Revolution Pee-Wee Style Now!
[ 6 July 2009 ]
I recently became aware that Tuesday the 28th of July is Paul Reubens Day! Oh the excitement! Paul Reubens is best known for the creation of his character Pee-Wee Herman. Well, that & being arrested for getting a little frisky in public!
Growing up in New Zealand, I missed out on the phenomenon that was Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, but luckily I managed to see the film Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure as a young child, which sparked a life-long love affair with the little lunatic! The movie was Tim Burton’s first feature-length film, & if you haven’t seen it, you should!
The show ended years ago, but there is light at the end of the tunnel…
“Paul Reubens confirmed in a January 2009 interview with Swindle magazine that there are indeed negotiations under way for the Pee-Wee Herman stage show to return. This would take place in either Las Vegas or New York.” (Wikipedia)
Paul Reubens Day happens in San Francisco every year, but I think it should be spread worldwide & brought to the global consciousness, don’t you? Who better to do that than an enthusiastic troupe of nonpareils? I ask you!
How can you celebrate Paul Reubens Day?
Design an elaborate breakfast-making machine…
Go to a drive-in movie…
Learn rad bicycle tricks…
Wear a red bow-tie…
Brush your teeth with a really big toothbrush…
Save puppies from a burning pet shop…
Visit Warner Brothers studios…
Go to the Alamo…
Draw on a widow’s peak…
Wear bunny slippers…
Hang out with some bikers...
“I say we kill him!” (YEAH!)
“I say we hang him, THEN we kill him!” (YEAH!)
“I say we scalp him!” (YEAH!) “Then we tattoo him!” (YEAH!) “THEN we hang him!” (YEAH!) “& THEN we kill him!” (YEAH!)
“I say we let him go!” (NO!)
Dance on a table in a bar…
Eat a really big bowl of cereal…
Dream about winning the Tour de France…
Have a bicycle race…
Go to a fortune teller…
Cut the tags off your mattress…
Hitch a ride with a truck driver…
Watch Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure…
Learn a magic trick…
Go to an adult theatre… (cough cough)
Or, OF COURSE, you could dress up in tribute & go out on the town!
I like to call this look The Evil Librarian. Brandish a long wooden ruler menacingly & practice your shushing!
Perfect for a low-key day: shopping for magic tricks, polishing your bicycle & fending off potential suitors by telling them you’re a loner… a rebel.
If I wore red, I would wear this outfit every day. Whattup britches?!
Pee-Wee Herman? Liza Minnelli? Pee-Wee Minelli? Liza Herman? Whatever you like. It’s all accepted here!
However you decide to celebrate Paul Reubens Day, I hope you have a wonderful day!
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HAHAHA Oh Gala you crack me up … “Whattup britches?” What a way to wake up late on a Tuesday morning. Thanks for the smile :) x
welcome back. thought you had been abducted by aliens..or maybe just the dish.
Aahhhhh I love Pee-Wee! We had a tape of old episodes when I was younger, then my sister got a whole box set of EVERY episode (on VHS!). My dad’s favorite movie is Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, and we still own that on VHS as well. So I am totally in for spreading Pee-Wee Herman day, all the way down to the basement of the Alamo!
You put together some amazing PeeWee inspired outfits, lady! I might just draw on a widow’s peak and go out on the town in that last ensamble! Heh heh!
Gala!!!!! I adore Pee Wee!!! Have done for ever! My friend & I watched Big Top & Big Adventure sooo many times & constantly dropped references to the films in ‘normal’ conversation with adults!
Yay Pee Wee day – I think the evil librarian is the look I will adopt for the day & I will go down a dark alley & have my fortune read!
‘I’m trying to use the phone!’ haha!
You don’t wear red? I can see how the color might clash with your pink hair, but… Any reason why? Otherwise..
Awesome post! And I agree wholeheartedly with dressing up in tribute. :) Seeing different peoples’ take on the Pee-Wee style would be great.
MJ — Hahahahahah I’m glad you appreciate!
che — I decided to take Friday off like most of the rest of the United States ;D But yes I pretty much was abducted by the Dish!
