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Mystery

Episode Number: 37    Season Num: 5    First Aired: Saturday September 15, 1990    Prod Code: 502
Everyone better start looking "around" because some of Pee-Wee's favorite possessions are missing! When Miss Yvonne offers to take his suits to the cleaners, Pee-Wee can't find them. Soon, he discovers that his spoon, cereal bowl, and even his connect-the-dots are gone! When the culprit is revealed, Pee-Wee discovers more than just his treasured possessions; he discovers a new friend and a valuable lesson about being yourself!

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Writer: Roger S.H. Schulman, David Cohen
Director: Paul Reubens, John Paragon
Star: Ric Heitzman (Cool Cat, Flower, Mr. Window),  Alison Mork (Chairry, Chicky Baby, Magic Screen, Chandelier, Flower),  George McGrath (Cowntess, Fish, Globey),  John Paragon (Jambi, Pterri),  Kevin Carlson (II) (Clockey, Conky, Floory),  Lynne Marie Stewart (Miss Yvonne),  Paul Reubens (Pee-wee Herman),  Wayne White (Dirty Dog, Flower, Mr. Kite, Randy)
Guest Star: Leslie Jordan (Busby),  Max Robert (Organist)

Notes

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This is the last episode to feature El Hombre. (edit)

Quotes

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Pee-wee: (Angrily) That does it! I HAVE HAD ENOUGH! ((walks slowly toward the home audience) They can take the suit off your back. They can take your special cereal bowl and spoon.
Audience: OOH!
Pee-wee: They can even take your album of photo memories.
(He comes his closest to the camera.)
Pee-wee: But when they mess with your dots,... They go too far! (edit)
Busby: I'm new in the neighborhood and I don't have any friends.
(Everybody moans.)
Busby: (To Pee-wee) I saw how many great people come to visit you all the time, so I thought I could have lots of friends if I was just like you. (edit)

Trivia

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The carttoon featured in this episode is Farm Frolics (1941). (edit)
The secret word is said and screamed at 6 times. But when Pee-wee's Ants spell out "Hanging around," everybody still screams without being said by anyone. Therefore, it was screamed at a total of 7 times. (edit)
The movie the food in the refrigerator are watching is Big Top Pee-wee (1988). (edit)

Allusions

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Pee-wee says, "They can take the suit off your back" - an altered version of the old saying, "They can take the shirt off your back." (edit)
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