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Pee-wee Herman is now a small-town farmer with a fiancée, but when a traveling circus comes to town, he finds himself falling for the trapeze artist.

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Pee-wee Herman (as Pee-wee Herman)
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Winnie
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Mace Montana
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Gina Piccolapupula
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Vance the Pig (voice)
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Midge Montana
Albert Henderson ...
Mr. Ryan
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Otis
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Deke
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Mrs. Dill
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Mrs. Haynes
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Joe - Blacksmith (as Leo V. Gordon)
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Pearl
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Sheriff
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Cook
Eve Smith ...
Bunny
Andrew Shalat ...
Paolo Piccolapupula
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Andy
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Otto - Strongman (as Franco Columbo)
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Snowball - Clown (as Terrence V. Mann)
Vance Colvig Jr. ...
Clownie (as Vance Colvig)
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Oscar - Lion Tamer
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Duke the Dog-Faced Boy
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Big John
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Zelda - Bearded Lady
John Sherrod ...
Dell - Human Cannonball
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Shim - Half Man-Half Woman
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Ruth (as Helen Infield Siff)
Carol Infield Sender ...
Dot
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Costume Woman
Kevin B. Kaplowitz ...
Child - Mr. Ryan
Jeffrey R. Shaw ...
Child - Otis
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Child - Deke
Savannah Prue ...
Child - Mrs. Haynes (as Savanah Prue)
Lisa M. Ball ...
Child - Mrs. Dill
Shea Joachim ...
Child - Sheriff
Marie Hawkins ...
Child - Pearl
Molly Ann Carter ...
School Child
Myka Peck ...
School Child
Dustin Berkovitz ...
School Child
Kit MacKenzie ...
School Child
Jered Aspenson ...
School Child
Shelly Rudolph ...
Teenager
Cheryl Treibitz ...
Teenager
Judy Rubenfeld ...
Honey
Milton Rubenfeld ...
Herman
Diane C. Valentine ...
Web Girl
Gainer Johnson ...
Web Girl (as Gainer C. Johnson)
Alison Logsden ...
Web Girl
Patricia M. Peters ...
Web Girl
Lynn Marie Polke ...
Web Girl
Lita Villacana ...
Web Girl
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Mermaid
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Human Pretzel (as April Tetro)
Carla Drake ...
Fire Eater
Joe Gibb ...
Roustabout Clown
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jillian Jourdan ...
Bobby-Sox Dancer (uncredited)
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Popcorn Vendor (uncredited)
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Circus Crew (uncredited)
Sudan ...
Circus Lion (uncredited)
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Elephant (uncredited)

Directed by

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Randal Kleiser

Written by

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Paul Reubens ... (written by) &
George McGrath ... (written by)

Produced by

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Richard Gilbert Abramson ... executive producer
Debra Hill ... producer
William E. McEuen ... executive producer
Paul Reubens ... producer

Music by

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Danny Elfman

Cinematography by

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Steven Poster ... director of photography

Editing by

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Jeff Gourson

Editorial Department

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Terry Haggar ... color timer
Maria Lee Silver ... assistant editor
Irvin Paik ... assistant editor
Donald Rounds ... assistant editor
Dianne Ryder-Rennolds ... additional editing by

Casting By

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Victoria Thomas

Production Design by

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Stephen Marsh

Art Direction by

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Beala Neel ... (as Beala B. Neel)

Set Decoration by

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Anne D. McCulley

Costume Design by

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Robert Turturice

Makeup Department

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Greg Cannom ... duke the dog-faced boy by
Edouard F. Henriques ... make-up artist (as Edouard F. Henriquez)
Ve Neill ... make-up artist
Yolanda Toussieng ... hairstylist

Production Management

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Kurt Neumann ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Edward Crocitto ... second second assistant director
Linda Montanti ... second assistant director
Roger Joseph Pugliese ... first assistant director

