Paul Reubens called "Pee-wee's Playhouse: The Movie". In 2010, he starred on Broadway in "The Pee-wee Herman Show". In 2016, Reubens helped write and starred in the Netflix original film "Pee-wee's Big Holiday", reprising his role as Pee-wee Herman. Reubens was born Paul Rubenfeld in Peekskill, New York, and grew up in Sarasota, Florida, where his parents, Judy (Rosen) and Milton Rubenfeld, owned a lamp store. His mother was a teacher. His father was an automobile salesperson who had flown for Britain's Royal Air Force and for the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II, later becoming one of the founding
Pray TV stars Dabney Coleman, Paul Cooper, Rosemary Alexander, and Lewis Arquette, with cameos by Paul Reubens and the band Devo (who play a Christian rock band named "Dove"). It was directed by Rick Friedberg. "Pray TV" was picked up by Filmways Pictures in 1980 (under its original name, "KGOD"). The film premiered on television instead of theatrically, and aired on Showtime in 1983 under its present title. Pray TV Pray TV (also known as KGOD) is a 1980 comedy film spoofing televangelism. Failing UHF TV station KRUD, Channel 17, is "reborn" as Christian television station KGOD. The new format is a