Paul Reubens has died

One of my favorite Pee Wee scenes is the "Amish balloon" scene from his 2016 Netflix movie Pee Wee's Big Holiday. Like Pee Wee, it is funny, absurd, annoying, unique, and endearing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIKHgpnylc8

beebmam• 3 years ago

Delightful

kubectl_h• 3 years ago

In tears laughing. I skipped this movie but I'll be watching it tonight.

renewiltord• 3 years ago

Wow this actor's Wikipedia page is something. It makes me wonder what happens to all those digital archivist folks. There's a bunch of them who indiscriminately collect data and put it on hard disks. Inevitably there's going to be stuff there that's not palatable. I wonder what happens if they're ever discovered.

SoftTalker• 3 years ago

Once someone is dead, I don't think slander/libel laws apply, if that's what you're getting at.

ericzawo3• 3 years ago

You can't cancel the dead.

tootie• 3 years ago

My favorite Pee-wee trivia which may be apocryphal is that Pee-wee's Big Adventure was an adaptation of Ladri di Biciclette.

lordfrito• 3 years ago

The story I heard was that Rubens was originally developing a script around Pee-Wee as a Pollyanna type character. He was walking across the studio backlot and noticed a lot of people use bicycles to get around the lot. He requested his own bike, and the studio gave him an old (40s?) Schwinn which he just fell in love with. He realized Pee-Wee would too, and it became the MacGuffin for a new script.

The original Pollyanna script was eventually developed into the sequel Big Top Pee-Wee.

mstudio• 3 years ago

"You don't wanna get mixed up with a guy like me. I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel."

Almost 40 years later, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure is still one of my favorite movies.

dan_quixote• 3 years ago

Give it another watch. I did recently and was surprised how funny it still is. It's rather timeless, mostly innocent, absurdist humor that still makes me laugh.

gremlinsinc• 3 years ago

I watched it w/ my toddlers after the netflix movie came out. The new one wasn't too memorable for me, but Big Adventure and Big Top Peewee still hold up after 30 years.

Findecanor• 3 years ago

One role people don't know him much for that I'm sure you've heard was the voice of the pilot droid in both incarnations of the Star Wars - Star Tours ride in Disney parks around the world.

He reprised the role in an episode of Star Wars Rebels later, and the droid is now a DJ in the Galaxy's Edge cantina.

RyanAdamas• 3 years ago

So wait, did we ever figure out what the Secret Word actually was??

ucirello• 3 years ago

Finally found out who he is. I knew him from: https://wiki.animutationportal.com/Hyakugojyuuichi

artur_makly• 3 years ago

He made my childhood worth living right. https://youtu.be/y8dHJrEig5k

Paul Reubens has died

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