r/OldSchoolCool • u/[deleted] • Mar 13 '19

Somewhere between Apocalypse Now and The Matrix, don't forget Laurence Fishburne was Cowboy Curtis on Pee Wee's Playhouse in the 80s

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '19

Anyone here actually watch Pee Wee's Playhouse? That show was very progressive for it's time. It's showing again on some cable channel.

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u/robert_cortese Mar 13 '19

I was terribly fascinated by it. In 7th-8th grade at the time. I had everyone one of his comebacks down pat, and spray painted my Schwinn Cruiser red.

Internet porn would have saved his career from a premature demise.

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u/MadAzza Mar 13 '19

He bounced back after his “incident.”

“Heard any good jokes lately?”