80's a brat. 71.111.215.224 16:52, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Pee-wee's behavior when recieving gifts

message: "Pee-Wee and his playhouse have been referenced a number of times on the series "Full House", usually because the child character Joey loved the program."
I've only seen a few episodes of Full House, but I know Joey was an adult. Is the name wrong, or did this mean to say "child-like character?"
I typed in "child-like". 71.111.216.239 13:36, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Child character Joey?

message: You all forgot the most important word on the entire series.  Don't you remember when he would say "Mecka-lecka-hi-mecka-hiney-ho" to make his bicycle appear at the end of each show? -Scott W
Actually, he didn't say that. Watch the DVDs. --User:Angie Y.
:That term was actually the first of three sets of magic words that Jambi used when granting wishes.  To make the scooter appear at the end of each show, Pee-wee turned up an iron on a table in the first season, and in later seasons pulled the arm of a statue.  SchuminWeb (Talk) 13:12, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Mecka-lecka-hi-mecka-hiney-ho

message: In some episodes, whenever the lights of the Picturephone are turned on and come into position, you hear a boing sound. Like the sound heard in some cartoons when a woman puts on a corset and suddenly her breasts pop out, making a similar sound effect. Is this another sexual innuendo? --User: Angie Y.
:I think that's kinda grasping at straws.  I'd say no.  --Polkapunk 14:40, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I couldn't help giggling at this comment. I know the sound effect you talk about, but I've never seen a "cartoon" where a womans breast pop out of her corset accompanied by that sound. Ha haa. That sound is used in many different contexts, do you look for them wherever they appear and associate them with sexual innuendo? you must be perpetually offended, or horny. --64.173.240.130 17:38, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Edited my own comment, it was a bit harsh. I really did get a giggle out of it though.. Boioioioiing. --64.173.240.130 17:41, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Sexual reference in activating the Picturephone?

message: I can't make heads or tails of the third Recurring Gag.  Does anyone know what it means?  If so, can you please fix it up?  Otherwise, I'm going to remove it because it currently makes absolutely no sense. --Polkapunk 14:40, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Pee-wee often claims everything in the Playhouse to be his (usually because it actually was), including the Playhouse itself, and he often played the role of an authority figure to prove his point -- exaggerating the role to an extreme scale (a judge, a boss, and a librarian, to name a few). During these games, he gives everyone else "inferior" positions in each game. The tables were eventually turned once and for all in the final episode of the show, when Miss Yvonne says "How could you even think of selling the Playhouse without first consulting us? It belongs to all of us! You just remember that, Pee-wee, it's all our Playhouse!". --Polkapunk 14:00, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Recurring Gags

message: In the Family Guy episode "Father, Husband, Brother?" Peter Griffin buys the set to Pee-wee's Playhouse, renaming it "Peter's Playhouse." 
I thought he remade his living room to look like the Playhouse, not that he bought the set.  Also, he makes Brian play the role of Jambi, who says  PrometheusX303 17:02, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Father, Husband, Brother

message: Having never seen this show, I'm confused...is it a children's show or what? The words 'children's show' are in quotes in the intro, but the infobox calls it one. BillyH 01:50, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Then 'children's show' shouldn't be in quotes. I've removed them. BillyH 15:26, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

text: Because all the people who watched it when they were children are now adults. Gzuckier 21:27, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: "Children's show"

message: From the article: "Miss Yvonne was the only other character besides Pee-wee who was white".
This is so very not true. Captain Carl and the snooping lady were white. As was The King of Cartoons driver. Bdve 06:44, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That's right.  I removed that bit from the article.  I also took out the bit about Pee-wee having "No asian friends other than..." since he did have asian friends, and removed the bit about Ricardo since it was a trailer to one of the sentances I removed.  Also, was Ricardo spanish or latino? --Polkapunk 15:23, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  White People 

message: We now have a sentence that says
In the first season, Pee-wee was the only person that could use the Picturephone(with the exception of the puppet 'Randy' using the Picturephone in "Rainy Day" to teach Pee Wee how to prank call people, and with Cowboy Curtis in "The Cowboy and the Cowntess" using the Picturephone to call Miss Yvonne only to find out that she wants to date him)
Anyone mind if I completely remove it?  It is not, in my opinion, notable and seems to just be building up more exceptions. --Polkapunk 16:56, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Exceptions for the Picture Phone

message: I remember seeing an episode of Pee-Wee's Playhouse on HBO as a kid. I have it on VHS (old school) but the credits are all cut off, due to my recording expertise as a child. This episode included one of those old school etiquette filmstrips featuring a kid getting a larger-than-normal piece of chocolate cake and then, after the strip was over, all Pee-Wee says is "Boy, that's some piece of cake!"
Also, there were a LOT of sexual innuendi. It was like the Playhouse for Adults. (It was on HBO, after all.) Any info on this entertaining "episode?" Makubesu 22:00, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Pee-Wee on HBO???

