# Pee-Wee's Playhouse starts tomorrow night (7-10) on Adult Swim! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 9, 2006, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-wees-playhouse-starts-tomorrow-night-7-10-on-adult-swim/363758 "2006-07-09T17:12:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-wees-playhouse-starts-tomorrow-night-7-10-on-adult-swim/363758/1 "2006-07-09T17:12:40Z")
Just a reminder to fire up your VCRs/Tivos/whatevers. Adult Swim will be showing all the episodes, plus the Christmas Special, Mondays through Thursdays at 11PM EDT. ---
**Author:** ![BluePitbull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-wees-playhouse-starts-tomorrow-night-7-10-on-adult-swim/363758/2 "2006-07-09T17:26:27Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Just a reminder to fire up your VCRs/Tivos/whatevers. Adult Swim will be showing all the episodes, plus the Christmas Special, Mondays through Thursdays at 11PM EDT. Seems like an unusual choice for adult swim. Why this show? Wasn’t it primarily geared to very young kids? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-wees-playhouse-starts-tomorrow-night-7-10-on-adult-swim/363758/3 "2006-07-09T17:43:05Z")
> [@BluePitbull](#): > > Seems like an unusual choice for adult swim. Why this show? Wasn’t it primarily geared to very young kids? It had its fair share of double entendres and jokes which children wouldn’t get . Hell, the genesis of the show was a Pee Wee stage special where he used mirrors to look up a woman’s skirt. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-wees-playhouse-starts-tomorrow-night-7-10-on-adult-swim/363758/4 "2006-07-09T18:50:34Z")
> [@BluePitbull](#): > > Seems like an unusual choice for adult swim. Why this show? Wasn’t it primarily geared to very young kids? Heh-heh-heh. You never saw it, did you? “You know what _big boots_ mean, don’t you, Cowboy Curtis?” ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-wees-playhouse-starts-tomorrow-night-7-10-on-adult-swim/363758/5 "2006-07-10T02:10:24Z")
I have no cite to back it up, but I’d guess that the show was more popular with adults (especially college-aged ones) than kids. ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-wees-playhouse-starts-tomorrow-night-7-10-on-adult-swim/363758/6 "2006-07-10T02:52:27Z")
My seven-year-old daughter and and I love the show equally. Although I was a little surprised when, during the pajama party episode, Pee-Wee asked Miss Yvonne if he could watch her change her clothes. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-wees-playhouse-starts-tomorrow-night-7-10-on-adult-swim/363758/7 "2006-07-10T06:30:22Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > “You know what _big boots_ mean, don’t you, Cowboy Curtis?” “Big feet!” ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-wees-playhouse-starts-tomorrow-night-7-10-on-adult-swim/363758/8 "2006-07-12T21:29:46Z")
> [@BluePitbull](#): > > Wasn’t it primarily geared to very young kids? Yes, and the irony is that the show now has a parental advisory warning. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-wees-playhouse-starts-tomorrow-night-7-10-on-adult-swim/363758/9 "2006-07-12T21:44:35Z")
> [@Kozmik](#): > > Yes, and the irony is that the show now has a parental advisory warning. So did old _Ren and Stimpy_s when they reran on TNN/Spike TV. I guess the fact that somebody can produce a show that is supposedly primarily for kids but has a large adult following as well is the sign of a true genius. ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-wees-playhouse-starts-tomorrow-night-7-10-on-adult-swim/363758/10 "2006-07-12T22:22:16Z")
“Peter, you are being ridiculous” DING, DING, DING, DING, DING ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-wees-playhouse-starts-tomorrow-night-7-10-on-adult-swim/363758/11 "2006-07-12T22:23:02Z")
I managed to watch about five minutes of the idiocy the other night before I turned it off. Dammit, if you’re going to bill yourself as the Cartoon Network, couldn’t you run cartoons? There must be some good anime out there that they haven’t shown yet. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-wees-playhouse-starts-tomorrow-night-7-10-on-adult-swim/363758/12 "2006-07-12T22:42:24Z")
Well, IIRC (haven’t seen the show since it first aired), there were short animated sequences scattered throughout the episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-wees-playhouse-starts-tomorrow-night-7-10-on-adult-swim/363758/13 "2006-07-12T23:37:33Z")
