I was living in Los Angeles in 1986 when Pee-wee’s Playhouse premiered on Saturday mornings on CBS. What a welcome sea change in children’s television. It was as if Prince and Cindy Lauper made a TV series with Captain Kangaroo. Best of all, every week, the secret word was “FUN.” The series was this incredible
The word of the day is “sad.” Paul Reubens, the actor/producer/comedian who made Pee-wee Herman a household name in the ‘80s has passed away. He was 70. Reubens, according to early reports, had been coping with cancer for six years. He played Herman, a man-child in a grey suit and red bow tie, with equal
Hartman was always pitch perfect on SNL Should the late, great Phil Hartman be in Canada’s Walk of Fame?They sure think so over at SiriusXMCanada where all this month of April has been declared Phil Hartman month. Hartman’s many hilarious comedy recordings have been in high rotation on the satellite station, especially on “Laugh Attack.”