Should you’ve solely recognized Paul Reubens within the context of his affable, excitable character Pee-wee Herman, get able to see new sides of the late actor in HBO’s Pee-wee as Himself. The 2-part documentary — each halves of which air on HBO on Friday, Could 23, beginning at 8pm ET — reveals how Reubens and Herman have been, for a few years, inextricable. And that was largely by Reubens’ design.
In a trailer for the doc, Reubens says he wished to be a efficiency artist, and “out of nowhere, Pee-wee Herman popped out.”