And no other show has the King of Cartoons! ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-wees-playhouse-starts-tomorrow-night-7-10-on-adult-swim/363758/14 "2006-07-12T23:40:23Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > I managed to watch about five minutes of the idiocy the other night before I turned it off. You have no soul. > [@Finagle](#): > > Dammit, if you’re going to bill yourself as the Cartoon Network, couldn’t you run cartoons? As **ArchiveGuy** noted, there are cartoons and miscelaneous animated sequences throughout each episode. > [@Finagle](#): > > There must be some good anime out there that they haven’t shown yet. Yeah, that’s what Cartoon Network needs, more big-eyed, big-mouthed freak children with unsynchronized voices. Because the hours upon hours they lard the schedule with on a daily basis _just isn’t enough_. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-wees-playhouse-starts-tomorrow-night-7-10-on-adult-swim/363758/15 "2006-07-13T00:02:24Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > I managed to watch about five minutes of the idiocy the other night before I turned it off. Dammit, if you’re going to bill yourself as the Cartoon Network, couldn’t you run cartoons? There must be some good anime out there that they haven’t shown yet. It’s not Cartoon Network, it’s Adult Swim. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-wees-playhouse-starts-tomorrow-night-7-10-on-adult-swim/363758/16 "2006-07-13T05:02:45Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > There must be some good anime out there that they haven’t shown yet. Given the staggering volume of anime they broadcast, I doubt it. And given that there’s a pretty big audience of people who would watch stuff on the channel that gag over anime – and also we tend to be better demographically – I think there’s room for one half-hour a day which is only _partly_ cartoons. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Seymour\_Gams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Seymour\_Gams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seymour_Gams)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-wees-playhouse-starts-tomorrow-night-7-10-on-adult-swim/363758/17 "2006-07-13T06:03:36Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > I managed to watch about five minutes of the idiocy the other night before I turned it off. Dammit, if you’re going to bill yourself as the Cartoon Network, couldn’t you run cartoons? There must be some good anime out there that they haven’t shown yet. Last time I checked, they haven’t played _any_ good anime. ---
**Author:** ![Seymour\_Gams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Seymour\_Gams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seymour_Gams)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-wees-playhouse-starts-tomorrow-night-7-10-on-adult-swim/363758/18 "2006-07-13T06:11:30Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Just a reminder to fire up your VCRs/Tivos/whatevers. Adult Swim will be showing all the episodes, plus the Christmas Special, Mondays through Thursdays at 11PM EDT. I accidentally turned it on (not remembering it was premiering) and freaked out. Pee-wee’s Playhouse is probably my favourite anything… ever. Growing up this was actually my Mom’s favourite show which is strange in so many ways. Apparently her love for Pee-wee goes back to when before I was born. She worked in an office and kept a framed picture of him on her desk (this is before the movies and I am pretty sure before the show) and when asked, her friend Monica would tell everyone he was my mother’s husband. Later when Monica was giving birth my Mom brought the photo, put it next to her bed, and before Monica’s husband showed up convinced everyone that he was Monica’s baby’s daddy. I always wondered what the nurses thought years later when he became huge. Christ I miss that lady, she was so strange… ---
**Author:** ![Seymour\_Gams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Seymour\_Gams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seymour_Gams)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-wees-playhouse-starts-tomorrow-night-7-10-on-adult-swim/363758/19 "2006-07-13T06:12:44Z")
> [@Seymour Gams](#): > > Last time I checked, they haven’t played _any_ good anime. Wait, I take that back. They did play FLCL for awhile.