List of Pee-wee's Playhouse episodes

This is the complete episode list for Pee-wee's Playhouse. A total of 45 half-hour episodes including 1 primetime special were recorded for CBS from 1986 until 1990.^[1][2] Season 3 only had two episodes, plus the primetime Christmas special, due to production being halted by the 1988 Writers Guild of America strike and also by the production of Big Top Pee-wee.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired (U.S. dates)
			First aired	Last aired
	1	13	September 13, 1986	December 6, 1986
	2	10	September 12, 1987	November 21, 1987
	3	3	September 17, 1988	December 21, 1988
	4	10	September 16, 1989	November 18, 1989
	5	10	September 15, 1990	November 17, 1990

Episodes

Season 1 (1986)

No. in season	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code
1	1	"Ice Cream Soup"	Stephen R. Johnson	George McGrath, John Paragon, Paul Reubens, Max Robert, and Michael Varhol	September 13, 1986	101
2	2	"Luau for Two"	Stephen R. Johnson	George McGrath, John Paragon, Paul Reubens, Max Robert, and Michael Varhol	September 20, 1986	102
3	3	"Rainy Day"	Stephen R. Johnson	George McGrath, John Paragon, Paul Reubens, Max Robert, and Michael Varhol	September 27, 1986	103
4	4	"Now You See Me, Now You Don't"	Stephen R. Johnson	George McGrath, John Paragon, Paul Reubens, Max Robert, and Michael Varhol	October 4, 1986	104
5	5	"Just Another Day"	Stephen R. Johnson	George McGrath, John Paragon, Paul Reubens, Max Robert, and Michael Varhol	October 11, 1986	105
6	6	"Beauty Makeover"	Stephen R. Johnson	George McGrath, John Paragon, Paul Reubens, Max Robert, and Michael Varhol	October 18, 1986	106
7	7	"The Restaurant"	Stephen R. Johnson	George McGrath, John Paragon, Paul Reubens, Max Robert, and Michael Varhol	October 25, 1986	107
8	8	"Ants in Your Pants"	Stephen R. Johnson	George McGrath, John Paragon, Paul Reubens, Max Robert, and Michael Varhol	November 1, 1986	108
9	9	"Monster in the Playhouse"	Stephen R. Johnson	George McGrath, John Paragon, Paul Reubens, Max Robert, and Michael Varhol	November 8, 1986	109
10	10	"The Cowboy and the Cowntess"	Stephen R. Johnson	George McGrath, John Paragon, Paul Reubens, Max Robert, and Michael Varhol	November 15, 1986	110
11	11	"Stolen Apples"	Stephen R. Johnson	George McGrath, John Paragon, Paul Reubens, Max Robert, and Michael Varhol	November 22, 1986	111
12	12	"The Gang's All Here"	Stephen R. Johnson	George McGrath, John Paragon, Paul Reubens, Max Robert, and Michael Varhol	November 29, 1986	112
13	13	"Party"	Stephen R. Johnson	George McGrath, John Paragon, Paul Reubens, Max Robert, and Michael Varhol	December 6, 1986	113

Season 2 (1987)

No. in season	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code
1	14	"Open House"	Guy Louthan and Paul Reubens	George McGrath, Paul Reubens and Max Robert	September 19, 1987	201
2	15	"Puppy in the Playhouse"	Wayne Orr and Paul Reubens	George McGrath, Paul Reubens and Max Robert	September 26, 1987	202
3	16	"Store"	Wayne Orr and Paul Reubens	George McGrath, Paul Reubens and Max Robert	October 3, 1987	203
4	17	"Pee-wee Catches a Cold"	Wayne Orr and Paul Reubens	George McGrath, Paul Reubens and Max Robert	October 10, 1987	204
5	18	"Why Wasn't I Invited?"	Wayne Orr and Paul Reubens	George McGrath, Paul Reubens and Max Robert	October 17, 1987	205
6	19	"Tons of Fun"	Wayne Orr and Paul Reubens	George McGrath, Paul Reubens and Max Robert	October 24, 1987	206
7	20	"School"	Wayne Orr and Paul Reubens	George McGrath, Paul Reubens and Max Robert	October 31, 1987	207
8	21	"Spring"	Wayne Orr and Paul Reubens	George McGrath, Paul Reubens and Max Robert	November 7, 1987	208
9	22	"Playhouse in Outer Space"	Wayne Orr and Paul Reubens	George McGrath, Paul Reubens and Max Robert	November 14, 1987	209
10	23	"Pajama Party"	Wayne Orr and Paul Reubens	George McGrath, Paul Reubens and Max Robert	November 21, 1987	210

