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shop employee, Dottie, has a crush on Pee-wee, but he does not reciprocate it. Pee-wee's bike is stolen while he is shopping at a mall. The police tell Pee-wee that they cannot help him find his bike. Pee-wee thinks Francis took it, and confronts him. Francis' father convinces Pee-wee that Francis did not steal the bike. Pee-wee then offers a $10,000 reward for his bike. Francis, who did indeed pay to have someone
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a sport bike called the X-1, which contains an important microfilm and has been stolen by the Soviets. Pee-wee has a cameo appearance as a hotel bellhop, though his voice has been dubbed. At the drive-in, Pee-wee gives refreshments to all the people he met along his journey. Pee-wee also encounters Francis, who tells reporters that he is Pee-wee's best friend who taught him how to ride. Francis claims to be knowledgeable about Pee-wee's bike, but accidentally
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Mark Douglas Holton (born July 19, 1958) is an American actor, best known for portraying Francis Buxton in "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" (1985), Chubby in the "Teen Wolf" film series and Ozzie in "Leprechaun" (1993). Holton was born in Oklahoma City. He attended Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Holton's professional breakthrough came with the role of Francis Buxton, Pee-Wee Herman's nemesis in the blockbuster comedy "Pee-wee's Big Adventure"
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the character, "What makes me laugh ... is that it has the external structure of a bratty little precocious kid, but you know it's being controlled by the incubus – the manifestation of evil itself". While the character is typically cheerful and flamboyant, Pee-wee has indeed displayed an aggressive side, including his vicious pool battle with Francis in "Pee-wee's Big Adventure". He also played vengeful tricks in the aforementioned film and occasionally threw childish tantrums on "Pee-wee's Playhouse."
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since accumulated positive feedback. The film was nominated for a Young Artist Award and spawned two sequels, "Big Top Pee-wee" (1988) and "Pee-wee's Big Holiday" (2016). Its financial success, followed by the equally successful "Beetlejuice" in 1988, prompted Warner Bros. to hire Burton as the director for the 1989 film "Batman". Pee-wee Herman has a heavily accessorized bicycle that he treasures and that his neighbor and enemy, Francis Buxton, covets. A bike
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Big Top Pee-wee


Big Top Pee-wee is a 1988 American comedy film and the sequel to "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" (1985), and stars Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman, with supporting roles done by Susan Tyrrell, Kris Kristofferson, Penelope Ann Miller, and Valeria Golino. The original music score is composed by Danny Elfman (although he also scored "Pee-wee's Big Adventure", he could not use any themes from that film due to "Big Top Pee-wee" being produced by
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, but had no interest and was already working on his own pet project, "Beetlejuice". Positive reviews of "Beetlejuice" and the financial success of "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" prompted Warner Bros. to offer Burton the director's helm for "Batman". Roger Ebert never officially reviewed "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" but in 1987 it topped his list of "Guilty Pleasures" and he did mention it in his review of "Big Top Pee-wee", saying the sequel was not
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as magical as the first. The second paragraph of that review contrasted the two films explaining what he liked in "Big Adventure" that he didn't like in "Big Top". Gene Siskel, however, gave "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" zero stars out of four in his print review, writing that he had enjoyed Herman's guest spots on "Late Night with David Letterman" but "Obviously, Pee-Wee is tolerable only in Pee-Wee doses ... You have to be a lot funnier
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Pee-wee's Big Adventure


Pee-wee's Big Adventure is a 1985 American adventure comedy film directed by Tim Burton in his full-length film directing debut and starring Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman with supporting roles provided by Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Diane Salinger, and Judd Omen. Reubens also co-wrote the script with Phil Hartman and Michael Varhol. Described as a "parody" or "farce version" of the 1948 Italian classic "Bicycle Thieves", it is the tale of Pee-wee Herman's nationwide search for
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onto a moving train and meets Hobo Jack. Pee-wee eventually arrives at the Alamo, but learns at the end of a guided tour that the building does not have a basement. At a bus station, Pee-wee encounters Simone, who tells him that she and Andy broke up and she is on her way to Paris. She tells Pee-wee not to give up finding his bike. Pee-wee calls Dottie at the bike shop and apologizes for his behavior. Andy spots Pee-wee and resumes
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Pee-wee's Big Holiday


