Paul Reubens

Children and education

Rubens was born Paul Rubenfeld in Peekskill, New York, and grew up in Sarasota, Florida, where his parents, Judy and Milton, owned a lamp store. Reubens spent a significant amount of his childhood in Oneonta, New York. His mother was a teacher and his father a car salesman who had flown from Britain Royal Air Force and Army Air Forces U.S. World War II, later becoming one of the pilots founding the Israeli Air Force during the war of independence in 1948. He has two younger brothers, Luke (born 1958), a dog trainer, and Abby (Born 1953), which has been described by The Tennessean as a lawyer, mother, lesbian and a member of the Committee on American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee ". It is also an adjunct professor at Vanderbilt University Law School and former president of individual rights and responsibilities section of the American Bar Association and the National Lesbian and Gay Law Association.

As a child, Reubens will attend the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, whose headquarters was in Sarasota during the winter. The atmosphere of the circus "aroused the interest of Rubens in the entertainment and influenced his later work. Rubens loved to watch replays I Love Lucy, which made him want to make people laugh. At the age of five Reubens asked his father to build him a stage, where he and his brothers would plays.

Rubens attended Sarasota High School, where he was named president of the National Thespian Society. Also obtained in the summer program at Northwestern University for gifted high school and joined the local Asolo Theater and Players of Sarasota Theater, appearing in a variety of plays. After graduation he attended at Boston University and began auditioning for acting schools. He was rejected by several schools as Juilliard and twice by Carnegie-Mellon University before accepted into the Art Institute of California and move to California, where he began working in restaurant kitchens as a Fuller Brush salesman.

In the Decade 1970, Rubens made in local comedy clubs and made four guest appearances on The Gong Show as part of a boy-girl act that had developed with Charlotte McGinnis called The Betty hilarious and Eddie. Soon joined the improvisational comedy team in Los Angeles, The Groundlings and remained a member for six years, working with Bob McClurg, John Paragon, Susan Barnes, and Phil Hartman. Hartman Rubens and became friends, often writing and working on material together. In 1980 had a small role as a waiter in The Blues Brothers.

Pee-wee Herman

Main article: Pee-wee Herman

Reubens character giving an interview at the Academy Awards 1988

The character of Pee-Wee Herman "first originated during an exercise in improvisation with The Groundlings 1978, when he came Rubens the idea of a man who wanted to be funny, but was so inept jokes that it was clear to the public would never make it. Member groundling after Phil Hartman Reubens help develop character, while another groundling, John Paragon, help writing the series. Despite being compared to other celebrities, Tintin and Hergé Collodi's Pinocchio, Reubens says that there is no specific source of "Pee-wee", but rather a collection of ideas. Pee-wee's the word originated in 1970 when Rubens appeared in a production of Life with Father, where he was elected as one of the most detestable of the work, for which Rubens has adopted a caricature of speech that became Pee-wee. name of Pee-wee's is a combination of one-inch mark Reubens Pee Wee had when harmonic I was a child, while Herman was the surname of an energetic boy Reubens knew from his youth. The first gray suit Pee-wee small handmade had ever had been for the director and founder of the Groundlings Gary Austin, who passed it to Reubens, while "someone" gave "little-kid bow tie "Before a show.

The Pee-wee Herman Show: 19811984

Main article: The Pee-wee Herman Show

Reubens auditioned for Saturday Night Live for the 19801981 season, but Gilbert Gottfried, who was a close friend of the producer of the show and had the same style as Rubens, was the place. Rubens I was so angry and bitter that decided it would borrow money and start their own show in Los Angeles with the character that had been developing over the past years, "Pee-Wee Herman."

