BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE (1989) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

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00:00 - Intro
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[@sonnercampbell1702]

“Be excellent to each other” “Party on, dudes” Words to live by

[@SilentBob731]

Also, "The only true wisdom consists in knowing that you know nothing" That's us, Dude! 🎸

[@DiggitySlice]

Who defines "excellent"?

[@tommychong1173]

OH HELL YEAH!!!! ROCK FLAG AND EAGLE !!!!!

[@DanielS2001]

The most heartwarming and easy philosophy that anyone can do.

[@this.is.a.username]

@@DiggitySlice dictionaries "extremely good; outstanding."

[@brettg274]

It’s funny how people today say “this isn’t the Keanu you’re used to”, because this WAS the Keanu we were used to back then and it was hard to envision him doing anything action or serious.

[@thisspaceforrent5737]

I remember being skeptical when I heard he was going to be an action hero in Speed.

[@shanester1832]

Yeah, she had it good. I never thought about some people only knowing him from John Wick and not being tainted by this. He's forever stained by it in my eyes.

[@LarryBonson]

​@@thisspaceforrent5737 He did Point Break before speed.

[@roberthart5863]

I remember watching Dangerous Liaisons (a French costume drama, IIRC) after seeing Bill and Ted. There is one scene where he takes a Ted stance and spreads his arms and I fully expect hi to say "Dude!"

[@shanester1832]

@roberthart5863 I remember that. I also remember, " I am a prisoner in Dracula's castle. It's most untriumphant."

[@thomashobbes8786]

“Something strange is afoot at the Circle K.” I still say it every time I pass one. Every. Single. Time. 😂

[@presencerocks2224]

I never saw a Circle K until about 5 years ago. I stopped on a trip and got gas. I went in to buy snacks and when I got to the counter I said the line. The clerk just stared at me and I wondered if she had heard it hundreds of times or if I was the first person to ever say it and she had no idea what it was from...

[@Sizzlik]

Some movies do that to one...for some reason i have to repeat "the greater good" when anyone says "its for the greater good"

[@benn454]

@@presencerocks2224 Probably the latter. Likely too young to have seen this movie.

[@clh35]

I grew up in the midwest and had never even heard of Circle K. I thought it was made up for this movie. Went to college a few years later in Arizona and they're on every corner. Still thought they became a thing because of this movie.

[@jollyrodgers7272]

It's "Strange Things are afoot , etc." and I go inside to play lottery and say it to the clerk in the wee hours. - either they get it, or think I'm one of the strange things...

[@lordmortarius538]

The Circle K they filmed that scene at was in Tempe AZ, and it closed recently. The clerks were informed when hired that if anyone asks them "When did the Mongols rule China" they were required to respond with "I dunno, I just work here!" Love this film, dude.

[@scottwilson3741]

They closed that place? That sucks

[@TennSeven]

@@scottwilson3741 Most non-triumphant!

[@scottwilson3741]

@@TennSeven excellent wordage

[@BrodieVickers-tk9sd]

Cass finally doing Bill & Ted? That is most *_EXCELLENT_* !

[@osmanyousif7849]

I do find it funny though that she’s watching a movie starring George Carlin too, which has me wondering whether or not everyone here wants to see her watch one of his stand-ups….

[@tothra]

So triumphant!!!

[@DerMoerpler]

I hope she does Bogus Journey as well!

[@JeremiahWeiberg]

Bill, played by Alex Winter was the first vampire to die in The Lost Boys

[@NoelleMar]

The small one 🧛🏽

[@MitchClement-il6iq]

Also made a cult classic movie called freaked!

[@JeremiahWeiberg]

I remember that one, Keanu played Dog Boy (uncredited) but we can tell by his voice

[@tommychong1173]

​@@NoelleMarHA HA HA HA !! LOL !!!

[@chrissmalley83]

@@MitchClement-il6iq Just because a man doesn't like macaroons...

