The Wikipedia entry for “Pee-wee Herman” begins by noting that the figure in question is “a comic fictional character” who is “best known for his two television series and film series during the 1980s ...

Pee-wee's creator, Paul Reubens, died Sunday of cancer. He was 70. Pee-wee was a petulant man-child and a trickster spirit, a burst of joyous id... Pee-wee Herman was more than a boy who never grew up ...

Pee-wee Herman, the comic creation of actor/writer Paul Reubens, would often toss taunts of the schoolyard into his casual conversation. It was one of the character's go-to bits. "Why don't you take a ...