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Pee-wee's Playhouse

Season 1

13 listed hours · 1986–1990 · CBS

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Filed by Max Sterling · Streaming Confidential

Saturday-morning surrealism designed by people who had been to art school: secret-word screaming, talking furniture, and Paul Reubens treating children as aesthetically smart. Emmy-magnet kids TV that looks like a fever dream of Memphis design. The later scandal complicated the man; the Playhouse's craft still looks like nothing else on a network morning.

TV Flash files Season 1 of Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986–1990) on CBS as the first listed season of 5 — 13 listed hours, 1986-09-13–1987-05-02 from “Ice Cream Soup” (S01E01) to “Party!” (S01E13). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.

Desk essentials in this season

  1. S01E01 Ice Cream Soup

    Ice Cream Soup is Reubens treating children as aesthetically smart: secret-word screaming, talking furniture, a fever dream of Memphis design.

  1. S01E01

    Ice Cream Soup

    Ice Cream Soup — Season 1, Episode 1 of Pee-wee's Playhouse. Aired 1986-09-13. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  2. S01E02

    Luau for Two

    Luau for Two — Season 1, Episode 2 of Pee-wee's Playhouse. Aired 1986-09-20. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  3. S01E03

    Rainy Day

    Rainy Day — Season 1, Episode 3 of Pee-wee's Playhouse. Aired 1986-09-27. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  4. S01E04

    Now You See Me, Now You Don't

    Now You See Me, Now You Don't — Season 1, Episode 4 of Pee-wee's Playhouse. Aired 1986-10-04. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  5. S01E05

    Just Another Day

    Just Another Day — Season 1, Episode 5 of Pee-wee's Playhouse. Aired 1986-11-08. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  6. S01E06

    Beauty Makeover

    Beauty Makeover — Season 1, Episode 6 of Pee-wee's Playhouse. Aired 1986-11-15. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  7. S01E07

    Restaurant

    Restaurant — Season 1, Episode 7 of Pee-wee's Playhouse. Aired 1986-11-22. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  8. S01E08

    Ants in Your Pants

    Ants in Your Pants — Season 1, Episode 8 of Pee-wee's Playhouse. Aired 1986-11-29. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  9. S01E09

    Monster in the Playhouse

    Monster in the Playhouse — Season 1, Episode 9 of Pee-wee's Playhouse. Aired 1987-01-10. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  10. S01E10

    The Cowboy & The Cowntess

    The Cowboy & The Cowntess — Season 1, Episode 10 of Pee-wee's Playhouse. Aired 1987-01-17. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  11. S01E11

    Stolen Apples

    Stolen Apples — Season 1, Episode 11 of Pee-wee's Playhouse. Aired 1987-03-21. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  12. S01E12

    The Gang's All Here

    The Gang's All Here — Season 1, Episode 12 of Pee-wee's Playhouse. Aired 1987-04-25. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  13. S01E13

    Party!

    Party! — Season 1, Episode 13 of Pee-wee's Playhouse. Aired 1987-05-02. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

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