[@timcook6566]

I fully credit Bill & Ted for my marriage. In college I went home to visit family and friends, and my friends took me to see B&T. I thought it was the most ridiculous thing ever. A couple weeks later I’m sitting in a girl’s dorm room, and told her about it. Then some of her friends came by to see if she wanted to go see it. We looked at each other and burst out laughing. She passed on the movie, and we went out to dinner. A few weeks later I knew that I didn’t ever want to be without her, and proposed. In a few weeks we will celebrate our 35th anniversary. Thanks Bill and Ted!

[@zammmerjammer]

Most triumphant.

[@UtopiaBlue68]

Congratulations my dude!!

[@lordradam5409]

Best Story ever, PARTY ON DUDES!

[@PorkinsTheWhite]

Excellent!

[@portalina]

But did she ever get to see it? It would be a crime if she didn’t.

[@markkremser]

This movie came out during my senior year of high school. At the end of my commencement speech, I quoted Lincoln "Be excellent to each other... and PARTY ON DUDES!"

[@7wnb]

“Strange things are afoot at the circle k” ha This movie has an amazing soundtrack

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Everything about the film was actually--heheh--excellent. 😁 But seriously, not kidding... the screenplay, direction, costuming, lighting, sound, casting, music, props, sets... all of it.

[@homiedclown]

I still say that, every time I go to a Circle K.

[@tommychong1173]

69 dudes!

[@JordanCS13]

@@homiedclownSame. My wife is tired of it after over 20 years of marriage, but I can’t resist. Best line in the film, and that’s saying something.

[@fuzzlet3045]

Circle k was not in my state at the time . Whenever we travelled through another state and saw one… I had to say this.

[@StevenDoskey]

As a teen, my dad changed our computer's error message beep to the sound clip of them saying, "Bogus!"

[@joshr8666]

Woah.. cool

[@puffinman1138]

Similarly, my college roommate had the "Excellent!!" Then guitar riff whenever he got a new message on his email. It was hilarious

[@daveross1638]

so he just changed the theme did that with mine also used the scream theme for a while too.

[@hullbarrett]

Back in like Windows 7, I changed my Windows Startup sound to the first few seconds of Led Zeppelin's Black Dog.

[@3DJapan]

I loved changing my computers sounds back in the day.

[@indiecab9593]

“Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey”, a most excellent sequel!

[@SonicImmersion_]

"Station!"

[@bellethilrancthalion1109]

But we don’t talk about Face the Music. That one was trash.

[@rikk319]

@@bellethilrancthalion1109 I liked it. But I loved the comic book series the best, because it was written and drawn by Evan Dorkin, the award-winning writer/artist who did Milk & Cheese and wrote for Space Ghost Coast To Coast.

[@yermatedave4930]

Station!

[@huangjun_art]

@@bellethilrancthalion1109 The movie was perfectly fine. Save the ignorant movie trashing for the rest of the prepubescent MCU fanbase.

[@BiggestDawgEver]

Cassie, you are spot on in your assumption that this was THE quotable movie for a while. In fact, I cultivated my whole personal style to emulate Ted for a time. One day in social studies(History) class, when we were covering Napoleon, my teacher asked what we knew about Napolean. I looked to my friend Brayden, the Bill to my Ted, and gave him a knowing smile, which he returned. I put up my hand, and when called upon, I stood up, put on my best Keanu Reeves impression, and replied: "...uh, he's dead?". This got quite a laugh from the class, and I got asked to stay afterward, but it was sooo worth it. Fortunately, Mr. Haney had a great sense of humor, and once I explained the context and how I couldn't resist the setup, he chuckled and dismissed me without punishment. He was my favorite high school teacher. R.I.P. Ron Haney.

[@Mr_Bob_A_Feet]

Sigmund Freud’s corn dog slowly losing its “height” might be the best gag in this film 😂

[@nadzee7101]

Sometimes, a corn dog is just a corn dog.

[@paratus04]

Thank you! Someone else who noticed the gag.

[@chrisyee5905]

The chemistry between Alex and Keanu in this movie is incredible.

[@brandonmelling771]

For sure! These are movies that simply would not work without their chemistry. Supposedly they still keep in touch in real life too, which is cool.

