LOS ANGELES – After being shuttered for more than 15 years, the doors to "Pee-wee's Playhouse" are being reopened. The Emmy Award-winning show will get new life on the Cartoon Network's Adult ...

By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Gilbert Lewis, the character actor who played the kindly King of Cartoons on the first season of Pee-wee’s Playhouse, has died. He was 79. Sporting a gold crown ...

I owe a lot to Pee-wee’s Playhouse for sparking my imagination: for allowing me to hold onto the idea that cartoons exist for just a little longer — maybe too long, haha. Fortunately I’ve ...

one of the most influential parts of the series began the first time the King of Cartoons entered the playhouse. The King of Cartoons and Pee Wee. Chairy chillin' in the back, natch. While ...

white-elephant cartoon. Little money had been put into the facility in 20 years, and conditions at the theater had deteriorated. The 878-seat Playhouse continued to operate sporadically throughout ...

The result is Cartoonopolis, the teenager’s alternative universe in which popular cartoon characters rub shoulders with a cast of his own creation. Jack is the benevolent mayor, while Mayor ...

HOLLYWOOD – You are all lucky boys and girls, however old you are, because “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” has come back to TV. As part of its Adult Swim franchise, the Cartoon Network earlier this ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) – After being shuttered for more than 15 years, the doors to “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” are being reopened. The Emmy Award-winning show will get new life on the Cartoon Network ...