Pee-Wee Herman Guest Host on Joan Rivers The Late Show 1987
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Pee-Wee Herman Guest Host on Joan Rivers Show (Complete)
Guest Stars:
Suzanne Somers
Frankie Avalon
Rae Dawn Chong
Howard Hewett
He brought nothing but SMILES and lots of laughter to everyone. He's just a funny guy all by himself.
Rest in peace, Paul Reubens. Great monologue. When that pizza gets delivered and he starts talking to the delivery guy in gibberish Spanish and then asked Suzanne and Frankie if "they were having some, too?", I fell on the floor laughing.
Best guest host...EVER! He had the crowd in the palm of his hands.
I just bought the complete series of Pee-Wee's playhouse. I watch it every sunday morning while I eat breakfast just like i used to when I was young and would watch it every saturday morning.... I appreciate it more now than I did when I was young. It always makes me feel better...Just saying, as you were.
I too have fond memories of that show cause I was young too when it came out. It was so like nothing else and quirky. Just a fun kids show.
Rob R. I love the show too! My favorite show as a kid. When it used to come on I’d jump up and turn the volume all the up, sing every word of the song and do the Pee Wee dance 🤣 One of my fondest memories from childhood. What country do you live in? cause Pee Wee used to come on Saturday mornings in the US. Loving Pee Wee’s Playhouse is universal!!! ❤️
@@rebeccahopkins9522 Yeah I guess it was saturdays. I was kinda guessing since it was so long ago. I loved Pee-wee and Land of the Lost when I was young. I had a crush on the girl on that show. Ah to be young again.
You must buy lots of Mister T cereal... would you like some gum? Fruit or spearmint?
@@TheHeavensFellen SSHHH.... I'm trying to listen to reason !!!
Wow, Paul is a master improv! I was just a kid back then so I didn't realize how much effort he put into his Pee-Wee persona.
He developed the character while in Groundlings, so it's really no surprise he's great at improv!
Plus he was an adult themed comic originally, look for the Showtime or HBO live show with Phil Hartman, and also Reubens worked with Cheech and Chong, whose daughter is a guest here also.
Love him or hate him, he was by far one of the most original characters in the history of entertainment.
Str8 up!
@Fuck TH-cam it's actually the 35th anniversary of Pee-Wee's Big Adventure though, not the character. Pee-Wee Herman made his debut at Groundlings in 1977 and his first television special was on HBO in 1981. He also had a couple scenes in Cheech and Chong's Next Movie in 1980. Wasn't trying to criticize your comment. Just thought people might be interested to know just how long he's been doing the character.
@Fuck TH-cam lol. Sorry, wasn't trying to trigger you. You assume a lot. You seem to think anyone who gets directed by youtube to a Pee-Wee Herman video knows his whole career. When I found out he first introduced the character in 77 I thought that was kind of interesting and I was just trying to share some knowledge. Perhaps I did come off a little arrogant, but I honestly had the best intentions. Perhaps YOU are the one who needs to get over yourself?
@Fuck TH-cam It might be time to increase the dosage.
@Fuck TH-cam What an odd thing to rage over
Man he was ahead of his time. I didn’t appreciate him enough back then, but I think he’s pretty brilliant now.
Same. Having MC'ed (for very small audiences!), I'm super-impressed at how he maintains his ridiculous character while actually keeping the show running on time and connecting with the audience.
Thank you for uploading this!! He is such a gem ❤ watching this on his Birthday. Rest in peace my friend ❤
Like everyone else said here, I totally appreciate him more now than i did as a kid. I wasn't planning to watch this whole episode, but I enjoyed every minute of it. I wish he had a talk show today.
Paul Rubens is such a genius. He and Norm McDonald are the most underrated comics in history.
Norm is VERY highly rated in his field by his peers. In fact, he is accepted to be the greatest living comedic mind by a majority of his contemporaries. However! They are both very under appreciated in the mainstream.
God, I wish this was still a thing, waayyy better than anything on in 2020...
Well that thing he did in the movie theater kinda ruined his career.
I would add Chris Elliot and Tracy Morgan
And Gilbert Gottfreid
😂 that nod to Johnny Carson’s “golf swing” at the beginning.
