Pee-Wee’s back! That’s right boys and girls, for those that don’t know, Paul Reubens is back as the loveable Pee-Wee Herman in an all new stage show at Club Nokia in Los Angeles. I had a chance to check it out and all I can say is wow.

When the curtain first opened up and I saw the set my mouth dropped. Cheers roared all around. I’ve only ever seen Pee-wee’s playhouse on TV and now it was physically right in front of me. If you’re a fan of Pee-Wee, this is something you have to experience for yourself. Enter Pee-Wee. Standing ovation.

Reubens is 57 now but is still energetic and enthusiastic as Pee-Wee as ever. His voice does sound kind of scruffy and lower now probably from doing the character’s voice so much. If you didn’t see him on Kimmel, watch this and you’ll see what I’m talking about.

The story itself is just like an episode of Pee-Wee’s playhouse. There is a word of the day (which is “fun” AHHHHH), a weird cartoon brought to you by the King of Cartoons himself, and a lot of familiar faces.

The characters that make a triumphant return are: Miss Yvonne (played by the same actress as the original), Cowboy Curtis (played by Phil LaMarr, sorry no Morpheus but hey its Phil LaMarr!), Jambi, King of Cartoons, and of course the puppets, Chairry, Magic Screen, Conky, Clocky, Globey, Randy and Pterry. Other actors in the show include Josh Meyers from MadTV and Lori Alan who plays Diane Simmons on Family Guy. Some stuff that was missing was the dinosaur family, the ant farm, no Penny cartoon and no Kap’n Karl (R.I.P. Phil Hartman).

Now we all know the story of what led to the fall of Pee-Wee Herman. Of course I’m talking about his happy hands at an X-rated theater, but hey we all have needs! Anyway, the show makes a lot of jokes about this. At one point, Pee-wee says that he’s glad he doesn’t have to worry about girls and hugging and all that icky stuff. Conky replies, “But Pee-Wee, don’t you wanna feel the touch of a girl and feel on her tit-tit-tit, tight sweater?” “No!” replies Pee-Wee, “I’ve got this” and raises his right hand waving it around in an explicit way. “My abstinence ring!” Some other notable stuff to mention that happens in the show is a relationship between Cowboy Curtis and Miss Yvonne finally develops, Pee-wee tries his best to talk Spanish, he does the tequila dance (which was awesome) and the boy that always wanted to fly finally gets his wish.

The show is entitled “The Pee-Wee Herman Show” and is playing at the new Club Nokia in Los Angeles running now until February 7th. The venue itself is small and intimate and to me perfect for this kind of show. Whether at floor level, or the balcony, anywhere you’re at is a good view. Oh yeah, did I mention they have a bar? And not only a bar, but waitresses walking around selling shots! What a country. I loved this show so much I wish I could’ve married it.

I’m big fan of Daft Punk and after hearing that they are putting in 10 mixes into DJ Hero, I knew I had to preorder it.  More and more I’m getting excited about this game.  Now, after seeing the above TV commercial, I’m going crazy.  I feel like DJ Hero is going to be even bigger than Guitar Hero and Rock Band.

“But Nelson, why would I say such a thing?!”

Because, after taking another glance at the full track list, there doesn’t seem to be any one song that anyone would not want to play.  For instance, how many of you go through your list of songs in Guitar Hero or Rock Band and go, “meh.” Exactly my point.  Also, if you’re still on the fence about DJ Hero, let me remind you about one track that will be in the game.

Vanilla Ice – “Ice Ice Baby” vs. MC Hammer – “U Can’t Touch This”

Yea. I know. Awesome. Go to your local Best Buy, GameStop, or wherever you pre-order games now.  I have a feeling this game will be selling out everywhere.

What a cool concept. Instead of concentrating on how big a screen you can put on a remote with a million buttons, why concentrate on making remotes as easy as possible to use and customize. Check out the LEGO concept above. Imagine a remote that will let you customize the buttons. Put the on buttons you want or use often and take out the buttons that you will never use. Like that pesky Oprah” button.

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The day has finally come.  South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play! is now available on Xbox Live Arcade.  You can purchase it for 800 Microsoft points on your Xbox360.  If you still need some convincing on why this will need to be in your hard drive, here is a review I did from the San Diego Comic Con. Also, if you didn’t know, the new season of South Park starts tonight! Check your local listings for the times. Below is a preview of the new episode entitled “Dead Celebrities.”

Netflix just released season 3 of the hit U.K. sitcom, I.T. Crowd.  One of their opening sequences makes fun of Facebook or “FriendFace” and compares it to a disease or a plague.  Which is true.  I have almost 150+ germs on my FriendFace right now! Awesome!

After watching this new TV spot for Halo ODST, my jaw was stuck open.  This was beautiful. This is what a Halo movie should be like.  Then I got mad.  This is just a TEASE! Comon! Give us a friggin Halo movie already! You gotta give it up to WETA for continuing to make our fantasies of future combat gear a reality.

In a Guitar Hero 5 commercial that was just released on the air waves, (pimp daddy) Hugh Hefner shows how a Guitar Hero party should look like.  All you need is a mansion, button-up shirts, socks, silk robe and many guitar hero controllers. Oh, and I forgot. Some Playboy bunnies and girlfriends.

Pimpin' since 1953

Yes, I know.  I’m a day late and a dollar short on my post. Sorry. I had things to see and people to do. <Insert third cliched saying here.>

Ok, now that’s out of the way.  Just the other day, my GF was playing old cartoon intros on YouTube.  It made us realize that they don’t make them like they used to.  Each cartoon’s theme was so catchy and fun to sing.  Man, Saturday morning cartoons aren’t the same anymore.  Everything is about trading card monsters coming to life or something to that effect.  *sigh*

Why not go back in memory land and watch cartoon intros past the break.

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The Star is reporting that Fox and the original voice acting cast of Futurama have finally came to an agreement.  This was the news I was hoping for during their panel at Comic Con.  But since they couldn’t talk about it there, the whole panel was so lame that I left early.

“We are thrilled to have our incredible cast back. The call has already `gone out to the animators to put the mouths back on the characters,” Futurama creators Groening and David X. Cohen said in a joint statement.

Gosh, I remember watching this cartoon and wondering if and when I could play with the tech toys they had.  Wondering, when would I be able to walk my dog on a stationary moving platform or when would I be able to drive a flying car that folds us into a light weight briefcase or have a robot maid.  The show is still a couple years ahead of us with technology, but we are getting closer and closer to it.

To view a Jetson to Real Life technology comparison, go past the break

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