Paul Reubens, Pee-wee Herman Actor, Dies at 70 After Private Bout of Cancer

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/paul-reubens-dead-pee-wee-herman-1235683504/amp/ ^ | Variety | Ethan Shanfeld

[spacejunkie2001]

I don't know about any of you but I LOVED PeeWee and his various shows and movies. He was exceptionally funny and talented and it's a shame that he's gone.

[NWFree]

He was a pervert. Good riddance

[ncfool]

was he Gay?

[spacejunkie2001]

could be.

[Kriggerel]

“...He was a pervert...”

He might have been, but at least he never hurt anyone else (at least I’ve never heard any stories that he ever hurt anyone but himself).

Faint praise, I know, but he WAS an undeniably funny actor.

[bigbob]

He was an imperfect person but was a talented actor who I don’t remember telling us what to think or who to vote for. He doesn’t deserve the crap he’s going to get on this thread.

[FamiliarFace]

He was gay. Pretty much got caught with his pants down a bazillion years ago.

[CatOwner]

I was neither a fan, nor did I hate him. But I will say I appreciate that they kept his failing health a family and private matter. A lot of people on this planet suffer through deaths daily, yet entertainers, athletes, etc., expect us to treat theirs personal lives and ordeals as something special and more important than most everyone elses.

[Tench_Coxe]

I wonder if they ever renamed that movie theater 'Pee Wee's Playhouse'.....

Another fun character was the one he played in 'Mystery Men'.

[DouglasKC]

I loved that character as well...movies were pretty good.

[Big Red Badger]

RIP PEE WEE.
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‘I MEANT to Do That!’
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My favorite.

[DouglasKC]

Another fun character was the one he played in 'Mystery Men'.

Yeah what was it "The Spleen"?

[spacejunkie2001]

straight men get caught with their pants down too you know

[spacejunkie2001]

just between you and me I can quote like 50 things from PeeWee’s Big Adventure! LOL

I like you Dottie................LIKE

[FamiliarFace]

https://www.salon.com/2016/03/27/the_queering_of_pee_wee_herman_how_the_gay_icon_redefines_queer_boundaries_beyond_sexuality/

[HonorInPa]

No he wasn’t

[Antihero101607]

His death scene in Buffy the Vampire Slayer was pretty funny too.

[Shady]

“I meant to do that...”

[rexthecat]

He was a pervert. Good riddance.

He was a comic genius, and you are a dull little man.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

I never watched Pee Wee Herman because the character was repulsive to me. I do have to admire Paul Reubens for not making his illness a big me-me-me deal, though, so RIP.