Actor Paul Reubens, of PeeWee Herman fame, dead at 70
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70? He couldn't have been 70... Cuz then that would mean that I'm...
Fuck... I'm getting old...
https://i.imgur.com/rAFP13z.mp4
Always thought he looked like Christopher Lloyd there.
Christopher Lloyd was in Nobody. At first I thought it was the actor that played Raymond's father from Everyone Loves Raymond, though could have sworn I had heard he died years ago. I was sad when I recognized Lloyd partway through.
I had this exact same freakout when another posted said "I'm 40 and I loved him when I was a kid" I'm like yeah, he must have been around for a while beforehand then, this is reasonable... Then I realised I'm 38 1/2
Large Marge has her passenger back.
They can roam the highways together for all eternity.
Reubens also helped start the careers of Phil Hartman and Laurence Fishburne, which is pretty neat.
Man either the guy really thought he was going to beat this or he just needed a reason to hang on: "...he recently penned the first draft of his upcoming memoir. He had also put the finishing touches on two more Pee-wee movie scripts and was developing projects for television, including a variety show and a western called Fancypants."
Shame those won't see the light of day, at least not with his further involvement of course. That sounds like a ton of work. Source: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/paul-reubens-best-known-pee-170902189.html
Maybe Johnny Depp will play Pee-wee if those movies ever get made. (Depp was Reubens' pick to replace him.)
I really really really don’t want anyone else to play Pee-wee.
I'd be angry I think. There is only one pee wee
Exactly. I’ve never seen a spot on Pee-Wee impression. Some people can get the voice, but they never get the ever-changing facial expressions right.
Ugh gross. Let's forget about that creep Depp. Dude can't even act anymore
what?
that's Johnny fishing for compliments.. don't indulge him..
Or it's Amber's account.
they can all die in a fucking fire.. you can guess what my suggestion would be for their "followers"..
the unedited memoir sounds worthy to experience
Watching the PeeWee Herman Show special on HBO blew my mind as a young adult. What a talent, and stunted career in the end. We loved you Paul.
Wild man. I remember watching Pee-wee's Playhouse as a kid on those Saturday mornings oh so long ago. https://youtu.be/UsmFg7CD1Pg
Enough about my big butt. Let's talk about your big butt.
Reubens created a lot of joy in the world, he will be missed.
Can't believe he was 70. RIP. Big part of my 90s childhood.
Fun fact, if you add 33 to the age someone was in 1990, you get their age now.
This is awesome.
he was art school college roommates with Hasselhoff.. wait what?
I'm surprised the hoff went to art school actually
some hot chicks in art school in Cali, bro
Lol they are in all the art schools. Art school is awesome
I remember him telling Philip Rosenthal that the reason he developed Pee-wee Herman was that Reubens had a horrible memory for jokes, and so he just built a persona that was inherently funny without them.
Obviously, a brilliant move.
I'm 40 now. I freaking loved PeeWee when I was a kid. This hurts. I'm hoping when I get to the pearly gates I hear "Ha ha! Ahhh!". Probably want to see my grandma first now that I think about it.
Holy shit!
"He died on April 3rd."
DOUBLE holy shit!
Where does it say that? Article is dated for today and the quote says his team shared the news on Monday, which I presume they mean today.
That's what RodneyCK was saying.
hope he gets to jerk off in heaven
Dude was into porn before the internet. He was just a future dude living in the past.
He got caught in my hometown! Lots of weird stuff happens in Sarasota, FL.
I don't think jerking off in an adult theater is weird.
like, aren't you weird not to? what the fuck else is the place for?
He also had vintage photos that could be (and were by the police) considered child pornography. That's probably more important than the porno theater incident.
Why are you like this?
i disapprove of your behavior, son
i didn't ask, tool
You sound like a nice person and I'm sure your family is very proud of you.
Context since I'm deleting the comment above: I accidentally made the same comment twice because of a bug in the Connect app.
