Thursday, May 29, 2025 8:55 AM Updated Thursday, May. 29, 2025 9:00 AM The late actor Paul Reubens is the subject of the new documentary, “Pee-wee as Himself.” (HBO Max via AP) ...

Gary Panter, left, appears with Paul Reubens as Pee-Wee in the documentary “Pee-Wee as Himself.” Courtesy of HBO Max Above all, Reubens says he’s doing the film to clear a few things up.

Reubens was managing Pee-wee’s career and personal appearances while he slipped away to his own wonderland — a home in Los Feliz surrounded by bobcats, pheasants and deer.

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 ...

Pee-wee may be iconic, but Paul Reubens is hysterical. And Wolf’s film, with that winking title, makes for a revealing portrait of a performer who so often put persona in front of personhood.

Reubens would rather be directing it, himself, he says more than once. The man many know as Pee-wee Herman is used to controlling his own image, and he has good reason for being skeptical of ...

Paul Reubens lived in his Hollywood Hills home from 1985 until his death, filling it with endless kitschy collections. At the premiere of ‘Pee-Wee As Himself,’ his friends recalled their ...

Jack Smart February 1, 2025 D Dipasupil/FilmMagic Paul Reubens in 2016. Paul Reubens reveals the man behind his most well-known role, Pee-Wee Herman, in the new documentary series Pee-wee as Himself.