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Rubens was born Paul Rubenfeld in Peekskill, New York, and grew up in Sarasota, Florida, where his parents, Judy and Milton, who runs a lighting shop. Rubens spent most of his childhood in Oneonta, New York. His mother was a teacher and his father, a car salesman who flew the Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces World War II, becoming a founding Israeli Air Force pilot during the independence war of 1948. Paul has two younger brothers and sisters, Lucas (born 1958), a dog trainer, and Abby (born 1953), which Tennessean was described by as "a lawyer, mother, lesbian and board member of the Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee American. It is also an adjunct professor at Vanderbilt University Law School and former president of individual rights and responsibilities section, American Bar Association and the National Association of Lesbian Gay law.

As a child, Reubens is frequent the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, based in Sarasota during the winter. The atmosphere of the circus' has Reubens attracted interest in entertainment and influenced his later work. Rubens loved to watch repeats of I Love Lucy, which made him want to make people laugh. At the age of five Reubens asked his father to build him a stadium, where he and his brothers and sisters are being played.

Rubens attended Sarasota High School, where he was named president of the National Thespian Society. He also appeared in the summer program at Northwestern University for gifted high school and joined the Asolo Theatre and Theatre Sarasota local actors, appearing in a variety of plays. After his studies, he attended Boston University and began to audition for acting school. I had been rejected by several schools as Juilliard and twice before by the Carnegie-Mellon to be accepted into the Art Institute of California and move to California, where he began working in restaurant kitchens, as Fuller Brush salesman.

In the 1970s, Reubens performed at local comedy clubs and four Gong guest appearances on the program as part of an act of boy-girl, who had developed the hilarious Charlotte McGinnis called Betty and Eddie. He joined the improvisation Comedy in LA, The Groundlings and remained a member for six years, working with Bob McClurg Paragon John Barnes, Susan, and Phil Hartman. Hartman and Rubens became friends often writing and working on material together. In 1980, he had a small role as a servant of The Blues Brothers.

Pee-Wee Herman

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Reubens, giving an interview with the Character's Academy Awards 1 988

The character of Pee-wee Herman ", originally released in 1978 a performance of improvisation with the orchestra, where Rubens had the idea of a man who wanted to be funny, but was so inept jokes was evident to the public that would never do. Groundlings member Phil Hartman then help develop the character Reubens, while another Groundlings, John Paragon help writing the series. Despite being compared with other famous characters such as Tintin and Hergé Pinocchio Collodi, Reubens said there was no specific source for the "Pee-wee, but rather a collection of ideas. voice of Pee-Wee is born in 1970 when Rubens appeared in a production of Life with Father, where he has been cast as one the most odious room to which Rubens has adopted a manner of speaking of cartoons that became Pee-Wee's. Pee-wee name is a blend of harmonic inches Reubens Pee Wee mark had as a child, while Herman was the surname of an energetic boy Reubens knew from his youth. The first small gray suit Pee-wee never brought hand had been for the director and founder of the Groundlings Gary Austin, who sent him to Rubens, so that "someone" gave the grandson "bow" before of a show.

The Pee-Wee Herman Show: 19811984

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Saturday Night Live audition Reubens 19801981 season but Gilbert Gottfried, who was a close friend of the director of the series and had the same style as Rubens, is the place. Rubens was so angry and bitter that decided it would ask borrowed money and start their own shows in Los Angeles with a character that had been developed in recent years, "Pee-Wee Herman".

With Using other Groundlings John Paragon, Phil Hartman and Lynne Marie Stewart, Pee-Wee has acquired a small group of disciples and Rubens had his show at The Roxy Theatre, where " Pee-Wee Herman Show "lasted five months to sell by midnight shows for adults and mornings a week the children go through the outlet when HBO transmitted the Pee-Wee Herman Show in 1981 as part of its series at the scene. Rubens is also apparent that Pee-wee in the 1980 movie Cheech & Chong's Next Movie. Rubens law had mostly positive reactions and quickly take a group of fans, despite being described as "strange" and Rubens is described as "the weirdest comedian around. Pee-wee is both banal "and" hop ',' backward 'and' frontline '.

When Pee-Wee fame began to grow, Rubens began to move away from the spotlight, which bears his name in an envelope and make all public appearances and interviews check character Pee-wee herself as playing, Reubens was trying to "put the public to think that this was a real person." Later, he dared or their parents prefer to be known as honey and Herman Herman Herman. In the early and mid 1980s Reubens made several appearances on Late Night with David Letterman, Pee-Wee Herman who gave Pee-wee after a still larger. In the mid 1980s, Reubens U.S. Tour with a new brand The Pee-wee Herman Show, playing mainly Guthrie Theater Minneapolis, Caroline New York, in 1984, before a complete Carnegie Hall.

Peewee's Big Adventure

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The success of The Pee-wee Herman Show asked Warner Bros. to hire Rubens to write a script for a film full of Pee-Wee Herman. Reubens original idea was to do a remake of Pollyanna, which states Rubens is your favorite movie. Halfway through writing the script, everyone has realized Reubens Warner Bros. had a bike with them, Rubens that inspired to start a new script with Phil Hartman. When Rubens and producers of Pee-Wee's Big Adventure has seen the work of Vincent and Frankenweenie Tim Burton on, decided Burton 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 bicycle stolen and she went on to gross $ 40,940,662 domestic receive five times its budget of $ 7,000,000, making it a financial success. After his release in 1985, the film received mixed reviews, but Pee-Wee's Big Adventure became a cult film.

Pee-Wee's Playhouse: 19861990

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After seeing the success of Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Rubens went to the CBS a proposed cartoon series was poorly received. In 1986, CBS agreed Reubens signal to act, produce and direct children program live action, the Pee-Wee's Playhouse, with a budget of $ 325,000 per episode, the same price as a comedy in primetime, and without interference created from CBS, CBS even though it requires some minor changes in recent years. After a casting actors like Laurence Fishburne and S. Epatha Merkerson opened production in New York began.

Cowboy Curtis (Laurence Fishburne) and Pee-Wee in the 1990 episode "Camping"

Playhouse has been designed as an educational and entertaining to art children and, despite being highly influenced by the 1950s shows a child Rubens seemed like Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, The Mickey Mouse Club, and Captain Kangaroo Howdy Doody, quickly gained an audience of two of the children and adults. Reubens, always trying to make Pee Wee a positive role model, was taken after a significant exposure to companies, to teach children the ethic of reciprocity. Rubens believes that children liked the theater because it was fast, colorful and "has never talked down to," while the parents liked the theater because they remember the past.

In 1987, Rubens has been the voice of Rex, the robot George Lucas was the main Disneyland, Star Tours, and reprises the role of Pee Wee Herman in a cameo in the film Back to the beach and the television program Sesame Street, that the latter made a brief appearance at Playhouse.

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

Rubens attended Oscar 1988 Best co-starring Valeria Golino, causing rumors that the two were dating. The following year Reubens exchanged vows in a sham marriages, chaired by Imelda Marcos, the Shangri-La, Doris Duke's house in Honolulu, Chandi Duke Heffner Hawaii adopted daughter.

Pee-Wee's Playhouse aired from September 13, 1986 until 10 November 1990. Rubens had originally agreed for two more seasons after the third, and when CBS asked Reubens on the possibility of a sixth season refused, wanting to take a sabbatical. Rubens experienced burnout play Pee-wee full time and in recent years had been warning reporters that Pee Wee was temporary and that he had other ideas would work. The two sides agreed to end the show after five seasons, which includes 45 episodes and a Christmas special. Playhouse won 22 Emmy awards, most of them in the category of Creative Arts Emmy Awards.

Pee-Wee Legacy

Rubens did not always think of her character as one of the children, but sometimes in the middle of the 1980s, he began training Pee-wee in the best role model he could, making his show a positive moral show dealing with issues such as diversity racial. Rubens also cautious about what should be associated with Pee-wee. Being a chain smoker, has given many of them never being photographed with a cigarette in his mouth, even refused to pass other types of sweets and junk food, while trying to flee with cereals, without own sugar "cereals Ralston Purina Chow Pee-wee" a project that died after a blind test.

Rubens in 1985 received Harvard Lampoon's comedy Elmer Award

With her positive attitude and eccentricity, Pee Wee has become a cult figure now earning a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1989 and successfully built a franchise of Pee-Wee hockey, with toys, clothes and other items generated over $ 25,000,000 at its peak in 1988. Rubens also published a book that Pee-wee in 1989 entitled "Travels with Pee-Wee. CBS broadcast reruns the theater until July 1991 when Rubens was arrested, and offer their schedule the last two remaining repetitions. Fox Family Channel briefly to air repeats of the Playhouse in 1998. In early July 2006, Cartoon Network began running a promo teaser for its Adult Swim programming. A press release later, and many other promotions confirmed that 45 of the original series episodes air Monday night to Thursday from this date. Playhouse has attracted 1.5 million viewers each night. In 2007, TV Guide named him one of Playhouse 10's cult classic of all time. Several children's television characters quote Pee-Wee Herman as a source of inspiration, including tracks Blue Burns, Steve SpongeBob and Stephen Hillenburg.

