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
Everything Is Terrible! live-action television pilot starring Paul Reubens entitled "Gigglefudge, USA!", which premiered in 11 April 2016 on Adult Swim. Reubens act as a TV host who introduce videos taken from "Memory Hole" (a previous collective title). Everything Is Terrible! Everything Is Terrible! is a video blogging website from Los Angeles, CA, that features unusual, dated, and campy clips of VHS tapes from the late 20th century and early 21st century. The project was founded in 2000 by a group of friends (Nicholas Maier and Dimitri Simakis) while at Ohio University. "Every weekend or free afternoon they get", according to NPR, they