[@DavidBrown-xm8ou]

Bill & Ted is not a *guilty* *pleasure* . It's a *pleasure* . And anyone who doesn't love it is guilty for not liking this awesome movie.

[@hellomark1]

I've watched other reactors view it and they kept trying to over-analyze it instead of just enjoying it for what it was, and it really sucks all the fun out of it. Watching Cassie thoroughly enjoy it was like eating a container of icing out of the fridge, just pure joy.

[@trouty42]

Watching Keanu Reeves grow into a movie star was weird at first, everyone was like, "That's Ted from Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure?" But he ended up being awesome as everyone knows.

[@steamro11r]

yea i didnt realize he was Ted until years later seeing the end of Point Break when he had long hair and a surfer accent again

[@santaonthecross]

He's still Lieutenant Dan, I mean Ted, and he forgot to wind his watch.

[@hellomark1]

For me it was The Matrix, because having been Ted made him a better "everyman" for me. If Keanu could be "The One," any of us could be! Though I think my favourite role of his is still John Constantine.

[@UTU49]

Not surprisingly, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure won the Oscar for best picture 3 years in a row. It was totally unprecedented.

[@benadams6767]

😆🤣

[@KennethSorling]

Somebody must have lured the jury with a twinkie.

[@freestrike2000]

No! It was NOMINATED 3 years in a row. It actually only won the second year. I believe it beat out Driving Miss Daisy and Morgan Freeman had an absolute hissy fit at the after party. It was all over the news.

[@MGower4465]

Um, no. It didn't win Best Picture Oscar.

[@MrRuss50]

Oscars?? U have to be joking.

[@jasonavery]

When I was in HS. I loved this movie. I got an “A” on my history report. I used to answer all the questions out loud in class because I loved history. My teacher finally took me to the side after our mid-term exam and asked “How do you know so much about history, you’re 15 years old, most kids your age do not care.” I jokingly replied, “I learned everything I know about history from Bill and Ted.” He laughed and said, “That’s sad Jason.”

[@Serenity113]

This movie and then Indiana Jones movies are the reason why I love history and learning about it.

[@JasonKreider-eq8kp]

I also got straight As in history

[@c1ph3rpunk]

Totally bogus.

[@coloneljackmustard]

This movie partially inspired me to become a history teacher.

[@ct6852]

This movie legit got me ready for school. Just puts you in the mindset that learning should be fun, and that education helps you deal with life better.

[@Scallycowell]

I love these movies. Bill & Ted are such sweet lovable characters. They literally can’t even stay mad at each other for more than two seconds, they’re just that full of blind positivity.

[@Treffaut]

The scene in the future always makes me cry. It's silly, but the overwhelming feeling - "We made it! We lived! Life is GOOD!"

[@reconsoldier135]

I’m 41 years old and I still regularly quote this movie

[@fredfredburger5150]

I'm 46 and still do the "Ziggy Piggy" when I see someone eating too much food.

[@joeymack5810]

I'm 56 and still say "Strange things are afoot at the Circle K." every time I pass one :D

[@synaesthesia2010]

same. EXCELLENT!!!!

[@SonicImmersion_]

44. Every time I'm in a restaurant abd get asked, "What kind of dressing would you like?" I always think, "Caesar was a salad dude."

[@ct6852]

I had for years too but totally forgot this movie even existed.

[@theevilascotcompany9255]

Lol, it's funny to see people who know Keanu from John Wick first, then watching him be a goof in this movie. For us older folks, it was the opposite way.

[@darrylcarden1851]

I know the feeling. I still remember before seeing the Matrix wondering how a most excellent comedian was going to pull off an action flick.

[@tudyk21]

I long considered this role his best work, because he took so long to develop as an actor. I used to make fun of him in Speed.😄

[@JRSiebz]

@@darrylcarden1851 They did get him to "woah" once in the Matrix though ;) He was in "Speed" in 1994. So his transition from Ted started before "The Matrix"

[@Tantalus010]

I remember a saying that I heard right after The Matrix Reloaded came out: any movie that Keanu plays a clueless guy in does well, but when you ask him to play a character who knows what he's doing, the movie bombs. I never agreed with the sentiment, but it does lend support to the notion that he was typecast early in his career.

