Saying Goodbye To Pee Wee Herman / Paul Reubens - Hollywood Blvd Tribute & House From Big Adventure
Goodbye Pee Wee Herman
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welcome everyone
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Adam the Wu here as a recording of This
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is Monday July 31st 2023 I am in South
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Pasadena right now I've been in Southern
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California for the last couple of days
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went to mid-summer Scream over the
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weekend
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up this morning
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and heard the news it's been a few hours
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ago the news kind of broke if I am the
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first person delivering this to the
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viewers out there I have
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some some sad information that Paul
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Rubens the creator of the character
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Pee-wee Herman also not only came up
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with that idea but also
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developed it honed his craft his comedy
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craft
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and did the
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movie Pee-wee's Big Adventure which is a
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huge staple in my life 1985 came out the
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same year which in a very interesting
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twist was filmed in the same area that
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Back to the Future one of my other
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favorite 80s films was also filmed in
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South Pasadena and I am here on Oxley
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and right down there was the house the
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stream used house from peewee's Big
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Adventure so I'm gonna go by there and
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then I'm also going to go to the
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Hollywood Walk of Fame and look at the
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Peewee star now he on on the interwebs
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and social media he really embraced the
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character of PB Herman in fact he even
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called himself Pee-wee Herman when he
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would sign things but
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he was Paul Reubens also did the voice
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of Rex from Star Tours the original Star
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Tours and now when you go to Galaxy's
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Edge if you go into the Cantina he is DJ
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Rex so the voice of Paul Reubens is at
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Disney and also another 80s classic that
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I really love Flight of the Navigator
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heeded the voice of the spaceship and
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fly to the Navigator so just gonna kind
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of be a somber day gonna try to keep
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spirits up just a little bit but
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definitely this one this one kind of hit
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me uh I think the last quote-unquote
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celebrity that I mourned to this level
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for was Robin Williams which was many
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years ago
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join me
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I'll walk over there shall you yeah I
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really gotta say this is uh
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this is something this is a spot that
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I've covered the filming locations of
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peewee's big adventure in fact one of
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the first filming locations in great
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detail that I covered
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was in fact Pee-wee's Big Adventure
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many many years ago and I've been by
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here probably a dozen times since every
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time I'm in South pass always have to
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come by here the house is in really good
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shape looks a little bit different than
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it did but
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the character of P we had everything
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around in the yard here
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you know all the interesting fixtures
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the neighbor he told he was going to
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water his lawn he turned the the water
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hose on this is also where Francis
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walked up the I know you are but what am
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I seeing happens right on the corner
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over there
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and people
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have put flowers out here
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in memory
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of Paul
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so this is that very iconic moment here
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where
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kiwi played by Paul Reubens was walking
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around from the back down here with the
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bike
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Francis
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stops him at the corner
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wants to buy the bike he said it's not
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for sale what's so funny Pee-Wee
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everything's negotiable
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it all happened right here
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he was on the ground laughing
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I don't make monkeys I just train them
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just classic so good
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now I would imagine when I get over
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to the Hollywood Walk of Fame and PeeWee
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star there's going to be even more
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condolences and flowers that are going
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to be left there
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yeah this one this one definitely
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definitely gets me
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you know just a piece of nostalgia it's
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a piece of 80s kid I was born in 74 so
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in 85 I was 11 years old
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now while I've been standing here and
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just kind of
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walking around down this sidewalk
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there's been by four or five people that
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have pulled up got out taken photos as
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well so a little old story about the 80s
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used to rent VCRs from a video store
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back when my family couldn't afford to
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buy a video cassette recorder or a video
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VHS recorder so we'd rent them from the
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video store we'd always rent pb's big
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adventure Back to the Future and then
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whatever else we could get five movies
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for the weekend there's a squirrel right
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there
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and what would happen is
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eventually Back to the Future in
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peewee's big adventure went on sale as a
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used copies so
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my mom and dad bought my sister and I
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Pee-wee's Big event well for the family
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as well he was a big adventure and Back
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to the Future in the late
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year of 1985 or maybe into 86 and we
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would just sit there
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almost every day and watch bttf Back to
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the Future
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and peewee's big adventure I have the
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movie memorized it's like a huge part
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a huge part of my life
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so with anything that kind of has
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nostalgia
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really hits home and you know something
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that you've cherished for decades
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decades and you just have ingrained in
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your head and a piece of your Youth and
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piece of your childhood and
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you know something that's that makes you
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happy and makes you laugh
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when
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you know win that role that iconic
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person who developed that role passes on
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there is a sadness inside
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yeah it's it's definitely a fate that
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we're all gonna reach with 70.