With the help of others like Groundlings John Paragon, Phil Hartman and Lynne Marie Stewart, Pee-wee acquired a small group Rubens fans and brought his show at The Roxy Theatre, where "The Pee-wee Herman Show" lasted five months treason, making midnight performances for adults and matinees week for children, moving into the mainstream when HBO broadcast the Pee-wee Herman Show in 1981 as part of its series of location. Rubens also appeared Pee-wee as in the 1980 movie Cheech & Chong's Next Movie. Reubens act "had generally positive reactions and quickly acquired a group of fans, although described as "strange" and Rubens describes himself as "the strangest comedian around." Pee-wee was so cheesy "and" hip "" retrograde "and" cutting edge. "

When the Pee-wee's fame began to grow, Rubens began to move away from the spotlight, keeping his name secret and do all his public appearances and interviews in character, whereas the turnover of Pee-wee as making himself Reubens was trying to "get the public to think that this was a real person." Later he even parents like to be known just like honey and Herman Herman Herman. In the early and mid 1980s Reubens made several guest appearances on Late Night with David Letterman, Pee-wee Herman, who gave Pee-wee following higher. In the mid 1980s, Rubens traveled the U.S. with a new The Pee-wee Herman Show, playing mainly in the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Caroline's in New York and in 1984, compared to a total Carnegie Hall.

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Main article: Pee-wee's Big Adventure

The success of The Pee-wee Herman Show asked Warner Bros. to hire Rubens to write a screenplay for a feature film Pee-wee Herman. Reubens original idea was to a remake of Pollyanna, which says Rubens is your favorite movie. Halfway through writing the script, Reubens noticed everyone at Warner Bros. had a bike with them, which inspired Rubens to start a new script with Phil Hartman. When Rubens and producers of Pee-wee's Big Adventure saw Tim Burton's work on Vincent and Frankenweenie, Burton decided would be an excellent director for his film. The film tells the story of Pee-wee Herman embarking on an adventure across the country in search of his stolen bicycle and reached raise $ 40,940,662 in the country, receive five times its budget of $ 7,000,000, making it a financial success. At the time of release in 1985, the film received mixed reviews, but Pee-wee's Big Adventure became a cult film.

Pee-wee's Playhouse: 19861990

Main article: Pee-wee's Playhouse

After seeing the success of Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, CBS approached with a proposed animated series Reubens unwelcome. In 1986, CBS agreed to sign Reubens to act, produce and direct their children's program live action, the Playhouse Pee-wee's, with a budget of $ 325,000 per episode, the same price as a comedy in primetime, and no creative interference from CBS, but CBS has requested minor modifications over the years. After a casting actors like Laurence Fishburne and S. Epatha Merkerson opened, production began in New York.

Cowboy Curtis (Laurence Fishburne) and Pee-wee in the 1990 episode of "camping"

Playhouse was designed as an educational but entertaining and artistic for children and, despite being strongly influenced by the 1950 show was like a child Reubens as The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, The Mickey Mouse Club, and Captain Kangaroo Howdy Doody, quickly acquired a dual audience of children and adults. Reubens, always trying to make Pee-wee a positive role model, it was after doing a show significantly moral, one that teach children the ethic of reciprocity. Reubens believed that children liked the theater because it was fast, colorful and "I never talked down", while parents loved the theater because they remember the past.

In 1987, Reubens was the voice of REX, the main robot George Lucas was in the Disneyland attraction, Star Tours, and repeated the role of Pee-wee Herman in a cameo in the film Back to the beach and television program Sesame Street, the last of which made a cameo in Playhouse.

Right after the success of Big Reubens Pee-wee's Adventure began working with Paramount Pictures on a sequel titled Big Top Pee-wee. Rubens and the screenplay by George McGrath was directed by director Randal Kleiser fat. The film was not as successful as its predecessor, the receipt Comments mild and half doing so well at the box office, earning only $ 15 million.

Rubens attended the 1988 Academy Awards Top Valeria Golino co-star, which he called rumors that the two were dating. The following year Reubens exchanged vows in a fake wedding, chaired by Imelda Marcos, in Shangri-La, Doris Duke's mansion in Honolulu, Hawaii with the adopted daughter Chandi Heffner Duke.