[@michaelrussell3890]

Bill and Ted made "Woah!" to Keanu what "I'll be back" is to Arnie

[@The_Mashupman]

"Iron Maiden?! EXCELLENT!"

[@hathorliderc]

"Execute them!"

[@nickmullen2830]

I am Duke of Ted and I am the Earl of Preston.

[@nickmullen2830]

@@hathorliderc Bogus.

[@PuppetDungeon]

When this came out it was a History teacher's favorite field trip. It wasn't a matter of IF you would go see it, just what day. Now you've gotta watch the rest, which are equally as excellent and fun.

[@tylerdurden5406]

I still can’t go past a Circle K without thinking about this movie.

[@dustywaynemusic6297]

There's one down the street from my house and I say that quote about once a week 😂

[@ct6852]

For so long I wondered why I reacted to Circle K's when passing them. Hadn't seen this movie since I was 8 and forgot all about it.

[@davelister2961]

"Bill, strange things are afoot at the circle kay." 😂

[@Trendkilla]

Circle K wasn't a thing in my country until recently. The amount of joy I got out of finally getting to say "Strange things are afoot at the Circle K".

[@RoGueNavy]

Yeah, but go into a Circle K, and ask the clerk if strange things are afoot, and you'll just get blank stares.

[@CollarCityGuy]

Seeing Jane Wiedlin from the Go Go's play Joan of Arc was, to coin a phrase, Most Excellent!

[@nadzee7101]

❤ Jane

[@KMEnterprise]

Had an instant crush on her after watching this the first time.

[@Hyper_Material]

You beat me to it. Also had the great Clarence Clemons, sax player from the Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.

[@Britcarjunkie]

And Fee Waybill, from The Tubes!

[@cindygray6009]

She was also the singing telegram girl in Clue.

[@JMKidd75]

One of the little things I love about this movie is that that's actually Eddie Van Halen doing the close up for Rufus's guitar riff.

[@TeamDaemon1980]

I was 9 when I first saw this movie. I kept renting it over and over back in the summer of 1990. Remains one of my all-time favorites.

[@robertshields4160]

'I'm not dumb, I'm just blonde!' That needs to be on a t-shirt or something. ☺

[@kennbashaw5810]

Bill and Ted was released on February 17 1989 and the first appearance of Wayne and Garth on Saturday Night Live was February 18, 1989.

[@annmariemills1554]

I was thinking when she said that, that this was first, dude!!! Excellent!!😂❤😂❤

[@jimboM32]

The Wayne character predated Mike Myers' run on SNL though. He created that character when he still lived in Toronto.

[@claytoncourtney1309]

@@jimboM32 Yes but the implication is that Bill and Ted copied Waynes world when that is not the case

[@UTU49]

It's interesting that both movies are essentially goofy buddy movies with the gimmick that one of their key traits is that they are entirely decent, nice guys. In both movies one of the guys is played by a Canadian.

[@guyr.6053]

Woah, dude.

[@TheSpiritOf97]

I love how low-key scathing this films opinion of The Educational Industrial complex was, even at the time. LEARNING is portrayed as fun, enlightening, sometimes dangerous but always rewarding and with a sense of adventure and risk. SCHOOL is portrayed as a monotonous droning prison where the teachers are jerks who talk down to you but can't even pronounce "Socrates" correctly themselves. So-Crates might be wrong, but so is that bent-dipstick of a teacher, just ask Socrates Himself. This film is a gem of fun 80's commentary.

[@fightingfortruth9806]

"I fell out of my suit when I hit the floor." Somehow the suit stayed perfectly together.

[@nickmullen2830]

The absurdity of this is what makes this scene great.

[@Trebor74]

Straps?🙂

[@redrave404]

There's always a pause when I tell someone I'm from San Dimas, followed by a "wait like Bill & Ted?"

[@mblackwl]

See, I would think that you'd get at least a couple of "SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RULES!" in there too.

[@redrave404]

@@mblackwl I only get those responses over the internet, case in point.

