movie

1988 · United States

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

Tonight at a glance

Runtime: 49 min
Language: English
Country: United States

Why tonight?

Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.

The story

Pee-wee Herman and pals are celebrating Christmas in the Playhouse in their own creative ways: Pee-wee makes a list for Santa Claus 1.5 miles long, teaches Little Richard how to ice skate, goes for a sleigh ride with Magic Johnson, enslaves Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello into making Christmas cards, receives a long phone call from Dinah Shore, even has more musical fun with k.d. lang, the Del Rubio Triplettes and Charo! Finally, Big Red arrives and announces that Pee-wee's Christmas list was so big, he didn't have enough presents for all the children of the world. Will Pee-wee follow his own advice and help others?

holiday
christmas

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

Ric Heitzman — Cool Cat / Fish / Flower / Mr. Window (voice)
Suzanne Kent — Mrs. Rene
William Marshall — King of Cartoons
George McGrath — Countess / Fish / Flower / Globey (voice)
S. Epatha Merkerson — Reba
Alison Mork — Chairry / Chicky Baby / Magic Screen (voice)
John Paragon — Jambi / Pterri (voice)
Lynne Marie Stewart — Miss Yvonne
Vic Trevino — Ricardo
Wayne White — Dirty Dog / Fish / Flower / Mr Kite / Randy (voice)
Charlie Tickner — Hans

Directed: Paul Reubens, Wayne Orr
Written: John Paragon, Paul Reubens

Production

Rating: 7.2 / 10 · 51 ratings
Studio: Pee Wee Pictures, Binder Entertainment

If this stayed with you

Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.