Paul Reubens obituary | Movies | The Guardian Pop culture - the 80s... of all the crazy kid shows from that era - this one was one I got a kick out of. As a young dad, I would vote for PeeWee any day over that big purple dinosaur. excerpt: "One of the show’s messages, said Reubens, was that “nonconformity isn’t bad”."
Pee Wee's Playhouse was not a kids' show, though it could be enjoyed by kids, I guess. It was too surreal to be appreciated fully by kids. It took part in shaping the weirdo I am today.
Tommy Kirk was s just one of those people that seem to be "everywhere" when you're a kid between 6-14.. He was in Disney movies so often I'd swear he was in some when he wasn't.. Indelibly etched into the memories of my youth..
Gotta admit.. I'm having a hard time letting go of Bob Barker and Jimmy Buffett, and others that have passed this year. Guess it's a part of growing up and older myself. When Christine McVie, I was totally caught off guard by my feelings of grief- it's not like I will lose ever hearing her voice again. But, like Jimmy, her music and her amazing contributions to Fleetwood Mac and her talents as a musician are not lost. They live on... but when I hear the songs now, there is an added sadness in my heart.
British actor Michael Gambon, who played Professor Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter, dies aged 82. I remember him in the lead role in The Singing Detective.
SHAFT! that swagger - the way he word those long coats. He was the man! Richard Roundtree - 1942-2023
The fiery coach of Indiana evidently was completely different away from the basketball court and was known as a good guy. Died recently.
Katie Couric once asked President Carter whether winning a Nobel Peace Prize or being elected president of the United States was the most exciting thing that ever happened to him. Carter answered: “When Rosalynn said she’d marry me—I think that’s the most exciting thing.”
