| Series Name | |
| Season 5, Episode 4 | |
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| Air date | October 6, 1990 |
| Written by | David Cohen & S.H. Schulman |
| Directed by | John Paragon & Paul Reubens |
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Tango Time is a 4th episode of Pee-Wee's Playhouse season 5.
Episode Plot[]
Pee-wee plays with toys and feeds Roosevelt. He then shows us that today's secret word is fast. The King of Cartoons performs Shakespeare and shows two cartoons. Pee-wee and Pterri play catch, and even try it the opposite way Pterri throwing and Pee-wee catching, but go back to Pee-wee throwing. Mrs. Rene comes over to ask Pee-wee to give her a tango lesson. Cowboy Curtis comes over to look through Pee-wee's photo album. Pee-wee then wishes to do everything again, so Jambi replays the episode in a super fast motion. Pee-Wee is ready to leave on his scooter and Cowboy Curtis tells him to drive careful. And Pee-Wee tells him not to worry and he'll try not to go so fast.
Characters[]
- Pee Wee Herman
- Conky
- Globey
- Floory
- Roosevelt
- Flowers
- King of Cartoons
- Pterri
- Chairry
- Dog Chair
- Mr. Window
- Clocky
- Penny
- Mrs. Rene
- Dirty Dog
- Cool Cat
- Chicky Baby
- Fish
- Cowboy Curtis
- Magic Screen
- Ants
- Jambi
- Mr. Kite (cameo)
- Chandelier (cameo)
- Miss Yvonne (stock footage cameo)
- Cowntess (stock footage cameo)
- Randy (stock footage cameo)
- The Dinosaur Family (stock footage cameo)
Trivia[]
- The King of Cartoons, Mrs. Rene, and Cowboy Curtis visit in this episode.
- The next-to-final appearance of Roosevelt, Mrs. Rene, and Cowboy Curtis.
- The long shot of Roosevelt eating his dog food was added because the episode was short on time, which also explains why the King of Cartoons shows two cartoons in this episode.
- The King of Cartoons performs Hamlet's soliloquy from the Shakespeare play.
- Only time, The King of Cartoons shows two cartoons.
- Penny is shown on this episode.
- The episode's secret word is featured in one of Sonic the Hedgehog's catchphrases from the current era - "Gotta go fast!". It is also one of the words in his title of "the fastest thing alive".
- The word "fast" is said and screamed six times.
- The music playing when Pee-wee and Mrs. Renée tango is "El Choclo".
- This is the second of the only two episodes to feature the letter F in a secret word (fast), the first being "Luau for Two" (fun).
Transcript[]
See Transcript here
Notes[]
- Secret word: fast
- Connect-the-dots: none
- Snack: none
- Wish: To do everything that happened today all over again. Jambi grants the wish, and the episode up to this clip plays in fast motion.