@ Joneser - At risk of you thinking less of me, I condemn this. Only because I used to really like Pee Wee back in the old days. What I have seen of him recently strikes me as both painfully unfunny and more than a bit creepy. Then again, I didn't see "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" so maybe I'm missing something.
Pee-wee's always been creepy. In the original stage show Reubens portrayed him as a voyeuristic pervert, and there's something inherently unsettling about a fully grown man acting like a kid.
Pee-wee, though, owns the creepiness. If the act was all fuzziness and certainty it wouldn't have any kind of edge. Part of what makes the character appealing is the unspoken assertion that an id-driven imp is underneath the prancing man-child, and that he just might snap at any second.
Pee Wee was awesome on "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" last weekend.
Pee-wee, though, owns the creepiness. If the act was all fuzziness and certainty it wouldn't have any kind of edge. Part of what makes the character appealing is the unspoken assertion that an id-driven imp is underneath the prancing man-child, and that he just might snap at any second.