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Shout! Acquires Expanded Rights To Paul Reubens’ ‘Pee-wee’s Playhouse’; Coming To Shout! TV For First Time

Shout! Studios has re-acquired worldwide home entertainment, broadcast and digital distribution rights for Paul Reubens’ Pee-Wee's Playhouse.

Since its initial premiere on CBS in 1986, the multiple Emmy-winning Pee-Wee’s Playhouse became Saturday morning appointment viewing for kids in the ’80s and ’90s and has been a staple in the pop culture zeitgeist ever since. The series features beloved regulars Cowboy Curtis (Laurence Fishburne), Reba the Mail Lady (S. Epatha Merkerson), Miss Yvonne (Lynne Marie Stewart), Captain Carl (Phil Hartman), The King of Cartoons (William Marshall), Jambi the Genie (John Paragon), Ricardo (Vic Trevino) and Mrs. Rene (Suzanne Kent). And of course, Chairry, Pterri, Conky, Magic Screen, Clocky, Cool Cat, Dirty Dog, Chicky Baby, Penny, the Dinosaur family, and the rest of the gang.

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