Nicole — Woohoo! Good to have your support lady!
Alzy — I hope you do, haha!
Nelly! — Yay! The skirt from the Evil Librarian ensemble is so amazing, but it’s a 5000 Euro jobbie. Damnnnnnn son!
Camille — Yeah, it clashes with my hair :> Plus I just don’t really like it! & it drives me crazy because I keep attracting people who are obsessed with it! My cross to bear, I guess. Haha.
Yay for this post! I love Pee Wee. Brilliant idea, Gala.
OMG Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure is my #1 fave movie of all time. I MUST get the Chuck’s Bike-O-Rama bag!! I quote this movie everyday, glad you are spreadin the Pee Wee Love
If it spread to Europe, I can imagine there’d be a lot of confused Belgians thinking it was Peter Paul Reubens Day (as in the painter)! :P
You are so clever! I love red and I love all these outfits, and I don’t really have ANY kind of a clue about Pee-Wee Herman at all . . .
(Hope you had a good time on the 4th!)
Pee Wee’s Playhouse is one of my favourite shows so I’ll HAVE to celebrate this! :D
Pee Wee Herman was my first crush. When his show was taken off air I was heart broken. I’m so rocking some platforms and dancing to “Tequila” on the 28th!
HOLY MOLY,
If it was possible to love you even more, I SO DO NOW.
Pee-Wee was my childhood hero! I had his talking doll and carried it around with me all the time and Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure was my favorite!!
And Paul Reubens and I share a birthday (August 27). I’m pretty sure I am the female version of Pee-Wee.
Bahaha, thanks for this post!!!
♥♥♥
Theres an original stage show he did in LA that spawned the childrens show and movies. They finally put it out on dvd, you should check it out. I think its called the pee wee herman show instead of peewees playhouse. Im in love with paul reubens.
I really liked Big Adventure, but was terrified of his playhouse show…and that was as an adult (I first saw it when I was 17 or 18…and I am now 21) I cant saw I have seen Big Top but there are many classics I have yet to watch (my parents are astonished that I haven’t seen Back to the Future yet…)
Like the evil librarian look, and I am not one for red (fair Irish skin…). I wish I had the money for the skirt, but I end up being really lucky with clothing and will probably end up finding something at Kohls or something for cheaper than 5000 Euro. Awesome Post!
I love the sparkle shorts in your last ensenble you put together. And the red librarian glasses. Its all very sexy in a super nerdy way.
i absolutely LOVE!!! the outfits, gala… my favorites so far, i think.. a mix of nerdy and classy color scheme and all those joys. mmmm.
I’d rather celebrate the Paul Ruebens in Blow, where he plays a pot dealer!
so AWESOME! i love this post! especially those outfits, SO SO ADORABLE! x
I’m a huuuuge PeeWee Herman fan. My sister and I would watch the show every Saturday morning and quote the movie all the time as kids. We tried to rig a breakfast machine. We bought red cruisers. We even named our dog “Speck”.
I first became aware of Paul Reubens’ Day awhile back, but all the pics were several years old. It looked like a bunch of crazies and fag hags dressing up and doing a shitton of blow in the Castro. COUNT ME IN! I’ll pass on the nose candy and have myself some tequila shots. ;)
i love this post! peewee’s big adventure is one of my favorite movies to watch, one that never gets old. i feel like my generation was just a year or two too young to really enjoy pee-wee’s playhouse, but the right age to him for his scandalous arrest.
i also think it’s funny you used ‘wikipedia’ as the source for the pee-wee stage show rumor.
OOH good ideas!
You can also pick a word you know people will be using and when they say it you scream real loud! Hehe.
That was my favorite show when I was a kid! There was also this one-eyed-one-footed monster on there named Roger that scared the living crap out of me.
P.S. I love that you are bold enough to take [only the cute kinds of] stripper shoes into the real world. I loved your zipper ones even though they weren’t my style and I’m obsessed with the Liza outfit ones. They remind me of spats!
Oh wow!
the shoes!
the bowler hat
nom nom nom
Oh, oh! Those shoes from the last outfit! If only I could wear crazy heels around all day…
But, man…I adored the show as a kid (which they showed in reruns this past year at night on Cartoon Network!), but when I watched the part in the movie where the lady-trucker’s eyes pop out in claymation…ooh, little Alice just couldn’t handle that level of creepiness!
In grade 12 a friend of mine and I rented a bunch of VHS copies of pee wee and would steal tv’s from around the school, wheel them into the stairwell and watch them during our spare _ it was fantastic!
I love Pee-wee + I love you!
This is the awesomest.
xoxo giant hearts,
Angeliska
OMG! Thanks for posting. I adore Pee Wee! In fact, I have his show on DVD and was super stoked when I found it in stores.
But what about good old Punky Brewster? Between the two of them, they shaped the person I am today…wacky!
I would happily wear any of those outfits while designing an elaborate breakfast-making machine. :D
So awesome that Paul Reubens Day the day after the Atmosphere show… by which I mean I am totally going to get other people dress up with me! That second outfit is perfection – can you imagine it with the shirtsleeves rolled up?! Yum.
Just wondering why you don’t wear red, Gala? Just not your colour or is there more to it? xoxo
i love pee wee… god bless him
It’s all so damn feisty… I love it. I remember watching Pee-Wee as a kid, and just finding endless joy in it… thanks for reminding me. :)
Love,
JP
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I shall dress up as Miss Yvonne!!
I had no idea of the character you mention above…
but he DOES remind me of Mr. Bean… just.. a scale higher
hehehe & style based on him.. oh soooo niceeee I likey…..:)
The Liza Herman was absolute best… (best for last.. definetely)
love youuuuuuuuu dearlyyyy
Oh my gosh, pee wee inspired style?!? hahaha, I love it!
This is an unbearably wonderful entry. This is getting marked in my planner immediately and I have now yet another reason to move to San Francisco. I think those celebratory ideas are, however, things people should do on a regular basis.
I love this, and now I’m seriously contemplating wearing a red bow-tie for the rest of my life XDD
Btw- “Whattup britches!” I totally lmao’d at that. I love you Gala…hahaha…
I LOVE PeeWee Herman! I love PeeWee’s Big Adventure too!
That clip right there is my favorite. I just love the way he’s about to drive off confidently, feeling beef & Hell’s Angels-like only to zig zag off and smashes right into the billboard. Hahaha love it & love Pee Wee. Gotta love growing up with Tim Burton!
Have you seen Big Top Pee Wee? Not nearly as good as the first (obviously! not directed by Timmy!) but I still loved the movie!
TELL ‘EM LARGE MARGE SENT YA!
:)
love the outfits, but I dont wear red either.
I love Pee Wee Herman! And great job with the Polyvore sets. I anticipated it to be cartoonish and tacky when mixing with fashion, but once again, Gala manages to add sprinkles onto even the most random of things.
Those outfits are fab, I totally want a pair of suspenders+britches!
everything: YES.
LOVE! :D
Erm…I’ve never heard of him! But I’m intrigued now :)
I’ve kinda heard of him, but know nothing about him! I’m going to download the movie right now!
Gala, I fall in lust with every pair of shoes you post! YUM!
Thank you for bringing these sparkly hot pants into my life!!!! Must Acquire…MUST ACQUIRE!!!!!!!!
I am so in love with that pin-stiped white blazer.
I dunno, am I the only one a little creeped out by Pee-Wee Herman? Especially Eminem dressed as Pee-Wee… :s
x
More people need to wear britches.
Just so I can shout ‘whattup britches!’.
That made my day :)
xx
I love the Bikini Kill reference.
Amelia — Hahaha. I want that too!
Isabel — I’m delighted you got it :D
I remember watching Pee Wee’s Playhouse on a Sunday morning on TV2 in New Zealand, you must of missed it :p
Mia — WHAT?! I had no idea! I feel so ripped off! I needed a friend like you, clearly!