John Paragon
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Dixon Paragon (born 9 December 1954) is an American actor, writer, and director. He was born in Anchorage, Alaska, on an Army base. He grew up and attended schools in Fort Collins, Colorado. Paragon is probably best known for his work on children's show Pee-wee's Playhouse where he played Jambi the Genie and voiced Pterri the Pterodactyl. In addition to writing many of the regular season episodes of Playhouse, Paragon also co-wrote (with Paul Reubens) the acclaimed Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special in 1988, for which they were nominated an Emmy Award for Best Writing in a Children's Special. Some of Paragon's other memorable roles include Cedric, one half of the gay couple Bob and Cedric on the television series Seinfeld; the title character in the children's movie The Frog Prince; the sex shop salesman in the cult favorite Eating Raoul; and the owner of a Strip-o-gram business in the 1986 film Echo Park. Paragon got his start in the Los Angeles-based improvisation group The Groundlings alongside Reubens and Phil Hartman. He also collaborated with fellow Groundling Cassandra Peterson on numerous Elvira projects, including the recurring role of The Breather, an annoying caller, for her first television series on KHJ-TV-Los Angeles. In recent years, Paragon has worked with Walt Disney Imagineering on ways to incorporate improvisational performance into attractions at Disney parks. In this capacity, he performed as the keeper of Lucky the Dinosaur during the test runs of the animatronic figure. Paragon returned to his performance as Jambi the Genie in the Broadway outing of the new Pee-wee Herman stage show that began performances 26 October 2010 at the Stephen Sondheim Theater. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Paragon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: December 09, 1954
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Red Riding Hood
2006-06-27
Red Riding Hood
Overview: Teenage Claire would rather hang out with her friends at the mall than to stay home with her brother Matt while Grandma babysits. Who wouldn't? Unfortunately, Grandma isn't about to let Claire out of the house. Worse, she insists that Claire and Matt listen to her reworking of the Brothers Grimm classic tale "Little Red Riding Hood". Fortunately, Grandma has a sense of humor, and adds some modern twists. Claire imagines herself as Red, and her brother, parents and grandma as....her brother, parents and grandma.
Genres: Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-27
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Get Out of My Room
1985-10-01
Get Out of My Room
Overview: Get Out of My Room, was a mockumentary in the style of This Is Spinal Tap, written and directed by Cheech Marin. In the film, he and Tommy Chong are shown attempting to finish a "video album" for their novelty record Get Out of My Room.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-01
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The Elvira Show
1993-01-01
The Elvira Show
Overview: Filmed for CBS in 1993, this unaired pilot features the witch Elvira, her aunt, and their pet cat welcoming a long-lost niece into their new Kansas home and contending with a couple of overzealous cops.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Eating Raoul
1982-03-24
Eating Raoul
Overview: A relatively boring Los Angeles couple discover a bizarre, if not murderous way to get funding for opening a restaurant.
Genres: Comedy Crime Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-03-24
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Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
1992-07-16
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
Overview: Wayne Szalinski is at it again. But instead of shrinking things, he tries to make a machine that can make things grow. As in the first one, his machine isn't quite accurate. But when he brings Nick & his toddler son Adam to see his invention, the machine unexpectedly starts working. And when Adam comes right up to the machine, he gets zapped along with his stuffed bunny.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-07-16
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The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway
2011-03-19
The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway
Overview: Pee-Wee is excited when Jambi the genie grants him a wish. He wishes to fly but gets upset when he sees Captain Carl and Miss Yvonne on a romantic date with each other.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-03-19
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The Rich Man's Wife
1996-09-13
The Rich Man's Wife
Overview: A rich man's wife finds she has a bad prenuptial agreement with an even worse husband. Over drinks with a stranger, she fantasizes about doing her husband in to void the prenup — but much to her surprise, the stranger decides to turn her imagination into reality.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-13
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Double Trouble
1992-02-14
Double Trouble
Overview: Two beefed-up twins operating on opposing sides of the law, team up to stop a nefarious crook in this actioner. Peter Jade is a notoriously arrogant burglar who ends up with the key to an enormous underground cache of diamonds. David Jade is a cop who joins forces with Peter after greedy Philip Chamberlain, wanting the diamonds for himself, kills David's partner
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-02-14
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The Frog Prince
1986-10-05
The Frog Prince
Overview: Children's musical based on Grimm's fairy tale of The Frog-King. A young girl learns how to be a good friend and princess with the help of a "tall frog."