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he always looked a little younger
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played roles a year younger than you
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would think he think he was a I think he
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was in the
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it was a vampire movie he played the
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vampire and
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which was pretty good Buffy the Vampire
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Slayer the movie he was a vampire in
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that
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but obviously Peewee was his biggest
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role
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and then DJ Rex well Rex old school
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would be Rex and then now DJ racks so
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he's gonna live on forever through his
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voices very talented also He's A
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Nightmare Before Christmas
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played one of the characters in
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Nightmare
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all right might head over to the
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boulevard
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also fun fact around the back that is
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screen use original garage it's around
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back there's still the
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the
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board back there for the basketball
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court that's around the back
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I'm not gonna walk around the back but
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when I did my video back in 2000
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gosh was it 13 2012 2011. it's been a
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long time ago
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the then owners of this property came
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out asked me what I was doing a very
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nice lady that used to live here
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possibly still lives here I'm not sure
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who owns it now said you can come around
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the back and film so I got around the
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back and filmed and got to show where
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push he pushed the little button around
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the back to
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to the secret little stash whereas the
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bike was
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also for a while this house was a little
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bit worse condition a little bit of
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disrepair
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and over the years they've really fixed
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it up it is really in nice shape now so
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well done too
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the owners
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we're really keeping it looking good
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another interesting tidbit about the
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filming locations where he wrecks his
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bike was right on that corner right over
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here on the corner of Milan and Oxley it
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comes across hits under there flips into
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the yard the hole I meant to do that
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right there
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now you can just see
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there's a lot of people keep pulling
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over here
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myself included
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and this will be a spot every time I'm
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in South Pasadena I always like to if I
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you know with friends always come by
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here and go this is the Peewee house
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it'll always be the Peewee house from
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peewee's Big Adventure
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heading over to the boulevard now stop
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by uh people selling flowers on the side
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of the road by Forest Lawn I picked up
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some flowers for the star got a parking
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spot over here
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just off pohanga
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they're parked over in this area usually
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a park near the Chinese Theater
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now
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the stall his star I have showed many
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many times when I used to live in
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Hollywood I'd always walk the Boulevard
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and
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show certain things and the store window
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next to the Peewee star has a Peewee
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doll I'd always show that
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Back in the Day little did I know
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but at some point I would be returning
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here
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to place some flowers now I know
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he is not there or will not end up being
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there but he was there when they
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dedicated the star there's some photos
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of him
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I think he was in the late 80s he got or
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maybe early 90s
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that he got it it's more of a symbolic
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thing to let people know that he was
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respected and admired so I'm gonna place
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these on his
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on his Walk of Fame star and here's a
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photo I found
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there he is and that very iconic suit in
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the bow tie at the boomerang bow tie but
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a bow tie with a smaller version of the
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Stars they gave him and then there's the
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big one that I'm going to visit right
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around the corner always a really
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beautiful moment I'm sure for most
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celebrities so to get something on the
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Walk of Fame
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hundreds thousands of people a day walk
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by and looking at the ground and
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notice noticing people in their
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accomplishments there he is right there
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a little smile on his face
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right here on the corner of Schrader and
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the Boulevard and it looks like there's
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already some people up here hey you got
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the Stars right along some not every
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Star has been acquired yet
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but some of them are I even got some
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news people out here
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Paul rubin's Peewee right next to Mandy
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Moore Linda Carter down here
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we'll take a look over here in the
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corner there is
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Peewee with the megaphone
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by Channel 4 is out here
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I would imagine as a day progresses and
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more people pass by they're going to pay
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their respects as well
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oh look at the secret word down here
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secret word thank you
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handle look
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right here on the corner of Whitley and
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the boulevard another cross street I
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just mentioned was just one block down
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and it's right next to the Hollywood
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Hollywood toy and costume shop which is
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always very interesting they recreated
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this building and the one I just showed
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across the way over here at Disney's
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Hollywood Studios that was a little
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Disney reference
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because Paul did voices for Disney as
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well
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a little tie-ins pop culture
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Disney the 80s I think of the 80s
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definitely think of him
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that's like a he goes
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back to the beach it wasn't Beach
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Blanket think about remember back to the
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beach he was in that as well I think
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he's also in The Blues Brothers movie
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and then he had the early Saturday
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morning
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it wasn't a it wasn't animated I mean
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there was like well I guess no it wasn't
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only like chair cherry and
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sit right what was trying to think of a
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theme song come on in and pull yourself
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up a chair a cherry it's time to let
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that let down your hair Pee-wee's
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Playhouse these have some of the
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toys from that as well at Pee-Wee's
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Lighthouse but Pee-wee's Big Adventure
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for me was the big one big top heavy was
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fun to be honest I never saw the newer
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one the third one that just came out a
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few years ago but peewee's big adventure
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just a huge huge part of my life
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come on Lookers I gotta wonder if some
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people you know might not even know who
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Paul rubins was or Peewee was even
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though they've seen him in in films they
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might not recognize the name and this
