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RoboCop Meets Pee-wee Herman at the 1989 Oscars

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Here's what happens when two pop culture icons cross paths. Oh boy this is great.

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We're pretty excited to be hosting a screening of the original Robocop in a few weeks (if you'd prefer to have Facebook remind you, you can RSVP here), so much so that we've been diving deep into the depths of the internet to watch some of the character's ephermeral appearances off the silver screen (except maybe for the TV series he had in which he squared off against an enemy called Pudface, because frankly we just can't believe that was a thing).

So as we lead up to our event on February 27th, expect a series of Vintage Videos in which the Future of Law Enforcement is being used to sell products and appear in otherwise embarrasing situations. First up is a look back at the 1989 Academy Awards in which Pee-wee Herman encountered ED-209 and had to enlist Robocop's help:

Like all comedy bits at the Oscars, this goes on wayyyyyy too long and is just awkward in general (nice animated laser blasts), but we dig the silliness of this anyway. What do you think?

For more weird and forgotten sci-fi moments, check out @scifiexplosion on Twitter.

Chris Cummins2/23/2015 at 1:19PM

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