Overview
- The Netflix Is A Joke Festival opened with a 40th‑anniversary Pee‑wee’s Playhouse tribute at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre.
- Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo led the music as bandleader, with a house band featuring Fred Armisen on drums.
- The B‑52’s singer Kate Pierson performed the show’s theme song, which Cyndi Lauper originally recorded for the series.
- Composer Danny Elfman surprised the crowd with Forbidden Zone and the movie’s theme and said Pee‑wee gave him his first orchestral score.
- Patton Oswalt hosted a program that brought classic Playhouse puppets onstage and reunited former child cast members, including Natasha Lyonne.