When I was a kid, my three brothers were into the typical boy things: sports, games, action movies. I never really responded to any of that. Instead, my thing was Pee-wee Herman. I can distinctly ...

The world of Pee-wee’s Playhouse was a realm of kinetic fantasies. A home where your imaginary friends might live. Claymation dinosaurs resided in the walls. All the furniture was alive and chatty.

Of the very many famous people who admired the late comic actor Paul Reubens’ singular creation named Pee-wee Herman — among them Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, film director John Waters, Lily Tomlin, ...