History Trivia / PeeWeesBigAdventure

* HeyItsThatSound: The ''[[Series/{{FamilyFeud}} Family Feud]]'' "clang" is heard when Pee-wee's breakfast is done.

* The giant [[https://i.ibb.co/dj5MWGT/Giant-Head.jpg bald head]] that the novelty shop clerk pulls out was [[https://i.ibb.co/7nYYgPs/Aleister-Crowley.jpg modeled]] after Creator/AleisterCrowley [[note]]See No. 16 on [[https://www.zimbio.com/Beyond+the+Box+Office/articles/KEJiS5rzLyT/20+Things+Never+Knew+Pee+wee+Adventure this list.]][[/note]].

* EnforcedMethodActing: Pee-wee's snake phobia was ''not'' acting. Paul Reubens' screams of terror as he's forced to save them from the burning pet shop were completely real.

* EnforcedMethodActing: Pee-wee's snake phobia was ''not'' a put on. Paul Reubens' screams of terror as he's forced to save them from the burning pet shop were completely real.

* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: Jan Hooks improvised the dialogue for her scenes as the Alamo tour guide.

* CaliforniaDoubling: Most of the "Texas" scenes are shot in California. The Dinosaur Park is a locally famous landmark in Cabazon, while the rodeo scenes were shot at the L.A. County Fairgrounds. Scenes done inside The Alamo were shot at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_San_Fernando The Mission San Fernando Rey de España]] in Los Angeles but the shots of Pee-wee entering and exiting The Alamo are of the real [=McCoy=].

* ThrowItIn: Jan Hooks improvised the dialogue for her scenes as the Alamo tour guide.

* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: All of the dialogue by Alamo tour guide Tina (played by the late Creator/JanHooks) was improvised.

* RealitySubtext: During the scene when Pee-wee is wheeled out of the bike shop on a gurney, actress Elizabeth Daily's face went completely white. After filming the scene, Reubens asked her what was wrong and she replied to him that the scene had brought back painful memories of seeing her then-boyfriend, Jon-Erik Hexum, being wheeled off of a set on a gurney after accidentally and fatally shooting himself.

* The giant [[https://i.ibb.co/dj5MWGT/Giant-Head.jpg bald head]] that the novelty shop clerk pulls out was [[https://i.ibb.co/7nYYgPs/Aleister-Crowley.jpg modeled]] after Creator/AleisterCrowley.

* The giant bald head that the novelty shop clerk pulls out was [[https://i.ibb.co/dj5MWGT/Giant-Head.jpg modeled]] after Creator/AleistarCrowley.

** Among the actresses who were considered for the role of Dottie before it ultimately went to Creator/ElizabethDaily were Creator/LauraDern, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/LoriLoughlin and Creator/LeaThompson.
** Creator/Corey Feldman was originally offered the role of Francis Buxton but turned the role down due to scheduling conflicts with ''Film/TheGoonies''.

* RealitySubtext: During the scene when Pee-wee is wheeled out of the bike shop on a gurney, actress Elizabeth Daily's face went completely white. After filming the scene, Reubens asked her what was wrong and she replied to him that the scene had brought back painful memories of seeing her then-boyfriend, Jon-Erik Hexum, being wheeled off of the set of ''Series/CoverUp'' on a gurney after accidentally and fatally shooting himself.

* RealitySubtext: During the scene when Pee-wee is wheeled out of the bike shop on a gurney, actress Elizabeth Daily's face went completely white. After filming the scene, Reubens asked her what was wrong and she replied to him that the scene had brought back painful memories of seeing her then-boyfriend, Jon-Erik Hexum, being wheeled off of a set on a gurney after accidentally and fatally shooting himself.