Art Department

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Carl Aldana ... set designer
Gavin Cowie Sr. ... paint foreperson
Gavin Cowie ... painter (as Gavin Cowie Jr.)
Stuart T. Cowie ... production painter (as Stuart Cowie)
Oscar Delgadillo ... lead person
Edward Eyth ... production artist
Oscar Flores ... assistant property master (as Oscar M. Flores)
Horst Grandt ... property master
David Harris ... greens (as Paul David Harris)
Stephen Homsy ... set designer
John Hutchinson ... paint foreperson
Tim R. Lafferty ... construction foreman
David Lanning ... property person (as Dave Lanning)
Anthony J. Martin ... laborer
Pat Moudakis ... assistant property master
William J. Newmon II ... set designer
Frank Noriega ... labor foreperson
James F. Orendorff ... construction foreperson (as James S. Orendorff)
Richard Pitman ... set designer (as Richard W. Pitman)
Constantine A. Poulos ... construction clerk (as Constantine 'Gus' A. Poulos)
Ruth Pulido ... painter
Ray Rarick ... construction foreperson (as Raymond S. Rarick)
Gary H. Rizzo ... property person (as Gary Rizzo)
George Stokes ... construction coordinator
George Stokes ... propmaker (as George W. Stokes)
Craig Talmy ... sculptor
Ralph Votaw Sr. ... labor foreperson
Ralph Votaw ... propmaker (as Ralph Votaw Jr.)
Kenneth L. Westcott ... lead person
Robert Willis ... greens (as Robert K. Willis)

Sound Department

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Sandina Bailo-Lape ... sound editor
Pamela Bentkowski ... foley editor
Julia Evershade ... sound editor
Kirk Francis ... sound mixer
Judee Gustafson ... assistant sound editor
Cecelia Hall ... supervising sound editor
Ronald Jacobs ... supervising sound editor (as Ron Jacobs)
Trevor Jolly ... sound editor
Rick Kline ... re-recording mixer
Dessie Markovsky ... supervising sound editor
Hudson B. Marquez ... boom operator
F. Hudson Miller ... sound effects editor
Donald O. Mitchell ... re-recording mixer
Kevin O'Connell ... re-recording mixer
Donald Ortiz ... assistant sound editor (as Don Ortiz)
R.J. Palmer ... sound editor / sound effects editor
Mychal Smith ... boom operator (as Mychal D. Smith)
Jack Keller ... sound recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Yarek Alfer ... sculptor
Raymond C. Boyle ... special effects person
Dale Brady ... puppet fabrication
Thaine Morris ... special effects foreperson
John Parker ... special effects person (as John A. Parker)
Jeff Rand ... special effects technician
Bob Stoker ... special effects person (as Bob Stoker Jr.)
Lucinda Strub ... special effects person
Matt Sweeney ... special effects supervisor
Fred Tessaro ... special effects foreperson

Visual Effects by

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Wayne Baker ... visual effects (as Wayne D. Baker)
Mike Chambers ... visual effects coordinator
Richard Edlund ... visual effects producer
Neil Krepela ... visual effects supervisor
Tom Nikosey ... title designer
Jeff Platt ... electronics
Chris Regan ... optical supervisor
Howard Stein ... visual effects editor
Michael Van Himbergen ... visual effects coordinator: Boss Film Corp.

Stunts

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Bill Couch Jr. ... stunts
Bill Couch ... stunt coordinator
Gene Mendez ... stunts (as Ginear Emilio Mendez)
Gary Morgan ... stunts
Alex Plasschaert ... stunts
Karen Price ... stunts
Mel Ray ... stunts
Bob Yerkes ... stunts
Rick Avery ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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James Arron Barber ... film loader
Mike Brooker ... grip
R. Michael De Chellis ... assistant chief lighting technician
Alan R. Disler ... first assistant photographer
Candace Ann Edwards ... second assistant photographer
Joseph Graham ... dolly grip (as Joseph A. Graham)
Gregg Guellow ... first company grip (as C. Gregory Guellow)
Roy Heath ... best boy (1988)
Jack Kirk ... assistant chief lighting technician
John Koester ... camera operator (as John C. Koester)
George Kohut ... camera operator
Michael Krueger ... lighting technician
Kyle T. MacDowell ... electrician
Scott McKnight ... lighting technician
Jim Plannette ... chief lighting technician (as James Plannette)
Alex Rodriguez ... lighting technician
Mike Schwake ... dolly grip (as Michael Schwake)
Hank Sheppherd ... second company grip (as Hank Sheppard)
Bing Sokolsky ... first assistant photographer (as Ivan 'Bing' Sokolsky)
Bruce W. Talamon ... still photographer
Craig Talmy ... rigger
Paul Threlkeld ... dolly grip
Tony Whitman ... dolly grip (as Anthony Whitman)
Ron Kunecke ... musco light operator (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Renee Milliken ... casting assistant
Ron Severini ... casting consultant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Craig Ames ... costumer
James 'Mike' Balker ... costumer (as James 'Michael' Balker)
Sandy Berke Jordan ... costume supervisor (as Sandra Berke-Jordan)
Jerry Herrin ... set costumer
Christopher Lawrence ... costume design assistant: Robert Turturice
Milton G. Mangum ... key costumer
Sharyn Manis ... costumer (as Sharyn 'Ruby' Manis)
Anthony J. Scarano ... costumer

