Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

Dec 21, 1988

0h 49m

★ 7.2

If you love Christmas then why don't you merry it?

Overview

Pee-wee Herman and pals are celebrating Christmas in the Playhouse in their own creative ways: Pee-wee makes a list for Santa Claus 1.5 miles long, teaches Little Richard how to ice skate, goes for a sleigh ride with Magic Johnson, enslaves Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello into making Christmas cards, receives a long phone call from Dinah Shore, even has more musical fun with k.d. lang, the Del Rubio Triplettes and Charo! Finally, Big Red arrives and announces that Pee-wee's Christmas list was so big, he didn't have enough presents for all the children of the world. Will Pee-wee follow his own advice and help others?

Genres

Family

Comedy

TV Movie

Production Companies

Pee Wee Pictures

Binder Entertainment

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special Trailers

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Cast

Pee-wee Herman

Paul Reubens

Clocky / Conky / Floory (voice)

Kevin Carlson

Cowboy Curtis

Laurence Fishburne

Santa Claus

Aaron Fletcher

Cool Cat / Fish / Flower / Mr. Window (voice)

Ric Heitzman

Mrs. Rene

Suzanne Kent

King of Cartoons

William Marshall

Countess / Fish / Flower / Globey (voice)

George McGrath

Reba

S. Epatha Merkerson

Chairry / Chicky Baby / Magic Screen (voice)

Alison Mork

Jambi / Pterri (voice)

John Paragon

Miss Yvonne

Lynne Marie Stewart

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