RIP Pee Wee Herman

There was nothing out there like it

When Paul Reuben’s show first aired.

To the Pee Wee’s Playhouse family,

No one else could be compared.

 

There was Globey (yes, a talking globe)

And Chairry (yes, a chair),

Plus a host of wacky others,

All with silliness to spare.

 

Cowboy Curtis, Mr. Window,

Blue-faced Jambi, Miss Yvonne,

Pterri, Reba, Randy, Conky,

Oh, the list goes on and on.

 

Leading all of them was Pee Wee,

Less a grown-up, more a kid,

Who delighted in his buddies

And in everything they did.

 

And the joy was so infectious,

Even parents had to smile.

(Also, sneaky wordplay for adults

Showed up once in a while.)

 

I’ll remember Pee Wee Herman

(Reuben’s alter ego star)

For providing entertainment

Filled with joy, though quite bizarre.

 

I was grateful, as a parent,

That with Pee Wee on TV,

There was laughter, now recalled

By both my grown-up son and me.