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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.

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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