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Better than a basement: The Alamo acquires Pee-Wee Herman's iconic bicycle!

Better than a basement: The Alamo acquires Pee-Wee Herman's iconic bicycle!

Jennifer Sandlin
Jul 21, 2025
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One of my favorite movie moments is when, in the 1985 movie Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Pee-Wee visits the Alamo and asks the tour guide if they're going to see the basement. The tour guide, Tina, who is played by the hilarious Jan Hooks, laughs and then says, in her most Texas-twinged drawl, "There's no basement at the Alamo!" I've always loved the classi…

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