Blog: TwentyFourBit

One lesser discussed fact surrounding the 1980s cult-favorite kid show  Pee-wee's Playhouse is that its whimsical set, puppets, and assorted other oddities were dreamt up by a few avant-garde artists. Namely, late-'70s punk veteran Gary Panter, Ric Heitzman and Wayne White provided the surrealist environment where Paul Reubens' character let his imagination run amok. While all three went on to have further influence on the world of art and music, White's post- Pee-wee work reached an even wider audience when he designed two classic animated music videos: the Smashing Pumpkins' unforgettable Georges Méliès-inspired  "Tonight Tonight"  and Peter Gabriel's "Big [...]