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Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special (1988)

Pee-wee Herman and pals are celebrating Christmas in the Playhouse in their own creative ways: Pee-wee makes a list for Santa Claus 1.5 miles long, teaches Little Richard how to ice skate, goes for a sleigh ride with Magic Johnson, enslaves Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello into making Christmas cards, receives a long phone call from Dinah Shore, even has more musical fun with k.d. lang, the Del Rubio Triplettes and Charo! Finally, Big Red arrives and announces that Pee-wee's Christmas list was so big, he didn't have enough presents for all the children of the world. Will Pee-wee follow his own advice and help others?

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Top billed cast

Paul ReubensPee-wee Herman
Kevin CarlsonClocky / Conky / Floory (voice)
Laurence FishburneCowboy Curtis
Aaron FletcherSanta Claus
Ric HeitzmanCool Cat / Fish / Flower / Mr. Window (voice)
Suzanne KentMrs. Rene
William MarshallKing of Cartoons
George McGrathCountess / Fish / Flower / Globey (voice)
S. Epatha MerkersonReba
Alison MorkChairry / Chicky Baby / Magic Screen (voice)

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