PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE (1985) 🦖❤️ Coming to the Criterion Collection in December! https://t.co/MW4veK0f6a
One of the most eccentric comedies of the '80s, Tim Burton's film is a pop-culture touchstone that helped make a manic oddball named Pee-wee Herman—the creation and alter ego of actor-comedian Paul Reubens—into an icon for outsiders of all ages.
In the 1980 masterpiece *Airplane*, Barbara Billingsley received a script instructing her to speak Jive. Unsure how, she lunched with actors Al White and Norman Alexander Gibbs. They improvised Jive for the entire scene.