Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2023

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Amy & Paul remember the Alamo for 1985's magnificently silly Paul Reubens showcase Pee-wee's Big Adventure! They go deep on the conception and evolution of the Pee-wee Herman character, look back on the fallout from Reubens' public scandals, and dig into Pee-wee's self-conception as a loner and a rebel. Plus: How Reubens connected with a young Tim Burton and Danny Elfman. Next week, Amy and a special guest are tackling Barbie and Oppenheimer! You can join the conversation for this series on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6. Come see There Will Be Blood with Paul & Amy at LA's Aero Theater on August 28th! Learn more about the show at unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or where you listen to podcasts.

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0:00.0	The year is 1985 and everyone I know has a big butt, but let's talk about your big butt.
0:10.0	The movie, Peeley's Big Adventure.
0:31.0	Hello everyone and welcome to
0:37.0	Oh wow Amy I thought you're gonna come in and save me there. I was really trying to turn it up give it a little bit more
0:43.0	A little bit more. Yeah, that's it. Hey everybody. I am Paul Sheer as always joined by my amazing co-host Amy Nicholson
0:50.5	We are talking about the best films ever made
0:54.2	Last week we had to drop all of our plans because of the passing of
0:59.6	Actor comedian writer producer Paul Rubens
1:04.4	He passed away most
1:07.0	Notably known as Peeley Herman, but someone who I think culturally has affected
1:13.6	I mean everybody in in my age range, right? I mean, this is in the community that I circle with this was this was a very big deal
1:23.3	Yeah, this was definitely a shock and it was a shock to realize
1:29.0	That we have not only not covered this movie, but we've never covered a Tim Burton movie
1:33.5	It and I'm so happy that we are actually getting to do this and I'm so sad about the circumstances
1:38.4	You know right now as people are
1:40.9	Eulogizing what Peeley meant to them. We thought it might be interesting to
1:46.8	focus on a movie that I think
1:49.2	changed a lot of things in Hollywood launched amazing careers and
1:55.8	And is the reason why we have the ability or freedom to be weird?
2:01.8	I do believe that Peeley Herman is one of the architects of the weird the embracing of the weird of our culture
2:09.1	You know weird Al is another, but Peeley Herman is somebody that is an unlikely hero
2:15.6	Unnerd at the time of Rambo
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