Pee-wee's Playhouse aired from September 13, 1986 until 10 November 1990. Rubens had originally agreed to do two more seasons after the third, and when CBS asked Reubens on the possibility of a sixth season refused, wanting to take a couple of sabbaticals. Rubens had been suffering from exhaustion from playing full time and Pee-wee in recent years had been warning reporters that Pee-wee was temporary and that he had other ideas you would like to work. Both parties mutually agreed to end the show after five seasons This includes 45 episodes and a Christmas special. Playhouse won 22 Emmy Awards, most of them in the category of Creative Arts Emmy.

Pee-wee's legacy

Reubens are not always thought of his character as a child, but sometime in the mid-1980s, began the formation of Pee-wee in the best role model I could, making his show a positive moral show he cared about issues such as racial diversity. Rubens was also careful in what should be associated with Pee-wee. Being a chain smoker who went to great lengths to avoid being photographed with a cigarette in his mouth, although he refused to support the candy bars and other types of junk food, while trying to leave with his own cereal without sugar "cereal Ralston Purina Chow Pee-wee", a project that died after a blind test.

Elmer Rubens in 1985 received Harvard Lampoon's Award for his career in comedy

With his positive attitude and rarity, Pee Wee became in an instant cult figure to win a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1989, and successfully building a franchise of Pee-wee, with toys, clothes and other items generating more than $ 25 million at its peak in 1988. Rubens also published a book like Pee-wee in 1989 called "Travels with Pee-Wee." CBS broadcast repeats of the Playhouse until July 1991 when Reubens was arrested by pulling out of their schedule the last two remaining replacements. Fox Family Channel aired briefly repeats the Playhouse in 1998. In early July 2006, Cartoon Network began running a promo teaser for his swimming training for adults. A further press release and many other promotions later confirmed that the original series of 45 episodes each night that air Monday through Thursday from that date. Playhouse attracted 1.5 million viewers each night. In 2007, TV Guide named the theater one of its top 10 cult classics of all time. Several children's television characters include Pee-wee Herman as inspiration, including Steve Burns Blue's Clues and SpongeBob SquarePants, Stephen Hillenburg.

In November 2004, all 45 episodes of the Playhouse, as well as six episodes that had Never before released on video, were released on DVD distribution between two box set collections. Reubens planned to relaunch DVDs with audio commentary for the following year, but this has yet to materialize.

Pee-wee's suits small valley seemed ridiculous pictures during the 1980s, but since the late 1990s that have made him an icon of "style", with fashion houses and designers such as Christopher Bailey, Ennio Capasa, Miuccia Prada, Viktor & Rolf, and the creation of Thom Browne suits fitted with armholes cut high and shorts that have been compared to Pee-wee. In early 2007 Nike launched a collection of Nike SB called "Fallen Heroes." The collection was freely inspired by Milli Vanilli, MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice and Pee-Wee Herman. Sneakers Pee-wee's uses a combination of gray and white with red accents, and an illustration on the template of a man in suit sitting alone in a theater with his hand on his lap, suggesting Rubens' 1991 drama of detention.

Rubens has mentioned that plans for a museum, which contains many sets and accessories that still owns Playhouse.

1991 arrest and removal from public view

In July 1991, while visiting relatives, Reubens was arrested in Sarasota, Florida for masturbating publicly in an adult theater while watching a triple bill of Catalina Five-O: Tiger Shark, Nurse Nancy and turn up the heat. Detectives regularly visit theaters and watch pornographic ("the detective to spy on members of) the public, arresting those involved in indecent exposure. Having other men arrested, a detective who had been watching Reubens stopped him while he was on his way out. While Detectives looked at his driver's license, Reubens said: "I am" Pee-wee Herman, then offered to make a profit from children's Office sheriff to take charge of this. " The next day, after a local reporter recognized the name of Rubens, "Rubens's lawyer 'made the same offer to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, in exchange for retention of history. This was not Reubens first arrest in the county, and in 1971 was arrested for vagrancy and loitering near a theater for adults, although the charges were later dropped. His second arrest was in 1983 when Rubens was placed on two years probation for possession of marijuana, even though adjudication was withheld. The night of the arrest Reubens fled to Nashville, where his sister and lawyer living, and then to New Jersey, where he remained for the coming months on the farm of his friend Doris Duke.

