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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 Ruth Schwartz, ASID Interior Designer "create the possible when you thought it was impossible" . . TRANSFORMATION IN YOUR HOME .. . 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