Pee-wee's Big Holiday is a 2016 American adventure comedy film directed by John Lee and written by Paul Reubens and Paul Rust. The film stars Reubens as Pee-wee Herman and Joe Manganiello as himself. The film was released on March 18, 2016, on Netflix. Pee-wee Herman is a resident of the small town of Fairville and works as a cook at Dan's Diner, where he is well liked by the locals and revered for his cooking. He meets and befriends actor Joe Manganiello, who
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's Big Adventure" and "Pee-wee's Playhouse", the character surrounds himself with strange inventions and decorations and has no visible means of support, whereas "Big Top Pee-wee" depicts him as a farmer/inventor. During a June 1984 segment on "Late Night with David Letterman", Pee-wee said he has a sister named Hermione who was a Girl Scout, his mother's name is Honny Herman, and his father's name is Herman Herman. He went on to say that everyone
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". "Clown Dream" is also used in the video game "Grand Theft Auto V". It is also often used as the opening music during Primus concerts. The film also features "Burn in Hell" by Twisted Sister and "Tequila" by The Champs. "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" opened on August 9, 1985 in the United States in 829 theaters, accumulating $4,545,847 over its opening weekend. The film went on to gross $40,940,662 domestically. "Pee-wee's Big Adventure
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"Pee-wee's Playhouse" garnered 15 Emmy Awards. Pee-wee also became the first guest on "The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers" on its October 9, 1986, premiere. The following year, he made a cameo appearance in the film "Back to the Beach." Reubens also filmed an insert for "Sesame Street" as Pee-wee, reciting his own version of the alphabet. In 1988, a sequel to "Pee-wee's Big Adventure", "Big Top Pee-
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his attack. Pee-wee evades Andy at a rodeo by disguising himself as a rodeo bull rider. Forced to ride for real, Pee-wee does well but receives a concussion. Pee-wee enters a biker bar for one large wine and to make a phone call, but the outlaw motorcycle club threatens to kill him after he accidentally knocks over their motorcycles. Pee-wee makes a last request, dancing to the song "Tequila". His dance wins over the bikers, who give him a motorcycle for
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given the part. Ultimately, however, Moore decided to continue in the series. In 1985, Brolin parodied his near-hiring as James Bond in the film "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure". In a film within the film, he merged the characters of Bond and Pee-Wee Herman, the "real" version of whom was played by Paul Reubens. He is referred to as "PW" and the role of Pee-Wee Herman's girlfriend "Dottie" is played by Morgan Fairchild. In
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a fugitive, Mickey; and from Large Marge, the ghost of a deceased truck driver. At a truck stop, Pee-wee discovers his wallet is missing and pays for his meal by washing dishes. He befriends Simone, a waitress who dreams of visiting Paris. As they watch the sunrise at a dinosaur museum, Pee-wee encourages her to follow her dreams, but Simone tells him about her jealous and large boyfriend, Andy, who disapproves. Andy arrives and tries to attack Pee-wee, who escapes
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to Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, while "Empire" called the film "a one-comic masterpiece" and "a dazzling debut" for Burton. Stephanie Zacharek of "Salon.com" explained "Everything about "Pee-wee's Big Adventure", from its toy-box colors to its superb, hyper-animated Danny Elfman score to the butch-waxed hairdo and wooden-puppet walk of its star and mastermind is pure pleasure." Burton was offered the opportunity to direct "Big Top Pee-wee"
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. On February 1, 2012, Reubens appeared as Pee-wee on Bravo's "Top Chef: Texas" and served as guest judge. Part of the contestants challenge was to ride a bike, similar to Pee-wee's, while gathering ingredients through San Antonio to prepare and serve a special lunch for Pee-wee at the Alamo. The use of The Alamo is a reference to Pee-wee's film, "Pee-wee's Big Adventure", where his stolen bike is allegedly hidden. While
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, Pterri the Pterodactyl and Clocky. While enjoying continuous popularity with the show, Reubens teamed with young director Tim Burton in 1985 to make the comedy film "Pee-wee's Big Adventure". It became one of the year's surprise hits, costing a relatively modest $6 million to make but taking in $45 million at the box office. After seeing the success of "Pee-wee's Big Adventure", the CBS network approached Reubens with an ill-received cartoon series proposal. In 1986, CBS
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This inspired Reubens to start on a new script. Having left The Walt Disney Company and with "Frankenweenie" receiving positive reviews within film studios, Tim Burton was looking for a full-length film to direct. When Reubens and the producers of "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" saw Burton's work on "Vincent" and "Frankenweenie", they decided to hire Burton for their film. Burton felt he connected with Reubens' personality and the humor of the "Pee-wee Herman Show". After hiring
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$40,940,662 domestically, recouping almost six times its $7 million budget. At the time of release in 1985, the film received mixed reviews, but "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" developed into a cult film. After seeing the success of "Pee-wee's Big Adventure", the CBS network approached Reubens with an ill-received cartoon series proposal. In 1986, CBS agreed to sign Reubens to act, produce, and direct his live-action children's program, "Pee-wee's Playhouse
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months, and HBO produced a successful special about it. Pee-wee became an instant cult figure and, for the next decade, Reubens was completely committed to his character, doing all of his public appearances and interviews as Pee-wee. His feature film, "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" (1985), directed by the then-unknown Tim Burton, was a financial and critical success, and soon developed into a cult film. Its sequel, "Big Top Pee-wee" (1988)
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his stolen bicycle. After the success of "The Pee-wee Herman Show", Reubens began writing the script to "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" when he was hired by Warner Bros.. The producers and Reubens hired Burton to direct when they were impressed with his work on "Vincent" and "Frankenweenie". Filming took place in both California and Texas. The film was released on August 9, 1985, grossing over $40 million in North America. It eventually developed into a cult film and has
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Alice Nunn


