Pee Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

Episode Plot

Pee-Wee and his Playhouse friends celebrate the Christmas holiday with many guests. Pee-Wee wishes from Jambi that the Playhouse is decorated for Christmas. At the time Cher visits, Pee-Wee displays the secret word, which is year. Pee-wee plays in the snow and ice skates with Little Richard. He builds a snowman, which talks. Pee-wee connects-the-dots to a sled, and rides with Magic Screen's cousin Magic Johnson. Pee-Wee learns different holiday traditions such as breaking the pinata and Hanukkah from Mrs. Rene. After receiving one too many fruitcakes from his friends, Pee-wee shows his friends a new room made of fruitcakes. Randy unplugs the Christmas lights and is suddenly taught the True Meaning of Christmas. Everyone sings various Christmas carols until Santa arrives. Santa tells Pee-Wee that his Christmas list is too big, and he doesn't have enough presents for the other children around the world. Pee-Wee realized that he was a little selfish, and listened to his conscience, "Christmas is the time we should be thinking of what can we do for others." Pee-Wee tells Santa that he'll give his presents back. Santa asks Pee-Wee to help him deliver Christmas presents, which Pee-Wee happily accepts his offer. At the end Pee-Wee gets an extra wish from Jambi since it's Christmas Day. He wishes that everyone including the viewers would have the merriest Christmas of all, and a Happy New Year!

Guest Stars

• Aaron Fletcher as Santa Claus
• UCLA Men's Glee Club as Marine Choir
• Frankie Avalon
• Cher
• Charo
• Del Rubio Triplets
• Annette Funicello
• Zsa Zsa Gabor
• Whoppi Goldberg
• Magic Johnson
• Grace Jones
• K.D. Lang
• Little Richard
• Joan Rivers
• Dinah Shore
• Oprah Winfrey

Trivia

• This was a one hour special.
• This special was divided into two shows, and several parts were cut, during Fox Family airings.
• Magic Screen and Magic Johnson are cousins.
• Grace Jones sings "Little Drummer Boy."
• Pee-wee has Frankie and Annette make Christmas cards.
• Annette starts the cartoon.

• The secret word is displayed in the middle of the episode.
• Cher responds to the secret word instructions by screaming.
• Del Rubio Triplets sing "Winter Wonderland."
• k.d. lang sings "Jingle Bell Rock."
• Dinah Shore sings "12 Days (or so) of Christmas."
• Charo sings "Feliz Navidad."
• Pee Wee and Mrs. Renee sing "The Dreidel Song" with lyrics on the screen.
• Pee Wee & his friends sing "Pee-Wee's Christmas Medley":
  • Jingle Bells
  • It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
  • Deck The Halls
  • O Come All Ye Faithful
  • Winter Wonderland
• Pee-Wee gets lots of Fruit Cakes.
• Mrs. Rene and the Dinosaur Family are Jewish.
• This is the only episode where Pee-Wee doesn't ride the scooter eject at the end. Instead he helps Santa deliver presents. The credits show Pee-wee and Santa riding the sleigh.
• Dinah Shore is still on the phone at the end.
• Fourth Wall (and Camera Lens) Broken: Pee-wee breaks the camera with his yo-yo. He asks Conky too put a new camera on the list.
• Out of all characters, Globey is the only character in the special without a speaking role.
• Accomodations for the show were provided by the (now-defunct) Los Angeles Registry Hotel.

Notes

• Secret word: "year".
• Connect-the-dots: sleigh (w/ Magic Johnson).
• Snack: hot chocolate.
• First Wish: Playhouse was decorated.
• Second wish: Everyone would have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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