The BEST episodes written by Paul Reubens

Rainy Day
star
8.57
21 votes

#1 - Rainy Day

Pee-wee's Playhouse - Season 1 - Episode 3

It's a rainy day outside, and Pee-wee does many things for the rest of the day: fly paper airplanes, get a call from Miss Yvonne (who won't make it due to the weather), build an indoor campfire, and tell a ghost story. Later, he gets bored and has Playhouse fever! Randy tries to cheer him up by letting him call strangers - such as a housewife who grows angry when Randy plays a prank phone call on her. Pee-wee then calls the same person whose husband turns out to be a police officer. The husband threatens to take Pee-wee in, but he lets him go after he learns his lesson. Now, Pee-wee's only hope for "help" is Jambi.

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Playhouse In Outer Space
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8.33
3 votes

#2 - Playhouse In Outer Space

Pee-wee's Playhouse - Season 2 - Episode 9

Aaaaugh! The secret word is "zyzzybalubah," and that can only mean one thing! The entire Playhouse, including Reba, is sucked into space, transported to a strange planet, and taken over by an odd, lonely alien! Yvona, an alien from the planet, is trying to escape the unfriendly Zyzzybalubah, but Pee-wee teaches him how to be polite and make friends. Reba teaches Pee-wee how to whistle, and she sings a song.

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Beauty Makeover
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8.09
11 votes

#3 - Beauty Makeover

Pee-wee's Playhouse - Season 1 - Episode 6

Miss Yvonne is willing to give a beauty makeover to the next person who steps into the playhouse, and it ends up being Mrs. Steve! Then, the Cowntess has a tea party. You'll have the "time" of your life!

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Why Wasn't I Invited?
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8.00
7 votes

#4 - Why Wasn't I Invited?

Pee-wee's Playhouse - Season 2 - Episode 5

Nothing bugs Pee-wee's flowers more than having a caterpillar in their flower box until Magic Screen shows how a caterpillar can turn itself into a beautiful butterfly. The caterpillar's not the only uninvited creature around when Cowntess has a birthday party and invites practically "all" of Puppetland except Pee-wee! Is she mad at him or just being moody?

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Pajama Party
star
8.00
3 votes

#5 - Pajama Party

Pee-wee's Playhouse - Season 2 - Episode 10

Guess who's having a pajama-party sleepover? That's right, it's Pee-wee along with his co-hostess, "the most beautiful woman in Puppetland," Miss Yvonne! Jambi's got a head for pajama fashion when he gives Cowboy Curtis a Wild-West pair of P.J.s! Wacky Roger, the Monster, keeps an eye on things as Pee-wee decides that, since he loves his fruit salad so much, he's going to marry it! "Watch" for the secret word!

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Open House
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7.83
6 votes

#6 - Open House

Pee-wee's Playhouse - Season 2 - Episode 1

Today in the "Playhouse," Pee-wee tricks his friends into doing all of his chores by pretending that work is fun. The gang meets some new friends while renovating the "house." Reba arrives in time to deliver Clocky while the Playhouse gang uncovers Floory and meets Mrs. Rene for the first time.

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Restaurant
star
7.80
15 votes

#7 - Restaurant

Pee-wee's Playhouse - Season 1 - Episode 7

Pee-wee is the maitre d', waiter and cashier while playing restaurant. Customer Captain Carl orders everything on the menu only to learn that all they have are peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches! Also, Dixie is having a particularly bad "day."

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Pee-wee Catches A Cold
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7.71
7 votes

#8 - Pee-wee Catches A Cold

Pee-wee's Playhouse - Season 2 - Episode 4

Today the secret word is "out," but Pee-wee is stuck in when he overdoes it and comes down with a cold! It's lovely Nurse Yvonne and ultra-health conscious Ricardo to the rescue with some good advice and chicken soup for their sick and cranky friend. In no time, Pee-wee's back to his old self again to join in the Playhouse fun.

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The Cowboy and the Cowntess
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7.55
11 votes

#9 - The Cowboy and the Cowntess

Pee-wee's Playhouse - Season 1 - Episode 10

The fabulous Miss Yvonne just asked Cowboy Curtis out for a date -- and now he's as nervous as a prairie critter who's just been...um, asked out for a date by Miss Yvonne! To calm Curtis down, Cowntess the Cow suggests a little "date" role-playing -- and suddenly Curtis finds himself with "the most beautiful woman in Puppetland" -- Pee Wee? "Remember" the secret word and you'll have a "good" time!

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Monster In The Playhouse
star
7.45
11 votes

#10 - Monster In The Playhouse

Pee-wee's Playhouse - Season 1 - Episode 9

"Look" out because Mrs. Steve reports that there is a giant, one-eyed monster in town! He appears in the Playhouse, on the loose, and scares everyone! After Pee-wee makes the monster a snack, and Jambi grants Pee-wee's wish to understand the monster, the whole gang has a new friend! They even play a game of golf.