Pee Wee should have had his own late night show. It would have been a hit.
I remember this from when I was a kid, thanks for posting! I never forgot Pee Wee's joke to Suzanne..."What's your favorite color?...Black and white...Those aren't colors!"
I always remember that answer, but for some reason I thought it was Carol Channing.
@@CarynDPrescottit’s the hat, me thinks…
He should’ve gotten his own talk show.
No kidding, he was funny and quick.
I agree. It should’ve been called “The Pee-Wee Herman Show.”
Pee wee’s playhouse was everything good about the 80’s and my childhood. I knew the song by heart and when it would come on Saturday mornings I would jump up, turn the sound all the way up, do the Pee Wee dance, and sing every word at the top of my lungs (much to my Dad’s chagrin who was in kitchen drinking his coffee-if you know the song then you understand 🤣). Yes the show was fun and wacky, with lots of kooky characters, but the humor was actually very advanced for a kids show; it didn’t talk down to kids like we were stupid. Filled with double entendres, lessons on how to be a good person, the “inside joke” angle with the secret word, lots of high level thinking, sophisticated humor concepts, and was wholly and completely inventive and original. It was just so great. If you didn’t live in that time and have it as a child, it’s hard to understand just how great it was. But it was Fantastic. Paul Reubens (Pee Wee) started as a stand up comic and his humor came from that perspective even though it was for kids. It still had an intelligence, wit and sarcasm to it that put it shoulders above other kids show and still does. I think that’s why his live Pee Wee shows all sell out and still go over so well with adults, besides the nostalgia aspect. It truly was One of a kind. There Will never be another Paul Reubens or a show like Pee Wee’s Playhouse. I still miss it, some 35 years later. The crap they spoon feed to kids these days can’t even come near it. Long live the king, Mr. Pee Wee Herman 👑
You deserve top comment!
Amen girl!!
Something I recently learned (2023) was that the person who sang the Pee-Wee's Playhouse theme song was NOT Ellen Shaw, as listed in the credits. She was actually the assistant to the girl who REALLY sang the intro: Cyndi Lauper! Apparently, Cyndi was asked to sing the song, but her manager (or someone who thought he controlled her), didn't want Cyndi to be associated with such a silly song - thought it might hurt her record sales. Well, while that guy was in some meeting in another part of the studio, Cyndi recorded the song anyway. They used Cyndi's recording, but listed Ellen Shaw as the singer in the credits.
@@muchkneadedNO WAY!!! 😮 🤔 💭
💡EPIPHANY MOMENT! LIFE SUDDENLY MAKES SENSE TO ME! ❤
@@MENTY-B I know - I was blown away, too! Cyndi even sang an unexpectedly AWESOME, heartfelt rendition of the Star Spangled Banner, in her way, to open a Major League Baseball game in 2011. It's the best version I've ever heard. th-cam.com/video/_CsDr1E13M0/w-d-xo.html
This is absolutely adorable!
Seeing this for the first time, I'm impressed! I never thought I'd see Pee Wee as a guest HOST on The Tonight Show, but he did a GREAT job!
I’ve seen a lot of his late night clips over the last few days… but this was peak Pee-wee!!
Yes indeedy Peeweedy 😊
Oh damn, I would have loved to be in the audience for this taping. What fun!
what a comedic genius - and he never never lets up for a SECOND!!! his delivery is absolutely unique as he effortlessly bounces between bits… an absolutely loveable, ageless character - we were so lucky - I think he really did know how much we loved him…
I ate some Skippy peanut butter,and it reminded me of Annette Funicello, and THAT reminded me of "Back to the Beach." SO I started watching it. I called my mom to say, "Hey, ma...! I'm watching Back to the Beach!" and she mentioned the Pee Wee Cameo I had totally forgotten about. Then she told me about this specific video on youtube, so here I am.
😂😂😂😂
He was excellent! It was sweet that Herman was talking to his parents.
Awwwwwww, Suzanne was so freaking adorable on this show; loved her Pee Wee dance!!
Who else is here broken hearted 😭💔
Ironically the 1980’s guests ,by today’s standards, look weird compared to Pee Wee.
The 80s were strange, but fun.
