CNET

Pee-wee Herman's Documentary Lets Gen X Reflect on Our Quirky Childhood

Countless memes exist about how Gen X is a tough, often overlooked generation, and there are a million more memes about how we're also an apathetic generation (say whatever you want about us, I don't ...
Los Angeles Times

Everyone knew Pee-wee Herman. But few knew the man behind the man-child

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 ...
NPR

'Pee-wee as Himself' is a portrait of a private man and his public alter ego

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. In 1986, one of the most ...
The New York Times

Review: ‘Pee-wee as Himself’ Finds the Man Behind the Man-Child

This fascinating though incomplete documentary tells Paul Reubens’s story despite the subject’s doubts about the project. By James Poniewozik The title of “Pee-wee as Himself,” the two-part ...