Jezebel: pee wee's playhouse

Natasha Lyonne has been resurfacing lately,...

Tracie — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:20:00 EDT

Natasha Lyonne has been resurfacing lately, after dipping out for a bit to get wasted beyond recognition. This time, she's on the internet for Street Carnage's series "Double Play," in which she watches herself as a little kid on an episode of Pee Wee's Playhouse. "It's vague memories, sorta like the past few years," she jokes of her time with Pee Wee. [Street Carnage]

Christmas 1988 Was A Gay Ol' Time At Pee Wee's Playhouse

Slut Machine — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 13:00:00 EST

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."

Like 'Redbook', L'Oréal Loves The Phrase 'Industry Standards'

Jennifer — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:00:11 EDT

Okay boys and girls, what do we do when we hear the ~~word~~ phrase of the day? We scream REAL loud!

Until now, regulators have voiced few objections to the use of cosmetic fakery in advertisements, and the techniques used by L'Oréal are standard in the industry.

[screaming] Yup, this latest bout of gross rationalization vis-a-vis a little "industry standards" is in regards to the outing of L'Oreal for using fake eyelashes in a mascara commercial featuring Penelope Cruz. But the advertising community is having none of industry regulators' scorn.

'Every actress in Hollywood has got eyelash extensions,' one source in the ad industry said. 'The thought that any model would appear on TV without cosmetic enhancement is rubbish.'

Yeah, and after all, what's a few falsies compared to the addition of an entire arm?

Adverstising Watchdog In A Flutter Over L'Oreal's Fake Eyelashes [Times of London]
Related: Losing Faith [WWD, 2nd item]