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The 1985 film Pee-wee's Big Adventure featured a scene in which Pee-wee Herman (Paul Reubens) is at a bar and knocks over a row of parked motorcycles angering the bikers, but then proceeds to win them over by selecting "Tequila" from the jukebox and comically dancing to it. The "Pee-wee dance," as well as the character himself, have since been ...
The Champs are an American rock and roll band, most famous for their Latin-tinged 1958 instrumental single "Tequila". [1] [2] The group took their name from that of Gene Autry's horse, Champion, [2] and was formed by studio executives at Autry's Challenge Records [3] to record a B-side for the Dave Burgess single, "Train to Nowhere".
He is also known for nonchalantly dancing a "Pee-wee Herman dance" to the song "Tequila" in the middle of matches. [25] Other ventures
Pee-wee Herman is a comedy character created and portrayed by the American comedian Paul Reubens.He starred in films and television series during the 1980s. The childlike Pee-wee Herman character developed as a stage act that quickly led to an HBO special in 1981.
Pee-wee Herman, a childlike man in a grey suit with a red bow-tie, has a dream where he wins the Tour De France. He wakes up and makes breakfast with an elaborate Rube Goldberg machine, but has Mr. T cereal instead. Pee-Wee goes outside and enters a secret code to access a garage containing his heavily accessorized bicycle that he cherishes.
Visual and conceptual precedents, obvious to students or survivors of that era, include "The Banana Splits," "H.R. Pufnstuf" and "Pee-Wee's Playhouse." (Even the original "Mickey Mouse Club," from ...
Pee-wee's first name came from a one-inch Pee Wee brand harmonica Reubens had as a child, and the surname Herman was the last name of an energetic boy Reubens knew from his youth. [ 13 ] [ 27 ] The original small, gray suit Pee-wee wore had been handmade for Groundlings Director and Founder Gary Austin , who passed it on to Reubens.
Big Top Pee-wee is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Randal Kleiser. A standalone sequel to Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), the film stars Paul Reubens reprising his role as Pee-wee Herman , with Susan Tyrrell , Kris Kristofferson , Penelope Ann Miller and Valeria Golino in supporting roles.