Season 3 (1988)

No. in season	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code
1	24	"Reba Eats and Teri Runs"	John Paragon and Paul Reubens	John Paragon	September 17, 1988	301
2	25	"To Tell the Tooth"	John Paragon and Paul Reubens	John Paragon	September 24, 1988	301
3	26	"Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special"	Paul Reubens	John Paragon and Paul Reubens	December 21, 1988	301

Season 4 (1989)

No. in season	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code
1	27	"Dr. Pee-wee and the Del Rubios"	John Paragon and Paul Reubens	John Paragon	September 16, 1989	401
2	28	"Fire in the Playhouse"	John Paragon and Paul Reubens	John Paragon and Paul Reubens	September 23, 1989	402
3	29	"Love that Story"	John Paragon and Paul Reubens	Max Robert	September 23, 1989	403
4	30	"Sick? Did Somebody Say Sick?"	John Paragon and Paul Reubens	John Paragon	October 7, 1989	404
5	31	"Miss Yvonne's Visit"	John Paragon and Paul Reubens	Doug Cox and John Moody	October 14, 1989	405
6	32	"Rebarella"	John Paragon and Paul Reubens	Lynne Marie Stewart and Mimi Pond	October 21, 1989	406
7	33	"Heat Wave"	John Paragon and Paul Reubens	Rob Bragin	October 28, 1989	407
8	34	"Chairry-Tee Drive"	John Paragon and Paul Reubens	John Paragon	November 4, 1989	408
9	35	"Let's Play Office"	John Paragon and Paul Reubens	John Paragon and Lynne Marie Stewart	November 11, 1989	409
10	36	"I Remember Curtis"	John Paragon and Paul Reubens	John Paragon	November 18, 1989	410

Season 5 (1990)

No. in season	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code
1	37	"Conky's Breakdown"	John Paragon and Paul Reubens	John Moody and Doug Cox	September 15, 1990	501
2	38	"Mystery"	John Paragon and Paul Reubens	David Cohen and S.H. Schulman	September 22, 1990	502
3	39	"Front Page Pee-wee"	John Paragon and Paul Reubens	John Moody and Doug Cox	September 29, 1990	503
4	40	"Tango Time"	John Paragon and Paul Reubens	David Cohen and S.H. Schulman	October 6, 1990	504
5	41	"Playhouse Day"	John Paragon and Paul Reubens	Rob Bragin	October 13, 1990	505
6	42	"Accidental Playhouse"	John Paragon and Paul Reubens	John Moody and Doug Cox	October 20, 1990	506
7	43	"Fun, Fun, Fun"	John Paragon and Paul Reubens	Max Robert	October 27, 1990	507
8	44	"Camping Out"	John Paragon and Paul Reubens	John Paragon	November 3, 1990	508
9	45	"Something to Do"	John Paragon and Paul Reubens	John Paragon	November 10, 1990	509
10	46	"Playhouse for Sale"	John Paragon and Paul Reubens	John Paragon	November 17, 1990	510

References

1. Katie McLaughlin, CNN (25 October 2014). "You love Pee-wee's Playhouse? Why don't you marry it? - CNN.com". CNN. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
2. "10 Things You Didn’t Know About Pee-wee’s Playhouse". www.ifc.com. Retrieved 17 November 2014.

External links

• Pee-wee's Playhouse episode guide