Pee-wee Herman is the latest celebrity DJ, and it's great
Paul Reubens brought back Chairry, Magic Screen, Miss Yvonne, and more for a very silly hour of radio
Earlier this year, we reported on the rise of Tom Hanks, celebrity DJ—a combination of man and medium that offered a pretty perfect mixture of dad joke vibes, dad rock energy, and just general daddishness. But Hanks now has a competitor in the world of “Celebrity DJs we’re actually happy to hear take the mic,” and it’s a guy with extensive music experience of his own (provided that that music is either “Tequila,” or penned by Danny Elfman): Pee-wee Herman.
Paul Reubens’ iconic creation hopped into the booth at Santa Monica’s KCRW radio station recently to bring to life The Pee-wee Herman Radio Hour, which debuted yesterday, and is pretty much exactly what it sounds like: Pee-wee (and plenty of his friends, including Chairry, Magic Screen, Miss Yvonne, and the hated Randy) hanging out on the mic for an hour, playing soul songs, and making a huge number of Pee-wee Herman-style jokes. (Is there a magic word? Of course there’s a magic word.)