Pee Wee Herman Died

I'll whack off at an Oppenheimer screening in his honor.

Poor guy, whacking off changed his life forever.

See if you can time your climax with the Trinity test, OP. That would truly be Art.

Incredibly shocking, had no idea he was 70 already.

Aww, RIP. I will always remember how hilarious he was on Murphy Brown. I felt so sorry for him and the public humiliation he had to endure. He didn't harm anyone, didn't do anything wrong.

As I recall, the Florida cop wrote him up for “Masterbating”.

“Paul bravely and privately fought cancer for years with his trademark tenacity and wit. A gifted and prolific talent, he will forever live in the comedy pantheon and in our hearts as a treasured friend and man of remarkable character and generosity of spirit.”

RIP Pee Wee, you will always be hilarious to me.

Op you will have lots of time to do any number of things while watching that long winded boring ass movie

Everyone should rub one out in a theater in his honor tonight. ;)

This one is so shocking. I had no idea he was sick.

Oh no, not right after Sinead. My heart aches. RIP Paul, you witty talented charming man. 😢

RIP, Pee Wee. I will have a shot of tequila tonight in your honor. If I have enough shots, I will don a pair of platforms and do the dance.

I thought he died years ago.

He was amazing in Dunston Checks In with Faye Dunaway.

I hope he died without too much suffering...although his protracted death scene in "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" was the best part of the movie.

He was a man for all times.

I’ve watched the video of Paul Reubens peeing on me 5 times today. I’m so fucking sad he was such a great guy :(

This was surprise. RIP Paul, you made me laugh which was nice.

As you get older these make more impact on you....

He was quite vain and was one of the first to use digital de-aging in Pee-Wee's Big Holiday.

Well this one certainly did, R23.

Tina, Tony and Sinead weren’t a complete surprise, but this was one of OUR weirdos.

Perfectly stated, r25.

I hope we find out what kind of cancer it was.

Pee Wee was such a well-drawn character. I’m still kind of amazed it was such a hit with mainstream audiences, because it was so weirdly child-like and kind of gay. It just worked.

I remember when PEE WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE came out and what a sensation it was everywhere… back when that used to happen with movie blockbusters. Everyone wanted to see it and everyone was quoting it and talking about it. They still do!

[quote]I hope we find out what kind of cancer it was.

Why?

[quote] I hope we find out what kind of cancer it was.

It was the kind that kills you, you dumb bitch.

R29, I’m not the previous poster but it’s human nature to wonder why and what exactly— most of us like to be able to cross something off our list of terminal threats, or at least figure our own odds, even when we really loved the person.

When he got to the Pearly Gates, he said, "I'm supposed to be sure to tell you Marge sent me."

Damn it I fucked that up @ R32 - meant to say Large Marge.

He will see his friend Phil Hartman again.

R27 why is that important. Creepy.

This is shocking and sad. Seventy seems so young. I always hated what happened to him and hope people who report about his death remember him for more than the theater incident. RIP.

He was a very cool person. He went to high school with my best friend, and when she found out he was arrested over nothing, she started defending him. He was a very loved person in his local friend group in the town where he grew up. When my friend that defended him died, he was at her funeral. I’m super sad that he’s gone, but I know he is in a better place

Bye, Pee-Wee! You were a fun part of my childhood. I appreciate it.

r29 He r27 is hoping it is colon cancer so he can fuck with:

Did he have any beach friends?

All my friends have big buts

Pee-Wee's Playhouse was so inventive and fun. A breath of fresh air at a time when most Saturday morning cartoons had become very commercialized and uninspired. Loved it.

I hope Pee-Wee is doing the Big Shoe Dance in heaven.

Connect the dots la la la

Aww, say it ain't so Pee Wee.

I know you are, but what am I?

This is sad. He was a huge part of my childhood. I never like a lot of the stuff that was put out there for kids but he was different

He was kinda like the B-52's in capturing that late mid-century thrift store kitsch capitalist flotsam chic better than anyone. It's an important mood to have captured, with so many people of that time gone too soon already.

adored. My dream was to put him, Iggy Pop, Rupaul and John Waters in a winebago and just let them go wild across the country as a reality show.

This terrible news I had no idea he was ill. He was a brilliant person and his light dimmed too soon.

RIP Paul 😢 😭

Why don't you take a picture? It'll last longer!

Did he ever come out as gay or bi?

Didn’t even know that he was ill…sad. He seemed like a nice person who made a mistake.

Thsi makes me feel so old. RIP Paul Reubens. You were a kind soul.