* RealitySubtext:
** During the scene when Pee-wee is wheeled out of the bike shop on a gurney, actress Elizabeth Daily's face went completely white. After filming the scene, Reubens asked her what was wrong and she replied to him that the scene had brought back painful memories of seeing her then-boyfriend, Jon-Erik Hexum, being wheeled off of a set on a gurney after accidentally and fatally shooting himself.
** One of the BMX kids (the tall, [[https://image.ibb.co/em6egx/filmtv6_2_706c1862a8eccee9.jpg mop-haired kid on the Left in this photo]]) [[FormerChildStar grew up to be]] a drug dealer who [[MurderInTheFamily murdered]] his [[DomesticAbuse girlfriend]] and kidnapped their young son. He was featured on ''Series/AmericasMostWanted'' and was [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Benitez killed during a stand-off]] (the child, thankfully, survived).

** This was originally pitched as a loose remake of Paul Reubens' favorite film, ''Film/{{Pollyanna|1960}}''. While writing the original draft, he noticed how everyone at Warner Bros. was getting around by bicycle and requested his own. He received a spiffy, heavily-accessorized one, inspiring him to overhaul the original plot and write a new story around the bike (which would eventually become a loose remake of a different film, ''Film/BicycleThieves''). Meanwhile, the ''Pollyanna'' influence would be revisited in the indirect sequel ''Film/BigTopPeeWee''.

** Among the actresses who were considered for the role of Dottie before it ultimately went to Elizabeth Daily were Lori Loughlin, Laura Dern, Phoebe Cates, Lea Thompson and Jennifer Jason Leigh.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen

** In exchange for Elvira playing the Biker Mama, Reubens was supposed to have repaid the favor by appearing on her weekly syndicated horror show, ''Movie Macabre''. Coincidentally, John Paragon (the actor who played Jambi the Genie on ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'') was also a regular on ''Movie Macabre'', in which he played "The Breather," a disembodied voice who'd call Elvira during intermission and would tell bad jokes.

* CaliforniaDoubling: Most of the "Texas" scenes are shot in California. The Dinosaur Park is located in Cabazon[[note]]Appropriately enough, it features the "Cabazon Dinosaurs".[[/note]], while the rodeo scenes were shot at the L.A. County Fairgrounds. Scenes done inside The Alamo were shot at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_San_Fernando The Mission San Fernando Rey de España]] in Los Angeles but the shots of Pee-wee entering and exiting The Alamo are of the real [=McCoy=].

* RealitySubtext: During the scene when Pee-wee is wheeled out of the bike shop on a gurney, actress Elizabeth Daily's face went completely white. After filming the scene, Reubens asked her what was wrong and she replied to him that the scene had brought back painful memories of seeing her then-boyfriend, Jon-Erik Hexum, being wheeled off of a set on a gurney after accidentally and fatally shooting himself.
** One of the BMX kids[[note]]He's the tall, [[https://image.ibb.co/em6egx/filmtv6_2_706c1862a8eccee9.jpg mop-haired kid on the Left in this photo.]][[/note]] [[FormerChildStar grew up to be]] a drug dealer who [[MurderInTheFamily murdered]] his [[DomesticAbuse girlfriend]] and kidnapped their young son. He was featured on ''Series/AmericasMostWanted'' and was [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Benitez killed during a stand-off]] (the child, thankfully, survived).

** In exchange for Elvira playing the Biker Mama, Reubens was supposed to have repaid the favor by appearing on her weekly syndicated horror show, ''Movie Macabre''. Coincidentally, John Paragon (the actor who played Jambi the Genie on ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'') was also a regular on ''Movie Macabre'', in which he played "The Breather", a disembodied voice who'd call Elvira during intermission and would tell bad jokes.

** One of the BMX kids[[note]]He's the tall, [[https://image.ibb.co/em6egx/filmtv6_2_706c1862a8eccee9.jpg mop-haired kid on the Left in this photo.]][[/note]] [[FormerChildStar grew up to be]] a drug dealer who [[MurderInTheFamily murdered]] his [[DomesticAbuse girlfriend]] and kidnapped their young son. He was featured on Series/AmericasMostWanted and was [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Benitez killed during a stand-off]] (the child, thankfully, survived).