@theodewere @18_24_61_b_17_17_4 @_number8_ @solidsnake2085 @bufordt @EzekielJK
Goodbye.
The Pussycat Theatre chain in California was a pretty well known goto. I thought it was strange that 1) it was Florida and 2) anyone really cared.
Who ever volunteered to watch these guys cum in a porn theater just to handcuff their slimy wrists... I'm no comedian, but that entire situation is so insane I feel I could do at least 10 minutes on it.
That kind of thing happens quite often when a celebrity no longer has an agent.
The family don't think to inform the press.
Jerking off in heaven?
Jambi, I know exactly what to wish for. :( Really sad seeing your childhood pop culture figures dying.
Well that sucks. Could have definitely started the morning not knowing this. RIP Paul Reubens
Anyone remember this movie?
Midnight Madness!
Yes! Finally! No one remembers that movie anymore, but I love it.
One of my favorites. And we're not alone...
Man WTF I idolized him as a kid growing up watching PeeWee's Playhouse and the PeeWee movies. Even though he was as old as my parents, it feels like a childhood friend died. I did not expect to be so upset by this.
RIP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkuSYw8lVf4
Oh noooo! He was nice :(
Pee Wee's Big Adventure has gotten even more absurd and hilarious to me as I've gotten older; it both aged well and has grown funnier with time (nearly 40 years!)
I’ll always remember Zyzzybalubah…
So is he a child molestor? I never have been able to figure out the news about him.
From the article
Then in 2004, Reubens was sentenced to three years probation after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor obscenity charge involving photographs of minors engaged in sexual conduct were seized from him
Those charges were later dropped.
I actually didn't either, I only knew of the original theatre incident, only learned the part about the pictures today.
There was apparently some homoerotic subtext in the Netflix special? Not sure.
No, he was caught jerking off in a porn theater and charged with public indecency. In my opinion the whole thing was blown out of proportion and a stain on his legacy that doesn't deserve to be there. People just hear "sex crimes" and "children's performer" and come to that assumption. (No shade to you, its a fair assumption. I more have a problem with how the media handled it at the time)
You should probably continue on with the quotes a bit longer.
“That mischaracterizes the art collection seized,” Reubens’ lawyer, Blair Berk said Friday. “If that means a black-and-white tintype from 1901 with a young man of indeterminate, 17- to 19-year-old age, laying on the beach after having gone skinny-dipping ... then they got it.”
“It was clear from the start that we, along with the many distinguished art experts supporting Paul’s art photography collection, vehemently disagreed with the city prosecutor’s view of what constitutes art,” Berk said.
From the same article you linked.
I don't care about the wanking, but the CP possession charge is hard to ignore.
It's easy to ignore when it was dropped. Charges are not convictions.
IIRC he never claimed to not own CP; He was charged and there was legitimate evidence of dozens of CP materials. His legal defense was that he buys bulk lots of kisch art and wasn't aware the offending material was in there. He would later in 2004 (after charges were dropped in exchange for a obscenity charge) claim that he was aware of the CP; but he only owned it for as he also collected vintage Erotica; and he further claimed the CP was "innocent nudes" and in no way pornographic in nature. Not being charged doesn't mean he didn't actually own the offending materials.
He whacked off in a porn theater afaik. So no. Weird though but I don't know what else there is to do in a porn theater.
i heard BonesOfTheMoon sucks off armadillos.. i don't know anything about that.. just what i heard, man..
armadillos, man.. under a viaduct in the Florida panhandle.. but that's just what i heard..
He has had 1 or 2 incidents involving child pornography of some sort (which I'm not underplaying lol), but as far as molesting, not that we know.
Edit: https://ew.com/article/2002/11/18/paul-pee-wee-reubens-charged-kid-porn-probe/
You can read about those charges here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Reubens#2002_pornography_arrest
They were eventually dropped.