Actor Paul Reubens, of PeeWee Herman fame, dead at 70

70? He couldn't have been 70... Cuz then that would mean that I'm...

Fuck... I'm getting old...

https://i.imgur.com/rAFP13z.mp4
I had this exact same freakout when another posted said "I'm 40 and I loved him when I was a kid" I'm like yeah, he must have been around for a while beforehand then, this is reasonable... Then I realised I'm 38 1/2

Large Marge has her passenger back.

They can roam the highways together for all eternity.

Reubens also helped start the careers of Phil Hartman and Laurence Fishburne, which is pretty neat.

Man either the guy really thought he was going to beat this or he just needed a reason to hang on: "...he recently penned the first draft of his upcoming memoir. He had also put the finishing touches on two more Pee-wee movie scripts and was developing projects for television, including a variety show and a western called Fancypants."

Shame those won't see the light of day, at least not with his further involvement of course. That sounds like a ton of work. Source: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/paul-reubens-best-known-pee-170902189.html

Maybe Johnny Depp will play Pee-wee if those movies ever get made. (Depp was Reubens' pick to replace him.)
- I really really really don’t want anyone else to play Pee-wee.
- Ugh gross. Let's forget about that creep Depp. Dude can't even act anymore
the unedited memoir sounds worthy to experience
Beat it? Are we doing phrasing?

Watching the PeeWee Herman Show special on HBO blew my mind as a young adult. What a talent, and stunted career in the end. We loved you Paul.

Wild man. I remember watching Pee-wee's Playhouse as a kid on those Saturday mornings oh so long ago. https://youtu.be/UsmFg7CD1Pg

“You don’t want to get mixed up with a guy like me. I’m a loner, Dottie…a rebel.”

Enough about my big butt. Let's talk about your big butt.

Reubens created a lot of joy in the world, he will be missed.

Can't believe he was 70. RIP. Big part of my 90s childhood.

Fun fact, if you add 33 to the age someone was in 1990, you get their age now.

This is awesome.

he was art school college roommates with Hasselhoff.. wait what?
- I'm surprised the hoff went to art school actually

I remember him telling Philip Rosenthal that the reason he developed Pee-wee Herman was that Reubens had a horrible memory for jokes, and so he just built a persona that was inherently funny without them.

Obviously, a brilliant move.

I'm 40 now. I freaking loved PeeWee when I was a kid. This hurts. I'm hoping when I get to the pearly gates I hear "Ha ha! Ahhh!". Probably want to see my grandma first now that I think about it.

Holy shit!
"He died on April 3rd."
DOUBLE holy shit!

Where does it say that? Article is dated for today and the quote says his team shared the news on Monday, which I presume they mean today.
- That's what RodneyCK was saying.

RIP....also, other news articles mentioned he actually died April 3rd, they kept it hushed.

I can't find anything other than he passed on 7/30
That kind of thing happens quite often when a celebrity no longer has an agent.

The family don't think to inform the press.
- Jerking off in heaven?

hope he gets to jerk off in heaven

Dude was into porn before the internet. He was just a future dude living in the past.
He got caught in my hometown! Lots of weird stuff happens in Sarasota, FL.
- The Pussycat Theatre chain in California was a pretty well known goto. I thought it was strange that 1) it was Florida and 2) anyone really cared.
- I don't think jerking off in an adult theater is weird.

Jambi, I know exactly what to wish for. :( Really sad seeing your childhood pop culture figures dying.

Anyone remember this movie?

Midnight Madness!
- Yes! Finally! No one remembers that movie anymore, but I love it.

Well that sucks. Could have definitely started the morning not knowing this. RIP Paul Reubens

Man WTF I idolized him as a kid growing up watching PeeWee's Playhouse and the PeeWee movies. Even though he was as old as my parents, it feels like a childhood friend died. I did not expect to be so upset by this.

RIP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkuSYw8lVf4

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Oh noooo! He was nice :(

Pee Wee's Big Adventure has gotten even more absurd and hilarious to me as I've gotten older; it both aged well and has grown funnier with time (nearly 40 years!)

I’ll always remember Zyzzybalubah…

So is he a child molestor? I never have been able to figure out the news about him.

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- From the article
  
  Then in 2004, Reubens was sentenced to three years probation after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor obscenity charge involving photographs of minors engaged in sexual conduct were seized from him
No, he was caught jerking off in a porn theater and charged with public indecency. In my opinion the whole thing was blown out of proportion and a stain on his legacy that doesn't deserve to be there. People just hear "sex crimes" and "children's performer" and come to that assumption. (No shade to you, its a fair assumption. I more have a problem with how the media handled it at the time)
- He was also busted with CSAM.
  
  https://www.today.com/popculture/paul-reubens-pleads-guilty-obscenity-charge-wbna4563512
  
  Paul Reubens pleads guilty to obscenity charge
  Prosecutors drop child pornography charge in plea deal
  
  “Pee-wee Herman” actor Paul Reubens was sentenced to three years probation Friday after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor obscenity charge involving photographs seized from his erotica collection.
  
  The former star of the “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” children’s TV show and two “Pee-wee” movies won’t be allowed unsupervised contact with minors during the probation period.
  
  Under terms of a plea agreement that Superior Court Judge Carol H. Rehm approved, Reubens also agreed to pay a $100 fine and enter a counseling program for one year.
  
  Prosecutors dismissed a misdemeanor charge of child pornography that had carried a maximum sentence of a year in jail and a $2,500 fine.
  
  However, the 51-year-old Reubens agreed to register as a sex offender for the duration of his probation.
  
  “We view both of these counts equally in terms of serious nature of child pornography,” said Eric Moses, a spokesman for the city attorney’s office.
  
  The charge resulted from a search of Reubens’ home in November 2001. Police seized about 30,000 images from his photography collection and personal computers.
  
  Reubens, who didn’t appear in court Friday, pleaded guilty through his attorney to possession of obscene materials with the intent to distribute, and in a Thursday court hearing he acknowledged possessing 170 images of minors engaged in sexual conduct, Moses said.
- I don't care about the wanking, but the CP possession charge is hard to ignore.
He whacked off in a porn theater afaik. So no. Weird though but I don't know what else there is to do in a porn theater.
- It was the 90's, before the internet and he had a thing for pornography. The pussycat theatre was specifically an adult theatre that showed pornography, three other men were arrested with him, presumably because that what people went to the theatre for.
i heard BonesOfTheMoon sucks off armadillos.. i don't know anything about that.. just what i heard, man..

armadillos, man.. under a viaduct in the Florida panhandle.. but that's just what i heard..
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He has had 1 or 2 incidents involving child pornography of some sort (which I'm not underplaying lol), but as far as molesting, not that we know.

Edit: https://ew.com/article/2002/11/18/paul-pee-wee-reubens-charged-kid-porn-probe/
- You can read about those charges here:
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Reubens#2002_pornography_arrest
  
  They were eventually dropped.