Before his death in 2023, Reubens filmed an HBO documentary in which he explained why he refused to be seen or interviewed as himself for the whole time Pee-Wee Herman was starring in TV and films.

It’s an interesting paradox — craving the spotlight and capturing it by burying one’s real self in the process. That’s one of the many questions explored in “Pee-wee as Himself,” a nearly ...

Paul Reubens—who was famously private and perhaps better known as his alter ego Pee-wee Herman—is the subject of a new HBO documentary. So we're looking back at Reubens' interview with Terry Gross in ...

Matt Wolf admits that there were some struggles in making his documentary film Pee-wee as Himself, which tells the story of comedian Paul Ruebens and the epic character he created. “My first meeting ...