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Puppy In The Playhouse
star
7.40
10 votes

#11 - Puppy In The Playhouse

Pee-wee's Playhouse - Season 2 - Episode 2

Cowntess, just back from a world cruise, is showing some of her home movies from the trip. Globey teaches Pee-wee how to say "hello, my name is Pee-wee" in French and Chinese! When a lost puppy appears at the Playhouse door, no one can figure out who the owner is. Pee-wee develops a strong case of puppy love and decides to keep him and name him Aloysius. However, Reba comes "over," and it's obvious just whose dog it is.

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Now You See Me, Now You Don't
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7.38
16 votes

#12 - Now You See Me, Now You Don't

Pee-wee's Playhouse - Season 1 - Episode 4

Today's secret word is really "little," but the gangs' eyes get really big when Pee-wee puts on a magic show and disappears! Captain Carl, Cowboy Curtis, Miss Yvonne, and the gang are amazed as Pee-wee makes use of his new talent at their expense, but when their hidden host can't make himself reappear, it'll take Jambi's magic to set things right!

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Stolen Apples
star
7.38
8 votes

#13 - Stolen Apples

Pee-wee's Playhouse - Season 1 - Episode 11

Randy steals Mrs. Steve's crummy crab apples from her tree, and Mrs. Steve needs Pee-wee's help in finding him. Then, Pee-wee plays the hands game with Tito, and "there" are enough apples for everyone at snack time.

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Party
star
7.25
8 votes

#14 - Party

Pee-wee's Playhouse - Season 1 - Episode 13

It's party time at the Playhouse and you're invited! The whole gang is here: Cowboy Curtis, Captain Carl, Reba the Mail Lady and the lovely Miss Yvonne! You'll want to join in the Hokey-Pokey, yell when you hear the secret word ("this") and play pin the tail on the...Globey.

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Tons Of Fun
star
7.25
4 votes

#15 - Tons Of Fun

Pee-wee's Playhouse - Season 2 - Episode 6

Today, Pee-wee gives everybody "That Certain Feeling" by lip-synching to one of his old records. Later, while Pee-wee is out with the Playhouse Gang, Cowboy Curtis comes over and sings to the flowers, and Miss Yvonne does a wild clog dance. Tensions mount when the gang ends up with two "cool" ice cream desserts, and they have to choose which to eat. Of course, they could just eat them both!

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Store
star
7.24
34 votes

#16 - Store

Pee-wee's Playhouse - Season 2 - Episode 3

Pee-wee and Cowboy Curtis take a leap into Magic Screen where they enjoy some mighty fine handcart ridin' until a train chases them back into the waiting arms of Chairry! Then, Cowboy Curtis sings a song with "more" of the secret word in it than you could scream at. Finally, Cowboy Curtis and Miss Yvonne go shopping at Pee-wee's "department store" where they decide to buy Chairry!

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The Gang's All Here
star
7.17
6 votes

#17 - The Gang's All Here

Pee-wee's Playhouse - Season 1 - Episode 12

Get out your pencils and crayons, 'cause the gang at Pee Wee's Playhouse is sketching Pee Wee's favorite subject -- Pee Wee! The Playhouse Gang joins in the fun when Pee Wee-o assigns everyone a secret name-o. But then Pee Wee develops a severe case of shrunken head when Jambi the Genie's magic helps him out of the mouse hole -- and the entire gang wonders if he'll ever be "okay".

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Ants in Your Pants
star
7.13
15 votes

#18 - Ants in Your Pants

Pee-wee's Playhouse - Season 1 - Episode 8

The ants are loose, the ants are loose! While Pee Wee is playing house with Miss Yvonne and the Playhouse Gang, the ants sneak out of their farm, go marching into the Dinosaur Family's home, steal a cake and get all over everybody and everything. "What" will Pee Wee do? The 'Ants In Your Pants Dance!

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Just Another Day
star
7.00
13 votes

#19 - Just Another Day

Pee-wee's Playhouse - Season 1 - Episode 5

Cowboy Curtis decides to have a cowboy-style snack (slow-cooked steak) and shows Pee-wee how to square dance. Pee-wee shows Curtis how to pogo, and Dixie gets her name on the "back" of her new jacket.

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School
star
7.00
5 votes

#20 - School

Pee-wee's Playhouse - Season 2 - Episode 7

Learning is "easy" when your teacher makes it fun. No one can make it more fun than Pee-wee, especially when he turns the Playhouse into a schoolhouse! The Playhouse Gang are his students, Magic Screen is his blackboard, and Globey is, well, his globe. Pee-wee makes history exciting when he teaches about Christopher Columbus and the Declaration of Independence. Sit back, laugh, and learn!

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Spring
star
6.67
3 votes

#21 - Spring

Pee-wee's Playhouse - Season 2 - Episode 8

As the Spring season comes to "begin," Pee-wee plants a seed, and it grows quickly (courtesy of Clockey). Also, the King of Cartoons presents his wife, "The Queen of Cartoons," and his son, "The Prince of Cartoons." Also, when Pee-wee doesn't make the baseball team, Ricardo shows him that there are other sports he can try.

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