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knew was going to kill the five-year-olds."
How'd he know? He laughs shyly. "Just
the sense about it — I don't know how I
know that stuff. The most stupid things,
the things I knew were going to have five-
year-olds falling on the floor, would strike
us so funny, just that image of something
that was going to crack up a five-year-old
and not crack up an adult."
His good humor fades when the topic is
the cost of his show — about $325,000 an
episode — which CBS has heavily publi-
cized as comparable to that of prime time.
Pee-wee gets testy. "Aren't our children
more important than ourselves? Why
shouldn't Saturday-morning children's pro-
grams be just as expensive as the things
we watch at night?"
This isn't a cartoon Kissyfur Muppet
Baby Care Bear squeaking "Fortunately
for the kids out there and for CBS and
anyone else concerned, I take my job very
seriously. I have an enormous responsibili-
ty being the only live person on Saturday
morning."
He plans to begin preproduction on next
season's Playhouse while shooting his sec-
ond movie, and once again he's starring
and co-writing. The movie will be released
either this Christmas or the following sum-
mer. The plot is secret, but expect some-
thing different from the first one — "as dif-
ferent as it can be," Pee-wee says, "given
the fact that it's a Pee-wee Herman movie"
Pee-wee's success has a special trap:
"I'm still doing Pee-wee Herman. But if
I'm locked into that one thing for now,
I'm trying to do as many different things
within that context as I can."
At the same time, the former Fuller
Brush man and busboy appreciates secu-
rity and ensures it by retaining rights to
his work. "I'm not saying I don't want
the money. I'm saying it's a very differ-
ent division to be in when that isn't the
reason that's driving you on. I don't do
commercials, which I'm approached to do
all the time. One thing I'm proud of is
that my work is very well intentioned. If
some people don't like it, you can't
please everyone. I hope you're not gag-
ging over how sacchariney this is."
It's obviously not easy for Pee-wee to
shrug off the negative, downright-hostile
responses he evokes. "I get upset, it
hurts me, but then I think' don't like
everybody.' What I do is extreme, to a
degree and I can certainly see if people
don't like it. I don't completely under-
stand why people get so worked up
about it."
The words come out in an earnest
tumble. A pointed subversiveness
gounds Pee-wee's geeky persona. "I'm
just trying to illustrate that it's okay to
be different — not that it's good, not
that it's bad, but that it's all right. I'm
trying to tell kids to have a good time
and to encourage them to be creative
and to question things.
"This sounds so preachy — but I think
it's real important to be able to share, to
be a good person. That's what my work
is about — heart. I'm like starting to
gag myself at hearing this."
And now for the burning issue: Why
the makeup, Pee-wee?
"I don't know why. That's how it de-
veloped, and it's gone through changes.
I've attempted to make it a little more
realistic and not so painted."
Pause. "I guess my cheeks just aren't
that pink in real life."
Laugh. "When I look at some of what
I do, I go, 'Boy, a therapist would have a
field day.' "El
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Hiliel Honors Couple At Dinner-Dance
Amy Cutler, chairman of
the Hillel Day School
dinner-dance committee, an-
nounced that the honorees for
the 1987 event are Mr. and
Mrs. Gustav (Eva) Berenholz
of Southfield. The Be-
renholzes are grandparents of
four current Hillel students
and are longtime supporters
of the school. The dinner-
dance is planned for May 3 at
Cong. Shaarey Zedek.
The Berenholzes have been
active supporters of and par-
ticipants in many institutions
and causes in the Detroit
community. Berenholz was
an organizer of the Shaarit
Haplaytah (Survivors of the
Holocaust). He is a past
president of Cong. B'nai
David, where he and Mrs.
Berenholz are members.
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the Prime Minister's Club of
Israel Bonds, and has been
honored for his involvement
in that campaign. He sits on
the executive board of the
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Mrs. Berenholz sits on the
board of the Albert Einstein
Chapter of B'nai B'rith, and
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the Shaarey Zedek Hospital
in Jerusalem, Bar-Ilan Uni-
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of Orthodox Rabbis and the
United Negro College Fund.
Honorary chairmen for the
1987 dinner-dance will be
Alice and Max Goldsmith of
Adat Shalom Synagogue,
Anna and Yale Levin of
Cong. Shaarey Zedek and
Mary and Mike Must of
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