When Pee-Wee Was Canceled

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Paul Reubens, who died Sunday of cancer at age 70, survived a public shunning in the early '90s.

, have largely shown retrospective support for her headline-capturing decision to rip up a picture of Pope John Paul II on a 1992 episode of. The public outcry at the time had largely opposed O’Connor’s statement and she was subsequently booed at a Bob Dylan tribute show.

Pee-wee was a bit different. Though the arrest made him a joke target, there was a rather palpable backlash to the backlash. Many celebrities spoke out in his defense . According to aA Current Affair said the show had received ‘tens of thousands’ of responses to a Pee-wee telephone survey on July 31, and that the callers supported Reubens 9 to 1 with recorded messages like, ‘We have sons his age and these things happen.’”Still, the corporate response was swift: On July 29, 1991, CBS pulled the five remaining scheduled reruns of. What was then known as Disney-MGM Studios pulled a tape featuring Pee-wee from its studio tour.

Reubens recalled his refusal to leave his house in the wake of his scandal. He saw a therapist months later who told him that he was still in shock.

 

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