RIP Pee Wee Herman

[RCMerchant]

Pee Wee Herman has died at age 70. He had cancer.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/pee-wee-herman-dead-paul-reubens-cause-of-death/ar-AA1eBsKD?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=c646cad580ef487e904d5f2f72021d77&ei=20

[zombie no.one]

nooo... absolutely gutted.

a comedy legend. totally unique

just posted a quote from peewee's big adventure in here earlier today  .  that film is so great

[ER]

The '80s are over now, and a little bit of my childhood died as well. Today's word is: goodbye.
(I'd also be slighting a very talented performer if I failed to mention Pee-wee Herman was the character, Paul Reubens was the actor.)

[Alex]

Until just now, I never realised he played a vampire in Buffy.

[lester1/2jr]

Okay he was arrested for something resembling child porn possession which he dismissed as kitsch art or something...

but besides that Pee Wee's big Adventure and Pee's Wee's Playhouse and his appearences in Cheech and Chong movies are epic and classic

[RCMerchant]

^ The charges were dropped. He was arrested for jerking off in a porn theater in Florida.

https://featuredbiography.com/paul-reubens-pee-wee-herman-arrest-story-why-and-when-was-he-arrested/

[Alex]

I think there were earlier charges. I don't really know the details though. He wasn't really a big figure over here.

[RCMerchant]

I think there were earlier charges. I don't really know the details though. He wasn't really a big figure over here.

He was busted for possession of pot once too.

[zombie no.one]

Okay he was arrested for something resembling child porn possession which he dismissed as kitsch art or something...

I'm sure I've seen him interviewed about this and he said it was some kind raid on his house and they found some kind of sculpture? the charge was dropped anyway....does seem like the authorities had it in for him

not to tempt fate but I feel confident in saying there will be no emergence of accusations and nasty revelations following hs death.

[Jim H]

Okay he was arrested for something resembling child porn possession which he dismissed as kitsch art or something...

I'm sure I've seen him interviewed about this and he said it was some kind raid on his house and they found some kind of sculpture? the charge was dropped anyway....does seem like the authorities had it in for him

not to tempt fate but I feel confident in saying there will be no emergence of accusations and nasty revelations following hs death.

I've read a bit about it.  He had A LOT of vintage nude photographs and pornographic
magazines and cheesecake type stuff.  Like thousands and thousands, a huge collection he bought in bulk. A small portion of these were were of probably underage models (the ages aren't clear, they don't even know the names of the models evidently).  There's some dispute about what exactly the content of these was like; Reubens contends they weren't pornographic, the DA argues otherwise. 

However, they let him plea down to a total sweetheart deal, a slap on the wrist, no time, no lifetime sex offender registry, etc - which makes me lean towards believing Reubens' side of things. At a minimum, there wasn't very much of it compared to the total size of his collection, which suggests to me he wasn't actively seeking it out - so that may have played a part in the leniency.