| Series Name | |
| Season 5, Episode 6 | |
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| Air date | October 20, 1990 |
| Written by | John Moody & Doug Cox |
| Directed by | John Paragon & Paul Reubens |
| Episode Guide | |
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Accidental Playhouse is a 6th episode of Pee-Wee's Playhouse season 5.
Episode Plot[]
Mrs. Rene gives Pee-wee a letter from his pen pal Oki Doki from Japan. In the letter, which Conky translates for Pee-wee (since he can't read Japanese yet), Oki tells Pee-wee he is coming to visit him. Oki shows Pee-wee sushi, origami, and Gamera (A Japanese tokusatsu TV show). Everyone also plays charades when Oki leaves.
Episode Recap[]
The episode starts with Mrs. Rene arriving at the Playhouse and greeting everyone, and then noticing that the Picturephone is ringing. She tells it to Pee-wee, but he tells Mrs. Rene that he's in the bathroom and asks her to answer it for him. Mrs. Rene answers the Picturephone and it turns out that Cowboy Curtis is calling, and he wants to know what today secret word is. She turns on Conky, and then shows us that today's Secret Word is place. She returns to Picturephone and asks Cowboy Curtis if he has moved recently, only for Curtis to tell her that he is hanging out at the same place.
After all of that, Pee Wee Herman finally comes out of that bathroom, Mrs. Rene greets him and gives him the letter from Oki Doki. After Mrs. Rene leaves the playhouse, Pee-Wee doesn't understand what letter is saying at first, due to it is written in Japanese, so, he gets help from Conky to translate the letter to English, Pee-Wee then learns about Japan.
Shortly after the Magic Show, Mr. Window tells Pee-Wee that Oki Doki is coming, Pee-Wee is so happy to see him, Oki Doki is amazed by this Playhouse, he has brought him a present, Sushi, teaches him how to say the secret word in Japanese, show him the superhero movie like turtle named, Gamera, and finally after that, he teaches Pee-Wee how to do Origami, Oki makes a swan Origami and Pee-Wee makes a swan egg then laughs it off. Then it's time to say goodbye to Oki Doki because he has other places to visit, Pee-Wee offers Oki to visit next time when he's in the neighborhood. Then Everyone plays charades.
Shortly after the cartoon, Pee-Wee Herman finally gets the chance to greet the viewer in the kitchen, just in time for a snack. Pee-Wee then secretly tells them to today's snack is something special and offers them a challenge to take a guess but only for him to reveal that it's water. Randy then thinks that Water is a crummy snack but Pee-Wee then rightfully points out to him that flavored or not it's very important to drink it. The Fish then reveals that they cannot live without them. The Episode then ends with Pee-Wee hoping on the scooter and says goodbye to the viewer for now, until next time for another show at the same place.
Characters[]
- Pee Wee Herman
- Mrs. Rene
- Exercise Belt (cameo)
- Cowboy Curtis
- Conky
- Reba (mentioned)
- Globey
- Chairry
- Dog Chair
- Magic Screen
- Mr. Window
- Oki Doki (single appearance)
- Dirty Dog
- Cool Cat
- Chicky Baby
- Flowers
- Fish
- Randy
- Miss Yvonne
- Pterri
- Clocky (does not speak)
- Floory (does not speak)
- Chandelier (cameo)
Trivia[]
- Mrs. Rene, and Miss Yvonne visit in this episode. Cowboy Curtis calls on the Picturephone.
- Mrs. Rene is still in costume for her Picturephone call when she retrieves the secret word.
- Joey Miyashima played Oki Doki, Pee-wee's pen pal from Tokyo.
- This character may or may not be the same Oki from Reba Eats and Pterri Runs, however.
- Pee-wee has another Japanese pen pal (as seen in the first season's Rainy Day episode)—Aiko.
- Conky says hello to Oki in this episode; earlier, Globey mentions that Mr. Mitsumi works in the automotive industry, at the time one of the most growing industries in Japan. It's still one of the most profitable industries in that country, along with robotics, IoT (internet of things) and electronics.
- The Flowers, apparently knowing Japanese courtesy, bow in this episode.
- The secret word in this episode is PLACE, which is said and screamed at six times, counting one time in Japanese.
- Several commercials for a Japanese stockbroker firm, Wako Securities (who would later merge with New Japan Securities in 2000 to form Shinko Securities; now part of the Mizuho Financial Group) featuring Pee-Wee was produced the same year that this episode was filmed. [1]
- Oki Doki's name is a play on the phrase "okie dokie", which is one of the many catchphrases of Mario, a character from Nintendo's Mario video game franchise
- Jambi does not appear in this episode.
- Water is claimed by Randy to not be a snack, but Herman rightfully points out to him that flavored or not it's very important to drink it.
- Mrs. Rene does the secret word routine in this episode.
- Gamera is a Japanese tokusatsu TV show from the 1970s, conveniently dubbed into English.
- Though they said Gamera taught them a lesson about the environment, they didn't show how he taught them that lesson.
- When Oki says the secret word in Japanese (tokoro), a kanji symbol for the secret word "処" flashes when everybody screams.
- When Oki shows Pee-wee sushi, the talking fish jokingly sing, "If you knew sushi, like I knew sushi..." a parody of the Eddie Cantor song "If You Knew Susie".
- Pee-Wee has a hard time saying “sayonara”, saying “shana-latta” instead, yet has no problem saying it when he reads Oki’s pen pal letter, as well as Aiko's litter to him in Rainy Day.
- The cartoon that plays is Sinkin' in the Bathtub, which was the very first short in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes series, and also the first appearance of Bosko and Honey.
Notes[]
- Secret word: place
- Connect-the-dots: none
- Snack: water
- Wish: none
Gallery[]
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