Remember Pee - Wee Herman ’s 1988 Christmas Special ? It featured an madly long lean of node - stars , include : Annette Funicello , Frankie Avalon , Grace Jones , k.d . lang , Dinah Shore , Little Richard , Cher , Magic Johnson , Zsa Zsa Gabor , the Del Rubio Triplets , Whoopi Goldberg , Oprah Winfrey , Joan Rivers , and Charo . It was a hell of a yield , and as far as Christmas specials go , it ’s a classic .
In the particular , Pee - Wee make an absurdly retentive list of presents he desire from Santa ( using his Conky 2000 electronic computer ) ; various Edgar Guest stars help him adorn for the holiday ; a Jewish neighbor explains Hanukkah and the dreidel ; and finally , Santa make it – but since Pee - Wee requested so many presents , there was no way on the sled for present for anyone else on the planet . How will it end ? ? You ’ll have to watch to find out .
The special is stream online now , on Pee - Wee Herman ’s website . Here ’s how to watch the special :
If the PeeWee.com site does n’t do work for you ( it ’s VERY Flash - sound ) , you’re able to also watch apoor - quality YouTube versiondubbed from VHS ( it ’s broken up into parts ; check the Related Videos for the remainder of the videos ) . you may alsoread more about the specialat a limited wiki commit to Christmas specials ( yes , really ) . Here ’s some trivium fromWikipedia:“This is the only [ Pee - Wee ’s Playhouse ] episode in which the cloak-and-dagger parole is not bring out in the beginning . "
And last , some personal Pee - Wee trivium from my childhood : back in the sidereal day , I rode the double-decker to middle school in Sarasota , Florida with fellow blogger Ransom Riggs ( who was a big Pee - Wee fan at the time ) . Our motorcoach went right past the adult theater where Mr. Herman got into , ahem , some bother . It was somewhat weird . I hear it ’s just a parking lot now . Any Sarasota house physician want to place an update on that ?
( ViaPop Candy . )