who frightens Pee-wee Herman in the 1985 film "Pee-wee's Big Adventure", providing one of the scariest moments in non-horror film history. In the 1986 film "Trick or Treat", she played Mrs. Sylvia Cavell, and in 1987, she appeared in "Who's That Girl" with Madonna. Her last role was that of Nurse Palmer in the 1987 film "Three O'Clock High". In 1988, Nunn died at her apartment in West Hollywood, California, of a heart attack
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capture technology, incorporating the movements of live actors into animated characters. Reubens approached "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" director Tim Burton with one of the scripts and talked to Johnny Depp about the possibility of having him portray Pee-wee, but they both declined. In June 2010, it was announced that Paul Reubens was working with Judd Apatow on a new Pee-wee Herman feature film set up at Universal Studios, with Reubens and Paul Rust set to write the script. In an October 2014 interview with "
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his journey. Pee-wee crashes his motorcycle immediately afterwards. Pee-wee wakes up in a hospital and learns from a television news report that his bike is being used as a prop in a movie starring a bratty child named Kevin Morton. Pee-wee sneaks into Warner Bros. Studios and takes the bike. He is chased by security across the studio lot and through several sets before escaping. Later, Pee-wee discovers a burning pet shop and rescues the animals. Although the firefighters declare Pee-wee a hero
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The Pee-wee Herman Story", the other a family-friendly epic adventure called "Pee-wee's Playhouse: The Movie". In 2010, Reubens starred on Broadway in "The Pee-wee Herman Show". In 2016, Reubens helped write and starred in the Netflix original film "Pee-wee's Big Holiday", reprising his role as Pee-wee Herman. Reubens was born Paul Rubenfeld in Peekskill, New York, and grew up in Sarasota, Florida, where his parents, Judy
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The Pee-wee Herman Show


The Pee-wee Herman Show is a stage show developed by Paul Reubens in 1980. It marks the first significant appearance of his comedic fictional character, Pee-wee Herman, five years before "Pee-wee's Big Adventure", and six years before "Pee-wee's Playhouse". The show initially debuted as a midnight show in February 1981 at the Groundlings theater, and was later moved to Los Angeles' Roxy Theatre, where the HBO cable network taped one of the shows and aired it as a
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steal the bike, is frightened by Pee-wee's relentlessness and then pays to have it sent away. After holding an unsuccessful meeting to locate the bike, Pee-wee angrily rejects Dottie's offers of help. Desperate, he visits "Madam Ruby", a phony psychic. Ruby, inspired by the Al and Moe's Bargain Basement shop across the street, tells Pee-wee that his bike is in the basement of the Alamo Mission in San Antonio. Pee-wee hitchhikes to Texas, getting rides from
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catapults himself into the air using one of the bicycle's gadgets. As Pee-wee leaves the drive-in, Dottie asks why he is not staying for the rest of the movie. Pee-wee answers, "I don't have to see it, Dottie. I lived it." He and Dottie then ride off together at the movie screen in silhouette. Michael Varhol who co-wrote the script with Reubens and Hartman cameos as a photographer. Director Tim Burton has an uncredited cameo as the street thug
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first one to start production, but in 2006, Reubens announced he was to start filming his second script in 2007. The second script, a family friendly adventure, is called "Pee-wee's Playhouse: The Movie" by Reubens, and follows Pee-wee and his "Playhouse" friends on a road-trip adventure, meaning that they would leave the house for the first time and go out into "Puppetland". All of the original characters of the show, live-action and puppets, are
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Susan Tyrrell


" and its 1984 sequel, "Avenging Angel". Then followed roles in the adventure film "Flesh+Blood", the Vincent Price anthology horror film "From a Whisper to a Scream" (1987), the animated feature film "The Chipmunk Adventure" (1987), and "Big Top Pee-wee" (the 1988 sequel to 1985's "Pee-wee's Big Adventure") followed. Tyrrell took a supporting role in John Waters' "Cry-Baby" (1990). In 1992,
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Lynne Marie Stewart


Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales" for HBO and "Tracey Ullman's State of the Union" for Showtime. Stewart has also played roles on "Pee-wee's Big Adventure", "Big Top Pee-wee", "The Running Man", "Night Stand with Dick Dietrick" and "Son of the Beach". She has recently guest-starred on the Disney shows "Austin and Ally" and "Good Luck Charlie" in 2011. Most recently, she has appeared in "Raising Hope
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who confronts Pee-wee in a rainy back-alley. Other minor roles include Ed Herlihy as Mr. Buxton and Cassandra Peterson (a.k.a. Elvira, Mistress of the Dark) as the Biker Mama of Satan's Helpers. James Brolin portrays "P.W. Herman" and Morgan Fairchild is Dottie in the in-movie production about Pee-wee's life. Heavy metal band Twisted Sister, and veteran comedy star Milton Berle cameo as themselves. The film contains numerous "conceptual continuity" links to other Tim Burton films and other
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, the police arrest him for his disruption at the studios. Pee-wee meets the president of Warner Bros., Terry Hawthorne, and explains his journey to retrieve the bike. Hawthorne decides to drop the charges and make a special movie about Pee-wee and his bike, which is returned to him. Later at a drive-in theater, Pee-wee and Dottie attend the premiere of his biopic, an action movie starring James Brolin as "P.W. Herman" and Morgan Fairchild as Dottie. The two must retrieve
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productions: The success of "The Pee-wee Herman Show" prompted Warner Bros. to hire Paul Reubens to write a script for a full-length Pee-wee Herman film. Reubens' original idea was to do a remake of "Pollyanna" with Pee-wee Herman in the Hayley Mills role. Reubens claims that "Pollyanna" is his favorite film. Halfway through writing the script, Reubens noticed everyone at Warner Brothers had a bike to get around the backlot, and so he requested one of his own.
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of "The Polar Express", which uses performance capture technology, incorporating the movements of live actors into animated characters. Reubens approached "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" director Tim Burton with one of the scripts and talked to Johnny Depp about the possibility of having him portray Pee-wee, but Burton was too busy, and Depp said he would have to think about it. In January 2010, Reubens reprised his role as Pee-wee and reused the set of "Pee-wee's Playhouse" (albeit
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Pee-wee Herman