Been a fan since his HBO show. Was a theater manager and played "Pee Wee's Big Adventure" and would stand in the back to hear the roars of laughter. Got to meet him at the CHILLER show and have both "Big Adventure" and the HBO show DVDs signed. Also got to see him on Broadway front row at the new Sondheim theater. RIP Mr Ruebens thanks for all the years of laughter.

Loved Peewees Playhouse and still have the DVDs. So sad.

Is this the dead-to-me thread? I prefer to post on those.

[quote]I thought he died years ago.

Fascinating!

He was also in an episode of “What We Do in the Shadows” reprising his vampire role.

Very talented man.

It'll be bittersweet watching his Christmas special this year ;(

R36, what’s creepy about it? Are you one of those people from Reddit for whom everything is CREEPY?

I get you don’t like the pp’s original question, but “creepy”? Man the fuck up and leave your hovel sometime.

R20– talk about “milking it”…which reminds me that his public humiliation re wanking was so ridiculous.

I loved his tv playhouse show— Hi Chairy!!

RIP

"I don't need to see it, Dottie. I lived it."

...and he did.

AU REVOIR, PEE WEE!!!!!!?

This gayling had a stirring in his loins for hunky Ricardo on Pee Wee's Playhouse. He still makes Momma's mussy moist.

Have Cheech and Chong smoked a joint?

Aww, RIP. I will always remember how hilarious he was on Murphy Brown. I felt so sorry for him and the public humiliation he had to endure. He didn't harm anyone, didn't do anything wrong.

R74, you already said the exact same thing at R7.

R75 well aren’t you the unoriginal one.

We watched his show every Saturday morning, and we even got to see him at Carnegie Hall. A few Thanksgivings ago, Playhouse was on all day and we watched every episode.

Rat Fink forever!

RIP and thanks for all the fun.

Paging Mister Herman.

Mr. Herman, you have a telephone call.

Who was the blond surfer boy (clad only in a speedo) he featured early in the run? I always heard he was a gay porn star. By the next season he was wearing a t-shirt. I don't recall him in later episodes.

People are starting to whack off at Barbie in masse in his honor

His appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards shortly after his porn theatre arrest was hilarious. Fans clearly loved him. He breaks character in the beginning waiting for the applause to die down, clearly touched.

[quote] I hope we find out what kind of cancer it was.

R27 One might guess smoking-related, He was a chain smoker for several decades. A 2016 interview in Vanity Fair mentioned he'd finally kicked the habit; but the long-terms effects don't just go away.

He was a perfect example of how & why laughter makes the world a better place.

We should hear from Susan Dey any minute...

BEARKING BEARKING BEARKING

[quote]One might guess smoking-related, He was a chain smoker for several decades. A 2016 interview in Vanity Fair mentioned he'd finally kicked the habit; but the long-terms effects don't just go away.

Thank you for your worthless conjecture, DL medical expert.

Two peas in a pod?

It was too good, back then

Judy Tenuta, Pee Wee, now if Elvira goes that'll be most of my gay childhood/tween funny people.

This is so very sad. I loved him and his characters, and can't stand to think of his absence. RIP Paul.

[quote]Pee Wee Herman Died I'll whack off at an Oppenheimer screening in his honor.

OP, you broke the news first, even before Paul’s wiki was updated. Sincere question: were you a close friend of his, and did he ask you to do the Oppenheimer joke? I can totally see him coming up with it.

I hope we learn what he was wearing when he died. I also need to know his net worth and if he loved his mother.

Fun fact: my uncle was Cassandra “Elvira” Peterson’s personal lawyer for decades.

Rest in peace, Paul.

This interview is well worth the watch. It's a sweet story about his father that makes me laugh every time I think of it.

Oh for fuck's sake, it's the most natural thing in the world to wonder about the circumstances of someone's death.

Stop pretending to be so above it all-- the thought-policing is very Reddity and unDatalounge-like.

Not really R99 what cancer genome gets your mussy so whet that you had to post? 🧐

He was quite cute when young.

We had Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure memorized as kids.

Maybe Jan greeted him at the Pearly Gates and offered a tour.

Was he found in the nude?

Welcome to the Alamo, my name is Tina!

She was so funny in that scene.

Paul Reubens had several characters in his repertoire, but the Pee Wee Herman character was the one that broke out and made him famous.

He was an i"on and will be missed !

Suave and Debonair have been reunited.

I guess we are overlooking his kiddie porn habit?

Speak for yourself, Jeffrey.

Did Jeffrey inherit PR’s collection of vintage and campy male erotica?

R44 let's talk about your big but

Here’s John Paragon’s niche at Hollywood Forever. I wonder if Paul will het a Pee Wee related memorial too.

*will get. …. Paul definitely was not “het.”

