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...there, boys and girls! Just when you thought it was safe to sleep late on Saturday mornings, here comes Pee-wee's Playhouse, a TV show starring Paul Reubens, a.k.a. Pee-wee Herman. The half-hour program, which will premiere this weekend on CBS, consists of Pee-wee's tee-hee antics interspersed with animation clips and a cast of oh-so-crazy characters and props, including Chairry, the talking chair, Mr. Window and a mousehole full of dinosaurs. Herman, you see, got complete creative control from the network. "I want the show to be really wacky," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 15, 1986 | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

James Roosevelt Jr. '68 challenged Joseph P. Kennedy II to a half-hour televised debate in their bids for the 8th Congressional District Democratic nomination in the Sept. 16 primary, but Kennedy aides said...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, WITH WIRE DISPATCHES | Title: Kennedy Nixes Roosevelt Offer | 6/26/1986 | See Source »

Reading International (47 Brattle St.) also stays open late and offers a good place to waste a half-hour before or after a movie at the Brattle St. Theater. On a nice day, you can try the outdoor stand along Church St. for good bargains on recently published books. Penguin Book afficionados can find every U.S. published and many British published Penguins at the Penguin Bookshop (1100 Mass...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: Browsing for Books | 6/22/1986 | See Source »

...20th Century-Fox studios. Rivers' program is the first offering from Murdoch's new Fox Broadcasting Co., which he hopes will grow into a full-fledged fourth network. Along with the Rivers show, FBC plans to introduce two nights of prime-time programming next March (one announced show: a half-hour sitcom based on the movie Down and Out in Beverly Hills) and, if all goes well, an additional night each succeeding year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: The Joan Vs. Johnny Show | 5/19/1986 | See Source »

...walk in a half-hour late, you'll have no trouble following it, and if you walk out--or rather, walk in--a half-hour early--which you won't want to do--no one will think you're rude because no one cares, because it's in a courtyard and no one will notice...

Author: By Elizabeth L. Wurtzel, | Title: Medieval Madness | 5/5/1986 | See Source »

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