Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with news that'll make any red blooded boy or girl from my generation jump with joy and sing with glee! I remember the primal rage that boiled up in me when Pee-Wee's Playhouse got cancelled. My Saturday mornings hinged on Pee-Wee's Playhouse. I didn't give a rat's ass what he did in a porno theater, I wanted my secret word of the day! I wanted more Pee-Wee movies. Yes, I was that one kid who actually liked BIG TOP PEE-WEE! I wanted more, but I was denied that by a scared network. Anyway, there has been talk of Pee-Wee returning to the big screen since waaaaayyyy back in 1999. We ran a story from the lovely and uber-sexy Junior Mintz back in the day when we first heard Reubens comment on Pee-Wee's potential return (Click here to read it!) and now we have Pee-Wee once again getting our hopes up, but this time it sounds a little closer actually happening. Here's the report I got:
AICN: In an interview airing at seemingly random times on TVGuide Channel, Paul Reubens is asked about doing a Pee-Wee skit at the recent Groundlings celebration. He says that Pee-Wee won't be seen again until the new Pee-Wee movie is released, which he has been in talks for and is getting close.
- Hensler
"In talks" and "getting close" make me very excited. Burton's first film is a masterpiece of comedy and I love Paul Reubens in things like BLOW and dug his character, if not the rest of the film, in MYSTERY MEN, but Pee-Wee is Reubens at his best. Whether singing Surfin' Bird in BACK TO THE BEACH or hypnotizing female audience members into taking off their clothes on HBO specials or having a BIG ADVENTURE looking for a stolen bike, Pee-Wee rules all and I send all the positive energy I can at this project! Please happen! Please happen! Join along!!! Please please please...
