Ep 178 9/13/11

Special guest Caseen Gaines, writer of the first book about Pee-wee's Playhouse (Inside Pee-wee's Playhouse: The Untold, Unauthorized, and Unpredictable Story of a Pop Phenomenon)! In this episode: the 25th anniversary of Pee-wee's Playhouse, why Caseen wrote this book, thoughts about Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) and Big Top Pee-wee (1988), the appeal of the TV series to college kids, the longevity of Pee-wee's Playhouse, obtaining interviews for the book using the internet, tons of unique never-before-seen pictures, the Christmas special, the life-size Chairry toy and 40 inch Pee-wee doll, Lynne Stewart "Miss Yvonne" appearing on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the 2010-2011 Pee-wee Herman live stage show, a future Pee-wee Herman movie with Judd Apatow and Paul Rust, what if there had been a Pee-wee video game back in the 1980s?, the infamous theater incident in Florida, and the legacy of Pee-wee Herman. 65 minutes - http://www.paunchstevenson.com