Pee-Wee's Playhouse coming to Adult Swim
 

Anybody else seen this commercials for this on AS? I don't think the shows been aired since the original CBS run. I'm rather curious to see old school Phil Hartman, Samuel L. Jackson, and Lawrence Fishburne as Cowboy Curtis :)

I think I'm one of the few kids from the 80's who thought Pee-Wee Herman was the stupidest thing on TV. I tried to watch it a few times, since so many kids at school liked it, but it was just a grown man making stupid noises and living in a world that made absolutely no sense. And that obnoxious laugh! Go back and watch any movie from that time period, and if there's a male character in the 7-12 age range, he's probably imitating Pee-Wee Herman.

I remember Lawrence Fishburne, but Phil Hartman and Samuel L. Jackson were in it too? Fuckin amazing. I'll definitely have to check that out.

I think I used to like it a long time ago, but now I just can't stand the show anymore

I wouldnt mind seeing more old shows (80s and other treasures), since showing shit like the Chuck Norris cartoon was worth my time than other (low budget) shows.

Now if only they'd play ALL of fucking saved by the bell.

I missed the goddamn caffeine pill episode.

sadness for all.

Still, this is great shit. I remember when ABC Family was called Fox Family and this was one of their morning things my senior year of high school. It was worth getting up early just to watch it.

You know, the ABC/Fox Family cable channel isnt that old ;P

Also I love pee-wee so I am very content with this.

First Saved by the Bell and now this? I fucking love Adult Swim. They're such blatent assholes to their viewers. Something about that draws me to them.

Actually, that's not correct. The channel was started way back in 1977 by everyone's favorite nutcase, Pat Robertson. Although owned by ABC today, there's still a stipulation in their contract that requires them to air the 700 Club twice daily, and always include the word "Family" in the channel's name.

Yes. I said when I was a senior in High School. It changed over to being the Fox Family channel at some point in 1998, which is when I remember watching Pee-Wee's Playhouse every morning before school. Something had to replace Mighty Max as my pre-school viewing of choice.

Well, you learn somethin new everyday :D

*sigh* I just see this as Cartoon Network turning into MTV in that they are starting to show things that are not related to their main programming core. Live action with animation is ok, but full out live action? Come on, it's named Cartoon Network for a reason!

I was never a big fan of Pee-Wee Herman.

Pee-Wee's Playhouse is an incredibly funny/smart show, and I'm glad CN is bringing it out.

I don't remember Samuel L. Jackson ever having a cameo on the show, though.

I have the first DVD volume (of 2), but I was waiting for the ultimate edition that was supposed to have commentary by Paul Reubens and extra content. I dunno if that ever went through, it was supposed to come in 2005. The standard DVD releases are bare-bones, just the episodes.

Yeah, Laurence Fishbourne was Cowboy Curtis. I didn't realise this until years later, and threw up a little when I finally made the connection.

http://www.tvacres.com/images/cowboy_curtis.jpg

I think the show's just pure nonsensical laughter! It's great at times really that you've got trashy shows to look at, ok, maybe not trashy but trashy-entertaining shows to watch. You get a kick out of it!

This is live action with animation. I mean, come on, THE KING OF CARTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONS.

I hope for the love of all things sacred that they include the legendary "Pee-Wee's Christmas Playhouse Special"

Everyone, including numerous B-list celebrity guests, bestowed upon Pee-Wee a holiday fruitcake as a Christmas gift. He amassed an enormous pile of inedible cakes. Eventually, he used them to create an add-on room to the Playhouse.

But there were holiday themed Penny cartoons and the King showed a Christmas old-timey reel. All the usual Playhouse pals sang carols. Even Roger, the friendly one-eyed monster, showed up.

It also featured the infamously famous Del Rubio triplets singing a country-western carol. Pee-Wee's intro pretty much summed it up:

The other Pee-Wee episodes were good. I kinda like the human characters from before the playhouse was remodeled. Ms. Steve and Dixie left and Mrs. Renee replaced the former. Dixie was replaced by nobody. Also, a handful of the characters underwent cosmetic revision and some didn't turn out so well. They gave Globey a huge nose, whereas I liked his smaller one more. It made him look urbane. The big one was just moronic.

I just liked the show for Konky. He was the best thing on there.

Well, that's awkward. I'm all for Lamchop to make a comeback though, that puppet taught me how to chop a banana without taking off it's peel.

This is the song that never ends, it goes on and on my friends...

Cartoon Network needs to die. I'm tired of this "It's not a cartoon, but it feel like one!" crap. Adult Swim needs to become it's own network.

Isnt there some psuedo-psycadellic show coming to that block that features live action elements (I dont know the name because I havent seen the commercial in a while).

What? Tom Goes to the Mayor? *giggly fun*

Boy, I'll tell you I can't wait for this to come on. I saw the promo for it last night and it just brought back all sorts of memories. Used to be one of my favorite shows back in the day.

I like how Adult Swim is slowly turning into Retro Junk. Which is a good thing.