The internet lit up this week with news that actor Paul Reubens is embarking upon a 20-city 35th Anniversary Tour celebrating Pee-wee’s Big Adventure starting next February. Coincidentally, the house where Reubens’ titular character, Pee-wee Herman, lived in the 1985 comedy has long been on my list of To-Blog Christmas locales. And no, I haven’t completely lost it – I am well aware that the film is in no way holiday-related. But a few years ago, my friend Lavonna suggested I include the abode in my Yuletide postings since it is completely decked out with all sorts of seasonal décor in the movie, including multi-colored lights strung along the roofline, Santa in his sleigh with all eight reindeer perched atop the rafters, a light-up Frosty the Snowman in the backyard, and another large Santa positioned along the picket fence. I ran out to stalk the place shortly after Lavonna’s suggestion (way back in 2014!), but somehow never got around to writing about it. Then when I heard about the tour yesterday, I figured it was the perfect spot to kick off my holiday postings for 2019! So here goes!
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Like so many famous movie houses, Pee-wee’s pad is located on a leafy street in South Pasadena. In person, the dwelling is much plainer than it appeared onscreen, for obvious reasons.
Even without all of Pee-wee’s eccentric accoutrements and yard art, though, and despite the passage of almost 35 years, the place is still incredibly recognizable!
Pee-wee’s rickety detached garage, located at the end of his driveway, remains completely unchanged from its cameo, aside from a missing sconce. And I was thrilled that a white picket fence still lines the property, even though it is slightly different today, boasting a curvature that its movie counterpart did not. The mailbox, though much less colorful than what appeared onscreen, remains in the exact same positioning along the fence, as well!
The residence’s actual backyard also appears briefly in Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, though again with a myriad of embellishments.
The Herman pad’s chaotically whimsical interior was, obviously, just a set. While I was unable to track down any photos showing what the inside of the home actually looks like, I can pretty much guarantee there is no fireman’s pole to be found!
In real life, the property, which was built in 1922, boasts 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, 1,298 square feet of living space, a fireplace, and 0.15 acres of land.
Incredibly, per Redfin, the house, which was not used for any of the Pee-wee Herman sequels, last sold on September 13th, 1974 for $15,500! The website measures its current value at $1,005,925! Not a bad ROI!
Big THANK YOU to my friend Lavonna for suggesting I stalk this locale and include it in my Christmas postings! 
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Stalk It: Pee-wee Herman’s house from Pee-wee’s Big Adventure is located at 1848 Oxley Street in South Pasadena. Many famous movie locations can be found on Oxley, including Laurie Strode’s (Jamie Lee Curtis) home from Halloween at 1115 Oxley, the Cooper residence from Forever Young at 1724 Oxley, and South Pasadena Public Library from Say Anything . . . at 1100 Oxley. Kaldi Coffee and Tea, another frequent film star, is right around the corner from the library at 1019 El Centro Street.
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