God I miss the late 80’s/early 90’s.
Of course, Pee-wee would be somebody that orders himself a pizza while hosting a talk-show. XP
He’s such a great actor, he the show in character. The character we all love. I’m so glad as a person he embraced it. He’s Superman to us. Obviously most importantly hysterical. He is a comedian first.
“Is that how you met your wife?” Lol love how reubens/ pee-wee dresses down cocky Howard. And he was totally unprepared for it 😂
Reubens should do a talk show on Adult Swim.
We'll always have the Gigglefudge pilot.
omg yesss
What a gem! I hardly ever watched TV in '87! This was terrific!
Wow! Pee Wee Herman did a fantastic job hosting!! I loved when he cut off Howard, Time's up!!" Hilarious.
All the guests are so awkward because they are in the shadow of Pee-wee's comedic genius. They don't know how to keep up.
But he recognizes that and he does well trying to include all of them.. He did AMAZING here.
so true - this really is a great bit of TV
I can't believe I watched the entire thing, well, minus skipping over the singing parts. I never realized how special Paul was and his ability to interact with people as Pee Wee. I love his adult humor mixed in with his normal banter. He was edgy for adults and kid like enough for children to enjoy as well. I think that is where things fell apart for him, you cross the line into children's entertainment and you have to keep your nose clean, look at all the narrators for Thomas the Tank Engine, you can come from being controversial, but once you make the crossover, your personal life can't go back into being called into question. Pee Wee would have shined even more if he would have been a few decades younger and in todays culture, he could have been huge in a more burlesque adult manner, not needing to worry about his personal life and choices being called into question.
"I'd love to play, Muhammad Ali or something to go with your Patti LaBelle." haha. Perfect backhand!
Paul clearly knew how whack it was for her to black up. Hopefully it didn't make the cut for her special. I googled Susanne Somers Patti LaBelle blackface and thankfully it turned up nothing.
Also I love how Suzanne laughed the hardest at the Playboy reference. SHE LAUGHED BECAUSE THAT WAS FUNNY!!! 31:38
Paul continuing to remain on top of it IN CHARACTER.
Pee wee Herman is crazy on here.
I never would thought he would host show.
I absolutely love hum, totally unique and hilarious and in style non-stop.
I would totally watch this if he were hosting a show!
Thanks for posting this! I remember watching this on FOX tv when it aired. A big fan of Suzanne Somers and Pee Wee Herman 🙂
In my book, Pee-Wee Herman stock just keeps going up. Thank you for uploading this here.
I watched this when it was on. The next day at school, I asked my friends, "Hey did you watch Joan Rivers last night?" They said, "Yeah, did you see Pee-Wee Herman?" and one kid did the Pee-Wee Herman dance! I loved the film, Back to the Beach, too.
The dance was mentioned in the Baha Men song, Move It Like This.
I like how Paul was showing his fangs just to see who was willing to play ball. Only a couple caught on in the later stages though and realized they missed opportunities to swing the bat.
At the 21:00 mark - I keep rewinding it to hear Pee Wee do the babbling when he imitates the Pizza guy! I miss those days when we could do that! Today people would be screaming racist and canceling him because they have no sense of humor.
Looks like Pee Wee has the show well in hand.
Rest in peace Pee-Wee Herman (Paul Reubens).. you've made my childhood a lot of fun.
Paul Reubens is fabulous .He should have his own talk show
Pee Wee: What is your favorite color? Suzanne Sommers: I like white and black. Pee Wee: Oh..those aren't colors LOL
When PeeWees Playhouse went off the air, he could have totally done a talk show, but with a different theme. People would have watched that.
i would so watch a talk show hosted by pee wee lol
It’s 12am, I just found this jewel and I absolutely love it I’ve been laughing the entire time I loved Peewee when I was a child 😩❤️
Genius....multi-talented. Not a one trick pony.
Here he is performing by-gones. As of now, noone has come close via persona , a la Jerry Lee Lewis. Come back, Paul.
are you sure you dont mean Jerry Lewis? Jerry LEE Lewis is a musician whose career began in the 50s. Paul did a comeback on Broadway a few years ago.
Man, I love this guy.
I am reminded of why I loved Suzanne Sommers back then.