Pee-wee Herman is a comic fictional character created and portrayed by American comedian Paul Reubens. He is best known for his two television series and film series during the 1980s. The childlike Pee-wee Herman character developed as a stage act that quickly led to an HBO special in 1981. As the stage performance gained further popularity, Reubens took the character to motion picture with "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" in 1985, toning down the adult innuendo for the appeal of children. This paved the way for "
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Captain Carl on "The Pee-wee Herman Show" and returned in the role for the children's show "Pee-wee's Playhouse". Reubens and Hartman made cameos in the 1980 film "Cheech & Chong's Next Movie". Hartman co-wrote the script of the 1985 feature film "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" and had a cameo role as a reporter in the film. Although he had considered quitting acting at the age of 36 due to limited opportunities, the success of "Pee-
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, Lynne Marie Stewart. There he signed pictures and other memorabilia, and posed for photographs with fans. At Spike TV's 2007 Guys' Choice Awards in June, Reubens appeared on TV as the Pee-wee Herman character for the first time since 1992. On August 5, 2007 at a showing of "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Reubens made an appearance on stage before the show, bringing with him almost the entire cast of the film to the uproarious applause and standing ovation
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, where "he does everything wrong and becomes a big jerk". Reubens further explained the film has many ""Valley of the Dolls" moments". Reubens thought this script would be the first one to start production, but in 2006 Reubens announced he was to start filming his second script in 2007. The second film, a family friendly adventure, is called "Pee-wee's Playhouse: The Movie" by Reubens, and follows Pee-wee and his "Playhouse" friends on a road-trip
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that is the reason they were being chased. The women steal his Fiat. Pee-wee then gets a car ride from a travelling salesman named Gordon, who visits a creepy snake farm with Pee-Wee in tow, and gives him a disguise kit. Pee-wee attempts to hitch-hike, but after having no luck, seeks refuge at a farmhouse owned by Farmer Brown, who offers to let Pee-wee spend the night. Farmer Brown introduces Pee-wee to his nine daughters, each of whom
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depended on the budget the films would have. Reubens once mentioned the possibility of doing one of the two as an animated film along the lines of "The Polar Express", which uses performance capture technology, incorporating the movements of live actors into animated characters. Reubens approached "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" director Tim Burton with one of the scripts and talked to Johnny Depp about the possibility of having him portray Pee-wee, but they both declined. In June 2010, it was announced that Paul Reubens was
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pays tribute to the original. Stan Ridgway's 1986 UK top 5 hit "Camouflage", about a ghostly marine, was inspired in part by this song. In the movie "Pee-wee's Big Adventure", protagonist Pee-wee Herman, hitchhiking at night, is given a ride by trucker Large Marge, who proceeds to tell him of a horrible accident that occurred on the night in question years before, scaring him so that he requests to be let off sooner than he planned. Arriving at a truck
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adventure, meaning that they would leave the house for the first time and go out into "Puppetland". All of the original characters of the show, live-action and puppets, are included in Reubens' script. The story happens in a fantasy land that would be reminiscent of "H.R. Pufnstuf" and "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". In January 2009, Reubens told Gary Panter that the rejected first script of "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" (which they co-wrote) could have a
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have a romantic interest in Pee-wee and spend the night flirting with him. The next morning, having heard his daughters talk endlessly about Pee-Wee, Farmer Brown insists that Pee-wee get married to one of his daughters. During the wedding ceremony, Pee-wee uses the disguise kit to flee the church. He then gets a ride in an RV driven by three African-American hairdressers who are en route to a hairdressing contest. Pee-Wee realizes he is still far from New York, but
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the hair stylists implore him not to give up. Pee-wee then meets Penny King (possibly a reference to the character in the television show Sky King), an aviator with a flying car resembling Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, who offers to fly him to New York. The flying car crashes in the wilderness where Pee-wee meets Grizzly Bear Daniels who promises to show Pee-wee the way out of the woods, but instead, takes him to his cave. Pee-wee runs away from Grizzly's cave
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his favorite film. Halfway through writing the script, Reubens noticed everyone at Warner Bros. had a bike with them, which inspired Reubens to start on a new script with Phil Hartman. When Reubens and the producers of "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" saw Tim Burton's work on "Vincent" and "Frankenweenie", they chose Burton to be the film's director. The film tells the story of Pee-wee Herman embarking on nationwide adventure in search of his stolen bicycle. The movie went on to gross
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included in Reubens' script. The story happens in a fantasy land that would be reminiscent of "H.R. Pufnstuf" and "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". In January 2009, Reubens told Gary Panter that the rejected first script of "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" (which they co-wrote) could have a movie deal very soon, and that it would be "90 minutes of incredible beauty". In December 2009, while in character, Reubens said this film is "already done, the script
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Tim Burton's unrealized projects


when Scorsese expressed interest in directing "After Hours". After the 1985 film, Burton was offered the opportunity to direct "Big Top Pee-wee", but had no interest and was already working on his own pet project, "Beetlejuice". After the success of "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" (1985), and before his hiring of "Beetlejuice" (1988), Warner Bros. sent Burton various scripts. He was disheartened by their lack of imagination and originality, one of them being "
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Mr. T Cereal


