Synopsis

Why We Love It

“Pee-wee’s Playhouse: The Complete Series is timeless and will capture kids’ attention and enthusiasm even nearly 30 years later.” – Patricia Vollmer, Geek Dad

“Wow, this box set is the real deal.  There are hours of retrospectives featuring interviews from most of the people involved with the show. This stuff is an extensive and highly engaging look at crafting this extraordinary television program.  This release features a fantastic video and audio transfer that has Pee-wee’s Playhouse looking lively as ever.” – Brandon Peters, Why So Blu

Bonus Features

• OVER 4 HOURS of brand-new interviews with the cast and crew, plus never-seen, behind-the-scenes footage—all part of TEN FEATURETTES, including:
• Building the Playhouse
• Opening the Playhouse
• Writing for the Playhouse
• The Look of the Playhouse
• Music of the Playhouse
• The Cast of the Playhouse
• Puppets of the Playhouse
• Animating the Playhouse
• A Very Merry Christmas Special
• Fans and Memorabilia of the Playhouse
• These featurettes include interviews with actors Laurence Fishburne (Cowboy Curtis), S. Epatha Merkerson (Reba the mail lady), Lynne Marie Stewart (Miss Yvonne) and John Paragon (Jambi the genie).
• Mark Mothersbaugh and Danny Elfman explain the music of the show and the Emmy award-winning production design team of Gary Panter, Wayne White and Ric Heitzman explain how the sets and puppets were imagined and produced.
• Animation Supervisor of all 5 seasons of Pee-wee’s Playhouse, Prudence Fenton (Liquid Television) talks about all the types of animation used in the program and animators Peter Lord and David Sproxton (Wallace & Gromit) discuss their contributions.
• Ve Neill, the multi-Oscar winning make-up artist talks about designing the make-up ‘looks’. Two of the shows writers talk about how the scripts were created.
• Other cast and crew explain, in fascinating detail, stories from the production of Pee-wee’s Playhouse. If that weren’t enough, many of the shows puppeteers and voice artists are interviewed about how the puppet characters were brought to life.

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