Today’s secret word is “cognitive dissonance.”
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Former Playhouse Gang member Shaun Weiss needed toconnect the dots.
“So I get into the room, and Paul is there, but he’s not in character.
A clean-shaven Pee-wee Herman; Paul Reubens with a goatee.Credit:Brian D. McLaughlin/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty;SGranitz/WireImage
He’s just Paul Reubens, and he’s got a beard, and he has glasses.
And I just didn’t believe it was him,” he confessed to the hosts.
“I know I’m only 6, but don’t f— with me, right?
Shaun Weiss, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman, and Diane Yang on ‘Pee-wee’s Playhouse.'.John Kisch Archive/Getty
Where’s Pee-wee?”
Weiss recalled (defiantly) asking.
In addition toBoy Meets World, Weiss appeared onFreaks and Geeks,The King of Queens,andCrossing Jordan.
Listen to Weiss’ full interview onPod Meets Worldbelow:
Shaun Weiss as Elvis ‘Pee-wee’s Playhouse’ in 1986.John Kisch Archive/Getty
