At least he still got roles after the incident (e.g. Everybody Loves Raymond, that Mystery Men movie).......
He was even able to bring the character back, which surprised me
Dude could prolly do another Pee Wee movie right now and it would do okay
I think people like Sinead O'Connor (ripping picture of the Pope on SNL), Pete Rose (betting on baseball games), and Gary Glitter (sending his computer to that PC repair store), have Pee Wee beat out, especially when you look at what happened to them afterwards