It's been 31 years, but Pee-wee Herman is finally back with the Netflix movie "Pee-wee's Big Holiday." It's a hilarious reminder that the childlike comedy of Pee-wee creator Paul Reubens still works.
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Years in the making, the movie saw Reubens teaming with Judd Apatow, who came on as a producer to help get the latest Pee-wee movie off the ground. One of Apatow's contributions was connecting Reubens with comic Paul Rust.
The star and cocreator of the Netflix show "Love," Rust is also a die-hard Pee-wee fan, and jumped at the chance to cowrite the "Big Holiday" screenplay with Reubens.
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Rust talked to Business Insider about how five of his favorite moments from the movie were created.
(Warning: spoilers for "Pee-wee's Big Holiday" ahead.)
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"Pee-wee's Big Holiday" is currently available on Netflix.
