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re: Dumbstruck by the pee wee Herman documentary

Posted on 6/2/25 at 2:38 pm to
Posted by TheFonz
Somewhere in Louisiana
Member since Jul 2016
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Posted on 6/2/25 at 2:38 pm to
Do they mention his wonderful performance as The Spleen?



He was also in The Blues Brothers:

Posted by muttenstein
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 6/2/25 at 2:56 pm to
I liked the doc ok. Nothing groundbreaking but I learned some things I didn’t know.

They mentioned PeeWees playhouse not just watched by kids but also college students. That definitely rang true. Good way to get over a hangover, watching peewees playhouse on Saturday mornings and laughing our asses off in the fraternity house. Really good memories.
Posted by TigerBornTigerBred
Member since Mar 2014
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Posted on 6/2/25 at 3:10 pm to
He was the father of "The Penguin" in Batman Returns.
Posted by genro
Member since Nov 2011
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Posted on 6/2/25 at 8:34 pm to
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Dude had a false witch hunt against him
No it was horrifying.
You see 80s Moms and especially little kids aren’t anywhere near savvy enough to understand the layers of irony and camp.
It just looked like a kids show. Like Blues Clues stole their entire look because thats just what a kids show looks like. There was no tv ratings to key you in on the gay subtext and sexual innuendo. He gets arrested and you find out he’s a pervert and you have been sitting your toddler in front of a perverted queer’s ‘annoying little boy’ fetish and gay subversion
This post was edited on 6/2/25 at 8:35 pm
Posted by pbro62
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2016
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Posted on 6/3/25 at 6:09 pm to
The show is well done and informative. Dude was an interesting cat for sure. I enjoyed the watch.
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
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Posted on 6/3/25 at 6:15 pm to
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I liked the doc ok. Nothing groundbreaking but I learned some things I didn’t know.

That’s basically the same for me as well. I liked it pretty well actually. And I did learn some shite about the whole arrest thing that I never knew. The best part of it was obviously the nostalgia overload. I’d recommend it for people who were 80s kids.
Posted by PowerTool
The dark side of the road
Member since Dec 2009
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Posted on 6/3/25 at 7:54 pm to
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phil hartman was painfully shy and worked at a grocery store or something and never wanted to be on stage. pee wee drew him out of his shell.


That's pure fiction.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
91738 posts
Posted on 6/4/25 at 1:05 am to
None of that is true. He got a raw deal on both sets of charges.
Posted by VoxDawg
Glory, Glory
Member since Sep 2012
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Posted on 6/4/25 at 4:56 am to
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It just looked like a kids show.

It looked like a B-52's song come to life.
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 6/4/25 at 9:17 am to
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He was the father of "The Penguin" in Batman Returns.
And had a more fleshed out version of the father role on Gotham.
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