| Series Name | |
| Season 4, Episode 7 | |
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| Air date | October 28, 1989 |
| Written by | Rob Bragin |
| Directed by | John Paragon & Paul Reubens |
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Heat Wave is the 7th episode of Pee-Wee's Playhouse season 4.
Episode Plot[]
Pee-Wee shows us the two secret words in this episode, which are "hear" and "here". On a hot day, Pee-wee learns the importance of water for all living things, and also makes paper fans. Miss Yvonne and Mrs. Rene both appear to wear the same one-of-a-kind dress designed by French fashion designer Monsieur Robert (ro-bare), so rather than calling in the fashion designer first, Pee-wee holds court in the playhouse (Pee-Wee as the judge/arbitrator, Conky as the bailiff, Magic Screen as the court reporter, several other denizens as jury members) to decide whose dress is the real one in a trial court setting. However, it doesn't work, as the two women are still bickering. When Pee-wee can't decide, both women try to bribe him (Yvonne with compliments and seduction, Rene with chocolate cake) when they return later. Angered and irritated with them, Pee-wee ultimately refuses to give into their manipulative bribery and he finally calls in Monsieur Robert to help out when he should have done so in the first place. The man points out that the lemons and bows on the dresses are on different areas of their bodies. Miss Yvonne and Mrs. Rene both make up, the case is dismissed, and Pee-wee decides to retire from judicial service.
Characters[]
- Pee Wee Herman
- Chairry
- The Dinosaur Family
- Mr. Kite
- Conky
- Globey
- Flowers
- Fish
- Magic Screen
- Chandelier (cameo)
- Floory (cameo)
- King of Cartoons
- Dirty Dog
- Cool Cat
- Chicky Baby
- Clocky
- Dog Chair
- Mr. Window
- Miss Yvonne
- Mrs. Rene
- The Food from the Refrigerator
- Pterri
- Penny
- Randy (does not speak)
- Billy Baloney (does not speak)
- Monsieur Robert (single appearance)
Errors[]
- Why didn't Pee-wee just call in the fashion designer in the first place, saving all that time and effort?
Trivia[]
- The King of Cartoons, Miss Yvonne, and Mrs. Rene visit in this episode.
- George McGrath voiced Monsieur Robert. His head is briefly visible when Monsieur Robert exits.
- This marks the only time outside of the King of Cartoons' introduction that each of the flowers have individual speaking lines and don't speak in unison due to not having enough water.
- This episode, like all other episodes, had a shooting schedule of 10 sixteen-hour filming days.
- Penny is shown in this episode.
- There are 2 secret words in this episode.
- The plot of the second half of this episode is very similar to that of an actual trial court (civil rather than criminal, as Yvonne and Rene were not charged with a crime at the time that the pretend trial was held, and that it was a dispute that would primarily be contended to in small claims court in real life had Yvonne and Rene wanted money for their dispute).
- The courtroom role-playing game scene is one of the longest scenes done when Pee-wee and his friends do role playing games, lasting 7 to 8 minutes.
- In real life, Paul Reubens himself stood trial twice; once for a charge of indecent exposure during an incident in 1991 (at a Sarasota adult movie theater), and again in 2002 to 2004 on charges of child pornography possession that were later dropped (pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of "possession of obscene materials"). The judge in the later case was Superior Court Judge Carol H. Rehm.[1] In March 2004, as aforementioned, child pornography charges were dropped in exchange for Reubens' guilty plea to a lesser charge. For the next three years, he was required to register his address with the sheriff's office and he could not be in the company of minors without the permission of a parent or legal guardian.
- When Mr. Window tells Pee-Wee about Ms. Yvonne coming, he says “Here comes the most beautiful woman in puppetland.” But no one screamed despite “here” being one of the secret words.
- Mrs. Rene returned in this episode.
- Pee-Wee ends the show by saying, "Y'all come back now ya hear?", which was said at the end of every episode of The Beverly Hillbillies.
Notes[]
- Secret word(s): hear/here
- Connect-the-dots: none
- Snack: lemonade (in an attempt to silence their argument)
- Game: Court case
- Wish: none