[@dmonroe20]

Although it was majorly filmed in Phoenix, and the recently closed Metrocenter Mall!

[@joshuagoforth1658]

@@redrave404that is truly not most excellent 😢

[@dumbcat]

"We're you dudes! We didn't believe it either when we were you, and we us said what we us are saying right now."

[@patrickmcandrew6631]

The future scene hits me in the feels. Imagine living in a perfect world and getting to (air) jam with your founding fathers? ❤

[@Treffaut]

That scene and Star Trek always get me. EVERYONE healthy, fed, educated, and free to thrive? That's a future worth fighting for. Don't ever let cynicism blind you of it.

[@stevenorellano2039]

I remember my mom laughing hysterically when the two employees from the ice cream shop were singing ziggy piggy to napoleon and made those pig faces while snorting.

[@jeffrtd2665]

Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey (Part 2) has always been my favorite.

[@homiedclown]

The soundtrack to Bogus Journey is most excellent.

[@lionelhutz5902]

Station!

[@justinamerican8200]

There's no way I can possibly do infinity pushups.

[@DurkMcGerk]

It's a good sequel. I think the ending is even better in that one. No spoilers.

[@this.is.a.username]

@@DurkMcGerk put it in the souls of everyone.

[@PerfectHandProductions]

Bill and Ted are such charming likable doofuses that you have to love this silly classic.

[@arieljacobsegal]

So good natured. I really liked the movie

[@ChrisReise]

15:30 I get chills when I watch this scene...the reason is that they don't even realize that the "most excellent" music that they hear in the background is PROBABLY them. Since this future is a future that Bill and Ted are cherished and known as the great ones.

[@jasonthedave6140]

Same. I'm glad I'm not the only one.

[@tonyberezowski7859]

"Strange things are afoot at the Circle K." Will never not be in my vocabulary!!!! lolololol This movie was such good, stupid fun!

[@jacksonconley5117]

“Who was Joan of Arc?” “Noah’s wife.” 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 That line had me all cracked up.

[@Easy_Skanking]

I love how they address her as Miss Of Arc.

[@mike91mdk45]

I'm quite partial to ceasar, myself. A very bodacious salad dressing dude

[@Starbeam1979]

Also gotta love the follow up "Well then, who was Noah's wife?"

[@IsoscelesKramer]

Great leaders like... Socratic Method!

[@chrisdobbs9155]

For a long time, Keanu was thought of as only capable of characters like this. Blew everyone's mind when he started doing more serious things like "Matrix".

[@guyr.6053]

Not that of a long time, don't forget Point Break (1991) and Speed (1994)

[@Justin0807]

Point Break came out just a couple years after this and showed that he could do serious action roles well. Also, River's Edge is an underrated drama that he did in the 80s.

[@godabandonedthistimeline]

He also did My Own Private Idaho with River Phoenix

[@lajeteefan]

He'd done "Dangerous Liaisons" and "River's Edge" before this. "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" was actually a departure from what he'd done in the past. He's started out his film career doing more serious roles.

[@ct6852]

Part of the reason his performance in Dracula was received the way it was. Along with the accent, of course.

[@michaelserot6844]

I was lucky enough to have met Al Leong (Genghis Khan) on a few occasions. He is such a nice guy. It's too bad that he suffered a series of strokes, lost the ability to use his right arm, and his wife divorced him and took practically everything. He's such an iconic bad guy actor from the 80s!

[@hathorliderc]

"The only true wisdom is knowing that we know nothing!" "That's US dude!"

[@CrashWizard]

Genghis Khan was played by Al Leong, best known for playing some kind of henchman in 'every 80s action movie and tv show'. I think he works as a stunt coordinator now.

[@stevensauer8539]

For a period of about 20 years, if a movie needed an Asian guy it was either Al Leong or James Hong. Two legendary careers, so many fun movies between them.