message: Removed sketchy Bob Zmuda rumor that Andy Kaufmann inspired the Playhouse...I have never read an article where Paul Reubens has verified this.--The lorax 02:25, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Kaufmann reference

message: The show was referenced in an episode of the Teen Titans series. However, the secret word was called the "sloppy mess word" instead.
...What? There needs to be a description of whatever this Teen Titans reference was before it starts going into "however"'s like that. --Foot Dragoon 18:52, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Something that needs to be clarified

message: Do we really need the "From old to new" section?  Most TV shows have changes in main characters, actors, scenery, etc.  The article already addresses the actors who departed or were replaced.  I don't think we need another section repeating the cast changes when the only new information is cruft. --Polkapunk 14:02, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Redid this section, eliminating the redundancies. --Goldrushcavi 21:55, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: From old to new

message: Please expand these and fill in the missing information!  I also took out the Wikilinks that point to nowhere.  Finally, perhaps someone can either merge or delete the mini-articles describing each minor character, at good discretion.  --Goldrushcavi 21:26, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Character tables added

message: In Ants In Your Pants, Penny Swor to God.
Penny has done a lot of bad things, in an episode I saw last night I found her segment to be quite enraging. Not to mention she said the word "sexy" in it, though I don't know if that's very bad or not... ~ Ultimate Perfect Chaos 23:48, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Bad Penny

message: pee wee move up and down when he laughs and he laughed in front of that lady who was the most "beutiful" lady in puppet land and it didnt look right...
:Dude, I saw that this show is being aired on adult swim a few days ago and so I started watching it again, since I haven't seen it since I was a little kid. Anyways, on the episode that aired just a few minutes ago, Dr. Pee-Wee and the Del Rubios, Pee-Wee clearly upskirted Reba the mail lady when he was playing doctor (not to mention the connotations of the term playing doctor). He "accidentally" dropped one of those mirror-headband things doctors stereotypically wear in some tv shows, but which I've never seen in real life. Anyway, he bends down to pick it up and spends a few seconds clearly pointing it to reflect up her skirt and even adjusts the position to get a better look. Ungovernable ForceThe Wiki Kitchen! 07:31, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, I saw that episode too, he was clearly doing the upskirt mirror thing. Funny, because her skirt is so long there is clearly nothing to see. what was really funny is that they did it so flatly, no emphasis, mugging, etc. so that the little kids who were watching missed the whole thing, they thought he really just dropped his mirror and picked it up. if I remember correctly, in a later episode he does the mirror upskirt thing with Miss Yvonne, too. Have to get a fresh look at it. Gzuckier 15:55, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

text: Oh, yeah, I think he upskirted Miss Yvonne in "Now You See Me, Now You Don't", in which he pulls up on her skirt while he was invisible. 216.93.237.209 01:40, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Well then why does this article still say "...Pee-wee a positive role model, sought to make a significantly moral show that would teach children the ethics of reciprocity..." When we know that the origins of the show were a very racy adult show toned down for the supposed kids version, and that he still included semi-veiled adult humor? Richard 50.47.246.194 (talk) 09:05, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Paul Reubens clearly doesn't believe there's anything immoral about racy adult humor. If the viewers of his show all grew up to be people who helped the common good, treated others as they'd want to be treated, didn't smoke or drink, were respectful to their parents, collected pornography, and had kinky sex, I don't think he'd consider that a failure in any way. And I think a lot of people would agree with him, even if there are others who equate raciness with immorality—and, more importantly, there's nothing inconsistent in it. --50.0.128.16 (talk) 01:38, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Pee wees sexual movements

message: the numerous instances of the term "claymation" should be changed to "stop-motion animation", or at the very least, "clay animation". "claymation" is not a term that should be used in an encyclopedic entry other than one for stop-motion animation. cma 10:33, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: claymation vs. clay animation/stop-motion animation

message: Does anybody know why the Theme Song is cut short on Adult Swim? Is it for time or because they couldn't get the rights to it? 68.48.174.136 03:43, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: they used the theme song for the first couple of episodes, without the opening sequence. i assume it's to save some time. cma 04:39, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: yeah, typically syndicated shows jam in more advertising. Gzuckier 15:56, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: The Abreviated Theme Song on Adult Swim

message: I'd like to get an opinion on adding this to the external links section.  Every day a new secret word is given, exactly like in Pee-wee's Playhouse.  --tj9991 02:31, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Secret Word of the Day Website

message: I am currently in the process of adding full play-by-plays of episodes (linked by the episode guide). You guys are certainly welcome to help. I'm even adding pictures. MHarrington 23:57, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Full episode synopses