Nick Diamond: It's a man.
@@williamroberts1693 Hey,it's 2020. What's the diff?
@@ejamsc Go back to sleep.
She's got an infectious laugh and a good sense of humour, she is pretty too. Not dumb unlike many celebrities today.
This was the best episode of Joan Rivers' show.
Rubens I think could have been a regular host if not had his own talk show - surprisingly good! Just professional enough to get the job done and say all the right things needed (breaking to commercial etc.) but also just childlike enough to offer something fresh to the genre!
My guess is if you were to search the alternate universes, Paul Rubens as Pee-wee Herman (or whatever his name would be on that alternate planet or universe) would have had some sort of (quite successful) talk show!
Agreed!
@@Angie2343 Thanks Angie! (Sorry for the late reply to your comment on my comment… Happy New Decade!)
I read the last bit as “some sort of successful line of Tequila” lmao 🤣
I was also laughing at his improv-Spanish to the Domino’s Guy 🤣 21:07
@@MENTY-B Right on! That was excellent!
RIP Pee-Wee Herman
Saturday mornings with Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, a joint and orange danish. Then more sleep.
I’ve never had an orange danish
aneily Then you simply must try it! Pillsbury orange danish. So yum.
Lol same for me smoke a bunch of hash Saturday morning , up early clean my house ,finish in time for Pee weeks Playhouse. You could be having the worst week ever but then Pee Wees Playhouse would make you forget all about it.
The man is pure genius.
I realize that in the early eighties I worked for a Boston Bank and wore an identical outfit including the two pointed Brest handkerchief....I now wish I had acted in the same way!
Dwayne_Mitchell thank you for posting all these amazing videos. They bring me much joy and laughter. I grew up watching Pee-Wee's Playhouse as a kid. It's crazy that he started the playhouse before I was even born(not the show).
Hey no problem. Glad you enjoyed them.
He would have been brilliant with his own show.
He was with his own show.
He had one. And it WAS brilliant.
3 Batman references. Paul Reubens played The Penguins father in Batman returns, Michael Keaton (who appeared in a clip) played Batman in the film 2 years later to this and The Batcar on the desk. Wonder if the Batcar on the desk was a sly reference to Keaton becoming Batman 2 years later?
I dont think any casting was done for the Batman movie back in '87. You could see it as a prescient prediction of the future, maybe - and Tim Burton was the director for both "Batman' and "Pee-wees Big Adventure'.
21:04 I don't know why but that part always crack me up
Pee-wee just can't speak another language
Best host fill in ever! Know I have to go rewatch Pee Wee’s Playhouse
should've been given his own talk show.
He was great. Sorry I missed him back then but thanks to youtube we get to see him still.
The whole Halloween show tha night was fantastic. Firstly, Joan Rivers as Guest Host and guests for the whole show feature PeeWeee Herman, Phyiiiis Diller as Dr. Ruth and Elvira, Misstriss of the Dark.
What a lineup and what a show.
GOOD VIDEO. 70's AND 80's they had Great shows.
LOVE you Pee Wee. And what an excellent opportunity to see the pukey video quality we used to have to watch.
Love how he put down the hecklers with the ad lib and the zip your lip move!
Great improv. Thanks for the videos!!! 📺📺📺
I’ve been looking for this particular video for a long time. I was watching back in 1987 when it first aired and remember laughing uncontrollably when the PIZZA DELIVERY MAN 20:54 asks for payment and Peewee says, “excuse me?”, and then mimics him.
We lost a lil sunshine ❣💔
pee wee was a genius
❤️❤️❤️ always LOVED Paul / Pee Wee !!!!
Why don't you marry him?
Heh heh
Cindi Lauper sang the theme song to Pee Wee's Playhouse
At the time Cyndi wanted it to remain secret. I loved her speaking voice in the 1980's, that blend of Olive Oyl and a Bronx tween.
@@eduardo_corrochio Cyndi is not officially credited with that song, but maybe she was using a psuedonym?
@@wylier Supposedly, Lauper used the name Ellen Shaw for the show's theme song vocal credit. That's the name that appears in the end credits of the show in the 1980's.
It's pretty obvious once you hear it several times.
