"Pee-wee" set to play with Adult Swim
Ubiquitous
television.
Adult Swim, Cartoon Network's late-night sister network, said Monday
that it has acquired rights to all 45 half-hour episodes of the series,
along with "Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special." It plans to air the
show at 11 p.m. Monday-Thursday starting July 10.
Adult Swim said many of the episodes have not aired on TV since the
original 1986-91 run of "Pee-wee's Playhouse" on CBS' Saturday morning
schedule. Pee-wee Herman alter ego Paul Reubens' career was derailed
in 1991 when he was arrested for indecent exposure at a Florida porn
movie theater.
The show features Pee-wee Herman welcoming various characters to his
playhouse. Among the cast members are Phil Hartman, Laurence
Fishburne, S. Epatha Merkerson and Natasha Lyonne.
"I'd say this was a dream come true, but I never dared to dream the
'Playhouse' would join Adult Swim's amazing lineup of cool shows!"
Reubens said. "Well, maybe I did dream of it a couple of times. OK, it's
a dream come true!"
"Pee-wee's Playhouse" won 22 Emmys during its original run. A complete
DVD set was released in 2004.
The Adult Swim lineup also includes such shows as "Aqua Teen Hunger
Force," "The Boondocks," "Robot Chicken" and "Harvey Birdman, Attorney
at Law" as well as acquired series "Family Guy," "Futurama" and
"American Dad."
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