Main page July 30, 1991 edition of the New York Post

Rubens had not been in character to one and a half, but because CBS was still running repeats of Pee-wee's Playhouse, Reubens infamous mugshot, which did not depict the cutting clean look Reubens had shown over the last decade surprised the audience, many assuming that the show was canceled due to detention. The arrest was widely cover and therefore the character of Pee-wee and Rubens became the object of ridicule. CBS stopped broadcasting and Playhouse Disney-MGM Studios tour suspended from his study that showed a Pee-wee video explaining how the voice-over tracks were made and Toys-R-Us toys removed Pee-wee of its stores. Reubens issued a statement denying the charges was largely ignored by the media. However, his voice work in Star Tours has not been replaced. It is not known whether or not called back to Star Tours II. Reubens lawyers agreed with the reason offered Reubens with no contest, while maintaining his innocence, to avoid the trial would have been a very publicized. The plea record kept the charge of Reubens, and was its promise to spend at least 75 hours community service, making an announcement on drugs public service was going to write, produce and finance. Despite advertising negative Reubens knew many artists, including Cyndi Lauper, Annette Funicello, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Valeria Golino, came out in support. Bill Cosby defended Reubens, saying: "Whatever (Rubens) Indeed, it is leaving out of proportion." Other people who knew Reubens, as the Playhouse production designer Gary Panter, S. Epatha Merkerson opened and Big Top Pee-wee Randal Kleiser, also spoke out against the manner of Rubens was being treated by the media. Reubens fans' support also organized demonstrations after CBS canceled the regular repetitions with dozens of "Pee-weeites" pickets in Los Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco. The general public also seems to sympathize with Reubenshe TV A Current Subject journal received "tens of thousands" of responses to a telephone survey of Pee-wee, with support for callers Reubens with a majority of nine to one. He remained in a state of shock for several weeks, and was pursued the arrest of several years refusing to give interviews or appear on talk shows.

He later appeared as Pee-wee public in 1991 MTV Video Music Awards, where he asked the audience, "Heard any good jokes lately?" After receiving a standing ovation, Reubens said: "Ja, That's so funny I forgot to laugh! "He appeared as Pee-wee, again in 1992, when he participated in the homage of the Grand Ole Opry Minnie Pearl.

1990s and back in Blow

During the 1990s, Rubens kept a low profile, dedicating himself to write and compile a variety of things, "Everything from fake food, and lamps, although they did some overdubs and took small roles in films such as 1992 and Buffy the Vampire Slayer Tim Burton's Batman Returns (Penguin Rubens portrays the father) and 1996 Matilda and Dunston Checks In. In 1993, he called for blocking in another one of the productions of Burton, Nightmare before Christmas. (Rubens later dub the game Lock Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge in 2004). In the mid-1990s, landed a role Rubens appellant in the hit TV series Murphy Brown. The role earned him critical acclaim and his first and only Emmy nomination not Pee-wee in the Outstanding Guest Actor in a comedy series. He appeared six times on the show between 19,951,997. Reubens The show brought a new interest in acting and embarked on his first major project from the theater, a pilot for NBC entitled Meet the Muckle, a show that would be based on You Can not Take It with You. The show was stuck in hell development, and was later dropped, when the ideas Reubens' grew too complex and expensive, but Philip Rosenthal NBC negative blamed on being Reubens in the "black list".

His numerous television appearances Murphy Brown opened the door to come back Reubens. In 1999, he gave several interviews as himself and made public appearances while promoting Mystery Men, the first was on The Tonight Show in 1999. He also starred in the South West Dwight Yoakam of Heaven, West of Hell as cold-blooded rapist and murderer. In 2001, Rubens had his first television role Playhouse extended, as the host of the short life ABC TV show You Do not Know Jack, based on the videogame of the same name. Rubens had doubts about the show, which was considered a risk, but finally agreed to do so. The series was canceled after six episodes due to low ratings.

