After 26 years, Pee-wee Herman finally has found the basement at the Alamo.

Employees at the state-owned shrine confirmed reports that actor-comedian Paul Reubens, who plays the hyperactive man-boy with a red bow tie, did a taping there Thursday for Bravo's “Top Chef,” to air in October.

Alamo spokesman Tony Caridi and a crew member initially claimed a bicycle ad was being filmed in Alamo Hall. On Friday, Caridi said a “major television production” had been shot at the Alamo, but added he was “legally bound ... not to release or confirm any information.”

Members of the Alamo staff, who are barred from speaking to the media, said Reubens shot the Bravo segment, took photos with employees and got a tour of the basement below the Alamo Sales Museum.

Thursday night, Reubens returned to do some filming at the Alamo church and attended a Dallas Cowboys practice at the Alamodome.

In an irreverent scene in his 1985 film “Pee-wee's Big Adventure,” Pee-wee visits the Alamo, searching for his bicycle. He gets laughed at after he asks where the basement is and is told there isn't one.

Reubens also reportedly now is working on another movie as Pee-wee.

The filming at the hallowed site of a former mission and storied 1836 battle is causing a stir within the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, the Alamo's longtime custodians.

Some Daughters have expressed consternation, saying his presence doesn't create a “family-friendly” impression.

Reubens, 58, is a former registered sex offender, having completed a three-year probated sentence in 2007 on a misdemeanor obscenity charge in California. He was at the Alamo the same day as visiting officials of the Texas General Land Office, which will assume state oversight Sept. 1.

Alamo employees said Reubens was friendly and well-behaved. And Pee-wee, his alter ego, brought his bike with him this time.