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unusual facts about Pee-Wee's Playhouse


Stephen R. Johnson

In addition to directing music videos, Johnson is known for directing all thirteen episodes of the first season of Pee-wee's Playhouse, for which he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in Children's Programming.


Allen Law

In 2010, Law married Shin Hui (née Tan), the second daughter of hotelier Wee Wei Ling, businessman Wee Cho Yaw's daughter.

Allister Bain

Sometime before the start of his career, Bain was in charge of his own dance troupe, the Bee Wee Ballet of Grenada, whose performances were some of the first that contributed to the birth of what became the Notting Hill Carnival.

Anthony Crank

He recently took on the role of bad boy Levi in Hollyoaks E4 spin-off 'The Morning After The Night Before, and is soon to be seen as one of the central roles as debt collector 'Jimmy' in Simon Powell's Salford based feature film 'Poor, Wee Me', opposite Paul Hurstfield, Michelle Holmes, Tim Booth, Ian Mercer and Suranne Jones.

Be-Bop-A-Lula

Cliff Gallup (lead guitar), "Wee" Willie Williams (rhythm guitar), "Jumpin'" Jack Neal (string bass), and Dickie "Be Bop" Harrell (drums) comprised the band.

Bruce Wolf

"Not too many years from now, when I'm an old insomniac watching TV in the wee hours, I'll look at the screen and say, 'Did I actually do a TV show at 4:30 in the morning? No. It must have been a dream.' And I will wish that I could go back to sleep and start dreaming again," Wolf told the Chicago Tribune's Phil Rosenthal at the time the show was canceled.

Carolina heelsplitter

Historically the Carolina heelsplitter was known to be found in the Catawba River and Pee Dee River systems in North Carolina, and the Pee Dee and Savannah River systems of South Carolina.

Caulfield Sisters

While Pee Shy had released two albums on Mercury Records, Wheeler has since referred to her experience with the major label as "Mercury poisoning," and the Sisters have recorded and released their music independently.

Cheong Soo Pieng

In 1955 Cheong Soo Pieng, along with five other artists Chen Wen Hsi, Chen Chong Swee, Lim Hak Tai, Tay Wee Koh, and Suri bin Mohyani were invited to showcase their artworks in England, funded by fellow artist and arts patron Ho Kok Hoe.

Colin Ng

Ng Wee Tai Colin is a Singaporean yachtsman best known for winning a gold medal in the 13th Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand.

Deborah Hutchison

She quickly established a new company, Rosen-Caplan, working with broadcasting corporations NBC and CBS while simultaneously co-founded Panther Productions inc, through which she and husband Hall have worked on projects such as Liquid Television, Jay Jay the Jet Plane, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, and Alice in Wonderland (2010).

Did You Ever See a Lassie?

The song is featured as one of the songs in WeeSing's Grandpa's Magical Toys, represented by the Laddie and Lassie characters (played by Caysie Torrey and David Lovelin), and is also one of the songs featured in the CD Wee Sing and Play as well, with the opening narration confirming that the words "lassie" and "laddie" attribute to Scotland (they mean "boy" and "girl" in Scots).

Günther Lütjens

His comrades nicknamed him "Pee Ontgens" after a character from the book Das Meer (The Sea) by Bernhard Kellermann, which was one of his favorite books.

Harry Barris

An unusual change of pace for Barris was his comedy role in The Fleet's In (1942), as a runty sailor named Pee Wee who perpetrates malapropisms in a surprisingly deep voice.

Herri Urrats

The first festival was held in 1984 in the French town of Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle (Senpere in Basque); it is well known for its Herri Urrats celebration, which remains one of the largest.

IDate a Bad Boy

When Carly goes to Griffins for dinner and to his bedroom where they have more kissing Carly finds out that Griffin collects "Pee Wee Babies" (parody of Beanie Babies).

James Myles Hogge

He had misgivings about Asquith's leadership, however, and fell out of favour with the 'Wee Free' party establishment.

Malaysian Democratic Party

Wee, who was party secretary-general, even lost his deposit after contesting the Bukit Bintang parliamentary seat in 2004.

Mingus Moves

The other tunes include "Moves," a composition written and sung (along with Honi Gordon) by Doug Hammond, Richmond's predecessor; "Wee," the bop standard, arranged by Sy Johnson, who also worked with Mingus on Let My Children Hear Music (1971) and Mingus and Friends in Concert (1972); "Flowers," written by Adams; and "Newcomer" by Pullen, dedicated to his newborn daughter.