[@christopherlawley1842]

Big Trouble in Little China

[@BogeyTheBear]

The bad guy stealing candy from behind the counter in _Die Hard._

[@corralescoyote3360]

I think he’s the guy electrocuting Riggs in Lethal Weapon

[@BenjaminFlagg_GameDesigner]

The best part about this film, even if it's my favorite of the trilogy, is that they are ALL great. And the writer's (the two guys from the "Ziggy Piggy" mall scene, who used to play versions of "Bill & Ted" in college before making this film) is that the ONE thing they always wanted to ensure through all three films, is a sense of "innocence" for Bill & Ted. They ALWAYS mean well :)

[@LadyIarConnacht]

Yes, that's one of the best things about the movie. It's so great too, how they draw everybody into their little world, instead of them having to adjust to "reality."

[@christopherwaldrop5293]

There's a timeless message in Bill and Ted: the kids are all right. It meant a lot to me when I was around Bill and Ted's age to feel like I didn't have to conform to what adults wanted, what adults were like, to be successful.

[@shanester1832]

There's an alternate universe where Pauly Shore is Ted, his audition is on YT. Frankly he was born to play it. My favorite parts are little moments like when Naploeon blocks the kid's spoon for the ice cream, the look Beethoven gives when salesman asks if he's a musician.

[@SuaveGemini]

Because of this movie my brain always says Beeth-Oven, Frood and So-Crates first before it pronounces it correctly in my head.

[@kevincameron8437]

Esp the So-Crates!!!

[@seattlecryptid]

It took me taking philosophy in COLLEGE to finally pronounce Socrates correctly lmao 🤣

[@tudyk21]

Me too. Whenever I hear "Freud" I think "Frood Dude".🤣

[@Starbeam1979]

I saw this before going over Socrates in school, so when I finally got to him years later my teacher had to correct my pronunciation.

[@JustinChristopher-ov7gw]

To this day I still call the philosopher So Crates lol.

[@aMulliganStew]

I used to refer to my most favorite former boss as So-Crates. I meant it as a compliment. Sadly, I don't think he understood that.

[@onefansview9874]

Bill and Ted’s always. I loved your line, “As a self-proclaimed, sometimes blonde…” Excellent.

[@johndarcangelo6893]

I don't think a lot reactors get the Waterloo reference. Respect from a history nerd.

[@TheDanEdwards]

Also the phone booth as a time machine seems to stump Americans. And young people today don't recognize Carlin.

[@josephscally6270]

This is definitely one of those movies for which there is no explanation for why it is so beloved and so darn entertaining. Sometimes it's best not to think too hard.

[@t0dd000]

Because the two leads are just so likeable. ;)

[@c1ph3rpunk]

Righteous

[@KNETTWERX]

Sometimes you just need to tune out the world, shut your brain down a little, relax, and just have fun watching a cheesy movie. This along with a few others from the 1970’s (like Blazing Saddles) and the 1980’s (like Bill and Ted, Caddy Shack, Spaceballs, etc) are just such movies.

[@keefey45]

I know what you mean. As the "film buff" of most of my social circles I struggle explaining (to younger people, mostly) why The Princess Bride is my all-time favorite or why everyone loves Bill and Ted. It's hard to put into words but the answer I've been going with lately is Charm. Some people don't get it, most people do. I genuinely feel bad for the ones that don't. Movies like this are fun to love.

[@JonathonTheAsshole]

@@KNETTWERX Blazing Saddles, Caddyshack, and Spaceballs are in a completely different league than Bill and Ted lol.

[@garychambers6848]

Just throwing this out..... The John Wick universe was what happened if Ted flunked and went to Oats military school...... Tell me I am wrong!!!!

[@randallwright1973]

I always assumed John Wick was the world the Matrix put Neo in after Revolutions. I like your idea, too.

[@tremorsfan]

There's actually a fake trailer for that.

[@osmanyousif7849]

@@randallwright1973, if he drunk the blue pill.

[@user-be7tc2bd6e]

No dude,you're totally-EXCELLENT.

[@pigmeatmarkham898]

Well, there hasn’t been any Wyld Stallyns albums so that must mean we’re in the John Wick universe 😂

[@alsmith1025]

"Strange things are afoot at the Circle K" is a line my sisters and I use every time we pass by a Circle K since this movie came out.

