The Pee-wee Herman Show
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The Pee-wee Herman Show was originally a stage production created in the late 1970s by actor Paul Reubens. The show centered around the antics of Reubens' alter-ego Pee-wee Herman, a character he'd created in 1978 as a member of the Groundlings, an improvisational comedy troupe based in Los Angeles, California.
The show featured the writing and acting of Groundlings alums Phil Hartman and John Paragon, who would both reprise their characters on Pee-wee's Playhouse, which aired on CBS from 1986–1991. The Pee-wee Herman Show played for 5 sellout months at The Roxy Theatre in L.A. whereupon HBO filmed it and aired it as a special on September 11, 1981.