Pee Wee Herman Dead At 70

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Prefect said:
This is the part that is funny. His original skit was a show that was incredibly cheeky and not at all kid friendly and it was great. Then they turned him into a kids show which was also great. I think his head and life got all messed up when they busted him jerking off in an adult theater. I mean why? Of all places, isn't that more or less an acceptable place.
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It's like J-Roc from The Ultimate Fighter. Who shit in the toilet dawg?!
 
Protectandserve said:
It’s amazing how this stuff just gets brushed under the rug
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How’s it been brushed under the rug, there’s an entire section about it on his Wikipedia page. It also seemed a bit more nuanced than him just having stacks upon stacks of CP in his closet.


“In November 2002, while filming David LaChapelle's video for Elton John's "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore", Reubens learned that police were at his home with a search warrant, acting on a tip from a witness in the pornography case against actor Jeffrey Jones,[74] finding among over 70,000 items of kitsch memorabilia, two grainy videotapes, and dozens of photographs that the city attorney's office characterized as a collection of child pornography.[3] Kelly Bush, Reubens's personal representative at the time, said the description of the items was inaccurate and claimed the objects were "Rob Lowe's sex videotape, and a few 30- to 100-year-old kitsch collectible images."[75]

Reubens turned himself in to the Hollywood division of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and was charged with misdemeanor possession of obscene material improperly depicting a child under the age of 18 in sexual conduct.[76] The district attorney looked at Reubens's collection and computer and found no grounds for bringing any felony charges against him, while the city attorney, Rocky Delgadillo, formally charged Reubens on the last day allowed by statute.[77] Reubens was represented by Hollywood criminal defense lawyer Blair Berk.[78]

In December he pleaded not guilty through Berk, who also complained that the city attorney failed to turn over evidence to the defense, to which City Attorney Richard Katz countered that prosecutors were not required to do so until after arraignment. Later, evidence was secured by the defense. Neither side disclosed its contents.[79]

"One thing I want to make very, very clear, I don't want anyone for one second to think that I am titillated by images of children. It's not me. You can say lots of things about me. And you might. The public may think I'm weird. They may think I'm crazy or anything that anyone wants to think about me. That's all fine. As long as one of the things you're not thinking about me is that I'm a pedophile. Because that's not true."

Paul Reubens on the charges[29]

In March 2004, child pornography charges were dropped in exchange for Reubens's guilty plea to a lesser misdemeanor obscenity charge. For the next three years, he was required to register his address with the sheriff's office, and he could not be in the company of minors without the permission of their parent or legal guardian.[29]

Reubens later stated that he was a collector of erotica, including films, muscle magazines, and a sizable collection of mostly homosexual vintage erotica,[3] such as photographic studies of teen nudes.[29] Reubens said that what the city attorney's office viewed as pornography he considered to be innocent art, and that what they described as people underage engaged in masturbation or oral copulation was, in fact, a judgmental point of view. Reubens described the nude images as people "one hundred percent not" performing sexual acts.[29]

Being an avid collector, Reubens often purchased bulk lots, and one of his vintage magazine dealers declared that "there's no way" he could have known the content of each page in the publications he bought, and he recalled Reubens asking for "physique magazines, vintage 1960s material, but not things featuring kids".[3]
 
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Always loved Paul's work growing up. His main character was a big part of my childhood, and in my teens I ended up seeing a lot of his other work, especially his old Cheech and Chong cameos that were always great.

One of the "best" vampires ever too! That death scene lol.

This hasn't been a good past few years for iconic comedians.
 
StewDogg11 said:
How’s it been brushed under the rug, there’s an entire section about it on Wikipedia page. It also seemed a bit more nuanced than him just having stacks upon stacks of CP in his closet.


“In November 2002, while filming David LaChapelle's video for Elton John's "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore", Reubens learned that police were at his home with a search warrant, acting on a tip from a witness in the pornography case against actor Jeffrey Jones,[74] finding among over 70,000 items of kitsch memorabilia, two grainy videotapes, and dozens of photographs that the city attorney's office characterized as a collection of child pornography.[3] Kelly Bush, Reubens's personal representative at the time, said the description of the items was inaccurate and claimed the objects were "Rob Lowe's sex videotape, and a few 30- to 100-year-old kitsch collectible images."[75]

Reubens turned himself in to the Hollywood division of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and was charged with misdemeanor possession of obscene material improperly depicting a child under the age of 18 in sexual conduct.[76] The district attorney looked at Reubens's collection and computer and found no grounds for bringing any felony charges against him, while the city attorney, Rocky Delgadillo, formally charged Reubens on the last day allowed by statute.[77] Reubens was represented by Hollywood criminal defense lawyer Blair Berk.[78]

In December he pleaded not guilty through Berk, who also complained that the city attorney failed to turn over evidence to the defense, to which City Attorney Richard Katz countered that prosecutors were not required to do so until after arraignment. Later, evidence was secured by the defense. Neither side disclosed its contents.[79]

"One thing I want to make very, very clear, I don't want anyone for one second to think that I am titillated by images of children. It's not me. You can say lots of things about me. And you might. The public may think I'm weird. They may think I'm crazy or anything that anyone wants to think about me. That's all fine. As long as one of the things you're not thinking about me is that I'm a pedophile. Because that's not true."

Paul Reubens on the charges[29]

In March 2004, child pornography charges were dropped in exchange for Reubens's guilty plea to a lesser misdemeanor obscenity charge. For the next three years, he was required to register his address with the sheriff's office, and he could not be in the company of minors without the permission of their parent or legal guardian.[29]

Reubens later stated that he was a collector of erotica, including films, muscle magazines, and a sizable collection of mostly homosexual vintage erotica,[3] such as photographic studies of teen nudes.[29] Reubens said that what the city attorney's office viewed as pornography he considered to be innocent art, and that what they described as people underage engaged in masturbation or oral copulation was, in fact, a judgmental point of view. Reubens described the nude images as people "one hundred percent not" performing sexual acts.[29]

Being an avid collector, Reubens often purchased bulk lots, and one of his vintage magazine dealers declared that "there's no way" he could have known the content of each page in the publications he bought, and he recalled Reubens asking for "physique magazines, vintage 1960s material, but not things featuring kids".[3]
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If you're really a pedo, you're gonna have TONNES of CP. Like mags, pics and vids on hard drives. This sounds like an innocent mistake. Kinda like Michael Jackson. Giving kids wine and sleeping in the same bed as little boys who were not related to him was "all very charming."

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I didn’t grow up with him and never watched his show once, but you can just tell he’s a creepy mf by looking at him. Definitely had demons
 
Prefect said:
That was never true. He had bought a lot of art of people include photos of people's physiue. They went through everything agreed it wasn;t porn.
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He had photos of naked kids. Because he was a Hollywood celebrity he was able to plead down to a misdemeanor. He had to register as a sex offender and was not allowed to be around children.
 
Grew up loving Pee-wee like millions of others, and when I teach a particular class on film directors, my Tim Burton lecture always includes discussion of Pee-wee's Big Adventure. This semester will be a bit sadder, but I'm always going to encourage students to watch that glorious film.

I'm also a huge Everybody Loves Raymond fan, and while I have nothing against Chris Elliott, Paul Reubens will always be Amy's real brother, the crazy comic book nerd Russell :D



RIP.

Strychnine said:
He was GREAT in The Blacklist.
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Yes, it was a lot of fun seeing him excel in a contemporary high-profile show like that.
 
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