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Pee-wee's Playhouse

Season 5

10 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 5 of Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986–1990) on CBS as the last listed season of 5 — 10 listed hours, 1990-09-15–1990-11-17 from “Conky's Breakdown” (S05E01) to “Playhouse for Sale” (S05E10). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.

Desk essentials in this season

  1. S05E01 Conky's Breakdown

    Conky's Breakdown is a final-season robot hour: the Playhouse still a design object, Conky as the talking furniture's nervous system.

  2. S05E10 Playhouse for Sale

    Playhouse for Sale is the closer's listing: five seasons of Saturday surrealism, signed off, the secret word still working.

  1. S05E01

    Conky's Breakdown

    Conky's Breakdown — Season 5, Episode 1 of Pee-wee's Playhouse. Aired 1990-09-15. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  2. S05E02

    Mystery

    Mystery — Season 5, Episode 2 of Pee-wee's Playhouse. Aired 1990-09-21. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  3. S05E03

    Front Page Pee-Wee

    Front Page Pee-Wee — Season 5, Episode 3 of Pee-wee's Playhouse. Aired 1990-09-28. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  4. S05E04

    Tango Time

    Tango Time — Season 5, Episode 4 of Pee-wee's Playhouse. Aired 1990-10-06. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  5. S05E05

    Playhouse Day

    Playhouse Day — Season 5, Episode 5 of Pee-wee's Playhouse. Aired 1990-10-13. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  6. S05E06

    Accidental Playhouse

    Accidental Playhouse — Season 5, Episode 6 of Pee-wee's Playhouse. Aired 1990-10-20. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  7. S05E07

    Fun, Fun, Fun

    Fun, Fun, Fun — Season 5, Episode 7 of Pee-wee's Playhouse. Aired 1990-10-27. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  8. S05E08

    Camping Out

    Camping Out — Season 5, Episode 8 of Pee-wee's Playhouse. Aired 1990-11-03. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  9. S05E09

    Something to Do

    Something to Do — Season 5, Episode 9 of Pee-wee's Playhouse. Aired 1990-11-10. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  10. S05E10

    Playhouse for Sale

    Playhouse for Sale — Season 5, Episode 10 of Pee-wee's Playhouse. Aired 1990-11-17. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

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