Music Department

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Steve Bartek ... orchestrator
Dick Bernstein ... music editor
William Ross ... conductor
Steven Scott Smalley ... additional orchestrator
Dan Wallin ... music scoring mixer
Robert Adcock ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Dale Anderson ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Don Ashworth ... musician: oboe (uncredited)
Philip Ayling ... musician: oboe (uncredited)
Phil Azelton ... music copyist (uncredited)
Israel Baker ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Rick Baptist ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Mark Baranov ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Arnold Belnick ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Charles Boito ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Bill Booth ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Bob Bornstein ... supervising music copyist (uncredited)
Tom Boyd ... oboe soloist (uncredited)
Jacqueline Brand ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Denyse Buffum ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Larry Bunker ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Ken Burwood-Hoy ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Stuart Canin ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Ronald Cooper ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Rose Corrigan ... musician: bassoon (uncredited)
Wayne Coster ... music copyist (uncredited)
Douglas Davis ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Vince De Rosa ... Musician: french horn (uncredited)
Drew Dembowski ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Burnette Dillon ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Bob DiVall ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
George Doering ... musician (uncredited)
Chuck Domanico ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Bonnie Jean Douglas ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Bruce Dukov ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Julie Eidsvoog ... music copyist (uncredited)
Christine Ermacoff ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Emmett Estren ... music librarian (uncredited)
Dominick Fera ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Carl Fortina ... orchestra contractor (uncredited)
Gary Foster ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Glenn Garrett ... musician: flute (uncredited)
James Getzoff ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Dan Goldwasser ... soundtrack producer (uncredited)
Ralph Grierson ... musician: synthesizer (uncredited)
Barbara Hunter ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Tommy Johnson ... musician: tuba (uncredited)
Alan Kaplan ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Roland Kato ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Myra Kestenbaum ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Katie Kirkpatrick ... musician: harp (uncredited)
Carol Kleister-Castillo ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Ezra Kliger ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Raphael Kramer ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Armen Ksajikian ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Janet Lakatos ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Michael Lang ... musician: synthesizer (uncredited)
Warren Luening ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Michael Markman ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Frank Marocco ... musician: accordion (uncredited)
Susan McLean ... score recordist (uncredited)
Malcolm McNab ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Todd Miller ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Ralph Morrison ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Carole Mukagawa ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Richard Nash ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Buell Neidlinger ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Dan Neufeld ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Irma Neumann ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Mike Nowak ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Brian O'Connor ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Richard Perissi ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Kazi Pitelka ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Joe Porcaro ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Tom Ranier ... musician: synthesizer (uncredited)
Bill Reichenbach ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Emil Richards ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
David Riddles ... musician: bassoon (uncredited)
John Rotondi ... scoring engineer: Y4 (uncredited)
Vic Sagerquist ... music copyist (uncredited) / orchestrator (uncredited)
Sheldon Sanov ... musician: violin (uncredited)
David Schwartz ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Jim Self ... musician: tuba (uncredited)
Sid Sharp ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Paul Shure ... concertmaster (uncredited)
Henry Sigismonti ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Joe Soldo ... orchestra contractor (uncredited)
Margaret Storer ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Richard Todd ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Alexander Treger ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Robert Tricarico ... musician: bassoon (uncredited)
Mari Tsumura ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Louise Di Tullio ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Lloyd Ulyate ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Don Waldrop ... musician: tuba (uncredited)
James Walker ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Miwako Watanabe ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Ken Watson ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Bob Zimmitti ... musician: percussion (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Joyce King ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Joel Marrow ... transportation coordinator
Gaston Veilleux ... transportation captain

