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hey guys thank you so much for joining me
again today today we are going to be watching bill and ted's excellent adventure from 1989. and
i'm so excited about this one all i know about it is it has really young keanu reeves in it and it's
a comedy i'm trying to think if i've ever seen keanu reeves in a comedy i really don't think i
have i've seen action seen drama i mean he can be funny in those movies but i don't think i've ever
seen him like in a straight comedy role so this should be rea
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we go bill and ted's excellent adventure got this 80s music right out of the gate i love it excellent adventure welcome to the future
oh 2688 it's great here even the dirt is clean a
nd we have more excellent water slides
this place is great but it almost wasn't the two great ones ran into a few people stallion travel
back in time should fail to keep these two on the correct path of our society will be in danger
okay bill has preston here you take it okay okay and i'm ted theodore logan wilder burned
out that amp with their hard rock and ways all right 1988. look at this guy's half sweater
in time our band will be most triumphant i do not believe we will get eddie van
halen until we have a triumphant video i love their accent well how can we have decent
instruments we don't really even know how to play that is why we need eddie van halen excellent
school dude oh yeah oh yeah like totally tubular this is going to be great bill
he's dead napoleon was a short dead dude well yeah yeah yeah well yeah he had to stand
up he's so cute who was joan of arc noah's wife i am amused by these guys already for all
the things we have learned and kisses we've learned tha
t the world has a great history
genghis khan joan of arc and socratic method they think they're doing a good job i love it yeah
good that's good you have flunk every section of this class oh let's go on a-plus on your final oil
report tomorrow understand poor guy sir the report had better be something very special that's
a lot of pressure high school movies always have like you have one day to do something
would view the world as san dimas 1988. we are in danger of flunking most heinously t
omorrow
missy i mean mom stepmom's cute you know when she was a senior we were friends shut up ted so what
she's only four years older than them that's his stepmom what are you doing home dad i'm looking
for my keys i spoke to your principal today ted he's flunking most heinously he also said that
if you failed history you flunk out of school i would have to go to oates military academy this
is a big deal boys you cannot flunk most heinously we gotta pass otherwise there's no more band it
is time their separation is imminent oh my god time traveling phone booth isn't that like a
doctor who thing i've never seen doctor who y'all listen to this electric guitar george washington won born on president's day
the dollar bill guy hi brought you guys some it's food mom dude you're destined to flunk
most egregiously tomorrow most egregiously mr ryan uh-huh tell him him yeah that's brutal remember when i asked her to
the prom shut up the leading that car over there said that marco polo
is not just a water sport man remember the days before internet and
google when did the mongols rule china i don't know i just work need your pocket
brain proud to have an excellent adventure greetings do you know when the mongols ruled china perhaps we could ask them i'm here to help you
with your history report what what the real google strange things foot at the circle k you are going to have oh excellent adventure
through history we're you dude no way yes way ted we didn't believe it ei
ther when we
were you what number are we thinking of 69 kids listen to this dude rufus give
my love to the princesses who you'll see don't forget to wind your watch let's go you sure we should be
doing this yeah i want to go yeah yeah yeah what if we were
lying why would we lie to ourselves okay yeah i love both of their mannerisms
are hilarious we're history we're history oh my god awesome these are the
circuits of history gentlemen will take this movie wouldn't be the same if it was made
now
it's it's funnier that it's like sort of cheesy uh special effects i'm sure they were great
at the time austria 1805 the french have just invaded we're in the middle of a war
too long boy napoleon time to depart did he go with him now where are we dude it's my
house can we go anywhere we want and what happens you must get to that report
that book will give you the number of any place you want to go that clock clock and san dimas
always running time for me to go on your own it's napole
on ted i have a most excellent
idea grab his legs we gotta get him inside what's his most excellent idea well
we got one historical figure here maybe we can go back and get some more you have
to watch this guy let's go back into history i want to speak with you son you failed history
spend all your time with your loser friend yes deputy van halen we found your
keys i want you packed and ready to go my dad already signed me up my plane leaves
tomorrow night only if we fail dude oh yeah no w
ay sigmund fruit b7 western movement
in america that switch out and touch them i'm losing it new mexico 1879 beers please he didn't even card us dude who should
we take with us who's it gonna be he's billy the kid i need two men where
with you billy the kid would you win i keep sounds good mr the kid he's always got a grin on his
face god i have a poker face like me yeah oh there it is okay three
