11. Paul Reubens
Paul Reubens is an actor and comedian who is best known for creating and portraying the fictional satirical characterPee-wee Herman. Reubens was able to take this character and land his own HBO special, a morning children’s show, and two feature films. Things were going good for Reubens, until an arrest caused his show to be cancelled, and forced him to withdraw himself from the public eye for years. He was arrested in Florida in 1991 for indecent exposure in an adult movie theater. During the arrest, he tried to get the officer to let the incident slide by offering to perform as Pee-wee Herman at the children’s benefit for the sheriff’s office. The charges went through though, and Reubens pled no contest, resulting in him serving 75 hours of community service and having to appear in a public service announcement.
Discussion about this post