What song does Pee-wee Herman dance to in Pee-wee's Big Adventure?
I'm not sure there will ever be another children's character as wonderfully strange and joyful as Pee-wee Herman, conceived and played brilliantly by the late, great Paul Reubens.
Between The Pee-wee Herman Show, a stage show developed by Reubens that features more adult humor, and the children's TV series Pee-wee's Playhouse, there was the perfectly balanced Pee-wee's Big Adventure in 1985. For most of us, this was the first time we met the character, and whoo-boy did it leave an impression.
For my money, it's hard to go wrong with the classic gag of putting an unlikely character in the middle of a bunch of criminals or tough guys and winning them over. And Pee-wee does it brilliantly when he dances on a bar for a bunch of rowdy bikers.
What song was he dancing to?
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The answer is: Tequila. If you ever find yourself in the middle of the desert where there's nothing but a biker bar filled with the Satan's Helpers, just follow Pee-wee Herman's lead.I guess murderous bikers can't resist giving their victims a final request, which in Pee-wee's case ends pretty much the way everything with this wonderful character did — filling people with joy and turning them into lifelong fans. And he does so by dancing, in those famous platform shoes, to none other than "Tequila" by The Champs.Watch the scene here.
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