I’m glad he wasn’t “survived” by ZZ Top level bearding

SHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I'M TRYING TO USE THE PHONE!!

I agree R99, the hall-monitoring has gotten out of control here.

I was the original Pee-wee and a much bigger star! I showed my ass and dick on camera which all true artists do. Pee-wee would beat off to my movies!

I loved those Penny cartoons in the Playhouse.

[quote]Not really R99 what cancer genome gets your mussy so whet that you had to post?

A genome is all the genetic information of an organism. What the heck is a cancer genome?

Anyone see anything from Cassandra aka Elvira?

[quote]R7 I felt so sorry for him and the public humiliation he had to endure. He didn't harm anyone, didn't do anything wrong.

Agree wholeheartedly.

[quote]Anyone see anything from Cassandra aka Elvira?

From her FB:

“Goodbye to my dear longtime friend, Paul Reubens. I am crushed. The world has lost one of the funniest human beings who ever lived. Paul, I hope wherever you are, you have reunited with John and Phil and are laughing your asses off - together again. I love you so much Paul. I will miss you and all the wonderful times we spent together more than you’ll ever know. 💔 RIP”

R.I.P. Your legacy lives on. Thank you!

Tasteful Friends:

I absolutely LOVED his decor!!

Here's the HBO special "adult" version of Pee Wee's Playhouse, which includes Phil Hartman and others.

R101 here again with another picture of the artist as a (rather attractive) young man.

[quote]I'll whack off at an Oppenheimer screening in his honor.

What was your reason for doing it last week?

R131 I love how they just dove into their passion for food instead of just making fat jokes. It’s actually relatable instead of nasty.

It's so sad that he was never able to over come his weight issues. Even as a top.

He rides a thin line between attractive and geeky R129. Kind of like this young lady:

R132 I’m amazed how that balloon scene went from stupidity to brilliance. I’m glad I stuck with it to the end.

I am genuinely curious: was Paul ever a DL'er? I could see it.

Paul certainly deserved props for his comedy chops and the classy way he went out. But… Didn’t he also leave some ugly situations in his wake of those who created the characters he took credit for (particularly Phil Hartman and John Paragon), as well as a history of stiffing producers and directors who he had also abandoned?

I hope he's in a better place but, as he got to ride pillion behind Joe Manganiello, he's already been to heaven anyway.

r27 r31 r85 and r99

According to Kathy Griffin, it was brain cancer.

And he managed to go six years? That's impressive. Unless it was a metastasis in his brain that came later on. I feel like the cases of brain cancer have skyrocketed in the past decade or so, only rivaled by the number of colon cancer ones. Poor guy.

A few celebs have come out with videos he sent telling them how much he loved them. Here's the one he sent Ricki Lake.

There were definitely quarrels with Paragon , who I think was romantically involved with Herman for a spell. Still.....

Paragon died on April 3, 2021, at his home in Palm Springs, California, at the age of 66. His cause of death was heart disease and chronic alcoholism. News of his death was not made public until June 18 of that year. He was cremated and his ashes were in the possession of Cassandra Peterson until they were interred at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on November 15, 2022. His urn is "a perfectly crafted depiction" of the purple-and-gold Jambi the Genie box.

R144 I wondered if they were together because of how incredibly in sync they were during their improvs and having the the same silly weirdness. They were almost too much alike, more like best friends or siblings than boyfriends.

I watched this video yesterday that Conan made remembering Paul. It’s well worth watching if you were a fan.

R142 Since I was around, yes. Although I didn’t know all the details.

[quote] I'll whack off at an Oppenheimer screening in his honor.

Well, at least that's better than doing it at an Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret screening,

Paragon? Was that his boy name?

We never really got him over here, so I was reading up on him and was surprised to hear he got arrested for wanking in an adult theatre.

Isn’t that what they’re for? That’s like arresting someone for buying food in a supermarket.

R149 I asked because I was curious. Why are you so bothered?

It's Florida, R151. Things are wacky down there.

R153 True. I just find the concept of sitting in an adult theatre, watching porn while remaining fully clothed just seems a bit like a waste of time. Maybe some people get something out of it, though.

In the days before home video, it was really the only way to see explicit porn, R154. What I didn't get was Reubens or anyone else still going to a porn theater in the early '90s, unless they were looking for a hook-up.

Gays still went to porno theaters, sometimes just to see porn without having to actually buy it and keep it home. Other went for the possibly of a hook up. I would go on occasion until the early 2000s.

He was down there visiting his parents.

Pee Wee, still mourning the loss of you and your movies.

I'm sure your breakfast (cereals) in heaven are complicated and delicious.

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