Additional Crew

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Michael Adley ... production assistant
Ty Arnold ... production assistant
James Bailey ... first aid (as Jim Bailey)
Marcy Bolotin ... unit publicist
David Bryant ... production assistant
Scott E. Chester ... assistant to mr. herman
Jeff Copeland ... production assistant (as Jeff K. Copeland)
Bob Dunn ... animal trainer
Joy Green ... animal trainer
Cheryl Harris ... animal trainer: pig (as Cheryl Ann Harris)
Ann Meade Johnson ... assistant to randal kleiser
Thomas B. Jones ... craft service (as Tom Jones)
Elyse Katz ... assistant to debra hill
Sandy Lawrence ... production coordinator
Jamie Marshall ... assistant to randal kleiser (as Jamie Anise Marshall)
Dan Miller ... production assistant (as Danny Miller)
Paul Plannette ... production assistant
Roland Raffler ... animal trainer
Chris Regan ... optical supervisor
Don Reynolds ... animal trainer (as Don Kay Reynolds)
Paul 'Sled' Reynolds ... animal trainer (as Paul C. Reynolds)
Michael Roberts ... production auditor (as Mike Roberts)
Lindsay Root ... production assistant
Cheryl Shawver ... animal trainer
Doree Sitterly ... animal trainer
Diana Smith ... animal trainer (as Diana C. Smith)
Phil Smith ... animal trainer (as Philip Glen Smith)
Patsy Swayze ... choreographer
Craig Talmy ... puppeteer
Rex Tegelaar ... production assistant
Helena Walsh ... animal trainer
Hubert Wells ... animal coordinator (as Hubert G. Wells)
Jeanine Wilson ... assistant production auditor
David L. Wolfson ... facilities coordinator (as David Litmen Wolfson)
Stephanie Ziemer ... production secretary (as Stephanie Suzanne Ziemer)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

In the sequel to "Pee Wee's Big Adventure", Pee-Wee Herman has had enough with the fame and constant media attention he received after the events of the first movie, so he's now a simple farmer living quietly in a small town. But after a big storm blows their way, a circus ends up at Pee Wee's farm. So he lets the circus stay at his farm for a while. The circus decides to put on a show with one lovable star, Pee-Wee! Also, a love triangle develops between Pee-Wee, his nice fiancée Winnie, who's the local schoolteacher, and mysterious loner Gina, the circus' attractive trapeze artist. The outcome of this subplot is somewhat unexpected. Written by James Preston

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Taglines Hero. Lover. Legend. See more »
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Also Known As
  • El gran Pee-Wee (Spain)
  • Весельчак Пи-Ви (Russia)
  • Pee-wee au cirque (Canada, French title)
  • Pee-wee Herman w cyrku (Poland)
  • Manege frei für Pee Wee (West Germany)
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Runtime
  • 86 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia Film debut of Benicio Del Toro. See more »
Goofs When PeeWee and Winnie are eating lunch, some of Winnie's egg salad sandwich falls on PeeWee's face and jacket. He wipes his face on her dress, but in the next shot it's not on her dress or his jacket. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Dead Pool/Phantasm II/Midnight Run/Boyfriends and Girlfriends/Die Hard (1988). See more »
Soundtracks Barnyard Circus Parade See more »
Crazy Credits After the credits, a short cartoon plays featuring snacks singing about getting refreshments at the theater lobby. See more »
Quotes Pee-wee: [shouts impatiently] All I wanted was a measly sandwich! I very nicely explained that I was starving. I'm starving! PLEASE!
Mr. Ryan: [defeatedly] Sorry, ladies. I guess you'll just have to wait. You remember, no one is as important in this community as Pee-wee Herman. All you other shoppers will just have to play second fiddle to Pee-wee. I guess that's just the way things are around here. My whole purpose in life is to serve Pee-wee Herman. And everything else comes second!
[finishes Pee-wee's sandwich]
Mr. Ryan: There's your sandwich. Is there anything else I can do for you, Pee-wee?
Pee-wee: Well, I would like a pickle if it's not too much trouble.
Mr. Ryan: No! No trouble at all, Pee-wee. Sorry, Otis. Sorry, Deke.
[opens a barrel, knocking over Otis and Deke's chess board; extracts a pickle and hands it to Pee-wee]
Mr. Ryan: Game's over. Pee-wee Herman wants a pickle. Here. Here's your darned pickle. Are you happy now?
Pee-wee: Mmm-hmm.
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