Clips from our tribute to Danny Elfman's score for Pee-wee's Big Adventure celebrating the 40th anniversary of the film performed at the The Alex Theatre. Composed by Danny Elfman Arranged/ Orchestrated by Captain Cody Conductor - Flora Cheng Flora Cheng Music 1st Violin - Dan Adams 2nd Violin - YenJu Viola - Heather Lockie Cello - Ryan Phipps Drums - Jerry Olsen #peeweesbigadventure #peeweeherman #paulreubens #dannyelfman #stringquartet Pee-wee Herman | Nostalgic Nebula

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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’

Before Pee-Wees big Adventure there was "The Pee-Wee Herman Show", featuring the late, great, Phil Hartman HBO special: The Pee-Wee Herman Show: Live From the Sunset Strip's Roxy Theatre 1981 Starring: Pee-wee Herman - Paul Reubens Mailman Mike - John Moody Jambi - John Paragon Miss Yvonne - Lynne Marie Stewart Captain Carl - Phil Hartman Hammy - Tito Larriva Mr. & Mrs. Jelly Donut - Brian Seff & Monica Ganas Joan - Joan Leizman Hermit Hattie - Edie McClurg Susan- Nicole Panter | DVR Time Machin