Mr. T Cereal included "Team up with Mr. T, It’s cool" and "I pity the fool who don’t eat my cereal". A cereal box prize consisted of a packet of Mr. T. stickers, which were packaged inside boxes of the cereal. Some collectors have collected Mr. T. Cereal, and some collectors have retained unopened boxes of it with the cereal still in the box. Mr. T Cereal appeared in the film "Pee Wee's Big Adventure", in which Pee Wee Herman held a box of
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Cassandra Peterson


and fellow investor Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee were guests of honor at the inaugural Comikaze Expo in 2011. Comikaze CEO Regina Carpinelli refers to Peterson as the "Mistress of the Board." Peterson has also portrayed non-Elvira roles in many other films, most notably "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" in 1985 alongside friend and fellow Groundling Paul Reubens, who starred as his Pee-wee Herman character; "Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold," released in 1987, which starred Richard Chamberlain and Sharon
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Right after the success of "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" Reubens began working with Paramount Pictures on a sequel entitled "Big Top Pee-wee". Reubens and George McGrath's script was directed by "Grease" director Randal Kleiser. The film was not as successful as its predecessor, receiving mild reviews and doing just over one third as well in the box office, earning only $15 million. Reubens attended 1988 Academy Awards with "Top" co-star Valeria Golino, which stirred rumors that the two
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Phil Hartman


wee Herman. Hartman co-wrote the film "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" and made recurring appearances as Captain Carl on Reubens's show "Pee-wee's Playhouse". In 1986, Hartman joined the sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live". He won fame for his impressions, particularly of President Bill Clinton, and stayed on the show for eight seasons. Nicknamed the "Glue" for his ability to hold the show together and help other cast members, Hartman won a Primetime Emmy Award for his
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Golino), a trapeze artist and the circus' star attraction, thereby incurring the jealousy of his relationship with Winnie until she meets Gina's older brothers, the Piccolapupula Brothers. Gina leaves Pee-wee when she finds out about Winnie, but later returns to him when she realizes that Pee-wee actually loves her. Winnie nonetheless calls off their engagement. Pee-wee wants to join the circus, but his attempts fail. Gina then tells Pee-wee about her deceased father Papa Piccolapupula who was a famous aerialist
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convinces Pee-wee to leave Fairville for the first time in his life to travel to New York City and be a guest at Joe's birthday party. Shortly after leaving Fairville, Pee-wee encounters three women being chased and, assuming they are innocent women in peril, offers them an escape in his Fiat 600. It turns out that the three women, Pepper, Freckles, and Bella (who coincidentally goes by the nickname "Pee-Wee"), are outlaws who have just robbed a bank, and
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Elbert Pee Wee Claybrook


transferred out West to California. The big band era was waning after World War II. After being in the Navy Pee Wee stayed in California, and played with Earl Hines known as (Earl "Fatha" Hines) in San Francisco. Pee Wee continued his musical relationship with Vernon Alley, who had also been a member of the U.S. Navy 45-piece regimental band at the Navy's Pre-Flight School located at St. Mary's College, in Moraga, California. He was a family man and 'he kept his day
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his first script "The Pee-wee Herman Story", describing it as a black comedy. He has also referred to the script as "dark Pee-wee" or "adult Pee-wee", with the plot involving Pee-wee becoming famous as a singer after making a hit single and moving to Hollywood, where "he does everything wrong and becomes a big jerk". Reubens further explained the script has many ""Valley of the Dolls" moments". Reubens thought this script would be the
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Folk Singer (album)


bassists. The drummer Francis Clay was replaced by Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, who played in the Muddy Waters Junior Band. Pat Hare was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his wife (while in jail, he formed the band Sounds Incarcerated). Hare was replaced by a succession of guitarists, including James "Pee Wee" Madison, who played a right-handed guitar left-handed. Madison played guitar on some of the reissue bonus tracks, as did Sammy Lawhorn. Lawhorn allegedly suffered from
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who suffered a fall performing the Spiral of Death. Gina states that Pee-wee should try walking the tightrope in his honor. Mace comes up with a brilliant idea: to stage a three-ring spectacular saluting the American Farm. The problem is that the majority of the town's residents are careless elderly people who have been demanding the circus Pee-wee is helping leave town. The Sheriff and Mr. Ryan lead the elderly townspeople show up as the Sheriff attempts to arrest Pee-wee. The Sheriff promises to drop
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for the 1991 Yearbook. In the film "Flight of the Navigator" (1986), directed by Randal Kleiser, who would later direct "Big Top Pee-wee", Pee-wee's characteristic laugh is uttered several times by the Trimaxian Drone (Max, voiced by Reubens), after he "contracted" emotions and 1980s knowledge from David. This persona, speaking in altered pitch similar to Pee-wee's, persists for the rest of the movie, a stark contrast to Max's original HAL 9000-esque
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Legacy of the Battle of the Alamo


the subject", the movie starred Billy Bob Thornton as Crockett, Dennis Quaid as Sam Houston, and Jason Patric as Bowie. However, the film was one of the year's biggest box office failures. In "Pee-wee's Big Adventure", Pee-wee Herman's stolen bike is said by a fortune teller to be in the basement of the Alamo, but during a tour of the structure he is told by the tour guide that the Alamo has no basement. A number of songwriters have also been
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Tim Burton


in 1986, directing an episode of her "Faerie Tale Theatre") and Daniel Stern. After "Frankenweenie" was completed, Disney fired Burton, under the pretext of him spending the company's resources on doing a film that would be too dark and scary for children to see. Actor Paul Reubens saw "Frankenweenie" and chose Burton to direct the cinematic spin-off of his popular character Pee-wee Herman, stating on the Audio Commentary of 2000 DVD release of Pee-wee's Big Adventure that as soon
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Tim Burton


as the short began, he was sold on Burton's style. Pee-wee Herman gained mainstream popularity with a successful stage show at The Groundlings and the Roxy which was later turned into an HBO special. The film, "Pee-wee's Big Adventure", was made on a budget of $8 million and grossed more than $40 million at the North American box office. Burton, a fan of the eccentric musical group Oingo Boingo, asked songwriter Danny Elfman to provide the music for the film. Since
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Twisted Sister