Genres: Family Fantasy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-10-05
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Every Breath
1994-03-30
Every Breath
Overview: An unemployed actor gets involved with a strange woman who hangs out in lesbian nightclubs and her rich arms dealer husband.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-03-30
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Last of the Great Survivors
1984-01-03
Last of the Great Survivors
Overview: A dedicated social worker joins forces with a group of senior citizens fighting City Hall to prevent the demolition of their apartment building and falls for the man she meets on a blind date at a punk rock club. She soon learns that he is the building inspector who condemned the seniors' decrepit home, forcing her to turn to her amorous lawyer ex-boyfriend to find the loophole that will save the building.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-03
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Going Berserk
1983-09-30
Going Berserk
Overview: John Bourgignon, a drummer-chauffeur engaged to the daughter of a United States senator, encounters a sleazy film director, the leader of an aerobics cult, and other crazed characters in the days leading up to his wedding.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-09-30
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Pee-wee's Big Holiday
2016-03-15
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Overview: A fateful meeting with a mysterious stranger inspires Pee-wee Herman to take his first-ever holiday.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-03-15
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The Facts
1982-06-01
The Facts
Overview: Originally a pilot that aired as a late movie on the CBS network. it was never picked up to continue as a series. It featured Phil Hartman, Richard Lewis, Richard Belzer, and has appearances by young Bob Saget and Emo Phillips. Very obscure, it wasn't included in any of the mentioned performers' filmographies until 2024.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-06-01
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Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
1980-07-18
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
Overview: Perennially stoned Cheech and Chong tear through the city of Los Angeles, causing trouble wherever they go. After Cheech loses his job, the two pot enthusiasts head to the welfare offices where Cheech's girlfriend, Donna, works. Instead of collecting unemployment, they find themselves thrown back on the streets, searching for a way to earn new income. But when Cheech's cousin, "Red" Mendoza, arrives, things get even crazier.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-07-18
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Things Are Tough All Over
1982-08-04
Things Are Tough All Over
Overview: Everybody has problems these days, and Cheech and Chong are no exceptions. They're hired by Slyman and Habib to drive a limousine to Las Vegas with $5 million secretly stashed in the front seat. In order to get there, the pair sells off the car piece by piece, including the seven-figure front seat. Cheech and Chong then have a much bigger problem - Slyman and Habib are after them, swearing to kill them after the appropriate torture.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-08-04
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The Pee-wee Herman Show
1981-09-11
The Pee-wee Herman Show
Overview: An adult-oriented version of what would eventually become an award-winning children's classic. This version of the show features Pee-wee's playhouse and many of the characters of the later series, but with adult and sexual overtones and jokes including "mirror shoes" and others.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-09-11
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Spaceballs
1987-06-24
Spaceballs
Overview: When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-24
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Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
1988-09-30
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Overview: Arriving in the small town of Fallwell, Massachusetts to claim her inheritance, horror hostess Elvira receives a less than enthusiastic reception from the conservative locals -- amongst them, her sinister uncle Vincent, who, unbeknownst to her, is an evil warlock.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-30
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Echo Park
1985-11-05
Echo Park
Overview: In the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, everybody is somebody else. May, a single mother who delivers strip-O-grams, dreams of being an actress. She rents one of her rooms out to a pizza-man cum songwriter named Jonathan. Meanwhile, in the next apartment, August, an Austrian bodybuilder, fancies himself the next Arnold Schwarzenegger. As the pressures of everyday life in LA mount, Jonathan and August vie for May's love.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-05
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Ring of the Musketeers
1992-12-01
Ring of the Musketeers
Overview: Modern day "Musketeers" attempt to become protectors of the inocent. While the biking trio rescue kindnapped children, guard witnesses, and chase mafia types, they also seek the missing fourth musketeer, who wears the famous musketeers' ring.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-01
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UHF
1989-07-21
UHF
Overview: The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-07-21
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Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
1988-12-21
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Overview: Pee-wee Herman and pals are celebrating Christmas in the Playhouse in their own creative ways: Pee-wee makes a list for Santa Claus 1.5 miles long, teaches Little Richard how to ice skate, goes for a sleigh ride with Magic Johnson, enslaves Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello into making Christmas cards, receives a long phone call from Dinah Shore, even has more musical fun with k.d. lang, the Del Rubio Triplettes and Charo! Finally, Big Red arrives and announces that Pee-wee's Christmas list was so big, he didn't have enough presents for all the children of the world. Will Pee-wee follow his own advice and help others?
Genres: Family Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-21
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Pandemonium
1982-04-01
Pandemonium
Overview: A former high school student who always wanted to be a cheerleader decides to reopen the cheerleading program at her former high school after years of closure for being targeted by a serial killer.
Genres: Comedy Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-04-01
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Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985-07-26
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Overview: The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possession, Pee-wee encounters a host of odd characters and bizarre situations as he treks across the country to recover his bike.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-07-26
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The Paragon of Comedy
1983-01-16
The Paragon of Comedy
Overview: John Paragon and friends perform comedy skits as a variety of colorful characters.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-16
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