The Return of Pee Wee Herman

The character who made Paul Reubens a star - Pee Wee Herman - returns to the stage tonight at Club Nokia in Los Angeles.

Actor and comedian Paul Reubens got his start in the 70's with the Los Angeles-based improvisation troupe The Groundlings.  "Pee Wee Herman" was a Groundlings character that Reubens developed into a successful stage production.  The stage show begat an HBO special, which begat the CBS Saturday morning children's show Pee Wee's Playhouse in the late 80's.

In college, my friends and I usually watched Pee Wee as we nursed our Saturday morning hangovers.  And hungover or not, we ALWAYS yelled and screamed whenever someone uttered "the secret word".  Good times.

This latest stage production of The Pee Wee Herman Show includes some of the original actors - including Miss Yvonne! (played by Lynne Marie Stewart - below).

Thanks to MJ for the heads-up.

Shawty Got Low Low Low Low Low Low Low

Gawker published these pictures of Katie Couric celebrating her first broadcast as CBS News anchor back in 2006. Looks like Couric drank up the entire bar and proceeded to get up on the good foot.


Diva!

White Meat Monday Big Brother of the Day - Jessie Godderz

Big Brother 11 has begun on CBS, and notorious narcissexual - Jessie Godderz - is back...

Covered in honey and feathers during Big Brother 10

During this season of Big Brother, there seems to be a bromance blossoming between Jessie and fellow musclehead Russell Kairouz. Check out Jessie lifting Russell instead of free weights - wait, there's a "dumbbell" joke in there somewhere. BTW, where EXACTLY is Jessie's right hand in the top two pics???...

Check out my first Jessie Godderz post HERE.

Breaking: Walter Cronkite Dies

The most trusted man in America, Walter Cronkite, DIED TODAY at the age of 92. "And that's the way it is"...

Farewell "Uncle Walter".

Good TV Night

24 continued it's new season on Fox last night with another 2-hour episode. I KNEW Tony Almeida (above) wasn't a bad guy! And I was so happy to see Chloe (below) behind her omnipotent computer terminal. Why doesn't Chloe just hack into the Treasury Department and wire some of those TARP funds into a Swiss bank account and retire? You KNOW she could do it and never get caught.

Then there was a new episode of CSI: Miami - featuring one of the hottest papis on TV, Adam Rodriguez ("Eric Delko" - below).

I wonder if this will be the season when Calleigh and Eric (below) finally get together?...