Pee-wee Herman, RoboCop and ED 209 at the Oscars

Pee-wee Herman presents the Oscar® for Short Film (Live Action) to Jonathan Sanger and Jana Sue Memel for "Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall" at the 60th Academy Awards in 1988. Featuring appearances by RoboCop and ED 209.

[@tonyrizzo913]

Pee-Wee Herman was saved by Robocop so he could give an Oscar to Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall. What a time to be alive

[@kevinmcqueary7395]

talk about crossover. only at the Oscars.

[@FutureLaugh]

completely, absolutely, utterly, ridiculous. i love it.

[@kevinjara5267]

that's the 80's

[@mikebasil4832]

My fondest memory of Paul Reubens as Pee Wee Herman. R.I.P., Paul.

[@FutureLaugh]

@@mikebasil4832 paul ruebens was an icon, rip to the greatest member of my childhood heros

[@BonecrusherT800]

RoboCop and Pee Wee Herman, the crossover we never knew we needed. R.I.P. Paul Reubens

[@BaldHeadedBastard]

He was a kiddie diddler. Fuck him. Hope he's in Hell.

[@TheVaultMaster]

No one believed me that this happened. Thank you KZbin (and I suppose The Oscars too) for proving me correct!

[@Jeremy-ql1or]

I still don't believe you.

[@TheVaultMaster]

@@Jeremy-ql1or would you believe that RoboCop briefly took part in wrestling - even saved Sting from a cage at one point? LOL

[@robt4466]

Pee Wee Herman and RoboCop.. what a time to be alive.

[@travisj90]

what the hell!! why don't they do stuff like this anymore this didn't feel like the oscars at all.this was fun,maybe the calmed down because the show this year didn't get good reviews.But this is the kind of stuff nowadays people would love at a show of this caliber

[@steelstreet3765]

They should anytime .

[@brunadiaz6824]

This is Gold! Pee-wee and Robocop in Oscar is the best! Never saw this before but is amazing!!!😆😆🤣🤣🤩🤩👏👏🙌🙌💯💯

[@BrokenTreeProd]

those laser effects are cutting edge

[@pureluck8767]

Eric Janvier in the 80s they were

[@eyeseer1]

Better than CGI

[@jerahmaya77]

Wish the Oscars were still like this. Instead of the stuffy boring thing they have become. Imagine also, winning and actually getting to finish your speech without being played off because its longer than 5 seconds.

[@DraconianPolicy]

I have never experienced anything so incredibly suspenseful and dramatic as RoboCop missing twice with his laser gun.

[@vineethonkan]

Robocop got his gun training at Stormtrooper Academy...

[@danrc777]

RoboCop is a sharpshooter he shouldn't miss the first time, but it's the Oscars.

[@elderrusty541]

Dany Rockwell even if he wasn’t a sharpshooter, ED209 is huge, I could shoot that thing if I used my left foot

[@sperrin]

He was using his left hand when he's right handed...

[@airnation_85]

Why am I just now hearing about this. Too cool!

[@pantarei8382]

This seemed more fun then we have today

[@nicoledickson6099]

This was hilarious and amazing, the presence of pee-wee made it better, loved it! As a big robocop and peewee fan, it mixed very well. This was the 80s!

[@elthe3rd]

I remember seeing this live on TV, was very impressive.

[@muhammadandraaditya4802]

RIP Pee Wee Herman

[@The_Chameleon]

This was amazing, i didn't know it existed until i found it just now in jan 2022. in 1988 i was 9 years old, i would have very much enjoyed it at the time but i still enjoy it just as much today, two of my favorite things from the 80's pee wee herman and robocop. this was back when the oscars were cool, i watched the oscars every year from around 98 till a few years ago when they became unwatchable, instead of cool stuff from hit movies now the academy awards are too worried about calling everyone racist. bring back the 80's and 90's please.

[@andycarver297]

How did Peewee not freak out hanging up that high? Guy's a pro.

[@bobrob1825]

Even Peewee was a Alpha

[@speedybois5794]

Rest in peace Paul Reubens aka pee wee

[@YesterdaysMoose]

RoboCop missing twice is the most unrealistic thing about this scenario.

[@gocolago33]

I have been looking for this clip for a very long time. Finally someone posted it. Thank you!

