Making Pee-wee as Himself was no picnic for director Matt Wolf. He clashed with the protagonist of his film, the late Pee-wee ...

Commentary: 'Pee-wee as Himself' looks at Paul Reubens' legacy, but it's also a reminder of a unique era in pop culture that shaped a generation.

Watching Reubens create Pee-Wee Herman is worth watching the documentary in and of itself.

"Pee-wee as Himself" explores the life of Paul Reubens and his comedic alter ego. The documentary debuts May 23 at 8 p.m. ET on HBO and Max.

Paul Reubens — aka Pee-wee Herman — left a heartbreaking phone message for filmmaker Matt Wolf the day before he died. The two had been collaborating on "Pee-wee Herman as Himself." ...

Reubens’s famous alter ego, Pee-wee Herman, was the star of three movies, a successful stage show, and a children’s television program that became a phenomenon.

Paul Reubens’s performance as Pee-wee Herman gave fans “license to be weird.” At an underground cabaret, he cheered on his community of renegades.

Michael Schulman reviews “Pee-wee as Himself,” a two-part HBO documentary about the entertainer Paul Reubens, whose alter ego Pee-wee Herman overtook his own identity.

Getty Images “This is such a dumb thing to say,” Paul Reubens, creator of beloved children’s character Pee-wee Herman, admits in his new documentary, Pee-wee as Himself.

A fascinating and moving profile of entertainer Paul Reubens culls from 40-plus hours of interviews to reveal the inspiration behind his most famous creation, the irrepressible manchild Pee-wee ...

"Pee-wee as Himself," Matt Wolf's documentary about Paul Reubens and his famous alter ego, Pee-wee Herman, deconstructs the genre. It's fascinating.