Pee-wee's Playhouse: Christmas Special [VHS]
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VHS Movie Reviews of Pee-wee's Playhouse: Christmas Special [VHS]
Movie Review: A Christmas Special that's fun for the whole family.
Summary: 5 Stars
Pee-wee, his friends and a bevy of celebrity guest stars celebrate Christmas in a Holiday Special unlike any other. Pee-wee's list for Santa is so long there won't be anything left for the other children on Santa's route! Pee-Wee learns the true meaning of the Christmas spirit when he is taught the joy of sharing. This Christmas classic with all the cleverness and charm of Pee-wee's Playhouse was nominated for three Emmy Awards.
Also, check out the newly released Pee-wee's Playhouse Series on DVD release. A wild mix of Mr. Rogers, The Wizard of Oz and MTV. This set of DVD releases divides all 5 years (45 episodes) of the Playhouse into 2 affordable box sets (which includes 8 lost episodes) in all their side splitting hilarity sparkling in never before seen DVD clarity.
AND FINALLY, MAKE SURE YOU VISIT THE NEW, OFFICIAL, FIRST EVER, PEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE WEBSITE AT www.peewee.com
Movie Review: This is a must-have Christmas special!
Summary: 5 Stars
In addition to your "It's a Wonderful Life," "A Charlie Brown Christmas," and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," you must own this. If nothing else, the scene where Charo tries to teach Pee Wee how to give holiday greetings in Spanish is absolutely hilarious and by itself worth the money. That and the part where he calls Dinah Shore on his video phone.
Movie Review: Excellent special
Summary: 5 Stars
Christmas "specials" of TV shows are usually a ho-hum affair. We see someone being selfish with a huge Christmas list, but by the end of the show, they suddenly become holier-than-thou and completely selfless.
Does that happen in Pee Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special? Yes. But unlike most Christmas specials, the message actually gets out this time. Not only that, it's extremely entertaining.
Most of the guest stars are nice, but in some ways, there are too many. The show doesn't suffer, but the stars disrupt the flow of the special in some cases.
Oh, and to the reviewer below, Cher is indeed in the special. Odd she isn't mentioned on the box but whatever.
Movie Review: A holiday tradition!
Summary: 5 Stars
First VHS, then laserdisc, now DVD. I have 'em all, because it is just that good. (Cher, by the way, was not credited when the show originally aired, but does appear.)
From the opening sequence, when one of those military boys gooses Pee-Wee, to the final moment, where Dinah Shore sings to the Pee-Wee mannequin, this show is hilarious and touching through and through. kd lang and Grace Jones are delightful. But I think Charo's performance of "Feliz Navidad" is the stand-out. Brings a tear every year. All that, and a holiday message that resonates for kids and adults.
Truly a classic.
Movie Review: So Many Stars!
Summary: 5 Stars
This best thing about this Christmas DVD is that it makes me feel happy and like a kid again. How can you not enjoy seeing Little Richard continually falling while trying to ice skate? Annete Funicello with green teeth? Whoopie Goldberg begging for work? Dinah Shore giddily singing without realizing she is annoying everyone? Pee-Wee and a group of Marines in a dance number? The answer is you can't help but enjoy every minute of it. This special just oozes fun and camp. But the real incredible thing is that it's all about something positive - selfnessness. And this moral is never beaten over your head or made overly sappy. It's simply part of the whole.
Pop this DVD in and kids as well as adults will eventually stop what they are doing to watch the amazing antics. Afterwards everyone will be full of Christmas cheer be it December or the middle of July. This is truly a SPECIAL Christmas Special.