He's such a funny man. I didn't know this before
Great Hosting Job Pee Wee Darling ~ All Stars Are Angels & Go to the Sky One Day ~ Fabulous Group of Entertainers ~ All very Gracious 🙏🎭💐
Hollywood Needs to Name A Star After You Dearest Pee Wee 🤲💋😽🌌⭐
He already got a star in the '80s!
He was 10x better at this than Joan ever was.
PeeWee is multi-talented. What a pro. And Frankie Avalon, with the perfect hair helmet 🪖... outstanding!
I also saw him in Rodney Dangerfield's " Easy Money " movie . He played a friendly coke stone out guy Rodney & Joe Pesci ran into at a restaurant .He played it so perfect, I know I 've been that guy.
Impressive Paul
What a super talent he was then and is now.
i know peewee has some adult humor but when he made the joke about a donkey show i was shocked
I was thinking they were looking for JackA**
Damn, I had to be in bed before Joan Rivers so I missed this. This is AWESOME!
Now. Probably not in '87 though.
Rae Dawn Chong made pot brownies and sold them on the movie set “Up In Smoke”. 😁
Back when celebrities could just chill and relax when other guests arrived
I dug his comedy especially in the cheech & cong films
Thanks so much for posting this video Dwayne!!
I think 🤔 Pee Wee was Black in his past life
He loved R&B music 🎶 and knew so much about the artists
I remember him... My older sister used to love this singer Howard Hewitt but I was only about 5 yrs old and she was a pre tween about 11
Yeah, he really loves funk/soul music as well. He got some good tastes in Black music.
Howard Hewett's voice is perfection.
yeah that tune is a jam for sure.
I would have lost it being in the audience... rest well you two
I love how overtly the b list celebs promoted their forgetible movies/tv shows. But I have to give the guests credit for going on live and the band was tight.
He had a small role in a Cheech and Chong movie too
it just hit me how much his physical mannerisms and facial expressions look so much like those of Mr. Bean.
Howard Hewitte was Great !!! What a singer ! Love Paul aka. Pee Wee !
Is it just me or was Pee-wee flirting Rae Dawn Chong
Why not I would, Suzanne also.
With
Ya she was flirting hard with him too
The gay rumors were borne of a part in a film where he played a gay character. He was not playing Paul Reubens.
He was also long rumored to be engaged to Debi Mazar, although they broke up before ever tying the knot.
So between the fictitious gay character he played, and his real life lack of marriage, those rumors were spawned by a crap article writer for a gay mag looking to drum up some trash rag drama. The rumor was never verified either. Fake news.
Perhaps he was bisexual? Who knows. But after suffering two terribly embarrassing sexual public indecency charges, he opted to stay completely mum on all things sexual in the public eye from then on, and you can't blame him.
Also consider the fact that, even before that happened, he was faithfully committed to the character of PeeWee, whose biggest personality hinge point was a childish innocence... so in order to avoid sullying or watering down his famous screen character, he never discussed anything about his sex life, which has been a theorized reason for his silence on his relationship with Mazar as well. Although one can only place so much weight on this excuse... no man is going to live the life of a neuter character in order to protect it.
Oh and yes, he was definitely flirting, even though it was done in character. Bi or not, he enjoyed the ladies... and these two were sexy and fun for him to banter with.
m_udwhitman they already knew each other because Paul is friends with her Dad Tommy Chong. They smoked up together a lot back in the day. I only know this because my stoner uncle lived in Rodeo like 4 or 5 houses down from Tommy in the 80’s and 90’s and Paul was always around back then. And he smoked with them too 🤣 I never met them but My uncle said that Paul is very different in real life than his Pee Wee character-much more introverted but SUPER nice, and SUPER witty and smart. And he’s not gay, he’s bi. So there 🤣
Cool junk like Pee Wee, the B-52s, and pre-cooperate radio by-outs got me through the '80s.
This Howard guy singing with the afro mullet like Micheal Bolt-on is what made the '80s stunk, not to mention the fact this is when the US really started to go down hill to where we are today. Thanks for the video!!!
Suzanne Somers says FU Three's Company and hello to Pee-Wee Herman hosting the Joan Rivers Show - FTW
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