"Gung Ho" (a No. 21 hit in the United States) and "I Wanna Rock" (No. 68 in the United States) ran almost constantly on MTV. The acclaimed surreal comedy film "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" took this further with the band having an appearance making a fictional video for "Burn In Hell" on the Warner Bros. backlot only to be interrupted by Pee-wee Herman passing through. Despite being comedic in nature, the videos featured violence against parents and teachers,
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Santa Monica, California


, and Stallone's "Demolition Man" (1993) includes Santa Monica settings. In "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" (1985), the theft of Pee-wee's bike occurs on the Third Street Promenade. Henry Jaglom's indie "Someone to Love" (1987), the last film in which Orson Welles appeared, takes place in Santa Monica's venerable Mayfair Theatre. "Heathers" (1989) used Santa Monica's John Adams Middle School for many exterior shots. "The Truth About Cats
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Pee-wee Herman


and his efforts to locate it once it was stolen. Hartman, Reubens and Michael Varhol co-wrote the script for "Pee-wee's Big Adventure", basing the story loosely on Vittorio De Sica's "The Bicycle Thief". The film would be directed by a young Tim Burton, as his feature film debut, and scored by Danny Elfman. It was released on August 9, 1985, and, while receiving mixed reviews, performed well at the box office and would become a cult film. Reubens
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Big Top Pee-wee


himself as an actor to James Cagney and Spencer Tracy and ended by saying that "Big Top Pee-wee" is "at least as good as ""." The film received a score 35% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 20 reviews. Roger Ebert greeted the film with two stars and (along with colleague Gene Siskel) also rated it thumbs down on their television program, stating that Pee-wee entered the real world and, comparing it to "Pee-wee's Playhouse" (dubbed by the
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Pee-Wee Harris


Bolle. Mike Adair has been illustrator since 1997. Stories include Pee Wee attempting scout skills in a humorous way. "Boys' Life" provides its youthful readers this description of Pee Wee: "From high adventure to cooking, nobody explores Scouting like Pee Wee Harris. Join him and his friends each month in the pages of Boys’ Life magazine". Boyslife.org has an archive for all Pee Wee comics back to March 2010. In March 2011, on "Boys' Life"'s 100th anniversary, his character appeared
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Pee-wee Herman


Pee-wee's Playhouse", an Emmy Award-winning children's series that ran on CBS from 1986 to 1991. Another film, "Big Top Pee-wee", was released in 1988, and after a lengthy hiatus, a third film, "Pee-wee's Big Holiday", was released by Netflix in 2016. Due to negative media attention following a scandal in 1991, Reubens decided to shelve his alter ego during the 1990s, then gradually resurrected it during the following decade. It was at
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Pee-Wee Harris


that in 1922 Pee-wee was given a book series of his own. The series revolves around him using Scouting skills such as signaling and stalking to have adventures and solve mysteries. The hero of these stories usually gets himself into predicaments through his enthusiasm for the Scout way and his noble intentions. But Pee-wee is the kind of boy who always lands on his feet. He takes a situation that he manages to screw up with his zeal and, with his Scout knowledge and a huge dose of luck, always
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Au Revoir Simone


Au Revoir Simone is an American indie pop band from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2003. The group is composed of Erika Forster (vocals/keyboard), Annie Hart (vocals/keyboard/bass) and Heather D'Angelo (vocals/drum machine/keyboard). The band's name comes from a line Pee-wee Herman says to a minor character (named Simone) in Tim Burton's 1985 film "Pee-wee's Big Adventure". The group's musical inspirations were compared by the
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Pee-wee Herman


was popularized by HBO when "The Pee-wee Herman Show" aired in 1981. The show featured the writing and acting of Groundlings alumni Phil Hartman and John Paragon, who would both reprise their characters on "Pee-wee's Playhouse." "The Pee-wee Herman Show" played for five sellout months at The Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles, whereupon HBO filmed it and aired it as a special on September 11, 1981. Following the success of "The Pee-wee Herman Show", in the
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Tim Burton


