“I never set out to do a big educational show. We’re trying to expose children to as much creativity as we can muster in a half-hour, to be entertaining and to transmit some subliminal messages like ‘nonconformity isn’t bad.'”
There’s never been a show like it, and it’s unlikely there ever will be again, which makes Pee-wee’s Playhouse the most unique Saturday morning series ever.
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