Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)

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Wikidata Q2293972, film, IMDb tt0089791, TMDB 5683: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 3 more episodes agree.

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Who talked about it

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Frankenweenie: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. career (career): Frankenweenie ⇒ Pee-wee's Big Adventure (the host's read). Frankenweenie became Burton's live-action reel that got him hired on Pee-wee.
    “that becomes his director's reel for live action that gets him hired on peewee”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 0:26:42 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Big Top Pee-wee: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Pee-wee's Big Adventure ⇒ Big Top Pee-wee (the host's read). The 1985 film has a sequel, Big Top Pee-wee, and a 2016 Netflix follow-up less successful for speaker.
    “Pee-wee's big holiday in 2016, a little bit less successful for me.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:57:50 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Connected to

After Hours: 2 lines people ×1 programming ×1

  1. programming (double feature): After Hours → Pee-wee's Big Adventure. Tim Burton left After Hours the same year he made Pee-wee; both are about a manchild in a strange world finding salvation going home.
    “about a manchild, thrust into a world he doesn't understand, seeking something he can't get, and eventually finding salvation by going back home.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:14:08 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Tim Burton: 2 lines unmapped ×1 career ×1

  1. career (career): Tim Burton → Pee-wee's Big Adventure. Pee-wee set Burton up as a significant filmmaker, though his last five or six films baffle the speaker.
    “Incredibly strange film obviously sets up Tim Burton as one of the more significant filmmakers of the 80s and 90s.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:57:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Austin Powers (second film): 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Pee-wee's Big Adventure → Austin Powers (second film). The movie-within-a-movie finale predates the Tom Cruise-plays-Austin Powers gag by ten years.
    “this is 10 years before the Tom Cruise playing Austin Powers joke in the 2nd Austin Powers movie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:58:59 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Big Top Pee-wee: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Pee-wee's Big Adventure → Big Top Pee-wee. The 1985 film has a sequel, Big Top Pee-wee, and a 2016 Netflix follow-up less successful for speaker.
    “Pee-wee's big holiday in 2016, a little bit less successful for me.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:57:50 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Come On, Come On: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Pee-wee's Big Adventure → Come On, Come On. All the feel-good picks are about when you see them, like Come On, Come On and Afterlife.
    “all of these movies for me are about when you see them, just like, come on, come on, is about when you see them.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:56:48 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Frankenweenie: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Frankenweenie → Pee-wee's Big Adventure. Frankenweenie became Burton's live-action reel that got him hired on Pee-wee.
    “that becomes his director's reel for live action that gets him hired on peewee”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 0:26:42 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Paul Reubens: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Paul Reubens → Pee-wee's Big Adventure. The film grew out of the Pee-wee Herman Show and co-written with Phil Hartman.
    “co-written with Phil Hartman”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:55:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Tim Burton → Pee-wee's Big Adventure. Pee-wee set Burton up as a significant filmmaker, though his last five or six films baffle the speaker.
    “Incredibly strange film obviously sets up Tim Burton as one of the more significant filmmakers of the 80s and 90s.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:57:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Frankenweenie → Pee-wee's Big Adventure. Frankenweenie became Burton's live-action reel that got him hired on Pee-wee.
    “that becomes his director's reel for live action that gets him hired on peewee”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 0:26:42 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

lineage (2)

  1. lineage (lineage): Pee-wee's Big Adventure → Big Top Pee-wee. The 1985 film has a sequel, Big Top Pee-wee, and a 2016 Netflix follow-up less successful for speaker.
    “Pee-wee's big holiday in 2016, a little bit less successful for me.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:57:50 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Pee-wee's Big Adventure → Austin Powers (second film). The movie-within-a-movie finale predates the Tom Cruise-plays-Austin Powers gag by ten years.
    “this is 10 years before the Tom Cruise playing Austin Powers joke in the 2nd Austin Powers movie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:58:59 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (same-year, near-director): Pee-wee's Big Adventure → After Hours. Pee-wee's Big Adventure was number 3 at the 1985 box office, directed by the man considered for After Hours.
    “directed by a guy who was considered for directing this film.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 2:19:38 · unknown host (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Paul Reubens → Pee-wee's Big Adventure. The film grew out of the Pee-wee Herman Show and co-written with Phil Hartman.
    “co-written with Phil Hartman”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:55:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (double feature): After Hours → Pee-wee's Big Adventure. Tim Burton left After Hours the same year he made Pee-wee; both are about a manchild in a strange world finding salvation going home.
    “about a manchild, thrust into a world he doesn't understand, seeking something he can't get, and eventually finding salvation by going back home.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:14:08 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Pee-wee's Big Adventure → Come On, Come On. All the feel-good picks are about when you see them, like Come On, Come On and Afterlife.
    “all of these movies for me are about when you see them, just like, come on, come on, is about when you see them.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:56:48 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (rebound): Tim Burton → Pee-wee's Big Adventure. Burton stepped aside for Scorsese and immediately rebounded onto Pee-wee, which came out the same year.
    “And then he just like immediately rebounds onto Pee Wee, which comes out the same year or the year after this.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:17:05 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Pee-wee's Big Adventure: Third place in 1985 box office; hosts wink about covering it eventually.
    “Wink, wink”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Flesh+Blood · 1:28:39 · Griffin Newman (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Pee-wee's Big Adventure: A man goes across hell on earth to get his bike back; it taught speaker you can do anything in a movie.
    “And he goes across hell on earth to get his bike back.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:57:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Pee-wee's Big Adventure: The finale features a Hollywood version of Pee-wee with James Brolin and Morgan Fairchild.
    “James Brolin and Morgan Fairchild portray Pee Wee and Dottie”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:58:44 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

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