aces are you a cheating us kid oh boy they're just having the time of their life
we're totally
weak are they going to get beat up it's a good year blimp you guys saved my life age increased dude
how many people can they put in there they're going back to get the socratic method
socrates look him up the only true wisdom consists in knowing that you
know nothing let's bag him yeah this is ted socrates all we are is dust
in the wind dude great song dust win dude bag england 15th century don't
forget to wind your watch do you know where there are any
personages of historical significan
ce check it out who's it gonna be medieval times maybe like a king or a princess billy guard
the booth who should we get from medieval those must be the princesses you told yourself
about it's a history report not a babe report those are historical babes it's true are they in there oh my god
these are heavy heavy metal he went all the way down oh no
that can't be right no no no he's gonna clunk him on the head with something oh okay it's just gonna sneak by him bogus totally
bogus most non-
triumphant don't be dead dude you killed ted you met evil dickweed can they die
in this i did not think the stakes were that high oh ted i fell out of my suit when i hit the floor you're the ones we saw in front of the
castle i bring to your message of love and what is this message you speak of will
you go to the prom with us in san dimas go what does your father want what to be married
to two horrible old men today where do you have this escape of course babes of course
babes i'm the earl
of preston the duke of ted put them in the iron maiden
excellent execute them we'll save i believe our adventure through time
has taken a most serious turn oh no oh that's a scary weapon i'm sorry the number you have dialed is
not inserted party on dude party on dude oh that was close yeah let's get some answers
should you play excellent music i feel like they're gonna break into songs i want us to say something be
excellent to each other yes party on dudes gotta get back to our report late
r i think the boost broke oh the single
greatest ice cream spectacle ziggy ziggy ziggy i could eat some ice cream
right now that looks good it's sigmund fruit how's it going fruit
dude does moosa and trump's eye beg him here we go now we're going to get beethoven come with me if you want to live how are they fitting everyone in there we gotta
try and figure out what's wrong with the booze the antenna's broken no he is not a good bowler come on
let's teach him you ain't paid yet hey i don't
want to see you around here anymore napoleon has benders christ at the
bowling alley whatever will he do now 1 million bc here's a treat thank you what are
they doing it's bubble gum i sure hope this works okay okay i think it's working that's us only now
it's not now oh yeah excellent what'd we say anyways let's go find out 69 dude look dude
you've got to go give my love to the princesses who you'll see is everything all right
yeah what did you say how come the number we dialed for san dim
as brought us here
set up to tomorrow william you have to dial one number higher you got ten hours left
you got two hours you forgot to wind your watch after you reminded yourself not to don't forget
to wind your watch catch you later villain ted all right so i'm going back to
his house because they're done boning in the room now mom dude this is
uh dave beethoven maxine missy socrates johnson i'm not taking you
anywhere until you do your chores just go genghis khan cleaning the toilet oh
no this is where people of today's world hang
out everybody get together remember who your buddy is so great dude the stratification of our society
perhaps today she would say let them eat fast food a very good report excellent very well done
we'll be back as soon as we find appalling you ditched napoleon deacon he was a
dick he was a dick we were one of the greatest generals in history where would
we go waterloo oh yeah that makes sense i was gonna say is he gonna
go down the water slide
but does he like it by the end loves it he's pro now of course he's in the piano
store that would blow his mind what at least you were just meeting women
in the food court what you may call me sicky striking out fellas oh now this oh yeah i need the lincoln hat and the stupid beers back oh amazing leading the aerobics class even better oh you can't do that in the mall sigmund freud abraham lincoln buddies small
buddies don't get smart with me buddy let's go and she does have the moves taking
it too far he rocked too hard why do you keep asking me these
questions tell me about your mind abraham lincoln what's your birthday 1809. thanks
for moderner san diego's high school football did he pass i can't believe my dad arrested
them all officer van halen will know what to do you're going to talk to your
dad i'm going to scope the place out he's got like that nose thing from the pool
you're going to military school ted but no i don't want to hear it ted can we get your
dad's keys bu
t he lost him two days ago only we could go back in time to when he had him and steal
him then we could do it after the report after the report will time travel back to two days ago
steal your dad's keys and leave him here see whoa yeah can't forget to do this otherwise it won't
happen hey it was me you stole my dad's key hey how are you gonna get past my dad remember
to get the tape recorder set a timer on hey dad it's you dude i'm over here this way i want
to do that in my life whenever t
hings go well dear bill and ted sincerely
bless preston esquire p.s duck iron maiden wild stallion i think abraham lincoln would be most impressed give them an answer so it seems