Return Reubens' seemed final when he played a flamboyant hairdresser turned drug dealer in Ted Demme drama Blow, starring Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz. His performance was praised and he began receiving scripts for potential projects film from various sources. From 1994-1999 Reubens was rumored to be engaged to Debi Mazar after he began attending her movie premieres.

Pornography arrest: 2002

In November 2002, while filming David La Chapelle video by Elton John "This train do not stop there Anymore" Reubens learned that the police were at his house with a search warrant, acting on a tip from a witness in the pornography case against actor Jeffrey Jones, Search through more than 70,000 items of kitsch memorabilia two grainy videotapes and dozens of what the prosecutor's office of the city is characterized as a collection of child pornography. Kelly Bush, Reubens's personal representative at the time, said the description of the items was inaccurate and claimed the items were "tape Rob Lowe sex video and a few 30 – to 100-year kitsch images of collection. "Rubens was delivered to the Hollywood Division of LAPD and was charged with possession of obscene material evil of a child under eighteen years of sexual behavior. The District Attorney looked Reubens collection 'and the computer and found no grounds for bringing criminal charges against him, while the City Attorney filed misdemeanor charges against Reubens "in the last days "that the law allows. Rubens Hollywood was represented by criminal defense attorney Blair Berk. In December he pleaded not guilty by Berk, who also complained that the city attorney not to present evidence to the defense, the city attorney Richard Katz replied that prosecutors were not obliged to do until after the indictment, after which he did, neither party revealed the contents.

"One thing I want to make very, very clear, I do not want anyone for one second think I'm excited by images of children. Not me. You can say many things about me. And you can be. The public may think I'm weird. They may think I'm crazy or thing anyone wants to think about me. That's good. As one of the things that you are not thinking about me is that I am a pedophile. Because that's not true. "

Aul Reubens on rates.

In March 2004, child pornography charges were dropped. Over the next three years had to register their address sheriff's office and could not be in the company of minors without parental permission. Reubens later stated that he was a collector of images erotic, including movies, magazines muscle and a considerable collection of both heterosexual and homosexual eroticism time, such as photography studios nude teens. Reubens stated that what the prosecutor's office of the city considered as pornography, he considered art innocent and that what they described as minors engaged in masturbation or oral copulation was indeed a critical view of Rubens naked people is described as "not one hundred per one hundred "performing sexual acts. As a great collector, Rubens had often bought in bulk, with one of its distributors vintage magazines declaring that" no no way "could have known the content of each page in the publications that have purchased and Reubens recalled asking" physical journals, field 1960 harvest, but not things with children. "

He spent the next two years caring for her terminally ill father in Florida, who died in February 2004 of cancer.

20042008

Reubens with the curator of the Museum Discovery of Bigfoot in the mountains of Santa Cruz in March 2006

Recently, Reubens has made cameos and appearances on numerous projects. He played Rick of the citizen on patrol in the popular Comedy Central Reno 911!, Which earned him a small role in the 2007 film Reno 911!: Miami. That same year he appeared in the music video version of the second the song The Raconteurs "Steady, As She Goes ". The video features the band participate in a funny car race podium, with Rubens playing the bad guy who sabotages the race.

In 2007, Rubens attended his own tribute in the SF Sketchfest, where he talked about his career with Ben Fong-Torres. He also signed with NBC to do a pilot show called Area 57, a comedy abroad on a passive-aggressive, but was not chosen for the season 20,072,008. Rubens did however appear on the NBC hit show 30 Rock as a inbred Austrian prince, Tina Fey a character created for him. Also made three guest appearances on the FX show Dirt. This time it was recommended for the role by the star of the dirt and friend Courteney Cox. Cox's husband, David Arquette, then put on canvas by Rubens for his directorial debut, the 2007 film The Tripper.

Rubens has had also small parts or cameos by dubbing a cartoon network projects such as television back to the 2006 animated film, the sample drawings animated series Chowder, Mayor Tom, and Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!.

