Thursday, September 28, 2006

Playhouse Ponderances

I was watching Pee-Wee's Playhouse last night (shut up, let a girl live out a little nostalgia, wouldja), and the whole episode centered around Pee-Wee trying to decide who to take to a Hawaiian dinner with him. He had won two tickets, and everyone in Puppet Land was sucking up to him so he would take them.

So. Yes, that took up a whole episode. Finally, at the very end, he remembered that Jambi could grant wishes, and wished "there was some way he could take everyone to the Hawaiian dinner." Mecca-lecca-hi mecca-hiney-ho, the playhouse became the scene of a luau.

But here's the thing. Everyone partied for about a minute and a half. Then, all of a sudden, Pee-Wee went over to the wall, pushed the button and out came his scooter. That's right, boys and girls, after all the hullaballoo, the Peester was ditching his own party.

Didn't anyone there find this odd? Wouldn't you think that at least Miss Yvonne would say something like, "No, Pee-Wee, you can't leave now, we're just starting to have fun!" Nope, everyone smiled and waved like it was perfectly normal that Pee-Wee should need to suddenly leave during a luau in his own playhouse.

Furthermore, it leaves one wondering where the heck it is that Pee-Wee goes when he leaves the playhouse (please keep Paul Reubens jokes to self here...). To the store? What was in those coconut-shell drinks? Did he go to get more? Does he have a "real" house somewhere, and a "real" job? Is he like a stockbroker or something? Also, why would anyone spend only half an hour in his playhouse every day? Why not spend all day there! These issues need to be addressed.

I also want to know:

-How does Jambi go to the bathroom?
-When Pee-Wee leaves the playhouse, does everyone have to leave? Or do they just stay there and he trusts them?
-Do the "live" foods in the fridge and freezer need to eat?
-When Pee-Wee isn't there, what does everyone (Chairy, Magic Screen, etc.) do? Sleep?
-Why does the same door-to-door salesman always knock on Pee-Wee's door when he knows he's just going to get the door slammed in his face? Wouldn't you permanently cross that address off the list after a few times? Also, what is he selling? We never find out.
-Is the driver for the King of Cartoons a lesbian?
-Where exactly is Puppet Land? Do they have taxes there? Does Pee-Wee have to pay electric bills and such? I mean, there's Reba the Mail Lady, so we know he gets mail. What's in the mail?
-Why did anyone ever think it would be a good idea to bring the Mrs. Steve character onto the show?

There you go, Pee-Wee connoisseurs. Have at it.

3 Comments:

Blogger ElleDee said...

Girrrrlll ... I cannot dissect PeeWee's Playhouse. Even when drunk. Which I am not. Anymore.

9:55 PM  
Blogger Kim said...

Well, work on that! ;0)

2:37 PM  
Blogger demondoll said...

I usually just watched and was grateful it wasn't HR Pufn'Stuf

11:34 AM  

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