we may be one report short come on come on fellas put on a good
report from all throughout history i'd like you all to put your hands together but much of the world looked like
the cover of the led zeppelin album we were there it was most tranquil he was the
teacher of plato the most bodacious philosophizer really
out of control and i think i got
a pretty good idea where he gets it from oh this dad is the worst loves you ted's father's
own fear has caused him to make his son his own deepest anxieties about himself wow yeah thank you
very much sigmund freud that was most bodacious what's he gonna do he's the real wild guard
toad ravaged china totally ravaged ashman sporting goods yeah soldier totally roused to the
english from france walked out slide beethoven genghis very much enjoys twinkies
becaus
e of the excellent sugar beethoven's favorite works include
bon jovi's slippery when wet jonah bark plans on instituting a
full-scale aerobics program sandy miss we were brought forth upon our most excellent
adventure by our new friends bill and ted are dedicated to a proposition be excellent great report number one a plus i'm billa's preston esquire switch bill we traveled through time we got an
a-plus in our history report maybe it's time to get eddie van halen maybe we should start
learn
ing how to play maybe you're right ted who is the babes the historical bibs rufus introduced us to a place called
the mall i got them out of england just before they had to marry those royal
ugly dudes good i was wondering about that how can we ever thank you by signing this for my
kids they're big fans of yours while stallion's music has become the foundation of our whole
society no way yes way that futuristic place with the domes they're totally excellent music is that
them that's why i w
as sent to make sure you passed your history report if you guys were separated it
would have been disastrous your music will help put an end to war and poverty align the planets
allowing meaningful contact with all forms of life and it's excellent for dancing why don't you
have the ladies sign as well they are in the band excellent party on dudes if i might be so
honored to jam with you i play a little this has been a most excellent
adventure most excellent oh they need work they do get bet
ter okay
george carlin well that was super fun okay guys well that was bill intense excellent
adventure and i loved it it was super fun super funny very just like a stoner high school comedy i
mean they weren't even stoned but like it had that vibe to it you know like just like a chill not
serious at all fun funny ride and clearly they were you know making fun of themselves a little
bit too which i loved and you know kiana roose was so funny he was so cute and young and he had that
like do
pey grin on his face the whole time just like hey like this whole you know chill california
vibe and both of them have the like surfer boy accents i just man i was very charmed by this
movie i also really liked bill's vocabulary the whole way through he kept saying like heinous
and egregious really funny vocabulary yeah really really liked it it had so many quotable things
i loved that it was you know tongue-in-cheek and their music saves humanity that was super fun
i loved it very likable
guys i'm gonna give the mvp to both bill and ted because they were amazing
i thought they were super funny i really like the blonde haired guy too it's really funny they had
really good like chemistry gets best friends just like great attitudes and sweet guys and super
funny so yeah bill and ted you are obviously the mvps of this excellent adventure i'm gonna
give the low-key mvp to freud because he had that scene at the end on the stage where he had ted on
the on the couch and he was sort
of diagnosing his dad's issues and all that and ted had that
like whoa moment of like epiphany so i thought that was pretty funny so i'm gonna give freud my
low-key mvp and the worst award i am going to give to ted's dad because he was a real bummer man just
talk to your kid you know you don't just send him to alaska tomorrow so yeah that guy was a real
bummer but hopefully he saw the presentation and he learned to love ted for what an excellent dude
that he is but ted's dad you're the wors
t yeah man i'm just so happy that was so fun i wish i'd seen
this uh when i was a kid or when i was in high school this would have been really fun i would
have really enjoyed this i had this video game where you go back in time and you visit all the
historical figures it kind of reminded me of that i can't remember it was like mario's adventures in
time or something like that my sister and i would always play that so it reminds me a little bit of
that and i definitely would have been into t
his movie as a kid i would have found it pretty funny
then i could have been saying like most egregious and stuff like that as a child that would have
been hilarious but i loved it as an adult this was really fun had a really good time thank you
guys so much for watching along with me today i really appreciate it i had a great time i hope you
had a great time too and i will see you next time bye guys i just want to finish up by saying
be excellent to each other and party on
Comments
If you have not yet checked it out, the sequel "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey" is also a great movie on its own that takes the characters in a completely different direction. Oh, and the two waiters from the "Ziggy Piggy" scene are the two writers of the Bill & Ted series. 🤫
Sigmund Freud holding the corn dog, while talking to the cute girls, is the most underrated joke of the 80s.
