Brendan Spohn on Pee Wee's Big Adventure

Why do you love this movie?
Every single thing Paul Reubens does, his mannerisms, the way he says things: makes me laugh. every. single. line. 

Do you remember where/how you first saw it?
I was 16 in Max's basement watching it on his 13" TV/VCR combo back when we all practically lived down there, and it changed the course of what I thought was funny forever. 

Brendan, stalefish, New Britain, CT

If you could recast one role in this movie, which one and who would your replacement be?
No one, but I would give Crazy Larry his own spin off movie, because I might be more interested in how he got so damn crazy. 

Favorite scene? 

When he goes to Mario's Magic Shop and the way Pee Wee screams "NOOOO" and immediately laughs when Mario brings the giant head out - real ones know.  Or when he twirls around in front of the cop with that "cute little outfit" he has on... makes me piss my pants. 

Waking up here always feels good

Anything about it you don’t like? 

Pee Wee goes through all that work to make breakfast, only to take two fucking bites of Mr. T cereal and walk away from it.  What a complete asshole. 

Not pictured: mud pit

If you heard they were remaking this movie in 2020, would you be bummed? 

They basically did remake it as that stupid Netflix original movie a few years ago, that sucked total ass, and I will not speak of it ever again. I think it's worse than Big Top Pee Wee. 

Big walls, big adventures

Are you scared of Large Marge? 

Nowhere near as scared as I am of big Andy thumping my skull with that giant bone. 

Tell em

Pee Wee and Dottie... they fuckin?
Pee Wee does not have sex. Paul however likes a porno theater here and there, and that's none of our goddamn business. 

Any unanswered questions? 

Why did Phil Hartman have to be taken away from us, and why couldn't it have been Andy Dick instead?

The worst skatepark in CT became one of the best