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  1. Feb 20, 2024 · Pee-wee’s Biographer Grapples With the Man, The Actor, And The Legend. Scream Real Loud. Pee-wee Herman Was My Childhood Friend. Paul Reubens Was Harder To Know. For one writer, saying goodbye to Paul Reubens is painful, and complicated. by Caseen Gaines. Updated: Feb. 20, 2024. Originally Published: Aug. 1, 2023.

    • Caseen Gaines
    • Did Paul Reubens Scream Real Loud on 'Pee-Wee's Playhouse'?1
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  2. Aug 2, 2023 · The Untold Truth Of Pee-Wee's Playhouse. Following the success of the 1985 movie "Pee-wee's Big Adventure," CBS asked Paul Reubens to develop a Saturday morning series for his Pee-wee Herman ...

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    • Did Paul Reubens Scream Real Loud on 'Pee-Wee's Playhouse'?1
    • Did Paul Reubens Scream Real Loud on 'Pee-Wee's Playhouse'?2
    • Did Paul Reubens Scream Real Loud on 'Pee-Wee's Playhouse'?3
    • Did Paul Reubens Scream Real Loud on 'Pee-Wee's Playhouse'?4
    • Did Paul Reubens Scream Real Loud on 'Pee-Wee's Playhouse'?5
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    At the beginning of each show, viewers and the Playhouse denizens were told the day's "Secret Word" and were instructed to "scream real loud" every time a character on the show said the word, which was given to Pee-wee by Conky, his trusted and beloved robot. In the first season, the Secret Word was printed on a sheet of paper and the first letter in the word capitalized when flashing on the screen. From the second season onward, the word was printed on a card. In the second and third seasons, the word flashed in all lowercase letters on the screen. In the fourth and fifth seasons, the word flashed in all capital letters. Immediately after receiving the Secret Word, Pee-wee would try to demonstrate the usage of the word by usually trying to trick someone in the playhouse into saying it, usually followed by Pee-wee accidentally saying the word himself. The word was always used continuously throughout the episode, and Pee-wee always said it right before he got onto his scooter at the end of the show. Mrs. Steve hated the Secret Word routine, as she hated anyone or anything childish; Pee-wee himself also objected to the Secret Word routine in four particular episodes, the first three of which he harshly demanded silence from his friends, and the last was when he asked everyone what the screaming was for in the final episode after looking at them funny. Additionally, after everyone screams to the Secret Word if Pee-wee says it, on some occasions he will shake his head in frustration and disbelief, including him rolling his eyes (as if the routine is getting on his nerves).

    On several occasions, someone other than Pee-wee would perform this routine because Pee-wee was unable to do so himself, such as Miss Yvonne in the final episode Jambi made Pee-wee's wish that made a secret word as following rules everyone to "scream really really loud" and "make it proud" in Holding Hands Can Be a Cinch and Magic Screen in Pajama Party. In Sick? Did Somebody Say Sick?, Randy menacingly instructed everyone to "bark like a dog", rather than "scream real loud" because he made a rule against screaming when he played "Randy's Playhouse," and this made Pee-wee extremely angry but presumably relieved any parents of young viewers.

    •One of the criticisms that many parents have with Pee-Wee's Playhouse is that children would keep screaming anytime a character of the show said a secret word for the entire week, until another episode aired and another secret word was unveiled. Parents and older children would get irritated and disturbed, like Pee-wee did in Pee Wee Catches a Cold or Love that Story and Mrs. Steve did in Ice Cream Soup, at children screaming because they would want absolute quiet from them.

    •This routine would be referenced in the 1996 Power Rangers series Power Rangers Zeo (in the episode "The Puppet Blaster") with Captain Pete and his friend Puppetman.

    •The idea of using a "secret word" actually was created by world-famous comedian Groucho Marx for his show You Bet Your Life. The response, however, was different.

    •Some young and old viewers thought the secret word is called the "word of the day". Paul Reubens took advantage of this in a commercial when it was going to be shown on Canadian television, and some people still call the Secret Word the "word of the day".

    •In Restaurant, Pee-wee says the secret word ("day") when explaining the instructions, but no one screams.

    •None of the secret words in the series are spelled with a J, Q, or X.

    •In "Monster In The Playhouse", Pee-wee obtains the secret word ("look") without saying anything, while Conky explains the secret word rules.

    •In "Puppy In The Playhouse", Conky tells us that today's secret word is "over", and then Pee-wee explains the secret word rules.

    •In "School", Pee-wee asks if one of the Playhouse Gang kids can get the secret word from Conky. Rapunzel volunteers, and then tells us that today's secret word is "easy". Pee-wee thanks her, and then explains the secret word rules.

    •In "Pajama Party", while Pee-wee changes into his PJ's, he asks Magic Screen to show the viewers what today's secret word is ("watch").

    •In "Sick? Did Somebody Say Sick?", while Pee-wee goes grocery shopping, Randy decides to takeover as the host of the show. He shows us that today's secret word is "go", but changes the secret word rules that whenever anyone says the secret word, everyone must bark like a dog, as "suggested" by Roosevelt.

    •In "Accidental Playhouse", Mrs. Rene, who is in the midst of a Picturephone call, shows us that today's secret word is "place".

    •A clean recording of the bell heard when the secret word is said.

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  3. Aug 1, 2023 · That’s right: “Scream real loud!”. Paul Reubens, who created and played Pee-wee Herman for more than 40 years, and who died on Sunday at the age of 70, was quiet. It wasn’t simply that he ...

  4. September 13, 1986 (1986-09-13) – November 17, 1990 (1990-11-17) Related. The Pee-wee Herman Show. Pee-wee's Playhouse is an American comedy children's television series starring Paul Reubens as the childlike Pee-wee Herman that ran from 1986 to 1990 on Saturday mornings on CBS, and airing in reruns until July 1991.

  5. Jul 31, 2023 · Pee-wee Herman was more than a boy who never grew up. Paul Reubens in Los Angeles in 2009. Pee-wee's creator, Paul Reubens, died Sunday of cancer. He was 70. Pee-wee was a petulant man-child and a trickster spirit, a burst of joyous id that snuck his brand of anarchy into the mainstream. Updated August 1, 2023 at 9:54 AM ET.

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  7. Jul 12, 2024 · Paul Reubens Crafts Pee-wee Herman. The journey to Pee-wee's Playhouse begins with Paul Reubens' time as a student at CalArts in 1973, where he formed a fast friendship with SNL alum Laraine ...