Mr. Bean's Holiday

Ide said parts of the film are reminiscent of City of God, The Straight Story, and said two scenes are "clumsily borrowed" from Pee-wee's Big Adventure.

Nasi Lemak 2.0

Wee met the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak and stressed that the movie promoted the spirit of the 1Malaysia program, which was initiated by the Prime Minister himself.

Norman yoke

"Seeing the common people of England by joynt consent of person and purse have caste out Charles our Norman oppressour, wee have by this victory recovered ourselves from under his Norman yoake." wrote Winstanley on behalf of the Diggers, in December 1649.

Pee Wee Crayton

Born in Rockdale, Texas, United States, there are several stories on how Crayton acquired the name Pee Wee.

Pee Wee Hunt

He was satirized as Pee Wee Runt and his All-Flea Dixieland Band in Tex Avery's animated MGM cartoon Dixieland Droopy (1954).

Pee Wee Hunt (May 10, 1907, Mount Healthy, Ohio – June 22, 1979 in Plymouth, Massachusetts), born Walter Gerhardt Hunt, was a jazz trombonist, vocalist and band leader.

Pee Wee King

Julius Frank Anthony Kuczynski (February 18, 1914 – March 7, 2000), known professionally as Pee Wee King, was an American country music songwriter and recording artist best known for co-writing "The Tennessee Waltz".

Pillaro

Píllaro (pronounced 'PEE-yah-ro') is a city in Ecuador, located in the province of Tungurahua.

Pob Pee Fah

In 2007, following the mysterious deaths of four villagers in the Sam Chai district of the northeastern Thai province of Kalasin, 1,000 residents, fearing the cause to be evil spirits, raised 35,000 baht to pay for the exorcism of a Pee Fah, believed to be possessing two of the female villagers.

Prodoxus weethumpi

The species name is derived from wee thump of the Paiute language, meaning ancient ones, alluding to the longevity of Yucca brevifolia.

PWH

Pee-wee Herman, a comic fictional character created and portrayed by Paul Reubens

Rocky Delgadillo

One of the most well-publicized prosecutions by Delgadillo's office was that of entertainer Paul Reubens, more commonly known as Pee Wee Herman, for possession of child pornography.

Star Wheel Press

Key gigs have included the Southern Fried Festival in Perth with Samantha Crain, support slots with The Blind Boys of Alabama, Lyle Lovett, 2011's Aberfeldy Festival alongside James Yorkston and Admiral Fallow and a headline show at Edinburgh's Wee Red Bar in September 2011 with support from French Wives.

Steve Binder

In addition to working with Petula Clark and Elvis, Binder also worked on numerous TV shows and specials with Steve Allen, Chevy Chase, Patti LaBelle, Barry Manilow, Wayne Newton, Mac Davis, Liza Minnelli, and Pee-Wee Herman.

The Jocks and the Geordies

The Jocks (Scottish boys), who wore various tartan jumpers and wide tam o'shanter caps, were: Big Jock (the leader), Wee Eck, Hector, Angus and Sandy; while the Geordies (North East England boys) were all identically dressed in dark school uniforms.

The Wee Free Men

In 2012 Rhianna Pratchett announced on Twitter that she would be adapting Wee Free Men into a movie.

Uncle Henry's Playhouse

Cursed Coins - A game of Reversi in which the player must cover more territory than the computer.

Wee Care Nursery School abuse trial

The Wee Care Nursery School, located in Maplewood, New Jersey, was the subject of a day care child abuse case that went to trial in the 1980s.

Wee Choo Keong

Wee Choo Keong was later referred to by V.K. Lingam in the Lingam tape.

Wee Georgie Wood

Wee Georgie Wood is mentioned at the end of the song "Dig It" from the Beatles' album Let It Be.

Wee Hairy Beasties

Wee Hairy Beasties are a children's music group composed of Jon Langford, Sally Timms, Kelly Hogan, and Devil in a Woodpile.

Wee Waa

Columbia Records announced that French electronic music duo Daft Punk would hold the global launch party for their album Random Access Memories in Wee Waa on 17 May 2013 at the 79th Annual Wee Waa Show.

Wee1

Its name is derived from the Scottish dialect word wee, meaning small - its discoverer Paul Nurse was working at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland at the time of discovery.

Xbox Games Store

Various films and TV shows wee available for purchase in the Video Store, including both past and present series, such as Star Trek and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Yoshiaki Manabe

Affectionately known as "Pee-chan" because his friends commented that he looked like the cartoon character, Snoopy.


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