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Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special (1988)
Pee-wee Herman and pals are celebrating Christmas in the Playhouse in their own creative ways: Pee-wee makes a list for Santa Claus 1.5 miles long, teaches Little Richard how to ice skate, goes for a sleigh ride with Magic Johnson, enslaves Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello into making Christmas cards, receives a long phone call from Dinah Shore, even has more musical fun with k.d. lang, the Del Rubio Triplettes and Charo! Finally, Big Red arrives and announces that Pee-wee's Christmas list was so big, he didn't have enough presents for all the children of the world. Will Pee-wee follow his own advice and help others?
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Pee-wee Herman and pals are celebrating Christmas in the Playhouse in their own creative ways: Pee-wee makes a list for Santa Claus 1.5 miles long, teaches Little Richard how to ice skate, goes for a sleigh ride with Magic Johnson, enslaves Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello into making Christmas cards, receives a long phone call from Dinah Shore, even has more musical fun with k.d. lang, the Del Rubio Triplettes and Charo! Finally, Big Red arrives and announces that Pee-wee's Christmas list was so big, he didn't have enough presents for all the children of the world. Will Pee-wee follow his own advice and help others?
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Genre:Family, Comedy, TV Movie
Written By:Paul Reubens, John Paragon
In Theaters:12/21/1988
Box Office:
Runtime:49 minutes
Studio:Pee Wee Pictures, Binder Entertainment
Cast
Paul Reubens, Wayne Orr
Director
Paul Reubens
Pee-wee Herman
Kevin Carlson
Clocky / Conky / Floory (voice)
Laurence Fishburne
Cowboy Curtis
Aaron Fletcher
Santa Claus
Ric Heitzman
Cool Cat / Fish / Flower / Mr. Window (voice)
Suzanne Kent
Mrs. Rene
William Marshall
King of Cartoons
George McGrath
Countess / Fish / Flower / Globey (voice)
S. Epatha Merkerson
Reba
Alison Mork
Chairry / Chicky Baby / Magic Screen (voice)
John Paragon
Jambi / Pterri (voice)
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