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I was taking a break from ripping my hair out tonight (I’ve been a little stressed over my mid-unit exam tomorrow – I feel too stupid to be in medical school right now) and I caught an episode of PeeWee’s Playhouse on Adult Swim.  I have to say I was very disturbed.  I remember watching this show as a kid and thinking it was a little weird, but I didn’t realize how bad some of the jokes were!

Do you remember the follow characters?

Miss Yvonne – the most beautiful woman in puppet world

Terry (the terydactyl) – PeeWee’s “dog”

Robbie Rotten? (I think that’s the name) – some red headed puppet that was always trying to get PeeWee to do something bad

There was even a character that was supposed to be a life guard/pool boy (he was ALWAYS half-naked).

There are several famous characters too.  The two I can think of off of the top of my head are Phil Hartman (he was one of the writers as well) who played a grumpy sailor, and Lawrence Fishburn who played Cowboy Curtis (back when he still called himself Larry Fishburn). 

The cast of characters is bad enough, but some of the things they do and say really shocked me.  (remember, this was supposed to be a good show for kids to watch!)  On the episode I saw there was a shot of Miss Yvonne talking with Terry and the other puppets while she was waiting for PeeWee.  Miss Yvonne was sitting in Chairy (the talking chair) and Terry was pirched on the back of the chair when the camera showed Terry’s point of view (strait down the front of her dress)  While the puppets were talking about how beautiful Miss Yvonne was Terry comments “you sure look good from up here” as he looks down her dress.  This is a joke that I definitely would have missed as a young child.

I have to wonder if there were other TV shows that had similar “adult” jokes we simply missed out on when we were young.  I now have a desire to see some of the old Thomas the Train episodes (George Carlin was Mister Conductor) and see if there were any jokes I missed.  I do remember thinking Mister Conductor was a little creepy.  For some reason he reminded me of a hobo. 

Well, breaks over, it’s back to studying and ripping my hair out now, only 8.5 hours left before I have to face the music.  Wish me luck!