Christmas at Pee-wee's Playhouse

TV Movie
1988
TV-PG
49m

IMDb RATING

7.8/10

1.7K

YOUR RATING

Paul Reubens and Aaron Fletcher in Christmas at Pee-wee's Playhouse (1988)

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Watch Christmas At Pee-Wee's Playhouse: Grace Jones

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Comedy Family Musical

Pee-Wee Herman throws a Christmas party at his playhouse with his friends and some celebrity guests.Pee-Wee Herman throws a Christmas party at his playhouse with his friends and some celebrity guests.Pee-Wee Herman throws a Christmas party at his playhouse with his friends and some celebrity guests.

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IMDb RATING

7.8/10

1.7K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys
- 3 nominations total

Videos1

Clip 3:05

Christmas At Pee-Wee's Playhouse: Grace Jones

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Trivia
The choir of Marines was actually the Men's Choir of UCLA (in marine uniforms). The producers had hoped to book the actual Marine Corps choir, but they were unavailable at the time of filming.

Goofs
In the final shot of the opening number with the singing and dancing marines, one of them drops his hat when Pee-wee sings the word "fun", but continues extending his arm back and forth wiggling his hand around as if he's still holding it.

Quotes
Pee-wee: That was Cher! Cher was right over there! In the same room as my chair! I hope I didn't stare! Oh well! I don't care!

Crazy credits
During the end credits, Dinah Shore continues to sing "Twelve Days of Christmas" and after the credits, she asks where Pee-Wee has gone because the mannequin dressed as Pee-Wee does not respond.

Connections
Featured in 25 Most Hilarious Holiday TV Moments (2010)

Soundtracks
Christmas in the Playhouse
Performed by UCLA Mens Chior and Paul Reubens

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Review

Featured review

10/10

Now This Is A Classic

Pee-Wee's Playhouse has to be one of the biggest shows any 80's kid grew up on (and used to annoy their parents and siblings, what, with the rule of the secret word of the day requiring one to scream real loud when one says it). This Christmas Special, shown after season two ended, has Pee-Wee trying to throw a big party in his playhouse. The special basically has the same gags as the show it's based on, and it has some good musical numbers and even guest stars like Whoopi Goldberg, Magic Johnson, and Cher, and musical numbers from Grace Jones, the Del Rubio Triplets, Charo, K. D. lang, and Dinah Shore. And it would not be Pee-Wee's Playhouse if it didn't teach a moral, which this special does. Worth watching for the nostalgia.