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Paul Reubens and Lynne Marie Stewart in Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986)

John Paragon: Jambi • Pterri

Fire in the Playhouse

Pee-wee's Playhouse

John Paragon credited as playing...

Jambi • Pterri

Quotes5

  • Randy: Hey, Pterri, is that bread ready yet?
  • Pterri: No, and I'm so hungry, my beak is watering!
  • Randy: Well, you know that bread will cook faster if the oven was hotter.
  • Pterri: It would? It doesn't say that in the recipe.
  • Randy: Aw, what do they know anyway? Hey, I got an idea! I'll just the oven up to 700 degrees...
  • [turns the oven up to 700 degrees]
  • Randy: ... and the bread will be ready in half the time.
  • Pterri: Randy, Pee-wee says we're not supposed to touch the oven!
  • Randy: Now you tell me. Too late!
  • Pee-wee Herman: [to a screaming Pterri] Pterri, that's enough screaming for the secret word.
  • Pterri: [In a panic attack] NO! NO! PEE-WEE, LOOK!
  • [He continues to screams in a panic attack as the alarm sounds and smoke comes from the kitchen]
  • Conky: FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!
  • Pee-wee Herman: [as he goes into the kitchen] THERE'S A FIRE IN THE PLAYHOUSE!
  • Pterri: Pee-wee, I'm hungry.
  • Chairry: Me too.
  • Globey: Me three.
  • Floory: Me floor!
  • Pee-wee Herman: All right! All right! I get the message!
  • Pterri: Hmm, what is Pee-wee doing?
  • Globey: Pee-wee's meditating.
  • [Pee-wee is asleep on Chairry and snoring]
  • Pterri: It sounds like he's asleep on the job.
  • Globey: It looks like he's dreaming.
  • Pterri: I wish I knew what he's dreaming about.
  • Jambi: Wish? Did somebody say wish?
  • Pterri: I did, Jambi. I wish to know what Pee-wee is dreaming about.
  • Jambi: Ooh, that ought to be weird.
  • Pterri: What is Pee-wee doing?
  • Globey: Pee-wee's meditating.
  • Pterri: Well, it sounds like he's sleeping on the job.
  • Globey: He looks like he's dreaming.
  • Pterri: I wish I knew what he was dreaming about.
  • Jambi: [opening his box] Wish? Did somebody say "wish"?
  • Pterri: I did, Jambi.
  • [pronounces it "zombie"]
  • Pterri: I wish to know what Pee-wee's dreaming about.
  • Jambi: Ooh, that ought to be weird. Then repeat after me, Pterri, in Jambese. Mekka-lekka-hi-mekka-hiney-ho.
  • Pterri, Globey: Mekka-lekka-hi-mekka-hiney-ho.
  • Jambi: Spirits of the Playhouse, kick and scream. Let's look in on Pee-wee's dream.

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