), and "Frankenweenie" (2012). He is also known for blockbuster films, such as the adventure-comedy "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" (1985), the superhero films "Batman" (1989) and its first sequel, "Batman Returns" (1992), the sci-fi film "Planet of the Apes" (2001), the fantasy-drama "Big Fish" (2003), the musical adventure film "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (2005),
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Pee-wee's Big Holiday


women are arrested for the robbery. Pee-wee falls down a well in Central Park just before Joe's birthday party. Joe believes that Pee-wee decided not to come to his party and cannot enjoy himself. Joe, in a state of melancholy turns on the TV to the local news. There is a story about a rescue attempt in progress to get Pee-wee out of the well. Joe rushes to the well and assists in rescuing Pee-wee. During the rescue, we see that the
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Pee-wee's Big Holiday


shows Pee-Wee a miniature version of Fairville he created, reflecting one of Pee-Wee's models he saw earlier. Pee-Wee returns to his job at Dan's Diner, where he shows the Fairville residents some of the items he acquired during his trip. Joe appears in Fairville to give Pee-Wee a ride on his motorcycle. Ever since Reubens started giving interviews again after his 1991 arrest, he has talked about the two scripts he has written for future Pee-wee Herman films. Reubens once called
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History of Saturday Night Live (1985–1990)


's longest-serving cast members. He had previously co-written Reubens' 1985 film "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" and appeared on his popular Saturday morning show "Pee-wee's Playhouse". He left "SNL" in 1994. Bolstered by strong scripts penned by the writing team, Carvey's impression of George H. W. Bush was a notable advance on earlier ventures in this vein, and helped set a new benchmark for this aspect of the show's political satire. SNL's strongest period of political
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Pee-wee's Big Adventure


The right one will have a howling good time." David Ansen of "Newsweek" described the film as "Mattel Surrealism, a toy-store fantasia in primary colors and '50s decor. Whoever proposed teaming up Pee-wee (a.k.a. Paul Reubens) with 26-year-old director Tim Burton knew what they were doing ... Together they've conspired to make a true original — a live-action cartoon brash enough to appeal to little kids and yet so knee-deep in irony that its faux naivete looks as
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Pee Wee Butts


Thomas Lee "Pee Wee" Butts (August 27, 1919 – December 30, 1972) was an American baseball player who played in the Negro leagues. Thomas Lee "Pee Wee" Butts was born August 27, 1919 in Sparta, Georgia, the birthplace of boxer Tommy "Hurricane" Jackson. He spent his childhood there and attended Washington High School. He played football and baseball for Washington High and was considered one of the best quarterbacks in the area. The name "Pee Wee" came from his stature.
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Big Top Pee-wee


the charges if the circus leaves town. While the Circus is packing, Mace tells Pee-wee they will do the circus elsewhere to prevent Pee-wee from going to prison. Pee-wee saves the day when he sneaks modified cocktail weenies from his hot dog tree to the elderly townspeople, causing them to become children once again. Without any memories of what happened, the children attend Mace's circus and watch Pee-wee perform. Randal Kleiser makes an uncredited cameo as a Popcorn Vendor. The Paramount Pictures production
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Beetlejuice


. In the netherworld’s bureaucratic offices, Simmy Bow plays the janitor, Carmen Filpi plays the flattened roadkill victim and Patrice Martinez plays the green-skinned receptionist. The Deetzes second dinner party features Maree Cheatham as Sarah Dean and Tony Cox as the preacher for the marriage of Lydia and Beetlejuice. The financial success of "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" (1985) meant that Burton was considered a "bankable" director, and he began working on a script for "Batman" with Sam Hamm. While Warner Bros.
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Paul Reubens


once called his first script "The Pee-wee Herman Story", describing it as a black comedy. He has also referred to the script as "dark Pee-wee" or "adult Pee-wee", with the plot involving Pee-wee becoming famous as a singer after making a hit single and moving to Hollywood, where "he does everything wrong and becomes a big jerk". Reubens further explained the film has many ""Valley of the Dolls" moments". Reubens thought this script would
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Pee-wee's Big Holiday


out of fear and after wandering lost for a time, comes upon an Amish community, where he entertains the locals by slowly letting the air out of a balloon, causing it to squeak loudly and shrilly. Pee-wee discovers that the bank robbers are hiding among the Amish. That night when the women attempt to steal a horse buggy, Pee-wee convinces them to leave some of their money behind for the Amish citizens to purchase a replacement. Pee-wee and the women arrive in New York where the three
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Robert Turturice


a project he enjoyed despite the unique challenges. His feature films included "The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas", "Clean and Sober", "Beaches" and "Big Top Pee-wee". He also did the Pee Wee Herman TV special costuming for "Pee Wee's Playhouse" and "Pee Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special". His television work included 31 movies of the week, 19 series, 15 specials and 27 pilots. In addition to his Emmy Award for Moonlighting episode "Atomic Shakespeare" in
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Pee-wee Herman


debuted his character on the television show "The Dating Game", appearing three times. Throughout his film and television programs, Pee-wee Herman's background has remained relatively ambiguous. During interviews, he has been portrayed as though he is a real life stand-up comedian who expanded his career by playing himself in his films and TV series. This is echoed by the fact that a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was awarded to Pee-wee Herman rather than Paul Reubens. In both "Pee-wee
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Pee-wee Herman


. E.G. Daily (Dotty), Judd Omen (Mickey), Diane Salinger (Simone), Daryl Keith Roach (Chuck, the bike shop owner), and Mark Holton (Francis) were all present. On January 15, 2011, Reubens appeared on "Saturday Night Live" as Pee-wee in an extended and well-received segment depicting Andy Samberg and Pee-wee getting drunk, taking a ride on a mechanical bull, doing the tequila dance and ambushing Anderson Cooper in an alley way with a chair
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The Groundlings


