For the first time, meet the man behind the character. Starring Paul Reubens, the HBO Original Documentary Pee-wee As Himself premieres May 23 on @streamonmax | Pee-wee Herman

Pee-wee's Big Adventure was released 39 years ago on this day in 1985! Much love to the late Paul Reubens and Phil Hartman (you might remember him...) 🎞 Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) ✒ Phil Hartman, Paul Reubens, Michael Varhol 🎬 Tim Burton 🎥 Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Diane Salinger, Judd Omen, Starletta DuPois, Toru Tanaka, Ed Herlihy, Ralph Seymour, Alice Nunn, Cassandra Peterson, Jason Hervey, John Paragon, Lynne Marie Stewart, Phil Hartman, James Brolin, Morgan Fairchil

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Lou Cutell, the actor who played The Amazing Larry in "Pee-wee’s Big Adventure," passed away on Sunday. During a career that spanned well over fifty years, he acted in an extraordinary number of diverse movies and television shows. Besides my own film, my favorite thing Lou acted in was when he played an alien doctor in 1965’s "Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster." In real life, he was wonderful—sweet, caring and unassuming. He was also slyly and wickedly funny. Toward the beginning of "Pee-wee’