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Pee-wee's Playhouse
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<p><i>Pee-wee's Playhouse</i> is an American <a href="/facts/Television_comedy/v15r1JtU">comedy</a> <a href="/facts/Children%2527s_television_series/IIudw8LF">children's television series</a> starring <a href="/facts/Paul_Reubens/u0Pph277">Paul Reubens</a> as the childlike <a href="/facts/Pee-wee_Herman/qmsEQCfx">Pee-wee Herman</a> that ran from 1986 to 1990 on Saturday mornings on <a href="/facts/CBS/AocpVt6Q">CBS</a>, and airing in reruns until July 1991. The show was developed from Reubens's popular stage show and the TV special <i><a href="/facts/The_Pee-wee_Herman_Show/IdlPBj6u">The Pee-wee Herman Show</a></i>, produced for <a href="/facts/HBO/gGSPvEEu">HBO</a>, which was similar in style but featured much more adult humor. </p><p>In 2004 and 2007, <i>Pee-wee's Playhouse</i> was ranked No. 10 and No. 12 on <i><a href="/facts/TV_Guide/T29FpwBp">TV Guide</a></i>'s Top Cult Shows Ever, respectively. It was also named to <i><a href="/facts/Time_(magazine)/N4FXc99l">Time</a></i>'s list of the 100 Best TV Shows in 2007. </p>