As Pee-wee Herman, Paul Reubens was a performance artist hiding in plain sight in mainstream popular culture. His fictional ...

Reubens also co-wrote the script with Phil Hartman and Michael Varhol. It spawned two sequels, Big Top Pee-wee (1988) and Pee-wee's Big Holiday (2016).

And in 1988, Pee-wee — not Reubens — received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. However, that same year, his film follow-up, “Big Top Pee-wee,” was a maligned flop (“I went into ...

Reubens also co-wrote the script with Phil Hartman and Michael Varhol. It spawned two sequels, Big Top Pee-wee (1988) and Pee-wee's Big Holiday (2016).

Reubens is candid and perhaps regretful about some of his controlling behavior on the show, and its eventual demise; ditto some of the choices made on Big Top Pee-wee. It’s in the frequently ...

Reubens also co-wrote the script with Phil Hartman and Michael Varhol. It spawned two sequels, Big Top Pee-wee (1988) and Pee-wee's Big Holiday (2016).

(What transpired is not disclosed). He has a flop with his film, “Big Top Pee-wee,” which humbles him. Then there is the notorious arrest that destroyed his career. Wolf recounts the episode ...