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Message: [QUOTE="BlazeOrange, post: 939165, member: 683"] We could do worse. From his bio, he check's off several boxes: [I]Pee Wee Herman was born Paul Rubenfeld in [/I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peekskill,_New_York'][U][I]Peekskill[/I][/U][/URL][I], New York [/I][B][NYS CONNECTIONS-[B]DOWNSTATE[/B]][/B][I], and grew up in Sarasota, Florida [/I][B][I][[/I]FLORIDA CONNECTIONS][/B][I] , where his parents, Judy and [/I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Rubenfeld'][U][I]Milton Rubenfeld[/I][/U][/URL][I], owned a lamp store. His mother was a teacher and his father was an automobile salesperson, who had flown for Britain's [/I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air_Force'][U][I]Royal Air Force[/I][/U][/URL][I] and for the [/I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces'][U][I]U.S. Army Air Forces[/I][/U][/URL][I] in World War II, later becoming one of the founding pilots of the [/I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force'][U][I]Israeli Air Force[/I][/U][/URL][I] during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. [/I][B][I][[/I]HARDNOSED MILITARY FAMILY[I]][/I][/B][I] Paul has two younger siblings, Luke (born 1958), who is a [/I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_trainer'][U][I]dog trainer[/I][/U][/URL][I], and [/I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abby_Rubenfeld'][U][I]Abby[/I][/U][/URL][I] (born 1953),[U] [/U]who is an [/I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_at_law_(United_States)'][U][I]attorney[/I][/U][/URL][I], and board member of the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee. Reubens spent a significant amount of his childhood in [/I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneonta,_New_York'][U][I]Oneonta, New York[/I][/U][/URL][I][B][NYS CONNECTIONS-CNY/UPSTATE][/B] . As a child, Reubens frequented the [/I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringling_Bros._and_Barnum_%26_Bailey_Circus'][U][I]Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus[/I][/U][/URL][I], [/I][B][I][[/I]OFTEN PERFORM IN MSG[I]] [/I][/B][I]whose winter headquarters was in Sarasota. The circus's atmosphere sparked Reubens' interest in entertainment and influenced his later work. Reubens also loved to watch reruns of [/I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_Lucy'][U][I]I Love Lucy[/I][/U][/URL][I], which made him want to make people laugh.[B][LUCY WAS FROM JAMESTOWN - NYS CONNECTIONS-WNY][/B] At age five, Reubens asked his father to build him a stage, where he and his siblings would put on plays. [U][/U] Reubens attended [/I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_High_School'][U][I]Sarasota High School[/I][/U][/URL][I], where he was named president of the National Thespian Society. He was accepted into [/I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwestern_University'][U][I]Northwestern University[/I][/U][/URL][I]'s summer program [/I][B][I][[/I]CHICAGO CONNECTIONS TO REPLACE DEANDRE[I]] [/I][/B][I]for gifted high-school students and also joined the local [/I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asolo_Repertory_Theatre'][U][I]Asolo Theater[/I][/U][/URL][I] and Players of Sarasota Theater, appearing in several plays. After graduation, he attended [/I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_University'][U][I]Boston University[/I][/U][/URL][I] [/I][B][I][[/I]NEW ENGLAND CONNECTIONS, PLUS BU ALSO HATES BC[I]] [/I][/B][I]and began auditioning for acting schools. He was turned down by several schools[/I][B][I][[/I]CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER[I]][/I][/B][I] , including [/I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juilliard'][U][I]Juilliard[/I][/U][/URL][I], [/I][B][I][[/I]TOO HARD-NOSED?][/B][I]and twice by [/I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie-Mellon'][U][I]Carnegie-Mellon[/I][/U][/URL][I], before being accepted at the [/I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Institute_of_the_Arts'][U][I]California Institute of the Arts[/I][/U][/URL][I] and moving to California [/I][B][WEST COAST TIES, CAN WORK THE JUCOS OUT THAT WAY][/B][I], where he worked in restaurant kitchens and as a [/I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuller_Brush_Company'][U][I]Fuller Brush[/I][/U][/URL][I] salesman. In the 1970s, Reubens performed at local comedy clubs and made four guest appearances on [/I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gong_Show'][U][I]The Gong Show[/I][/U][/URL][I] as part of a boy–girl act he had developed with Charlotte McGinnis, called The Hilarious Betty and Eddie.He soon joined the [/I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California'][U][I]Los Angeles[/I][/U][/URL][I]–based improvisational comedy team [/I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Groundlings'][U][I]The Groundlings[/I][/U][/URL][I] and remained a member for six years [/I][B][I][[/I]MORE WEST COAST TIES[I]][/I][/B][I] , working with [/I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_McClurg'][U][I]Bob McClurg[/I][/U][/URL][I], [/I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paragon'][U][I]John Paragon[/I][/U][/URL][I], Susan Barnes, and [/I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Hartman'][U][I]Phil Hartman[/I][/U][/URL][I]. Hartman and Reubens became friends [/I][B][I][[/I]FRIENDS WITH TOP PERFORMER[I]][/I][/B][I], often writing and working on material together. In 1980, he had a small part as a waiter in [/I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blues_Brothers_(film)'][U][I]The Blues Brothers[/I][/U][/URL][I].[/I][B][I][[/I]FILMED IN CHICAGO] [/B] On the coaching side, what he brings is obvious - an emphasis on footwork: [media=youtube]BodXwAYeTfM[/media] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Reubens#Early_life_and_education[/url] [/QUOTE]

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