Inside Pee-wee's Playhouse by Caseen Gaines

With the scrutiny of children’s television increasing, President Ronald Reagan established National Children’s Television Awareness Week that October, a month after the new season of Saturday morning programming debuted. Peggy Charren, the founder and president of Action for Children’s Television, claimed that Saturday morning tv was “filled with do–goody nonsense” and she urged networks to introduce shows with more educational value. Critics described the networks’ lineups as being filled with “program–length commercials” for merchandising like Pound Puppies, G.I. There were superheroes ( Spider–Man and His Amazing Friends, The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians), animated adaptations of live–action movies and tv shows ( It’s Punky Brewster, Star Wars), new shows with established characters ( Alvin and the Chipmunks, The Smurfs), and even a show starring a larger–than–life wrestling personality ( Hulk Hogan’s Rock ‘n’ Wrestling).Īs children urged their parents to empty their wallets for toys based on their favorite Saturday morning cartoons, some parents began paying closer attention to children’s programming, and many didn’t like what they saw. The three major television networks, abc, cbs, and nbc, aired cartoons that lacked in originality and, for the most part, had no educational value. In the spring of 1986, Saturday morning children’s television was popular, profitable, and predictable. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. From casual fans to devout followers, everyone will be interested in taking a look Inside Pee-wee’s Playhouse. Pee-wee Herman fans have been energized recently by the character’s reemerging presence. Inside Pee-wee’s Playhouse is the first comprehensive look at this amazingly successful (and still revered) children’s program. His public Twitter and Facebook accounts boast over one million fans and followers.

He starred in a successful stage revival of his live show in January and February of 2010, and it hit Broadway later that year. Paul Reubens (as Pee-wee Herman) has been making a comeback since August 2010, appearing on Saturday Night Live, The View, The Jimmy Kimmel Show, Conan, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Complete with an episode guide, biographical information about the cast and key members of the show’s creative team, never-before-told anecdotes, and previously unpublished photos, Inside Pee-wee’s Playhouse takes the first in-depth look behind the program TV Guide recently cited as one of the top ten cult classics of all time. Now, on the 25th anniversary of the show, the complete behind-the-scenes story is being told for the first time by those who experienced it. Between 19, nearly ten million people a week watched Peewee’s Playhouse, the critically acclaimed and widely successful children’s program broadcast on CBS.

Inside Pee-wee's Playhouse by Caseen Gaines