Pitchfork: Raconteurs Snag Pee Wee for New Video

Paul Reubens, the man we all know and love as Pee Wee Herman, had a career meltdown with the porno theater incident in 1991 and misdemeanor obscenity charges stemming from a police raid on his home in 2001 (not to mention his WTF role in 1999's Mystery Men). But lately, Reubens is on the rebound, and everything seems to be coming up Pee-Wee. In addition to the Cartoon Network adding "Pee Wee's Playhouse" to its Adult Swim lineup starting July 10, it was announced today that Reubens has teamed up with the Raconteurs in a new video for their single "Steady, As She Goes." (Yes, a Jim Jarmusch-directed clip for the song already exists. Guess they just love the song so much they decided to do it again.)

In the upcoming video directed by the Malloys (who previously helmed the White Stripes' "My Doorbell" video, as well as clips for, um, Jack Johnson and the Black Eyed Peas), each Raconteur "plays an imaginative speed-racing hero in an old-fashioned soap box race," while Reubens "plays an unscrupulous pit boss, stooping to low levels to ensure a win for his racer," according to a press release.

Yes, but for which racer does Pee Wee work? Brendan Benson? Jack White? One of the other two dudes? Find out June 19, when the new "Steady, As She Goes" video debuts on Yahoo! Music. It should be floating around the interweb and other music video outlets shortly after that.

Music video connoisseurs will remember that Reubens also starred in the video for Elton John's "This Train Don't Stop There Any More", alongside Justin Timberlake. Speaking of people in need of a career revival...where's the new record, JT??

Besides busying themselves with music video magic, the Raconteurs are in the middle of their first-ever full-scale tour. With the recent addition of more dates, the boys are now on the road through the end of September.

Ready, steady, there she goes:

06-21 London, England - Hyde Park (Wireless Festival)
06-24 Scheesel, Germany - Hurricane Festival
06-25 Neuhausen Ob Eck, Germany - Southside Festival
07-02 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07-03 Malmo, Sweden - Accelerator
07-05 Kristiansand, Norway - Quart Festival
07-06 Stockholm, Sweden - Accelerator
07-16 Denver, CO - The Fillmore Auditorium
07-18 Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
07-19 San Diego, CA - Soma
07-21 Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern Theatre
07-23 San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre
07-25 Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre
07-26 Vancouver, British Columbia - Malkin Bowl at Stanley Park
07-27 Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre
08-03 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
08-04 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
08-05 Ann Arbor, MI - Michigan Theatre
08-06 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
09-14 Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theater
09-15 Grand Prairie, TX - Nokia Live
09-16 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival
09-19 Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle
09-20 Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live
09-22 Norfolk, VA - The Norva
09-24 Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues
09-26 New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom
09-28 Providence, RI - Lupo's
09-29 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theater
09-30 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis