Pee Wee Herman, As Himself, Paul Reubens On "Naked Lunch," Revisited

Naked Lunch

Straw Hut Media

Arts, Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.9 • 806 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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With the recent release of "Pee Wee Herman as Himself" -- the acclaimed new two-part documentary directed and produced by Matt Wolf that is streaming now on HBO Max -- "Naked Lunch" revisits this fascinating conversation and rare podcast appearance that happened when Phil invited his longtime friend and even longer-time hero Paul Reubens over to talk. With a new introduction by Phil. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.

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0:00.0	Hi, everybody.
0:02.5	HBO released a great documentary this week called Pee We as himself,
0:08.5	and it's about my dear friend Paul Rubens, who passed away in 2023.
0:15.6	He was a very dear friend of mine for about 25 years.
0:18.9	We even worked together.
0:20.6	And I just loved him so much.
0:22.6	And I'm so thrilled with this documentary because it's really a fantastic portrait of a great artist, really.
0:31.6	He was just an amazing actor and a visionary who created an entire world and it still, it will live
0:43.4	forever, I think. So we wanted to rebroadcast this, which I think was his last real interview,
0:51.8	at least on a podcast or in audio form and here it is it's Paul Rubens and I miss you my friend
1:04.1	let's spill the beans, chew the fat, food for thought and jokes on tap,
1:16.6	talking with our mouths full having fun.
1:21.6	A piece of cake and humble pie serving up a slice alive and the dressing on the side it's naked lunch
1:33.3	Clothing option it sounds like the fireplace is going right?
1:39.3	Did you know that's what they do in Hollywood?
1:42.3	They crinkle newspaper?
1:44.9	Crinkle fire.
1:46.5	For bacon cooking.
1:49.3	What other, you have a lot of.
1:50.5	Useless information.
1:51.5	Stuff like that.
1:52.8	What else would we like to know?
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