Remember Pee Wee Herman? Probably not – well start Googling because Pee Wee is back. I saw a preview of his new show which is currently at Club Nokia in downtown LA.

His Eighties television show wasn’t really on my radar but I remember his movie Pee Wee’s Big Adventure and of course, his dramatic (though in hindsight, not that dramatic) fall from grace in 1991. The show which features, among others, a talking chair, singing flowers and a cast of crazy characters is as close as you’ll get to panto in the States and the audience, who were all of a certain age, emanated nothing but love for Paul Reubens, who plays the eccentric man-child.

After the show I was lucky enough to meet Lynne Stewart, who plays Miss Yvonne, ‘the most beautiful woman in puppet land’, and gave her a big hug. She was delighted to be back in her tutu and we stayed behind to watch Pee Wee talk about the show at a hilarious Q&A.

It seems that Pee Wee is most definitely back in business. There’s talk of taking the show to Broadway and another Pee Wee script that he’s had in development for a mere 30 years looks like it’s finally going into production.

Paul created The Pee Wee Herman show with a $5,000 loan from his dad after failing an audition to join the cast of Saturday Night Live. He also revealed that he’d written the screenplay for Pee Wee’s Big Adventure with the late Phil Hartman, using one of Syd Field’s screenwriting books. Heartening to know that sometimes those books actually work.

Later in the week he popped up on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, to explain the crazy situation between Conan, Jay Leno and NBC, using stuffed toys and robots. It was hilarious and once again, the audience went wild.

I saw a taping of The Tonight Show back in September and it felt as if all my worlds were colliding when Steve Carell, who I also met last week, appeared on Conan’s last show. He gave Coco his ‘exit interview’ and then shredded his key card, to more panto-style boos from the audience.

Steve, who stars in The ‘American’ Office was a joy to interview. He was doing publicity for Date Night with Tina Fey (who was in the next room – so close to genius!) and unlike many stars of his stature he had no entourage, so it was just me and him, in a room at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills, for half an hour.

He was funny, thoughtful, intelligent and best of all he laughed at all my jokes. After we wrapped up I wandered up the corridor to say goodbye to his publicist who took one look at me and said, ‘Crush?’. To which I replied, ‘Massive.’ He was so adorable I almost forgot to be embarrassed when the valet drove my battered Taurus up to the front of the hotel, to the horror of the other guests who were waiting for their shiny Mercs and Ferraris. Hurumph.

You literally can’t move for A-listers in Hollywood at the moment as it’s awards season – we’ve had both the Globes and the SAG awards in the last week. As I was standing by the valet station a giant stretch SUV pulled up and Gabourey Sidibe, the eponymous star of Precious climbed out, looking every inch the movie star wearing a gorgeous green dress.

Ashamed of my lack of labels and bashed up car, I sped away as fast as I could thinking about how odd showbusiness is. Your star can rise and fall at any time. It’s all just one big adventure. Infinity.