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Kid Cudi Talks with Paul Reubens (Pee-wee’s Big Holiday) for The Talkhouse Film Podcast

The hip-hop star, a lifelong Pee-wee Herman fan, sits down with his idol and friend.

6:00 AM EST on December 22, 2016

Over the festive break, Talkhouse Film is revisiting some of its most read (or listened to) pieces of the year, including this one. Happy holidays! – N.D.

On a very special new episode of the Talkhouse Film podcast, to coincide with the release of Pee-wee's Big Holiday, hip-hop star, actor and longtime Pee-wee Herman fan Kid Cudi is in conversation with Pee-wee himself, Paul Reubens. The topics they talk about include how they first met, Reubens' journey to bring Pee-wee Herman back to the big screen, Cudi's strong dislike of skunks (and recent encounter with a mountain lion), plus a discussion by both of planned creative projects that they've never talked about before. For more filmmakers talking film and TV, visit Talkhouse Film at thetalkhouse.com/film.

The music featured in the podcast is as follows:
1. Intro / outro underscore: “Plastic Man vs. The Giant Red Phase Of The Sun” – Iced Ink
2. “Breakfast Machine” – Danny Elfman (from the film Pee-wee's Big Adventure)

Episode engineered by Sam Duell, edited by Mark Yoshizumi and produced by Elia Einhorn.

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