In 2008, Reubens was slated to appear as a homeopathic antidepressants Alfredo Aldarisio vendor in the third episode of Pushing Daisies, but the role was recast with Ral Esparza. Reubens once appeared in the role of Oscar in the Vibenius Series 7 and 9 episodes.

Also during 2008, Rubens did a PSA for Unscrew America, a website that aims to get people to change light bulbs more efficient the energy in the form of compact fluorescent and LED lamps. It has also been working on David O. Russell "s dive and the life of Todd Solondz in Wartime.

In 2009, Rubens said Bat-Mite in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Legends of the Dark Mite."

2009resent: the new Pee-wee Herman Show and future movies

In January 2009 Rubens hinted that negotiations were underway for staging to return, and in August the return of The Pee-wee Herman Show was announced. Reubens said he was called Pee-wee, just got up one day and I felt as if I will be back, that was it. "The show is also a way of "Pee-wee introduce the new generation that knew nothing of it", paving the way for the project main Reubens, the film Playhouse. Before this trip, current age and how Reubens was highlighted as a potential problem as svelte Pee-wee and clean skin have been one of its brands. But after to appear for the first time since 1992 as Pee-wee in 2007 Kids' Choice Awards Spike TV's, Rubens had remained optimistic and had jokingly said that is no longer nervous about Pee-wee be young again thanks to digital enhancement.

The show was originally scheduled to begin November 8 and continue until the 29th at the Teatro Music Box in Hollywood. Due to high demand, the program moved to the Club Nokia @ LA Live, will be conducted between January 12, 2010 and 07 February. To promote the show Reubens again giving interviews in character, appearing as a guest on The Jay Leno Show, The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien O 'and Jimmy Kimmel Live! among others. An account of Twitter, Facebook and an account of a new website made for Pee-wee after the show has changed locations.

Pee-wee coming companies

Since starting Reubens to give interviews again after his arrest in 2002, has spoken of two who has written scripts for future films Pee-wee Herman.

Reubens once his first screenplay called The Pee-wee Herman Story, describing it as a black comedy. Also referred to writing as "dark Pee-wee adults" or "Pee-wee, with a plot involving Pee-wee fame as a singer after making a single blow and move to Hollywood, where" it gets everything wrong and becomes in a "big jerk. Reubens said the film also has many" Valley of the Dolls right now. "Reubens thought this script would be the first to start production, but in 2006 Reubens announced that it would begin filming his second script in 2007.

The second film, a family nice adventure, is called by Playhouse Reubens Pee-wee's: The Movie, and is Pee-wee and his friends from Playhouse on an adventure road trip, which means that out home for the first time and go to "Puppetland." All original characters of the series, live action and puppets are included in the script of Rubens. History occurs in a fantasy land that would be reminiscent of HR Pufnstuf and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. In January 2009, Reubens Gary Panter said that "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" 'S rejected the first script (he co-wrote) could have a movie deal soon, and it would be "90 minutes of incredible beauty. In December 2009, while in character, Reubens said that this film is lready fact, the script is already fully written, ready to shoot. "Most of the film takes place in Puppetland and clay animation can be used.

Although it has not revealed much about the scripts, he has said that one of the two movies opening in jail. He also said that the use of CGI to "update" is the puppets "could be an option, but everything depended on the film's budget would have. Reubens once mentioned the possibility of one of the two as an animated film in line with The Polar Express, which uses high performance technology of capture, the incorporation of the movements of live actors into animated characters.

Rubens went to Pee-wee's Big Adventure director Tim Burton with a script and talked to Johnny Depp portray the possibility of Pee-wee, but declined both.

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NAME

Reubens, Paul

ALTERNATIVE NAMES

Pee-wee Herman

SHORT DESCRIPTION

actor, writer and humorist

DATE OF BIRTH

August 27, 1952

PLACE OF BIRTH

Peekskill, New York

DATE OF DEATH

PLACE OF DEATH

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