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Strangest christmas special ever

posted 21 years ago by bcmoney
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Featuring: a coked-out looking K.D Lang, Little Richard On Ice, Magic Johnson (who coincidentally happens to be the cousin of pee-wee's drawing board), Whoopi Goldberg being told she's not good enough to appear on said xmas special, Frankie Avalon and Joan Rivers held captive by Pee-Wee being forced through slave labour to make christmas cards and fed only bread and water, Charo signs Feliz Navidad, a Hannukah portion of the show which is simply disturbing (and probably not the least bit appreciated by people of jewish religion), Anette Funicello sings the "1 million days of christmas" song, a cameo by jolly Saint Nick who is actually broke and has to steal all of Pee-wee's presents because he has nothing to give to the kids of the world, and last but certainly not least Pee-Wee's guests all imply a little something with the gifts they give him (fruitcakes).
Concluding with Pee-Wee wishing for peace on earth, before heading off with Santa to rob a bank or something.
Use discretion before allowing your children to view this hallucinagen-filled journey of madness... this strange but unique christmas special has to be seen to be believed.

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[–] ladybugs227 19 years ago

All this coming from a guy who calls himself "MC HAMMER".

[–] strangebeautifulworld 19 years ago

peewee's playhouse wasn't meant for only kids. it was meant for kids & their parents. paul reubens said that before he made it. he had a show before that called the peewee herman show which was like the r-rated version of peewee's playhouse. i think the whole goddman thing is genius. paul reubens is appealing to kids & adults. no one can do that anymore. greatest show ever if you ask me. i love the christmas special. the had cher & frankie & annette & little richard. that's what i call entertainment.

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[–] strangebeautifulworld 18 years ago

i just bought a copy of the dvd from borders for $10. i didn't even realize it had 2 commentaries until i popped it in & watched it. i love it. it's so incredibly funny. if i were with someone watching it & they never laughed once, i think i'd have to slap them in the face so they'd realize how funny it really is. and then i'd probably have to say, "lighten up, francis".

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[–] musicmaker5376 17 years ago

I'm watching it right now.

Truly surreal.

Wow.

I feel like my brain needs a toothbrush.

Oh, Mr. Harris! Mr. Bob Harris! Don't touch me! Just rip my stocking!

[–] LiveFromNewYawk 17 years ago

"Hey Miss Yvonne! Come over here and stand over me!!" Floorey

[–] british1500 17 years ago

The Chaunakah segment was the funniest thing I've seen so far in the special. Who knew the stop-frame miniature dinosaurs that live in the wall crack were Jewish?

The opening where they dropped pictures in the background(as Chaunakah was being explained) was funny too.

[–] cillajayne 17 years ago

It's actually Anette Funicello & Frankie Avalon who are held captive making cards. Joan Rivers appears only for a moment before the King of Cartoon's cartoon is played. Dinah Shore sings the "1 Million Days of Christmas." Saint Nick isn't so broke that he has to steal Pee Wee's presents -- Pee Wee's Christmas gift list is a mile long, so when Santa fulfills his list, he says that Pee Wee got so many presents that Santa had no presents left for the rest of the boys and girls in the world. So Pee Wee agrees to give all his presents to the boys and girls all over the world, and Santa lets him be "Santa's Helper" and ride in the sleigh with him to deliver the packages.

You also forgot one of the strangest parts of the special: Pee Wee receives a gigantic crate in the mail. He opens it up, and it's Grace Jones, who then gives a very strange performance of "Little Drummer Boy." However, when they look more closely at the crate, it was addressed to "THE WHITE HOUSE" not to "The Play House." I'm sure this was the #1 thing on President Reagan's Christmas list!

[–] bregund 17 years ago

I never saw this on its first run, how could I have missed it. Now here it is 20 years later and the show is still hilarious: Grace Jones, Dinah Shore, Cher, Little Richard, Charo, Magic Johnson, I don't know how he got all these people on the show.