As Pee-wee Herman, Paul Reubens was a performance ... And he fails an audition for “Saturday Night Live,” which crushes him but also spurs Reubens to forge his own career.

If Reubens concealed his sexuality behind a façade of straightness, he found great freedom by subsuming his personality ...

Elvira star Cassandra Peterson, Cyndi Lauper, Ricki Lake, Lisa Loeb and Traci Lords paid tribute to birthday boy Paul Reubens on Saturday as the Pee-wee Herman ... his excellent live show years ...

Not quite a children's show, The Pee-Wee Herman Show is slyly subversive ... children's television programs of the 1950's and 60's, this live stage production features original music, puppets ...

Associated Press file photo Paul Reubens, the actor and comedian whose Pee-wee Herman character ... played by the late “Saturday Night Live” star Phil Hartman. HBO would air the show ...

"Last night we said farewell to Paul Reubens, an iconic American actor, comedian, writer and producer whose beloved character Pee-wee Herman delighted ... he will forever live in the comedy ...