PEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE: ICE CREAM SOUP {SERIES PREMIERE} (TV)
Summary
The pilot for this series of children's programs starring madcap host Pee-wee Herman, featuring animation, puppets, and vintage cartoons. Highlights of this program include the following: Pee-wee introduces Conky the robot and Magic Screen; the secret word of the day is revealed; kids Elvis, Cher, and Opal bring Pee-wee aluminum foil to add to his giant foil ball, and in return Pee-wee lets them look in on the tiny dinosaur family who reside in his mousehole; Cowboy Curtis captures the snooping Mrs. Steve with his animated lasso; Captain Carl sends a Mayday message from sea and Conky and Globey help Pee-wee guide him to safety; Miss Yvonne stops by and Pee-wee escorts Miss Yvonne to puppetland where they visit with some very cool cats; Dixie arrives and heralds the entrance of King Cartoon with her trumpet; King Cartoon presents a vintage cartoon about animated vegetables runnning amuck in a kitchen; a "Penny" cartoon is shown; Pee-wee makes ice cream soup which is almost ruined by the bullying Randy; Jambi the genie offers Pee-wee a wish. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: November 30, 1985
- RUNNING TIME: 0:25:02
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:40345
- GENRE: Comedy; Children's
- SUBJECT HEADING: Animation; Children's programs; Comedy; Fantasy
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1986-1990
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Jeff Schon … Coordinating Producer
- Andrea Miller … Co-Coordinating Producer
- Stephen Oakes … Supervising Producer
- Peter Rosenthal … Supervising Producer
- Paul Reubens (See also: Pee-Wee Herman) … Producer, Writer, Theme Song by
- Richard Abramson … Producer
- Scott Chester … Associate Producer
- Bill Chase … Live Action Line Producer
- Stephen R. Johnson … Director
- Prudence Fenton … Animation, Senior Animation Producer
- Eric Herrman … Animation, Animation Producer
- Ellen Kahn … Animation, Animation Director
- Peter Lord … Animation, Animation Director
- Robert Niosi … Animation, Animation Director
- Dave Powers … Animation, Animation Director
- David Sprayton … Animation, Animation Director
- Christine Trumbo … Animation, Animation Director
- Phil Trumbo … Animation, Animation Director
- Kim Blanchette … Animation
- Kent Burton … Animation
- John Canemaker … Animation
- Spencer Cook … Animation
- Richard Goleszowski … Animation
- Tom McLaughlin … Animation
- Nick Park … Animation
- Steve Segal … Animation
- William Wright … Animation
- David Daniels … Animation
- George McGrath … Writer, Theme Song by
- John Paragon … Writer
- Max Robert … Writer
- Michael Varhol … Writer
- Mark Mothersbaugh … Composer, Theme Song by, Main and end title music composed by
- Ellen Shaw … Performer, For Theme Music
- Juli Pari … Music (Misc. Credits), Music Coordinator
- Pee-Wee Herman (See also: Paul Reubens) … Cast, himself
- Johann Caplo … Cast, Dixie
- Larry Fishburne (See also: Laurence Fishburne) … Cast, Cowboy Curtis
- Gregory Harrison … Cast, Knucklehead and Conky, Puppeteer
- Phil Hartman … Cast, Captain Carl
- Ric Heitzman … Cast, Mr. Window, Cool Cat, and the Salesman, Puppeteer
- Gilbert Lewis … Cast, King Cartoon
- Natasha Lyonne … Cast, Opal
- George Michael McGrath … Cast, Globey, Countess, and Fish, Puppeteer
- Alison Mork … Cast, Chairry, Magic Screen, and Chicky Baby, Puppeteer
- John Paragon … Cast, Jambi and Pterri, Puppeteer
- Roland Rodriguez … Cast, Tito
- Lynne Stewart … Cast, Miss Yvonne
- Shirley Stoler … Cast, Mrs. Steve
- Shawn Weiss … Cast, Elvis
- Wayne White … Cast, Randy and Dirty Dog, Puppeteer
- Diane Yang … Cast, Cher