Get ready for a smorgasbord of adventure! Pee-wee's Big Holiday is now streaming on Netflix! | Netflix

40 years ago today, Pee-wee’s Big Adventure hit the BIG screen! July 26, 1985, it premiered in limited release in just a few cities. August 9, it rolled out nationwide, and the rest is history. 🚴‍♂️ Do you remember the first time you saw it? What’s your favorite Big Adventure moment? 🎥 Original Theatrical Trailer | Pee-wee Herman

Pee-wee's Big Adventure was released 39 years ago on this day in 1985! Much love to the late Paul Reubens and Phil Hartman (you might remember him...) 🎞 Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) ✒ Phil Hartman, Paul Reubens, Michael Varhol 🎬 Tim Burton 🎥 Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Diane Salinger, Judd Omen, Starletta DuPois, Toru Tanaka, Ed Herlihy, Ralph Seymour, Alice Nunn, Cassandra Peterson, Jason Hervey, John Paragon, Lynne Marie Stewart, Phil Hartman, James Brolin, Morgan Fairchil

Lou Cutell, the actor who played The Amazing Larry in "Pee-wee’s Big Adventure," passed away on Sunday. During a career that spanned well over fifty years, he acted in an extraordinary number of diverse movies and television shows. Besides my own film, my favorite thing Lou acted in was when he played an alien doctor in 1965’s "Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster." In real life, he was wonderful—sweet, caring and unassuming. He was also slyly and wickedly funny. Toward the beginning of "Pee-wee’