You know, it was visually delicious.
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"Pee-wee’s Playhouse is where you can stop at every roadside attraction in the world." Patreon's Art of the Title speak with Prudence Fenton, Phil Trumbo and Paul "Pee-wee Herman" Reubens about the two-minute animation that opened each episode of the classic 1980s television program Pee-wee’s Playhouse
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I watched the first episode again. I haven't seen it in at least 10 years (my dad and I bought the Columbia House VHS collection because, well, yes.), and, yet again, I was blown away by how very very formative PeeWee was on my sense of design and style.
I wanted everything in his house. Not just Conky, or Chairy, or a magical wish-granting genie like Jambi. No, I wanted the counters. The shelves. The wallpaper. Every little piece of decor on the shelves.
PeeWee's Playhouse is my dream house, a collection of art and kitsch and wonderful things, all laid out to see and explore and love. And even if I'm living in a rubbish mid-terrace ex-council house, built at the turn of the last century and renovated badly over the decades, with bland and boring "neutral tones" and faux-Victorian wallpaper, I still try to bring that wonder and delight into every section of my house, from the gold Lucky Cat on the mantlepiece to the J.H. Lynch "Tina" picture on the dining room wall to the pirate-themed bathroom to the glow-in-the-dark St. Clare on my bedside table.
But God, God, I would murder for that kitchen counter.
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