The surprising success of Tim Burton’s Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985) spawned one of that era’s memorable children’s TV shows, “Pee-wee’s Playhouse.” The final three seasons, all 23 episodes, are packaged on DVD along with interviews with cast and crew. Brightened with imaginative animation, the kids’ show underlined the humor with Day-Glo colored crayons as the increasingly hyperkinetic Pee-wee Herman played with his pals, including the talking robot, Pterri the Pterodactyl and Jambi the Genie.
