He was a wiry little man-child with a voice that sounded like his novocaine hadn’t worn off yet. But children adored Pee-wee Herman (aka Paul Reubens), critics praised him and adults delighted in ...

Laura Zornosa is a reporter at TIME. Laura Zornosa is a reporter at TIME. On Sunday night, the actor, comedian, and children’s entertainer Paul Reubens—best known for his character Pee-wee Herman—died ...

Paul Reubens’s performance as Pee-wee Herman gave fans “license to be weird.” At an underground cabaret, he cheered on his community of renegades. Paul Reubens, as seen in the documentary “Pee-wee as ...

The first time we see Paul Reubens in the documentary “Pee-wee as Himself,” he is not playing Pee-wee Herman, the antic man-child he portrayed in comedy routines, movies, a children’s TV show and most ...