A photo featuring Apollonia Kotero, who starred alongside Prince in Purple Rain, with Paul Reubens accompanied the post.
Prince arranged for Pee-wee Herman to be my date to our Purple Rain premiere.
Not only seeing these two together for the premiere of Purple Rain in 1984, a year before Pee-wee’s Big Adventure was released, but because Prince was apparently a big fan.
Meanwhile, a year later, Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, directed by Tim Burton, was a big hit as well, capitalizing on the success of The Pee-wee Herman show.