-Wee's Big Adventure", "Pee-Wee's Playhouse", "", "Elvira, Mistress of the Dark", "A Night at the Roxbury", and "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion". In 1998, the Groundlings were given an improv television program on the F/X network called "Instant Comedy with The Groundlings". In September 2008, The Groundlings began producing short-form sketch episodes for Crackle. In 2006, The Groundlings recorded a skit called "David Blaine
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E. G. Daily


little leaky." Besides doing voice-overs, Daily has acted in film and on TV. She played Sandy Burns on the PBS series "The Righteous Apples" from 1980 to 1981. In 1985, she starred as Dottie in "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" as well as Loryn in "Valley Girl" and as a singer in the comedy "Better Off Dead". She also appeared on such shows as "Laverne & Shirley", "CHiPs", "Fame" and "Friends".
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Pee-wee Herman


Reubens has said that he feels Pee-wee "resets" after each adventure, his experiences only changing him slightly, and compared him to Dorothy Gale at the end of "The Wizard of Oz". Paul Reubens auditioned for "Saturday Night Live" for the 1980–81 season but was not accepted into the cast. Instead, he started a stage show with the Herman character, which made one of his first appearances in the 1980 film "Cheech & Chong's Next Movie." He first plays a rude receptionist in
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Pee-Wee Harris


the Boy Scouts of "Troop 1, Bridgeboro, NJ". Though Pee-wee is small of stature and young of age, he is the quintessential First Class Boy Scout. He is almost always wearing one of his many Scout uniforms, and carries a compass, a pocketknife, a belt axe, and some food to appease his never-ending appetite. His fellow Scouts would say that "Pee-wee is not in the Boy Scouts, the Boy Scouts are in him." His adventures were so numerous
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Dream sequence


A dream sequence is a technique used in storytelling, particularly in television and film, to set apart a brief interlude from the main story. The interlude may consist of a flashback, a flashforward, a fantasy, a vision, a dream, or some other element. Commonly, dream sequences appear in many films to shed light on the psychical process of the dreaming character or give the audience a glimpse into the character's past. For instance in "Pee-wee's Big Adventure", the purpose of Pee-
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Pee-Wee Harris


Walter "Pee-wee" Harris is a fictional Boy Scout who has appeared in several series of boy's books by Percy Keese Fitzhugh as well as in a long-running comic strip in the magazine "Boys' Life". Originally spelled "Pee-wee", his name has occasionally been spelled "Pee-Wee" and is spelled "Pee Wee" in the "Boys' Life" comic strip. Pee-wee Harris first appeared in 1915 as a supporting character in Fitzhugh’s series of novels about
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Pee-wee Herman


Big Top Pee-wee" director Randal Kleiser, also spoke out against the way Reubens was being treated by the media. Reubens's fans also organized rallies of support after CBS canceled the scheduled reruns, with several dozens of "Pee-weeites" picketing in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco. The general public also appeared to sympathize with Reubens – the TV newsmagazine "A Current Affair" received "tens of thousands" of responses to a Pee-wee telephone survey, with callers supporting Reubens with a 9-to-1
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Paul Reubens


be the first one to start production, but in 2006 Reubens announced he was to start filming his second script in 2007. The second film, a family-friendly adventure, is called "Pee-wee's Playhouse: The Movie" by Reubens, and follows Pee-wee and his "Playhouse" friends on a road-trip adventure, meaning that they would leave the house for the first time and go out into "Puppetland". All of the original characters of the show, live-action and puppets
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Phil Hartman


wee's Big Adventure" brought new possibilities and changed his mind. After a creative falling-out with Reubens, Hartman left the Pee-Wee Herman project to pursue other roles. In addition to his work with Reubens, Hartman recorded a number of voice-over roles. These included appearances on "The Smurfs", "Challenge of the GoBots", "The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo", and voicing characters Henry Mitchell and George Wilson on "Dennis the Menace". Additionally Hartman developed a strong persona
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Carmen Filpi


Carmen Filpi (March 22, 1923 – May 9, 2003) was an American actor who starred in films and on television. His first acting job was in the 1969 film "Wild Gypsies", he also starred in "The Ice Pirates" (1984), "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" (1985), "Life Stinks" (1991), and "The Wedding Singer" (1998). Carmen also acted in the 2000 made-for-TV film "Goodbye Casanova" with Yasmine
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Pee-wee's Big Holiday


released in March 2016. The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 17, 2016. The film was released on March 18, 2016, on Netflix. "Pee-wee's Big Holiday" received positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an 82% approval rating, based on 44 reviews, with an average rating of 6.9/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The simple story is a little short on laughs, but there's plenty of sweet wackiness for Pee
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Penelope Ann Miller


role in one episode ("Death and the Lady") of the television series "Miami Vice" (which aired on October 16, 1987), and accepted several other small roles in film and television work. She then returned to Broadway in a revival of "Our Town"; her portrayal of Emily garnered her a Tony award nomination. She then appeared as Pee-wee Herman's (Paul Reubens) fiancée, Winnie Johnston, in the 1988 release of "Big Top Pee-wee". She played
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Paul Rust


, playing the male lead in the film "I Love You, Beth Cooper". Rust has written for television programs such as "Human Giant" and "Moral Orel". In November 2010, Rust appeared in the Comedy Central sketch comedy special "This Show Will Get You High", created by and starring Matt Besser. He and Paul Reubens co-wrote the Pee-Wee Herman film "Pee-wee's Big Holiday", which was released in 2016. Rust appears as a frequent guest on the
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