The first time we see Paul Reubens in the documentary “Pee-wee as Himself,” he is not playing Pee-wee Herman, the antic man-child he portrayed in comedy routines, movies, a children’s TV show and most ...

"I was born in 1938 in a little house on the edge of the Mississippi River; my father worked on a steamboat and his name was Steamboat Milton," says Paul Reubens by way of misdirection in Matt Wolf's ...

When the new HBO documentary Pee-wee as Himself premiered, it peeled back the impish grin of Paul Reubens's iconic character and offered audiences a rare glimpse at the tender, tormented, and fiercely ...

Of the very many famous people who admired the late comic actor Paul Reubens’ singular creation named Pee-wee Herman — among them Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, film director John Waters, Lily Tomlin, ...

Paul Reubens wanted to control every aspect of his life — from his creations to his publicity. When scandal hit, that wasn’t possible and a different man — a man unlike Pee-wee Herman — emerged. In ...

This image released by HBO Max shows Paul Reubens in a scene from the documentary "Pee-Wee As Himself." (HBO Max via AP) Some bio documentaries are carried mostly by the reflective, archival footage ...