Both men regularly gave interviews in character and, to the viewing public, the “real” Kaufman and Reubens were their ...

Pee-wee As Himself tells the story of how a kid who grew up adoring The Little Rascals and I Love Lucy went on to revolutionize sketch comedy and children's television.

Reubens died of cancer in July 2023, and in an interview with “Happy Sad Confused” podcast host Josh Horowitz late last year, Lyonne remembered her “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” boss as someone who stayed in ...

Natasha Lyonne says Paul Reubens told her he knew her stay in rehab was "inevitable" because he had met her mother.

In a compelling, two-part, three-hour-long HBO documentary, “Pee-wee as Himself,” we hear from fans and friends, but mostly from Paul Reubens himself.

Paul Reubens’ net worth in 2025 reflects his decades-long impact as a comedian, actor, and creator of one of television’s most iconic characters – Pee-wee Herman. Known for his offbeat humor ...

Actor and comedian Paul Reubens had myelogenous leukemia and metastatic lung cancer during the filming of the docuseries “Pee-wee as Himself,” but almost no one knew it at the time. Reubens ...

Actor and comedian Paul Reubens had myelogenous leukemia and metastatic lung cancer during the filming of the docuseries “Pee-wee as Himself,” but almost no one knew it at the time.

Paul Reubens did not tell his director that he was dying. On July 31, 2023, the news of Reubens’ death came as a shock to documentary filmmaker Matt Wolf, who had spent a year trying to convince him ...

The documentary shows, for better and worse, Reubens’ enormous ambition and his need to be in control. One of the film’s more fascinating tensions is the push-and-pull between Reubens and director ...

Some bio documentaries are carried mostly by the reflective, archival footage that send you back to the subject’s heyday. But in Matt Wolf’s “Pee-wee as Himself” – as wonderful as much ...

If you are wondering why the doc “Pee-wee as Himself” (HBO Documentary Films) airs in two parts on HBO Max, it’s because both subjects, the late Paul Reubens and his alter-ego Pee-wee Herman are ...