Pee Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

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Summary: A Christmas Special that's fun for the whole family.
Review: Pee-wee, his friends and a bevy of celebrity guest stars celebrate Christmas in a Holiday Special unlike any other. Pee-wee's list for Santa is so long there won't be anything left for the other children on Santa's route! Pee-Wee learns the true meaning of the Christmas spirit when he is taught the joy of sharing. This Christmas classic with all the cleverness and charm of Pee-wee's Playhouse was nominated for three Emmy Awards.

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Summary: Best Christmas Special Ever
Review: Saw this when it originally aired and in it Pee Wee tells Whoopi Goldberg that she may be able to join the Christmas Special not the next year, but the year after. Since then, I have been waiting for it's sequel, but I suppose it will never come.

The Marine Corps singers, Del Rubio Triplets and Charro. Throw Billy Baloney in there and you've got the greatest show on Earth.

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Summary: Who thought Christmas could be so campy?
Review: When this special was originally aired, I watched with gritted teeth, as I expected this prime-time family Xmas show to lose some of the edge of the Pee-Wee's Playhouse shows. Quite the opposite!
"Pee-Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special" is the funniest, smartest, campiest, most original holiday program to ever come out. How could it not be? Along with the regular Playhouse gang (including Lawrence Fishburne), we have a dizzying array of stars (Frankie & Annette, Cher, Oprah Winfrey, Little Richard, Magic Johnson, etc.) making guest appearances. And there's tons of music from the likes of Dinah Shore, Charo, k.d. lang, Grace Jones, the Del Rubio Triplets, etc. How all this was crammed into a 1-hour broadcast is still a mystery to me.
If your kids have attention deficit disorder, this video is for you. It's colorful, fast-moving and full of jokes they'll love and others they won't get! I've seen roomfuls of grown men watch "Pee-Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special" and laugh their behinds off. Well, maybe it is more for adults than children.
If you hate Pee Wee to begin with, you obviously won't like this. Otherwise, it's a total hoot that you'll play every year.
Lastly, as of this writing (November 2003), this video STILL ISN'T OUT ON DVD! I see the video shelves crammed with Christmas titles noone would buy, yet this classic remains in mothballs. Where is the justice in this world?