{"id":58999,"date":"2025-08-10T11:16:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T11:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/58999\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T11:16:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T11:16:07","slug":"pee-wees-big-adventure-bike-debuts-at-alamo-on-40th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/58999\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Pee-wee&#8217;s Big Adventure&#8217; Bike Debuts at Alamo on 40th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/pee-wees-big-adventure-40th-anniversary-1236332903\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Pee-wee\u2019s Big Adventure<\/a> fans can now feel like a loner and a rebel as a notable film prop makes it public debut at the Alamo. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe original screen-used stunt bicycle from director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/tim-burton\/\" id=\"auto-tag_tim-burton_1\" data-tag=\"tim-burton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Burton<\/a>\u2018s popular comedy was unveiled Saturday at the historic fort in San Antonio, Texas. The bike\u2019s debut took place on the 40th anniversary of Pee-wee\u2019s Big Adventure, which Warner Bros. released in theaters Aug. 9, 1985.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThis bike, which the Alamo <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/pee-wee-herman-red-bike-the-alamo-1236323969\/\">acquired earlier this summer<\/a>, is central to the plot of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/paul-reubens\/\" id=\"auto-tag_paul-reubens_1\" data-tag=\"paul-reubens\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Reubens<\/a>-starring movie, in which the comedian\u2019s character, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/pee-wee-herman\/\" id=\"auto-tag_pee-wee-herman_1\" data-tag=\"pee-wee-herman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pee-wee Herman<\/a>, sets out on a journey to track down his stolen red-and-white Schwinn that leads him to the Alamo. Pee-wee\u2019s Big Adventure collected $40 million ($122 million today) and became a cult classic that spawned two sequels. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/pee-wee-herman-red-bike-sells-for-usd125-000-at-auction-11728219\">People<\/a> reported in May that the bike sold at auction for $125,000. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tPee-wee\u2019s bike will be on view inside the Alamo\u2019s Ralston Family Collection Center as part of a temporary exhibit celebrating the fort\u2019s cultural impact. It will eventually make its way to the forthcoming  Alamo Visitor Center and Museum that is slated to open in 2027. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cWe are thrilled to add this beloved piece of film history to our collection,\u201d Alamo Trust, Inc. executive director Dr. Kate Rogers said in a previously released statement. \u201cThe Alamo holds a special place in the hearts of people everywhere, and\u00a0Pee-wee\u2019s Big Adventure\u00a0helped to introduce a new generation to the historic site.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tElizabeth Daily, who co-starred in the film as love interest Dottie, previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/pee-wees-big-adventure-star-814118\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">told The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> that she frequently exchanges lines with fans: \u201cGuys will tell me, \u2018I\u2019m a rebel, Dottie.\u2019 And I\u2019ll ask them to the drive-in.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pee-wee\u2019s Big Adventure fans can now feel like a loner and a rebel as a notable film prop&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,75,337,38811,30446,24246],"class_list":{"0":"post-58999","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-paul-reubens","13":"tag-pee-wee-herman","14":"tag-tim-burton"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}