This story is part of our Best Things in Texas package, which appeared in the December 2025 issue. For the last year or so I was busy with an unusual project: writing the interpretive panels for the ...

Every filmmaker has that one movie that puts them on the map, and for Tim Burton, it was his very first film, Pee-wee's Big Adventure. Pee-wee's Big Adventure premiered in 1985, and sees the quirky ...

After bringing out droves of doppelgangers for Adam Sandler, Jeremy Allen White and Timothée Chalamet, New York City has proven to be the right destination for celebrity look-alike contests. Next up, ...

Paul Reubens, the eccentric performance artist best known as Pee-wee Herman, was an intensely private person. After a number of people had approached him about making a documentary about himself, he ...

“I know you are, but what am I?” takes on a new meaning this weekend at the first-ever Pee-wee Herman look-alike contest in Coney Island. The competition marks the early birthday of the late Paul ...

The oldest B-17G still in service with the 91st Bomb Group and the next to last B-17 lost to hostile action by the group met a horrifying fate in the skies over Germany on April 8, 1945, just 30 days ...

Inside the year Paul Reubens effectively shelved the Emmy-nominated documentary, and how it changed Wolf as a filmmaker and person. Wolf’s introduction to Reubens came through Josh and Benny Safdie, ...

The stunt bicycle from the 1985 movie "Pee-wee's Big Adventure," a Hollywood prop that plays an outsize role in Alamo pop culture, will be on public display at the historic site beginning Saturday.

SAN ANTONIO — Do you remember the iconic red bike from the 1985 movie, "Pee-wee's Big Adventure?" It's the bike that was stolen from Pee Wee after he refused to sell it to his rival, Francis. The ...

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It took 40 years, but Pee-wee's bike is now at the Alamo. Just not the basement. The Alamo announced last week it had acquired and would display the iconic bike from the 1985 Tim Burton film, "Pee-wee ...

A 40-year-old prophecy has finally come to pass. Pee-wee Herman’s beloved bicycle is making its way to the Alamo. Per CBS, the Alamo has acquired Pee-wee’s red Schwinn at auction for a reported ...