Pee-wee as Himself | show | 2025 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

A kaleidoscopic portrait told in two parts that traces the life of the imaginative artist. | dHNfWnd5UEVVRkNiSUE

Transcript

00:00Guess what? I'm having a party, and you're invited!

00:05It's weird to be in this situation having a documentary made,

00:09because I'm used to having control of my alter ego.

00:15I wanted to be a performance artist.

00:18I could show you my characters.

00:22Out of nowhere, Peewee Hermit popped out of me.

00:26The audience ate it up and went crazy.

00:28When I first saw Paul as Peewee, I was like,

00:32who is this little man in this bow tie,

00:34and why is he throwing Tootsie Rolls at people?

00:37Hollywood had taken notice. I mean, how could they not?

00:39I remember thinking, this is going to be really big.

00:43There wasn't like a moment in the 80s

00:45that wasn't super cool to be me.

00:49And then dark music.

00:51Bum, bum, bum, bum.

00:53I lost control of my anonymity, and it was devastating.

00:58I don't want to come off like a victim in some way.

01:02I kept who I was a secret for a really long time.

01:06I hid behind an alter ego.

01:08Today's secret word is fun!

01:11I want kids to learn.

01:13Not only is being different okay, let's celebrate it.

01:16But I want that not just for you, but for myself.

01:21Death is just so final.

01:28To be able to get your message in at the last minute is incredible.

01:32He was so private.

01:37It was challenging for him to do the documentary.

01:40But he took a leap of faith.

01:42He wanted people to see who he was as Paul.

01:47I'm flying!

01:49All these different emotions,

01:51all these different influences and factors.

01:54Give it! Give it!

01:56I was like a good vessel

01:57for it all.

02:03I'm going to leave out the part

02:04where we did enormous amounts of drugs.

02:07Um...

02:09Oh, I didn't.

02:10I'm like...