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also should be noted that
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it does not say Paul Reuben's on the
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star in fact it is PeeWee on the star
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again he really embraced the the
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character and
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who's that sure he got called Peewee
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more than he got to call Paul by you
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know most people who weren't in the
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industry
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a little Smurf down here
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we got some little rocks here some
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little stars
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costume shop really does have a pretty
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vast selection of items
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lucky over here in the window
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pretty good selection of this Hollywood
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shop
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wigs as well there's also a wig stylist
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on duty there
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I'm really glad they placed the wreath I
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always wonder who placed the big reef
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and the if that's done by you know the
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Chamber of Commerce perhaps or if that
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is done by
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you know the organization that when you
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get a star that is something that
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happens at your passing if they will put
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the you know the wooden standee there
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and then everyone else will bring it out
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or if just you know a dedicated fan
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brings that out someone that
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brings it out I was looking at what was
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posted it says Paul asked any expression
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of sympathy we made in honor of his late
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parents Judy and Milton to stand up to
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cancer so I think I'm gonna I think I'm
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gonna donate a little bit
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to his cause that was his last wishes so
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all the years of entertainment
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that's what I'm going to do they give
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you the option to choose
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choose the amount there
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cover transaction costs
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and credit cards
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I know it's not a lot but at least it's
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something
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many years ago when I did the filming
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locations it's been probably over a
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decade now
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with my friend Justin scarred him and I
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did a we tracked them all down or
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tracked them all down
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and Paul himself under the moniker of
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peewee
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commented on the video
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and this I've had this on my Facebook
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page
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for a long time into the photos
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you know back before a lot of people
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were doing videos of filming locations I
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did this and I guess it really kind of
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touched a nerve with them and he left a
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comment
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on the video
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itself
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said he watched the whole thing said it
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was amazing
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really incredible and flattering a lot
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of great memories the western town of
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Warner Brothers was actually Burbank
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Studios when they made Big Adventure
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where he threw the boomerang Boomerang
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boot bow tie is long gone I have trouble
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speaking
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you missed that one when you were at
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Warner Brothers really
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just razzing you
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what an incredible walk down memory line
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thanks
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it's just something I kind of treasure
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to know that he got a kick out of sea in
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the locations I know a lot of people
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have done them since but
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evidently he hadn't seen one probably
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since he made the movie so that meant a
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lot to me I wonder what year was I made
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the the locations it's been 10 years ago
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there's me and my friend Justin scarred
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over 10 years ago
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look at that he's easily searchable
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anyone that wants to work but probably
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not probably by today's standards I
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probably could have done a little bit
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better and better job but and I had to
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Crunch it down to fit that was back when
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YouTube you could only have 15 minute
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uploads
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they had to Crunch everything down to 15
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minutes
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times have changed it's hard to get a
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lot of content for an entire movie in 15
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minutes back then
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that's why it's so quickly edited like
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that I also got inside the diner the
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wheel in Diner before they tore it down
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that's been seven years ago
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also every time I go to Cabazon I always
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got to stop at the dinosaurs love
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peewee's big adventure thankfully I got
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in the diner before it was torn down
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my wallet's gone I do like the good
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amount of people that are all paying
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their respects there at the start yeah
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I've kind of turned around and did a
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u-turn we're over here next to Buster
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the dinosaur hopping out of the top of
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Ripley's but next to that it's the old
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Max Factor building I'm waiting for the
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light to change which is the Hollywood
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museum which I have not seen open in a
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long time but they used to have one
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of the bikes from peewee's Big Adventure
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I think there was three screen used ones
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they had one in there I was gonna stop
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in and show it but the door is all
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sealed up so not going to be going in
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but if you're ever in the air and you
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want to see one of the actual bikes that
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were in the movie that
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was used in the film they're inside that
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Hollywood museum there
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right here next to Buster as soon as the
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light changes drain I'm going to drive
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back down the other back down the
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opposite way Hollywood Boulevard well
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Hollywood and Highland right now
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I made the dinosaur Buster because he's
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busting through the roof
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the clever night
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that guy's running across the road
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quickly
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before the light changes
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really gets you to think of how you can
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feel like you know someone or develop
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let's say a friendship you can develop a
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connection to someone through their work
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even though you're really not acquainted
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with them or not even friends with them
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it's kind of how I feel about the
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character of PeeWee there's like quite a
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few like that
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just make you feel a certain way give
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you some nostalgic Vibes you can uh
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Vibes you can reminisce a little bit
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about memories that you've shared
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watching them perform
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watching their films
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and the world has lost another another
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great one
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I mean all art is
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dependent on the person watching it so
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not everyone is going to be into a
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certain artist or
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performer
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I have a lot of good memories though
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watching watching peewee
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from back in the day starting in 85.
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watching that film for the first time
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and then after that watching
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a lot of his other work
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well that's gonna do it for today
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I'll see the next video the Vlog
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is over