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I don't think so. His stuff by today's standards was very un-woke (John's genie character itself would probably be considered an offensive stereotype) and there

I don't think so. His stuff by today's standards was very un-woke (John's genie character itself would probably be considered an offensive stereotype) and there are YouTube videos compiled of clips that show unambiguous double entendres that would be considered child-corrupting. What happened to Rubens for the movie theater incident was incredibly harsh, I think even for that era, but I just don't think that a show as deliberately weird as Peewee's Playhouse would be well received today by parents and cultural stewards. A shame though, Rubens was a really great performing artist.

hprotagonist 5y ago
Artists always catch shit from the status quo supporting boring scolds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ22N3Y9f70 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ22N3Y9f70 art that isn’t at least a little subversive is very rarely any good.
OJFord 5y ago
> unambiguous double entendres An oxymoron if ever there was one?
- bryanrasmussen 5y ago
  I'd think an ambiguous double entendre was one where you weren't sure if the person making it wanted to do so or just did it by accident.
bluedino 5y ago
My mother was on the conservative-Christian side and didn’t allow us to watch PeeWee. I don’t really know what her reasons were.
- echelon 5y ago
  Probably the movie theater incident. My mother wasn't a fan after that happened.
  - cable2600 5y ago
    I think it was aimed at adults who grew up on Howdy Doody and Mr. Rogers. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sesame-street-for-adults-only/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sesame-street-for-adults-only/ First season of Sesame Street got rated R. Back when Oscar was orange. iCarly cuses in the reboot: https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/icarly-reboot-cursing-fans-react-new-episodes/ https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/icarly-reboot-cursing-fa... Sort of like Adult Swim it was meant for grown ups but the kids watch it too. Too young to get the jokes, the kids love it.
cmrdporcupine 5y ago
Too weird for today? Have you seen Yo Gabba Gabba? Parents of today like weird. And yes, maybe some stuff would be offensive in today's context, but not that bad. We watched a couple of the old Pee-Wee movies with my kids and a bit of some of the old shows and they loved them. We're very lefty and I don't recall anything in them that raised any particular alarm bells.

hprotagonist 5y ago

Artists always catch shit from the status quo supporting boring scolds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ22N3Y9f70 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ22N3Y9f70 art that isn’t at least a little subversive is very rarely any good.

OJFord 5y ago

> unambiguous double entendres An oxymoron if ever there was one?

bryanrasmussen 5y ago
I'd think an ambiguous double entendre was one where you weren't sure if the person making it wanted to do so or just did it by accident.

bluedino 5y ago

My mother was on the conservative-Christian side and didn’t allow us to watch PeeWee. I don’t really know what her reasons were.

echelon 5y ago
Probably the movie theater incident. My mother wasn't a fan after that happened.
- cable2600 5y ago
  I think it was aimed at adults who grew up on Howdy Doody and Mr. Rogers. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sesame-street-for-adults-only/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sesame-street-for-adults-only/ First season of Sesame Street got rated R. Back when Oscar was orange. iCarly cuses in the reboot: https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/icarly-reboot-cursing-fans-react-new-episodes/ https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/icarly-reboot-cursing-fa... Sort of like Adult Swim it was meant for grown ups but the kids watch it too. Too young to get the jokes, the kids love it.

cmrdporcupine 5y ago

Too weird for today? Have you seen Yo Gabba Gabba? Parents of today like weird. And yes, maybe some stuff would be offensive in today's context, but not that bad. We watched a couple of the old Pee-Wee movies with my kids and a bit of some of the old shows and they loved them. We're very lefty and I don't recall anything in them that raised any particular alarm bells.