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Pee-wee's Playhouse reruns will return to Network TV.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 6:57 pm
by Roy Mustang
The Emmy Award-winning show will get new life on the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim lineup, which will air all 45 original episodes beginning July 10, company officials announced Monday.


Wingzero22

PostPosted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 7:02 pm
by beau99
And the people on Toon Zone are praising a decision, for once.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 7:03 pm
by Tenshi no Ai
Wow... I have the vaugist memory of that show and his talking furnature! I do remember the movie with his missing bike though...

PostPosted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 7:08 pm
by Nate
Not only does the show contain cartoons (The King of Cartoons!), it is cartoony in nature. I applaud this decision.

PostPosted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 1:10 pm
by mitsuki lover
Another reason to stock up on anime DVDs.

PostPosted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 1:14 pm
by Linksquest
Umn... this show... scares me... some shows that were For Kids in the day now just freak me out.

PostPosted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 1:39 pm
by Tommy
Yeah, um, the movie owned the show (Big Adventure) and a kid's show is airing on Adult's Swim.

What's next?

Saved by the Bell?

XD XD XD XD XD........O-O

PostPosted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 1:53 pm
by beau99
meh... at least I get to see Phil Hartman on TV again.

PostPosted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:33 pm
by Roy Mustang
Well, so far this year. The two week run of Saved by the Bell was one of the most rated time slot for AS this year.


And there are been a word or two that AS maybe leaving CN, but that is a maybe.


Wingzero22

PostPosted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:39 pm
by ShiroiHikari
It sounds to me like AS is trying to appeal to the sense of nostalgia that many of their viewers have. At least this sort of fits on Cartoon Network (unlike Saved By the Bell). I'd watch this on TV if I had cable.

This is kind of offtopic, but I've heard that CN is launching another network called "Cartoon Cartoon Network". I don't know how true that is.

PostPosted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:14 pm
by GrubbTheFragger
peewee is back........*runs and hides*

PostPosted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:28 pm
by ashfire
Makes me wonder if Peewee Herman would come back to TV and do somemore shows with a new cast. I know his show was canceled because of his arrest for very bad behavior in a movie theater.

PostPosted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 10:58 am
by rocklobster
Yeah, that's probably why it's on AS instead of when kids can watch.

PostPosted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 11:56 am
by mitsuki lover
Then again considering what kind of perv Pee Wee's alter ego was it kinda goes nicely with some of the perverted cartoons they show on AS.

PostPosted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 11:57 am
by ChristianKitsune
I don't want AS to leave...because all the anime will go too....

PostPosted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 12:27 am
by Kumagoro
I'm really excited about it. I used to love this show as a little kid, and it's going to be the only show on Adult Swim outside of Aqua Teen hunger Force I'll be paying close attention to, since I'm not big on any of the anime they're airing. If my memory serves me right, I remember likeing the part where they'd have a "secret word", and whenever anyone said it all the furnature would come to life and scream. The part where they'd roll a giant foil ball out of the closest and slap a new piece on it every time someone ate a piece of gum was another part I liked. :lol:

PostPosted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 8:46 am
by rocklobster
Yeah, and they also had a rubber band ball at one point. That foil ball got pretty big by show's end. It was probably as big as his house itself.

PostPosted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:47 am
by creed4
I not sure about this

PostPosted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 10:39 am
by Tommy
Wingzero22 wrote:And there are been a word or two that AS maybe leaving CN, but that is a maybe.


Wingzero22


If that happens I will never watch a show on CN again unless Toonami gets some new good shows. For example, I was hoping Toonami would get Bleach as they got Naruto.

Eh, whatever.

PostPosted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 10:44 am
by Seppuku
^ - ^ this show can be quite hillarious. im glad it will be airing again.


[Quote]If that happens I will never watch a show on CN again unless Toonami gets some new good shows. For example, I was hoping Toonami would get Bleach as they got Naruto.

AS is getting bleach btw

PostPosted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 11:06 am
by Bobtheduck
This is at least slightly more appropriate than Saved By the Bell... I mean, Pee Wee's playhouse is like 10 levels of subversion, so it would fit adult swim, and as people said, there are cartoons and he is very cartoony... Still, they shouldn't have had live action shows on there to begin with...

PostPosted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 11:48 am
by Shao Feng-Li
Wingzero22 wrote:The Emmy Award-winning show will get new life on the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim lineup, which will air all 45 original episodes beginning July 10, company officials announced Monday.


Wingzero22

Oh good heavens... :shady:

PostPosted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:37 pm
by AnubisWerewolf
Ugh...why are they bringing the garbage back.....it was horrible when I saw it when I was a child.....I don't think that will change anything now with it coming back.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:24 pm
by Kumagoro
Oh man, this is my new favorite show. I've been watching it excitedly every night since it started airing! It's brain-numbingly stupid, and I love it! :lol:

PostPosted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 7:23 pm
by beau99
Bobtheduck wrote:Still, they shouldn't have had live action shows on there to begin with...

When [adult swim] first started, Williams Street never promised solely adult animation. They promised adult programming, period.
Kumagoro wrote:Oh man, this is my new favorite show. I've been watching it excitedly every night since it started airing! It's brain-numbingly stupid, and I love it! :lol:

Agreed, except for the "new favorite show" part.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 7:35 pm
by Azier the Swordsman
If only they would get Homestar Runner on Adult Swim.

PostPosted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 3:51 pm
by Radical Dreamer
Azier the Swordsman wrote:If only they would get Homestar Runner on Adult Swim.


Ditto to that. XD

Back to the topic, I uh...caught about 5 minutes of this last night. I...was kinda freaked out. XD First, it was one of those shows that was like a train wreck--that is, it's super disturbing, but you can't really look away. XD The only reason I stuck around for 5 minutes was because I was waiting for something to happen that would merit the "PG" rating. Then I realized I was losing brain cells. XD Seriously though...Why did they rate this show PG? O_o

PostPosted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:20 pm
by oro!
It's weirdness?

I can't stand it, personally. Stop filling needed anime slots with this...stuff that doesn't seem like it belongs...AT ALL!

PostPosted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:46 pm
by Nate
It belongs on Cartoon Network. Know why? Three words.

King. Of. Cartoons.

BOO-YAH.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:24 am
by freerock1
Radical Dreamer wrote:Seriously though...Why did they rate this show PG? O_o

The only thing I can figure out is that some of the humor, while it was culturally acceptable* back in the day, comes off as pretty un-PC now. For example, in one episode Pee-Wee's "fat lady" neighbor was pursuing a chocolate cake.

In some other episodes, Pee-Wee would get letters that were supposed to be from kids in other countries. For example, one "kid" said he was from Japan and he knew kung fu. Automatically associating Japan and kung fu would probably be considered stereotyping and not make it on today's kids' shows. (Though someone over at TZ said that back in the day, that was considered an educational component of the show.)

(*not saying that culturally acceptable always = good. ;) )

Anyway, I actually watched quite a bit of last night's episode, and actually remembered it. It was the one where Pee Wee made himself invisible with his magic kit. As a kid, the situation seemed so much more desparate. :lol: