Paul Reubens had a small part as a waiter in "The Blues Brothers". The character of "Pee-wee Herman" originated during a 1978 improvisation exercise with The Groundlings, where Reubens came up with the idea of a man who wanted to be a comic but was so inept at telling jokes that it was obvious to the audience that he would never make it. Fellow Groundling Phil Hartman would afterwards help Reubens develop the character while another Groundling, John Paragon, would help write the show. Despite having been compared to other famous characters, such as Hergé's Tintin and Collodi's Pinocchio, Reubens says that
Paul Mercier (film director and playwright) directed three critically acclaimed short films: He has directed and adapted for the screen his much loved play for Fiach MacCongail and Cuan MacCongail's Brother Films For his own film production company An Pointe Productions: He was the director and Co-Creator of the celebrated TG4 TV series, "Aifric" (2006, 2007, 2008). Aifric won best Children's/Youth programme at the 2007, 2008, 2009 Irish Film and Television Awards, and was nominated for Best Irish Language show in 2009. Paul Mercier (film director and playwright) Paul Mercier (born 1958 in Dublin) is an Irish playwright screenwriter, film and theatre director. Born in Dublin