In November 2004, all 45 episodes of the Playhouse, Six episodes were never released on home video, were released in the distribution between the case of two DVD collection. Reubens plans to return to issue the DVD with audio commentary following year but this has not materialized.

Small suits Pee-Wee's Glen looked ridiculous pictures during the 1980s, but since late 1990, became an icon of style, with fashion houses and designers such as Christopher Bailey, Ennio Capasa, Miuccia Prada, Viktor & Rolf, and Thom Browne to create high cut armholes dry suits and shorts that have been compared to Pee-wee. Early 2007 Nike launched a collection Nike SB footwear called "Fallen Heroes." The free collection was inspired by Milli Vanilli, MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice and Pee-Wee Herman. Sneakers sport Pee-Wee's uses a gray and white with red accents, and an illustration of the template of a man in a suit sitting alone in a theater with his hands on his knees, 1991 suggesting Reubens arrest drama.

Rubens said that plans for a museum that contains many games and accessories Playhouse he still holds.

1991 arrest and removal of public view

In July 1991, while visiting relatives, Rubens was arrested in Sarasota, Florida, to masturbate in adult-theater while watching a triple bill of Catalina Five-O: tiger shark, nurse Nancy and increase the pressure. Crime would periodically theaters visiting and watching porn Centre (SEA-detective to spy on members of) the public, arresting those involved in the indecent exposure. After arresting the men, a detective he had observed when Reubens was arrested on his way. While police looked at his driver's license, Reubens said: "I'm Pee-Wee Herman, and offered an allowance for the sheriff's office to "take care of this." The next day, after a local journalist recognized the name of Rubens, Attorney Reubens' made the same offer to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, in exchange for retention of history. Not Reubens was the first arrest in the county, in 1971, was arrested by loitering and lurking near a theater for adults, although the charges were later dropped. The second arrest in 1983, when Rubens was placed on two years probation for possession of marijuana, even though the award was withheld. The night of Reubens arrest he fled to Nashville, where his sister and his lawyer has lived, and then to New Jersey, where he remained for months in the estate of his friend Doris Duke.

House July 30, 1991 edition of the New York Post,

Rubens was not in the nature a year and a half, but because CBS schedules being Pee-Wee Playhouse, Reubens Mugshot infamous, that are not clean cut Rubens has shown that the last decade shocked the public, many assuming that the show was canceled due to detention. The arrest was widely covered both in the character and Pee Wee and Rubens have been ridiculous. CBS went off the air, and Playhouse Disney-MGM Studios, in turn suspended Video study showing Pee-wee word about the clues that explained how Do's and Toys-R-Us toy stores removed Pee-wee. Rubens has 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 unclear if it will not be called back to Star Tours II. Reubens lawyers agree with Rubens offered through the lack of challenge, while maintains his innocence, to avoid this would have been a highly publicized trial. The average fee beyond the register kept Reubens, and had his promise to devote at least 75 hours for Community Services, which announced an anti-drug public service was to write, produce and finance. Despite all the negative publicity, many artists who came Reubens, as Cyndi Lauper, Annette Funicello, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Valeria Golino, spoke in support. Reubens Bill Cosby defended, saying: "What that (A Reubens) is, is out of proportion. "Others who knew Reubens, as the production of Playhouse designer Gary Panter, S. Epatha Merkerson opened and Big Top Pee-wee Director Randal Kleiser has also spoken out against the way in which Rubens was treated by the media. Reubens fans "also gathers support organized after CBS canceled the scheduled broadcast, with dozens of "Pee-weeites" picket Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco. The public also seems to sympathize with the magazine TV Reubenshe A topical issue has received "tens of thousands" response to a telephone survey of Pee-wee, Reubens recurring support a majority of nine to one. He remained in a state of shock for weeks, and was obsessed by the arrest of several years of refusing to give interviews or appear in programs interviews.

He made a public appearance, Pee-wee back as 1991 MTV Video Music Awards, where he asked the audience, "Echoes of a joke good lately? "After having received a standing ovation, Rubens said:" Ha, very funny I forgot to laugh! It seems that Pee-wee again in 1992, she participated in a tribute to the Grand Ole Opry Minnie Pearl.

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