Stealing my thoughts from elsewhere, but it's pretty impossible to overstate the impact Paul Reubens had on Young Andy. Pee Wee's Big Adventure is permanently burned into my brain, and I still probably quote that (and lines from Prince Gerhardt Hapsburg) once a week.
I can still remember a friend and I flipping the fuck out in my basement, watching the premier of Pee Wee's Playhouse. Like, running around the room and screaming. It blew my mind, man!
It was truly surprising to me when Pee Wee's Big Holiday came out, like how did we get lucky enough to see him one more time. And even though I didn't expect to ever see that character again, there was always kind of a "what if" hanging out there. Bummed I won't have that ever again
No joke, but this is probably closest I've ever come to crying over a celebrity death. Assuming I still don't!
Pee Wee Herman to the great playhouse in the sky