[@TaliaIGhul]

RoboCop's aim is slightly better than Stormtroopers from the Galactic Empire's Grand Army. lol

[@XVegeraX]

Oscars used to have creativity and fun for the whole family but hey, at least we have live slappings now

[@ihalloway]

`Pee wii is flying and robocop saves him in a shootout ? ... ye .. I would like to believe you but it sounds utterly ridiculous ... `Heres the clip `Well ... I saw everything now

[@mboz_2108]

I'D BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR

[@browny1979]

i'd buy that for a $

[@deusnaoexisteejesuscristoe669]

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@scottvasquez1401]

Even for a million, trillion, zillion dollars.

[@adrianpale2342]

how does he start flying for no reason lmao

[@UltimateThanos]

Adrian Pale It's Pee-Wee Herman deep lore.

[@awkwardboy]

Propelled by the ED-209 bullets.

[@twist58]

At least RoboCop had the time to step in, save Pee-wee and the day compared to The Terminator.

[@dannybrezelhorner2715]

Remember when the Oscars used to not suck?

[@osmanyousif7849]

Honestly, the fact that this movie didn't get nominated for Visual Effect or Original Score is ridiculous.

[@markelijio6012]

To make matters worse, "RoboCop" was nominated for two Oscars and won an Speciak Achievement Award for Sound Effects Editing in 1988.

[@osmanyousif7849]

@@markelijio6012 , well, in hindsight, it did deserve that award. But the fact that it didn’t get a nomination for its visual effects is what I find very ridiculous.

[@Joninexamgraduate]

Did they seriously just DRAW Robocop's laser blasts over the footage? SERIOUSLY?!!

[@ricarleite]

It was live TV. The Robocop actor was looking at a marker on a monitor and gtrying to align his weapon with the marks. There were 3 laser shots animated previously and overimposed on the video. When he sort of hit the mark they would play the animation and activate a blast on the stage.

[@darkanel666]

@@ricarleite great job of the actor and crew.

[@SetoShadowVT]

Only in the 80s and 90s awesome shit like this can happen :)

[@eyeseer1]

1988 to be exact

[@Lazorincofficial]

Things like this, and his appearances in Robocop 2 and 3, is why no one takes ED-209 seriously. R.I.P. dignity of the machine that turned that one guy into blood gravy.

[@ternitamas]

he was "glitchy"

[@Krystalmyth]

Let's be honest, Ed-209 WAS ALWAYS meant to be a joke. He dies to stairs in the first film ffs, and malfunctions everytime he has ever appeared. He's meant to be a joke on purpose. I love it.

[@jamesnoble8205]

@@Krystalmyth Yep. ED 209 was supposed to be a parody of big budgeted poorly designed malfunctioning but nobody important seems to notice or care military projects

[@Dee_Just_Dee]

@@ternitamas YOU CALL THIS A GLITCH?

[@BluelightGaming1]

Why the hell did robocop have a laser gun anyway?! Lol

[@starsiegeplayer]

Possibly because someone thought the actual Robocop handgun might cause someone to panic.

[@AaaAaa-ly3on]

-Maybe because you can't stop OCP's Enforcement Droid -209 with your pathetic ordinary handgun?! Did you even see the movie?

[@warpartyattheoutpost4987]

Why was Robocop left handed? Was he left handed in the movies?

[@razif6916]

80s and 90s..the best

[@mkat205]

This is so incredible to me.

[@GK2o]

this is the best collab i have ever seen

[@shaundis2117]

I had no idea about this untill I saw the movies that made us episode of RoboCop . Crazy

[@Rubyinparadise12]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing :)

[@scifiguy26]

That would have been f*cked up if ED-209 had live ammo like the scene from the movie.

[@steveoranges1960]

Except the lady from Goonies, I don't think it would be much of a loss. Hell, it might have saved humanity

[@haleypierce6635]

Love this!

[@MrCristoforoantonio]

totally cool! I love Pee-Wee!

[@philipzamora4259]

This is kind of like a fancier version of a Universal Studios stage show.

[@philipzamora4259]

I kept thinking that the name of the winning film was "Ray's Homosexual Dance Hall"

[@kamdan2011]

“Heterosexual.”

[@movieman104]

the highlite of the show

[@clarktooncrossing3975]

...Could the Oscars be like this again please?

