For those of us who love anything kitsch or camp, it was probably something we learned from watching Pee Wee's Playhouse. Check out the celebrity-packed 1988 Christmas special in this clip. It was like a gay icon mixer, featuring Joan Rivers, Charo, Del Rubio Triplets, Dinah Shore, Grace Jones, Oprah Winfrey, k.d. lang, Little Richard, and Zsa Zsa Gabor. Also there were Annette Funicello, Frankie Avalon, Whoopi Goldberg, Magic Johnson and series regulars Cowboy Curtis (Laurence Fishburne), Reba the Mail Lady (S. Epatha Merkerson), and Miss Yvonne (Lynne Stewart). Just so you know, the secret word of today is "year."

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