   It's amazing that we've gone this long without touching upon the legacy that is Pee-Wee Herman. Among the many lessons Pee-Way taught us, perhaps the most important is that people that've done a lot of acid aren't necessarily wasted in the entertainment industry. Pee-Wee's special brand of humor entertained us thoroughly in the 80s, to the point where 4 out of every 5 people you'd come across were sure they could mimic his trademark laugh the best. The 'Tequila' song became famous...socialites everywhere looked for talking chairs...and the red bowtie was a fashion statement far greater than any Versace suit. Now, I remember only wanting to like Pee-Wee because he had the same name as that blonde kid from the Smurfs. But after I gave him that chance - I was hooked. The guy had a breakfast making machine. He infiltrated the Alamo. He screamed a lot. There was tons to love.  Pee Wee's Big Adventure is what essentially started it all. It has stood the test of time - it still remains one of the most insanely ridiculous movies ever. We've all seen it, you don't need me to tell you that. From the opening sequence, where Pee-Wee starts talking like Mr. T while eating breakfast, we all knew we had a winner. Pee-Wee doing a Mr. T impression? Click here to hear it...you'll never forget it. But after Pee-Wee went to that magic shop and screamed when the owner picked up the giant head...I knew I was going to be his fan for life. He was so insane that sometimes you'd just sit there shaking your head in disbelief of what you were watching. I refuse to find out who actually wrote the script to this movie, as I like to imagine Pee-Wee had a big hand in it himself. Who else would come up with the idea of going to the Alamo in search of a lost bike? Course, this was Tim Burton's first directing role, so I guess that explains a lot. Yes, the lost bike. The lost bike which brought bad times upon our hero. In fact, the times were so bad, he started lashing out at people he cared about. But that's okay, because if he didn't, we wouldn't have gotten one of the greatest lines in movie history, which you can hear by clicking here. If that's not the best thing in the world, I don't know what is. Or maybe I do. Maybe the best thing in the world was supplied to us by hitchhiking Pee-Wee's driver - Large Marge. Now, as a kid I was scared shitless of when Marge 'looked like...THIS'...but now, it's the funniest fucking thing on the planet. Course, when Marge makes a funny, she wants credit for it, but don't take my word for it....take her's. There were a billion moments in this movie that called for a genuine laugh. How bout when the 'curves ahead' signs start looking like balls of tangled string? How bout Pee-Wee jumping from the train to avoid another song by the hobo? The list is virtually limitless - and impossible to remember all at once. Solution? Rent the movie, it's definitely worth watching again. And again.    Then Pee-Wee moved into another genre - children's television. Pee-Wee's Playhouse didn't knock the insanity down a notch...in fact, it turned it up to ten. This was, beyond a shadow of a doubt, created solely to amuse college kids on hallucinogenics. There's no other way to explain the presence of a talking couch...a secret word that, when spoken, you'd have to scream real loud...or Lawrence Fishburne. Yes, Lawrence Fishburne. He played Cowboy Curtis, in a role which he'd pay blackmail payments to never be shown again. It only got wilder. Pee-Wee collected a ball of foil the size of a car. He talked to people using cans on a string. His friends were either puppets or people who looked like the Village People. And, to top it all off, fucking Charro sings 'Feliz Navidad' in the Christmas episode. About 50 times. Honestly...if you can think of anything better than having Charro sings Spanish holiday songs being flanked by a pirate, a talking chair, and a puppet band...you've got a real creative mind. It simply doesn't come any better than that.  Oh, and what about the god damned theme song - the theme song that's haunted us all for over a decade. Well friends, it's about to haunt us again. I've found it. Now, you know the drill. We went through this with the Super Mario song, we went through this with the Saved By The Bell song. If you're in any way obsessive, do NOT download this...I'm not going to be held accountable for the amount of hours you spend playing it over and over again despite your best efforts to stop. Got it? Good. :) Anyways, here it is...the full, unedited Pee-Wee's Playhouse theme song: Click here. Oh yes. You can purchase both Pee-Wee's Big Adventure and video sets from Pee-Wee's Playhouse at Amazon.Com. Click HERE to purchase the entire boxed set of Pee Wee's Playhouse episodes. It's a regular Pee-Wee fest today. Let's have a little fun with it, I invite everyone to go to the X-E Forum to share your all-time favorite Pee-Wee moment. There's just too many of them for me to cover alone...so let's see what you guys got. And remember...Pee-Wee doesn't sell monkeys...he just trains them. Oh, and sorry Pee-Wee, I can't get through this article without exploting your true funniest moment...exposing little Pee-Wee to the general public. If it didn't happen, we wouldn't have found out that you really looked like a Metallica roadie....  - Matt | |||