Bill and Ted are very much inspired by Sean Penn's character Spicoli from "Fast Times at Ridgemont High". I can confirm people like this really did exist in the 80's, I may or may not have been one of them.
"Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey" is also worth watching! 😊
Having Freud win the low-key MVP is a slice of fried gold.
There's not a person who grew up in the 80s who didn't see Back to the Future and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. Time travel is always a fun plot device, so if you want a more obscure time travel movie from the 80s, but one that might actually be more profound than both, check out Peggy Sue Got Married. It's brilliant. And it's got a young Nicolas Cage & Kathleen Turner.
"Cheesy special effects - I'm sure they were great at the time." No, they were cheesy for then, too - remember, 1989 was also the year James Cameron's The Abyss also premiered, followed two years later by *Terminator 2*, so the cheese was very intentional. Also, casting George Carlin (a very famous counter-culture comedian and social commentator) as "straight man" Rufus was a stroke of genius, IMHO, as he served as a counter-balance for the silliness of not just Bill and Ted, but of the whole thing.
I liked how they really leaned into the possibilities of time travel when Bill & Ted snuck into the police station. "Later, we'll go back to 2 days ago, steal your dad's keys and leave them here."
Fun fact: the lady playing Joan of Arch(Jane Marie Genevieve Wiedlin) was actually a Musician herself? She was most noted as a member of the GoGo’s, and early 80s all female band!
I forgot Joan of Arc was played by Jane Wiedlin. She was 1/4 of the 80s girl band The Go-Gos.
The havoc scene at the mall is the most excellent part of the movie for me! I loved this the first time I saw it back in '89. You should definitely watch the sequel as well as "Wayne's World" plus it's sequel. Party on! 🎸
I went to visit my parents in Arizona for the first time in 2020 and besides baseball, the one thing I had to do was go to the circle k they filmed those scenes at. They've got the movie poster behind the counter and if you ask employees if they know when the mongols invaded China, they have to answer, "I don't know I just work here."
I was born in 1987, my brother in 1984. We grew up watching this movie. Most of our vocabulary as kids came from this, Wayne's World and the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. We still say "bogus," "excellent" and such regularly.
I was 17 when this movie came out. I’ll never forget me and my friends sneaking beers into the theater to watch this and just laughing the entire time. We were constantly quoting the lines for years. Anytime something bad would happen we’d tell each other not to forget to go into the past and change something that would make everything ok. Most excellent memories!
Fun Fact. The two guys who give Napoleon and the kids their Ice Cream at Ziggies are the creators of Bill and Ted. Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon.
Love this movie. Dedicated to a proposition that is as true today as it was when this movie was made. Be Excellent to Each Other.
George Carlin makes this movie. His presence gives it more credibility and keeps it grounded, letting the rest of the cast be super silly and still hilarious.
Ooh I’m excited for this to start. Nobody ever does this fantastic, hilarious series.
Yeah, the tim emachine being a phone booth is absolutely a Doctor Who easter egg, although the Doctor Who time machine is actually a police box, which is a different thing. It's also bigger on the inside, but part of the humor is that Bill & Ted are cramming so many people into the phone booth.
When I first watched this movie, phone booths were everywhere. Now you'd almost have to travel back in time to see one but you need a phone booth to time travel. It's a catch 22 situation. Whoa! I just blew my own mind. Party on! 🎸🤙 and be excellent to each other.😃