If anyone likes Paul Reubens, check out the movie Quiz Lady.
This older woman LOVES Alan Cumming, but the picture of him in her home is Paul Reubens. When they meet Paul Reubens at the end, the lady is thrilled and Reubens quickly pretends to be Alan Cumming not to disappoint.
It’s a great movie and a really cute moment.
Can’t find the clip online, but it was fun of him. I guess in real life, people mixed the two up a lot at one point.
Yes, I realized he was gay or seriously into gender fluidity(didn’t know that term, not sure I’m using it correctly, yet).
I still laughed at all his antics.
He was always hilarious on Letterman.
I hate him for the Macerana dance and noise, totally blame him for that crap.
Wait, what?
Haters gonna hate. If you search for him and macerana, you get basically no hits.
RIP Paul. He was a great guy. Not sure why anyone would come into this thread with hate.
I am wondering if the poster is mixing up his dance to “Tequila” in Big Adventure with the Macarena.
Yes. I am. Still hate both of them.
I always wondered if Reubens played a waiter in The Blues Brothers. It looked like him in profile when Alan Rubin was trying to dissuade Ackroyd and Belushi from sitting in the French restaurant. I don’t think he was in the credits alas.
He absolutely did (and according to IMDB, he’s in the credits as, of course, “Waiter.”) You can see him in this clip of that scene, starting at 1:25: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0etJHtEmG4E
Oh thanks my friend!! I was reminded that he even had a line about serving Dom from the wine list. I hope he got a day’s pay for that one.
To be clear. I don’t hate Paul Reubans or PeeWee Herman.
Just the song and dance “Tequila!”. And Macerana too.
Funny. I just LOVE song and dance Tequila, and Macerana, too. (though what he has to do with Macerana i don’t know.). High point of the movie, Tequila was.
How can anyone hate the Tequila dance in PWBA? He’s fighting for his life!
[I say we let him go.]
Nothing; Beck had confused the Macarena with Pee Wee’s Tequila dance.
oh. n/m
I admit: whenever I hear “Tequila” (the song) I have to fight the urge not to break into the Big Shoe dance.
And sometimes I lose.
I think they’re both “Mexican” enough to them to confuse.
When his career in kids TV was at its height in the 80s this would not have been an extreme view. It would absolutely be a given and accepted that people wouldn’t be comfortable with someone openly gay working with children.
They covered his feelings on that really nicely on the HBO documentary.
Altho he refused to finish the last hour of the many hours of interveiw.
They had plenty on that.
he was horrified, embarassed and depressed because people characterized him like that
The doc was interesting. I was mostly struck by his burning ambition. I suppose that’s a common trait of those who succeed in difficult businesses, but it seems to have taken a toll on Reubens. He was not without friends and people close to him, but he also seems to have burned some bridges and relationships. Overall, he struck me as a good person, certainly talented, but perhaps difficult to get along with.
As someone who was directly in the line of fire for PeeWee’s Big Adventure and PeeWee’s Playhouse (6 and 7 years old when they came out) I feel so much in awe that I got to experience them.
Watching the documentary made me realize how fully developed the character and show were when they came out of the LA alt comedy scene in the 70s and 80s (including the set dressing and art). So cool, so “now.” It went to HBO as a national hit, but still for adults. And then just like that they packaged it up and delivered it right to kids. Like “hey the coolest young adults have been enjoying this, you kids get to have some too.”
I distinctly remember the first time I saw Pee Wee’s Playhouse on TV (I think I missed the movie in theaters). It was a rare Saturday morning when my brother wasn’t home and I got to control the TV and I was like “WTF IS THIS?!” I absolutely loved it!
The Muppets sort of had a similar trajectory. Henson was into indie art and films and dark stuff. Got work on adult TV (late night shows and SNL) then someone gave him a chance to package it all up for kids. Only difference is Henson, being that he was in puppetry, had done kids’ stuff early in his career. Reubens was definitely a fan of childrens’ programming as a child himself but he never did any work in the field prior to giving himself a man-child alter ego.
Great doc, I really enjoyed it. The end was very tragic, most notably Phil Hartman’s take on it. But, well, we’ll say that Phil was going through shit at the time himself. And of course the false accusations. Grrrr.