{"id":20480,"date":"2018-09-13T01:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T08:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/?p=20480"},"modified":"2018-09-12T15:04:33","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T22:04:33","slug":"32-years-ago-today-pee-wees-playhouse-debuted-on-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/2018\/09\/13\/32-years-ago-today-pee-wees-playhouse-debuted-on-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"32 years ago today, Pee-wee&#8217;s Playhouse debuted on TV!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On September 13, 1986, my TV show <em>Pee-wee&#8217;s Playhouse<\/em> debuted on television!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"giphy-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/12xf441HPsogIU\" width=\"480\" height=\"367\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The first episode was titled &#8220;Ice Cream Soup&#8221; and it first aired on this day in 1986! My show\u00a0ran for five seasons and picked up 22 Emmy Awards!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20483\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CBS-Pee-wees-Playhouse.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"484\" height=\"687\" \/>\n<p><strong>So many people write to tell me they\u2019re introducing my show to their children and that the kids love it, which is so great to hear!\u00a0It\u2019s cool to hear the next generation will be raised on Jambi, Miss Yvonne, Cowboy Curtis, Reba the mail lady, Captain Carl, Magic Screen, Conky, Globey, Chairry, Pterri, Randy, and everyone in the Playhouse!<\/strong><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2cciD0U\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14589\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pee-wees-Playhouse-on-blu-ray.jpg\" alt=\"pee-wees-playhouse-on-blu-ray\" width=\"626\" height=\"859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pee-wees-Playhouse-on-blu-ray.jpg 640w, https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pee-wees-Playhouse-on-blu-ray-467x640.jpg 467w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/a>\n<p><strong>The ENTIRE <em>Pee-wee\u2019s Playhouse<\/em>\u00a0series has been REMASTERED and is now available on <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2cts6lg\">blu-ray<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1GwI43t\">DVD<\/a>!!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I spent over a year supervising the meticulous restoration of my show and it looks spectacular, <em>if I do say so myself<\/em>! The show was shot on film but then immediately transferred to tape. The editing and all the effects were all done on the videotape version and the program was never, ever, seen on film by anyone&#8230; until last year!!\u00a0The colors and detail are truly amazing. Honest! Plus there is an amazing amount of bonus material including interviews with the cast and crew and behind-the-scenes footage.<\/strong><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-9552\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Before-and-After.jpg\" alt=\"Before-and-After\" width=\"642\" height=\"361\" \/>\n<p><strong>Get the\u00a0blu-ray set here (that&#8217;s ALL the episodes):\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2ciYiKm\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/2ciYiKm<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Get Seasons 1 &amp; 2 on DVD here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2cGli2q\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/2cGli2q<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Get Seasons 3, 4, &amp; 5 on DVD here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2ciYMjB\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/2ciYMjB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Get the Playhouse Christmas Special here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2cttILx\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/2cttILx<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>All remastered!!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9544\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Peewees-Playhouse-Title-2.gif\" alt=\"Peewees-Playhouse-Title-2\" \/>\n<p><em><strong>A BIG THANK YOU to all of my fans!!\u00a0I really appreciate you!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=13503-20&l=alb&o=1&a=B01ND026KC\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" alt=\"\" style=\"position: fixed !important; bottom: -1px !important; right: -1px !important; border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><!-- A 2x5 Grid Template Layout. 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My show\u00a0ran for five seasons and picked up 22 Emmy Awards!\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,10,92],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20480"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20480"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20487,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20480\/revisions\/20487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}