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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I Saw this programme years ago and thought it was brilliant!
I didn't realize it was available on DVD but when I found out it was I had to have it.
I believe it preceeds "The Young Ones" but I can't help thinking someone had seen this show before writing for Rik, Neil, Viv and Mike. It is a much milder humour but has a subversive feel about it taking the shape of a Kids programme with undertones which confuse Pee Wee.
One is always in danger of exaggerating how good a show was and - on review - some of the magic can seem to have dissapeared. This is definately NOT the so in this case.
I laughed and at the same time was transported to Pee Wee's innocent and magical world.
Love it!
I didn't realize it was available on DVD but when I found out it was I had to have it.
I believe it preceeds "The Young Ones" but I can't help thinking someone had seen this show before writing for Rik, Neil, Viv and Mike. It is a much milder humour but has a subversive feel about it taking the shape of a Kids programme with undertones which confuse Pee Wee.
One is always in danger of exaggerating how good a show was and - on review - some of the magic can seem to have dissapeared. This is definately NOT the so in this case.
I laughed and at the same time was transported to Pee Wee's innocent and magical world.
Love it!
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48 of 50 people found the following review helpful
Precursor to Pee Wee's Career
6 Mar 2006
Format:DVD
The Pee-Wee Herman Show was a successful performance which catapulted Paul Reuben's career beyond his own imagination. The performance was held in front of a live audience at the Roxy in La for around 5 months. Luckily HBO brilliantly caught one of these live performances and gave people the opportunity to see Pee-Wee Herman. Pee-Wee Herman along with an ensemble cast of notables produced a hilarious performance that had me laughing from start to finish. Let us not ignore the actual set design for the show as well as Jambi the Genie. The show put Pee-Wee on the map of stardom due to his creativity and ingenious ways of entertaining his fans. The show immediately starts with Pee-Wee Herman digging through a bag of toys pulling out one thing after another, and stumbles upon "NAKED GUMBY AHH". Another funny idea was the Mr. Bungle skit. The Mr. Bungle skit was an actual 1950's dramatization on exhibiting manners. The funny part of this whole skit is they actually showed this to little girls and boys back in the 1950's. One scene shows the boy getting served hot food and next to the hot food the cafeteria person places a big piece of cake on the tray. By the end of the skit Pee-Wee says something like "is that piece of cake big enough for ya!?" then does his Pee-Wee laugh. Classic. I think the real interesting phenomenon of Pee-Wee Herman was he could entertain both adults and children. Understandably this led to his hit Saturday Morning cartoon show "Pee-Wee's Playhouse" which had several emmy nominations throughout the late 80's and early 90's. Furthermore Pee-Wee teamed up with Tim Burton to mesh together a film called "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure". The Pee-Wee Herman show was a unique, weird, yet funny performance that catapulted Pee-Wee Herman into a cult classic for many people.
20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
The birth of a legend
9 Jan 2006
Format:DVD
I've caught this on HBO several times and it just gets funnier everytime. The interplay between PeeWee and Phil Hartman is brilliant. The show was an hour long HBO special featuring the Pee-Wee Herman Show that was done as part of the Groundlings. If you like the Saturday morning show, you better get this.
This was shot on video.
This was shot on video.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
One of the brightest comedy moments of the '80s
20 Jan 2006
Format:DVD
While I thought it would never happen, I have hoped for this to be released on DVD for years. I show this to everyone, hoping each time that the tape will survive for one last showing. This is Paul Rubens' nightclub act that started the whole Pee Wee Herman for kids thing - but this IS NOT for kids. It parodies the genre of kid shows and is one of the funniest things ever captured for an audience - Jamby finally gets his hands (mail order), a musical tribute to Sly Stone, and a film about manners. Makes you wish the whole Pee Wee character had stayed this funny. Yes, it was shot on video and as long as the transfer in broadcast quality it will exceed my current version. I can't wait!
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