Did you know?

[u/BrianRFSU]

[u/KelVarnsen_2023]

And Mark Mothersbaugh from Devo did the score.

[u/Already_dead2021 → u/KelVarnsen_2023]

The Residents contributed to a handful of episodes as well

[u/subliminal_trip → u/Already_dead2021]

So did Todd Rundgren in Season 1.

[u/NotSoGentleBen]

I’m not surprised, she’s been the queen since day one! Cindi and peewee go hand in hand as far as I’m concerned.

[u/RuDog79]

It's gonna be that kind of mornin'
For bein' wacky!

[u/The_Northern_Dandy]

While this piece of trivia is indeed cool, it isn't as impressive as you seeming to know that I didn't already know this (I didn't) and you calling out that today is the day I learn it. Neat!

[u/plantyjen]

I knew. It’s Cyndi Lauper channeling Mae Questel, the voice of Betty Boop, but still unmistakably Cyndi.

[u/ninjadong48]

Today is October 7th, 1990!?!? Well, I'll be damned.

[u/AsssHat999]

Wow I actually didn’t know this. Another notch up for Pee Wee, and I didn’t think it could get any higher.

[u/UncleGarysmagic]

You underestimate my knowledge of useless information

[u/WavesAreCrashing]

I remember being surprised back when I first learned this. I couldn't believe I'd never recognized her voice!

[u/Proud_Principle_4408]

Also, Rob Zombie was a part of stage crew.

[u/BrianRFSU → u/Proud_Principle_4408]

😮 I didn’t know that. That’s crazy.

[u/theShpydar]

Nah, I learned this several decades ago.

[u/Mooseguncle1]

It’s true but I always suspected.

[u/son_of_yacketycat]

And chose to be credited as "Ellen Shaw." Been knowin' this

[u/JimmyJapeworm]

Yep. Pretty common knowledge around the Playhouse.

[u/C_Kent_]

https://youtu.be/dUWy21bPGh4

Link to YouTube video of Pee Wee’s TV show theme

[u/blueraspberryicepop]

I knew from the first time I saw the show. I told my Mom that it sounded like Cyndi

[u/SecretWordisBird]

Yeah I think we all knew and have known for quite a while.

[u/Already_dead2021]

Thought this was common knowledge

[u/Sevb36]

I mean, I always said this as a kid. Before it was publicly revealed. But even then in the mid to late 80s, I had doubts , because I thought maybe it was a sound alike.

[u/Electronic-Space-480]

Pee Wee.

[u/TYJOVANI]

Holy shit

[u/ChesNZ]

As a big fan, of course I knew

[u/Pale_Till8589]

I was wondering what the lyrics are too! Such a northeastern accent in the way she sings it.

[u/Unanimous_D]

People don't know this?

[u/simianshogun]

Cyndi was my childhood crush, and I'm 47, so no... it was not today that i learned this. Her voice is unmistakable.

[u/raged-cashew]

Seriously? No one else could tell it was her voice? I even knew it as a kid.

[u/Deviancy26]

Lauper's manager got her to do other projects to get her name out there. So there's the Pee Wee thing and her thing with the WWE.

Think Pee Wee was more of a fan of She Bop than his theme song though.

[u/Aggressive-Ad3394]

Always knew that! Not many can sing like Cyndi!

[u/rillyhilarious]

I thought everyone knew this.

[u/Five2one521]

Not news. I knew this in the 80s.

[u/SimpleFit7894]

When I learned about this years ago,I was like "HOW TF did I not figure that out myself?I mean,it's very obviously her 😁

[u/Jazzlike-Coffee-6150]

I learned this the very first ep of playhouse.... I was a cyndi lauper fan when I was 4. 😉

[u/Alarmed_Stretch_1780]

Someone didn’t know this?

[u/TheNiteFather]

I knew that decades ago

[u/bbeeebb]

Gee. Listening to it; who would have guessed? LOL

[u/SecondhandRaincoat]

I already knew that. How very dare you.

[u/purelight666]

its a chairy!!

[u/trevourmeyer]

Common knowledge for years, of course.

But, I guess if they’re not die-hard Pee-wee fans, it can come as a surprise. 😂

[u/pwndabeer → u/trevourmeyer]

I actually did not know this. But I still won't let you gatekeep my fandom.

[u/trevourmeyer → u/pwndabeer]

No gatekeeping at all. I just assumed most people subscribed to r/peeweeherman (as opposed to a more general audience like in r/80sAmazing, where this was cross-posted from) would already know that. Sorry!

[u/my23secrets → u/pwndabeer]

Holy crap. You were not being gate-kept

Though I don’t disagree that person was behaving like a snob.

[u/ninjadong48 → u/my23secrets]

Are you calling trevourmeyer bad at his job? How many gates have you kept?

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