People: Sep. 15, 1986

Hi there, boys and girls! Just when you thought it was safe to sleep late on Saturday mornings, here comes Pee-wee's Playhouse, a TV show starring Paul Reubens, a.k.a. Pee-wee Herman. The half-hour program, which will premiere this weekend on CBS, consists of Pee-wee's tee-hee antics interspersed with animation clips and a cast of oh-so-crazy characters and props, including Chairry, the talking chair, Mr. Window and a mousehole full of dinosaurs. Herman, you see, got complete creative control from the network. "I want the show to be really wacky," he says, "so when kids are finished watching they will be filled...

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