I may re-visit "Big Top Pee-wee." It was always my favorite of the two but this seems to imply it's not very good. I really liked the Rube Goldberg device in "Big Top" and remember really liking the 80s babe love interest. Those two things were the only things that mattered so maybe that's throwing me off.
My favorite joke in "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" is this one:
It's clever, it's goofy, it's perfectly setup but still a surprise. So good.