[@PlayStation-9]

Wow, I never thought this would happen. Way cool

[@AirstripBum]

"Welcome to Pee Wee's Penthouse!" LOL

[@DillAvery]

What kind of fever dream did I just watch?

[@michaelcole8196]

...and the award for Special Defects goes to.... this clip

[@Sealhunt]

Boy, was ED-209 pissed at not getting that Oscar. What a grouch!

[@PLATOON72]

God bless KZbin! When movies were great!

[@ammarjawed8816]

Wow...unbelievable...

[@RabidLeroy]

Imagine if Robocop was the one to deliver the envelope in advance!

[@alexmurphybrown24]

The best era of them all!

[@kenjiharimaCU]

Robocop should have gotten ED-209 with one hit with that laser.

[@TheVoid1221221]

I wish somebody could recreate the Robocop theme used during this awards show.

[@juliedegenhardt703]

Omg that was funny

[@smallclone]

The theme at the end tho

[@Keeno1]

Who was bought here by ITVs 2024 Oscar coverage?

[@jeffersonborges9932]

HAHAHA Very funny! :D I love these Oscar moments!

[@johanvelasquezp.4619]

Bizarre, Bizarre and excelent

[@philipzamora4259]

I'm starting to think the producers just wanted an excuse to hear Pee Wee Herman say the title: Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall.

[@theluckylokean]

I forgot about this.

[@Floridasky1977]

looks like my kids kindergarten farewell party

[@Metal92990]

Am I the only one noticing Ed 209's Vulcan cannon guns being upside down?

[@EHH246]

O_O How come I have never heard of this?!?

[@octoman511]

i know right! this is so EPIC!

[@AlexKnightVancouver]

Legendary. They sure don't make the Oscars like that anymore. They probably spent weeks rehearsing this segment.

[@turi319]

How has this never been a meme.

[@rickysisson4697]

This guy is way funnier than Jim Parsons.

[@richp4373]

Robocop 2022.

[@jasonsmith530]

Robocop rogue city brought me here

[@apriltimelady5006]

... Wait a second, Pee Wee can't fly!

[@MarkindVGA]

Is Robocop aiming technology made by a stormtrooper

[@Benjatron-jw2rg]

The Oscars should start making their own movies!

[@eriksturdevant8589]

When movies were fun.....

[@theliftingmind7713]

On Cinema anyone??

[@DavidRidlen]

Why does Robocop have a blaster?

[@JasperKoning]

My first thought watching this 2023 was: is this real or made with AI?

[@BellowDGaming]

Imagine of ED209 had real bullets loaded lol

[@bassimprovjams3772]

This was cheesy but still has to be the best Oscar ever!! Now we got grown men slapping comedians for being a comedian SMH 🤦‍♂️

[@Kem1kal13]

Two Best Friends Play brought me here. Who else?

[@travisspaulding5835]

Never once address how or why Peewee can suddenly fly 😂

[@Los90stv]

I have the memory being a child and watching this. My nostalgia memory was so wrong. I remember a flawless execution, comedy and effects. But i imagine it works... for something: That 8 year old boy was, from that moment, desperate to see an R rated movie and a future pervert. Thanks Hollywood.

[@Krystalmyth]

My parents let me watch Rated R movies all the time. c:

[@jasonmoran5152]

My brother told me about this when we were kids and I thought he was just making sh!t up. Who knew...

[@xxxCrackerJack501xxx]

Damn, looks like Murphy got an upgrade to be just like T.J. Laser

[@DickiMonster]

Peewee said Dude

[@MrBrewman95]

What the hell?! The Oscars used to be fun and entertaining like this?!

[@primary3093]

As a lifetime fan of Robocop I've been waiting 30 years to find this because I missed it originally. This was lame even for that time period.

[@ericjohnson5462]

Robocop saved pee wee the 80s

[@moocowawesome]

The real good ol' days.

[@cameroncarbone8144]

Tim Heidecker brought me here

[@randomjive7310]

Wtf? Why was PeeWee flying???

[@ragnarlothbrok7306]

I'd buy that for a dollar

[@Cunninghamily]

2:31

[@alexpetrovich85]

All this really happened.

[@firdauskap5042]

No shots

[@617sasso]

Absolutely absurd even for it's time

[@sidsimon5963]

GASP

[@ryanmillar6572]

I see his Schwartz is as big as mine,wrong movie

[@hotelsanmarcos6015]

Even the Oscars were better in the 80s