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WHO: Caseen Gaines, author of the new "Inside Pee-wee's Playhouse: The Untold, Unauthorized and Unpredictable Story of a Pop Phenomenon." YOU MAY REMEMBER a : Gaines, an English teacher at Hackensack High School, is co-founder and co-artistic director of the Hackensack Theatre Company.

The Pee-wee Herman Show , which finished its Broadway run Jan. 2, was taped for an HBO special that was aired earlier this year.

God, it's good to see the Playhouse again. That was the first thing I thought when the curtain raised on The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway , which debuted on HBO March 19.

After a long absence from the pop-culture scene, Pee-wee Herman has enjoyed a renaissance in the last year or two.