In this Oct. 29, 2010, photo, Paul Reubens, in character as Pee-wee Herman, poses on stage after a performance of "The Pee-wee Herman Show" on Broadway in New York. AP Americans today seem to almost ...

According to Mark Malkoff's book, Carson refused "Tonight Show" guests who appeared in character, which included Paul Reubens as Pee-Wee Herman.

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If you were a kid in the 1980s, Saturday mornings meant one thing above all else: Pee-wee’s Playhouse. That wild, colorful, completely bonkers universe where the furniture talked, the word of the day ...