message: How come there were only two episodes made in Season Three (not counting the Christmas Special) as opposed to the usual ten to thirteen? Can someone fill me in here? MHarrington 00:12, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I actually came here to ask that same thing, almost a year after YOU asked. 141.158.48.160 23:52, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Season Three

message: the show is for children, why is it included in adult swim, ah? --201.230.244.1 22:22, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: adult swim

message: The article says Peewee was created by comedian Robert Blake. There's no page for a comedian named Robert Blake, so I'm tempted to take this as vandalism, but could there be something I'm missing?--Agent Aquamarine 00:49, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Robert Blake

message: I have begun to compile a list of 'classic' cartoons edited into various episodes of Pee-Wee's Playhouse, mostly presented via The King of Cartoons (though some are not.) Plenty of gaps need to be filled, so if anyone knows titles for cartoons that haven't been filled in can add them, much obliged.
:thank you thank you thank you. i love those classic cartoons. where do you get the info? i don't see it in the credits.Gzuckier 18:28, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the thanks! The credits never had the information I really needed for that. As an animation student, I'd seen some of the cartoons before elsewhere... So it was mostly a case of matching cartoon descriptions to directors and companies (using imdb/google/ect). Most Fleischer ones were easy to spot, as they used rotoscoped model backgrounds, instead of hand-drawn pictures.Zapnut 19:03, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Classic Cartoons list

message: I'm curious...everywhere in the article, it says there are 45 episodes (like the DVDs), yet the episode list includes the christmas special which expands the list to 46. It was rather confusing seeing that and not being able to figure out why there's an extra episode (I even counted them twice). So is the christmas special considered to be part of the episode line up? If it is, I would think the references to the number of episodes should be changed to 46, however if it's not, it shouldn't be counted in the episode table. -- Striker 05:26, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Where else can it go? 207.62.231.2 20:35, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Go? I didn't say it had to "go" anywhere, however, I think the episode numbering should skip it, perhaps with a note that it was a special and not counted. But as I stated, I'm not sure if it really counted as a season episode because I never saw it when it originally aired (at least that I can remember). -- Striker 04:29, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Christmas Special an actual "episode"?

message: I don't remember that episode. What is it about? 207.62.231.2 20:34, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: What! A Renivation On Conky

message: One of the things that i think should be included some where in his recurring gags section is his tendancy to use the reflective insult "I know you are but what am I?".  I have not watched too much of the show but i have heard it at least 3 tims on the [adult swim] airings of the show.04:18, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: I know you are but what am I?

message: Who deleted the episode pages? Angie Y. 23:04, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Episode pages

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message: I thought Magic Screen was a boy. 71.90.23.222 (talk) 02:24, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think they ever directly said in the show. But Magic Screen was voiced by Alison Mork, the same woman who voices Chairry, the dinosaur mother, Chicky Baby, and many other characters, and the commentary track repeatedly refers to the puppet as "her", so… --50.0.128.16 (talk) 01:56, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Magic Screen

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message: Anyone know who composed the music for the credit roll? Tmore3 (talk) 07:09, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure if anyone ever answered your question, but in all likelihood it was Mark Mothersbaugh.--The lorax (talk) 19:01, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Closing music 

message: Isn't it a little offensive that the only the races of the actors who are not white are pointed out? I think the races should be taken out; they seem unneccessary. RainbowOfLight Talk 04:12, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  In a perfect world, every show might be as racially diverse as the original 60's Star Trek or the PeeWee's Playhouse show. However, they are chronically not. Therefore it is noteable when a show is a leader and boundary breaker for diversity. Richard. 50.47.246.194 (talk) 09:09, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Races of actors 

message: 15 Emmy awards (including six in 1987[1] and three in 1989[2]).
*1. 
*2. 
Oddly, the Emmys.com website only lists those three for 1989, and none for any other years.
--Lexein (talk) 19:51, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scouring for evidence of Emmys 

message: How did this make it as an episode in the list? Follow the link and you will see it is not a Pee Wee's Playhouse episode at all.
    70.189.109.11 (talk) 06:50, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Episode Title that doesn't appear to be a Pee Wee's Playhouse episode 

message: How did this make it all episodes for All Stereo CBS Stereosound? Please use on Pee-Wee's Playhouse using Restoration Reel later in 2024. 71.11.7.242 (talk) 15:17, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stereo (CBS Stereosound) 

message: I'm not one to argue to leave in trivia, but CBS creating a special primetime hour-long special of episodes (titled A Special Evening of Pee-wee's Playhouse) of the show doesn't constitute as "trivia" to me. I really heavily disagree with the removal of that bit of info. 98.220.44.26 (talk) 16:25, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, find some WP:RSes that define it as major significance beyond reruns. Ok, okay! — Smuckola(talk) 20:45, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  "trivia" 

message: No 2603:6011:3103:B24:D027:EA26:372C:5EB4 (talk) 03:29, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pee wee Herman bring back pee wee playhouse 

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