| Series Name | |
| Season 4, Episode 1 | |
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| Air date | September 16, 1989 |
| Written by | John Paragon |
| Directed by | John Paragon & Paul Reubens |
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Dr. Pee Wee and the Del Rubios is the 1st episode of Pee-Wee's Playhouse season 4.
Episode Plot[]
As the episode's title suggests, Reba comes over and has a splinter in her finger, so Pee-wee plays doctor and gets it out; he also gives Reba a bill. Del Rubio Triplets come over and play pass the orange, and then sing a song. Pee-wee shares an orange with everyone (even Conky) but Randy eats his section causing him to childishly whine about it; Pee-wee plants the seed and grows a tree with Jambi's power. The King of Cartoons arrives; they play around with him by claiming that there's no orange tree but reveal they're only kidding the King; he then shows a cartoon before leaving. Pee-wee thanks everyone for watching the show and says good-bye.
Characters[]
- Pee Wee Herman
- Pterri
- Conky
- Floory
- Ants
- Dirty Dog
- Mr. Window
- Globey
- Reba
- Chairry
- Dog Chair
- Chicky Baby
- Cool Cat
- Flowers
- Fish
- Mr. Kite
- The Dinosaur Family
- Clocky
- Magic Screen
- Chandelier (debut)
- Del Rubio Triplets
- The Food from the Refrigerator
- El Hombre (debut)
- Roosevelt (debut)
- Randy
- Jambi
- King of Cartoons
Quotes[]
- Conky: Ready to assist you, Pee-Wee.
- Pee-Wee: Morning, Conky. I have a problem: what's 10,600,000 divided by 211,000?
- Conky: That's easy. Is it 50.23696?
- Pee-Wee: Wow, Conky, you sure are smart!
- Conky: Thank you.
- Pee-Wee Herman: You're the Del Rubio Triplets, aren't you?
- Eadie Del Rubio: That's us! Three gals, three guitars!
- Elena Del Rubio: We don't go anywhere without our guitars.
- Milly Del Rubio: We feel naked without 'em!
- Pee-Wee Herman: I know what you mean. I feel naked without my Pee-Wee suit!
Trivia[]
- The King of Cartoons only appears once in a while starting with Season 4.
- Pee-Wee asks Conky what 10,600,000 divided by 211,000 equals to, and Conky gives the correct answer of "50.23696"; this is an early instance of what would become known as cloud computing.
- Pee-Wee reveals that the reason why he is nicknamed Pee-Wee is because of his suit being called a "pee-wee suit". This is mentioned again in Chairry-Tee Drive.
- Pee-Wee gives Conky an orange section to have as a snack, and then requests that he give two more to Chairry and Floory. However, realistically it's impossible for Conky to get up the steps to where Floory is because Conky does not have feet yet.
- The secret word is flashed on screen in all capitalized letters this time, and will do so for the remainder of the series.
- Reba and the King of Cartoons visit in this episode.
- The Del Rubio Triplets visited for the second and final time in the series, as they previously guest starred in the Christmas special.
- First appearance of Pee-wee's dog Roosevelt, El Hombre and Chandelier.
- First time there was no Penny cartoon.
- First time we see El Hombre.
- First time we see the waterfall painting with running water.
- Originally, this Season continued to use the Season 2 intro, until 1991, when the episodes had it plastered with the Season 5 intro.
- This was the first episode produced by Paul Reubens' new co-production company Grosso-Jacobson. They would co-produce with Reubens over the course of this and the next and final Season. According to Steve Binder, he was never informed about it from Reubens; his lawyer phoned him and told him about it.
- The Del Rubios sing an acoustic version of "These Boots are Made for Walkin'", first recorded by Nancy Sinatra.
- Reba becomes irritated by the secret word, but enjoys the game again in Rebarella.
Home Videos[]
Notes[]
- Secret word: well
- Connect-the-dots: none
- Snack: orange
- Wish: That the orange tree would grow faster.