In the 1985 movie Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Pee-wee Herman goes on a quest to retrieve his stolen bicycle. He had been told it was in the basement of the Alamo, but after traveling to Texas, he finds that there's no basement at the Alamo. Now the Alamo Mission in San Antonio finally has the bike, just in time to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the movie's release on August 9th. To celebrate the anniversary and the acquisition, the Alamo will host a public screening of Pee-wee's Big Adventure.
The iconic red and white Schwinn bicycle used in the movie's filming will go on temporary display later this year inside the Ralston Family Collection Center, and will be a part of the new Alamo Visitor Center and Museum opening in the fall of 2027. Paul Reubens would have been proud. Read more about the new acquisition at Texas Public Radio. -via Boing Boing
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Pee-Wee's Big Adventure is a good movie and the Alamo gag by the fortune teller is funny. But the Alamo is sacred ground consecrated with the blood of martyrs who died for Texas liberty--including one of my wife's ancestors. The site should be treated with more reverence than the current caretakers of the Alamo have done so with this change.
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