The original 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 irreverent overtones and jokes including 'mirror shoes' and others.

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?

影片《小人物历险记》的剧情描述了男主人公Pee-wee Herman（保罗·雷宾斯 饰）本来在农场养猪，有一天，忽然来了一个马戏团在他家旁边表演，Pee-wee爱上了表演空中飞人的Gina Piccolapupula（瓦莱莉·高利诺 饰），这一行为引起未婚妻Winnie（佩内洛普·安·米勒 饰）争风吃醋。为了向Gina表示爱意，Pee-wee还亲自去参加马戏班的空中飞人表演，此举当然引起了连篇笑话。

美国经典老电影和电视剧改编，传说 Mr. Bean 的动作是向Paul "Pee Wee" Reubens 学习的。