Singing "Frere Jacques"
Episode Plot[]
In this episode, the Playhouse Gang comes over to play with their new friend Rusty. Pee-wee gives everyone a secret name (with -o at the end of everyone's name). While Pee-wee's head gets stuck in the Dinosaur Family's hole, Mama Dinosaur vacuums and the vacuum cleaner goes out of control and sucks up everything including Pee-wee and it's up to Jambi to help. The gang does other things like flash cards, draw pictures of Pee-wee (Rusty's paper is blank; he thinks it's him in a snowstorm), and sing along with Dixie and she leads them to introduce the King of Cartoons. Pee-wee and the gang sing "Frere Jacques" in French and English, and make grilled cheese sandwiches for snack time.
Later, the Playhouse Gang and Rusty cause mayhem in the Playhouse. Pee-wee blows his whistle for complete silence. He gives a speech that everyone is playing too loud and rough and asks them all to go home. Suddenly, Pee-wee decides to act crazy, while the gang joins in with him. Finally, he leaves the playhouse on his scooter.
Characters[]
- Pee Wee Herman
- Ants
- Conky
- Mr. Window
- The Playhouse Gang
- Elvis
- Cher
- Opal
- Rusty (only appearance)
- Chairry
- The Dinosaur Family
- Dog Chair
- Jambi
- Magic Screen
- Flowers
- Door-to-Door Salesman
- Dixie
- King of Cartoons
- Knucklehead
- Dirty Dog
- Cool Cat
- Chicky Baby
- The Food from the Refrigerator
- Penny
- Globey
- Pterri
- Fish
Synopsis[]
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Trivia[]
- The Playhouse Gang visit in this episode. However, they overstay their welcome and, out of irritation and firmness, he orders them to leave.
- Pee-wee is shown to be quite hypocritical; he initially wanted to have the Playhouse Gang leave for their loud and rough horseplay, then he does the same behaviors mere seconds after they have gone!
- This is the second and final time that Pee-Wee uses a silver whistle to silence people, using it to silence the Gang's noisy horseplay. The first time is in Luau for Two when he uses Tito's silver whistle to silence his friends' arguing before harshly confronting them on their selfishness.
- It is unknown where he retrieved this silver whistle, however, since Tito doesn't appear in this episode.
- Like all other episodes, this episode had a filming schedule of ten 16-hour shooting days.
- Pee-wee only addresses the Playhouse Gang and Rusty by their "secret names" during one half of the episode, possibly because of time constraints during filming.
- Dixie doesn't wear her hat in the scene where she and the King of Cartoons arrive. The scene does reveal that she is very good at singing, however.
- Calvert DeForest played Rusty.
- This makes him the oldest member of the Playhouse Gang, and also the only gang member to only appear one time.
- Almost compared to Stolen Apples, Conky crashes into the Picturephone in this episode, nearly causing it to fall over; he also tries to keep the Playhouse Gang in line but Opal messes with his controls which causes the robot to malfunction. Perhaps this is why Pee-wee stopped the Gang before they could cause further damage.
- The secret word was said and screamed at a series record 15 times.
- The footage where the gang say goodbye to Pee-wee is from Ants in Your Pants.
- The pictures Pee-wee hangs up on the back door disappear when Knucklehead comes by.
- After filming this episode, the original Playhouse Gang (Natasha Lyonne, Diane Yang and Shaun Weiss) were all immediately fired for their disruptive behavior on set, which was their second-to-last appearance. They would make their final appearance in Party. The anger exhibited by Pee-wee in this episode was in fact real.
- The scene in which Magic Screen tells Pee-wee that it's time to play Connect-the-Dots was recycled from the episode Ants in Your Pants.
- Feature Cartoon: Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! (1931). This cartoon was previously featured in Now You See Me, Now You Don't.
- Elvis's answer in the flash card game is 13, but the card's equation is not shown to the viewers at home.
- Also, Rusty, in his adult age, fails to answer in the flash card game, as he thinks he's too slow.
Notes[]
- Secret word: okay
- Connect-the-dots: construction crane
- Snack: Grilled Cheese Sandwiches (they are prepared but not eaten onscreen)
- Wish: getting Pee-wee out of the mouse hole