[@EarmonkeyMusic]

"Strange things are afoot at the Circle K" is a phrase that works in almost any possible random situation. Use it often. Use it well.

[@freestrike2000]

This movie was a surprise hit of the highest degree. After filming completed, it sat on a shelf for 2 years because the movie studio had such little faith in it. It surprised me as well. I thought it was going to be so stupid but absolutely loved it!

[@ct6852]

It was a box office hit, or just on video?

[@sterling557]

I saw it in the theater. It was a riot!

[@freestrike2000]

@@ct6852 It wasn't a massive blockbuster but it did well at the box office. Especially considering its modest budget. I think it made it to number 1 or 2 at the weekly box office and had pretty good legs.

[@ct6852]

@@freestrike2000 Definitely remember it being big at the video store. Every rental place I'd ever been to has had a lot of copies.

[@LadyIarConnacht]

It's just so silly. Such an excellent movie.

[@Mike-wr7om]

It is actually a very smart movie; super clever, witty humor.

[@Serai3]

Here's the great thing about time travel: there's no reason why it couldn't work the way it does in this movie. That's because nobody can say how time travel would work, since it's fundamentally impossible according to everything we know. It _might_ be possible to go forward in time, but you could only do it once and there's no coming back. Other than that very unlikely possibility, there's no way to time travel. So you can use it any way you want in a story. You can use a machine (like here) or no machine (like in "Somewhere in Time"). You can do anything with it, so the writers of "Bill and Ted" (who play the Ziggy Piggy waiters in the ice cream place) just ran with it to great comic effect. This is absolutely one of my Top Five films; I can't count how many times I've see it since it came out. By the way, THIS is what everyone thought of back then when Keanu Reeves was mentioned. _Nobody_ took him seriously. He only became an action star with "The Matrix" (though he had one big action hit in 1993 with "Speed"). For a couple of decades, he was a guy everything thought of as very pretty but very dim-witted - the word "himbo" was coined specifically to describe Keanu. It didn't help that he kept getting cast that way, either. I think it was his voice that really did it. Even when he did Shakespeare (in "Much Ado About Nothing") he couldn't shake that image because he still had that surfer guy voice. :D

[@sharqane]

And just two years later, Keanu become a founder of the band Dogstar, which he is the bassist for. The split up in 2002 (but still jammed together as friends), but reunited during the pandemic and the extended quarantine time turned into making a full album and starting back up again.

[@jxchamb]

7th grade when it came out. I laughed so damn hard. Decades later and it still cracks me up just as much.

[@erniedouglas123]

Me too!

[@trinaq]

"Excellent!" George Carlin was superb in this movie, and Keanu and Alex were a great team.

[@osmanyousif7849]

Also, one of the few times we don’t ever see him swearing. Man, would I pay to see Cassie react to one of his specials….

[@Justin0807]

​@@osmanyousif7849Carlin was terrific. Jammin' in New York in 1992 was my favorite one.

[@marcusfridh8489]

May he rest in peace, the true anarchist standup comedian/philosopher

[@kidd522666]

didn't know that George Carlin can play guitar like that!

[@donjackson5522]

@@marcusfridh8489 Occupation? Stand up philosopher Oh, a bullshit artist! Did you try to bullshit yesterday?

[@Rocket_Man232]

🔔 Proof that they DID actually travel through time: @ 5:40, notice how 1988 Ted says "Whoa!" in a way that happens to sound EXACTLY like 21st century Joe Rogan! 😃

[@Texastentialist-ls9kz]

George Carlin is Rufus , the narrator. A comedic genius.

[@ledoutofshadow8004]

"Our lives are but specks of dust falling through the fingers of time. Like sands of the hourglass, so are the days of our lives." Socrates.

[@trickykondo1021]

Unfortunately, I don't think a lot of folks today recognize this as something attributed to Socrates, just the Days of Our Lives soap opera. Reminds me of the feeling I get when a band covers a classic song without making it clear that they're just covering the original

[@mjc1389]

From Bogus Journey…”they Melvin-ed me”, as said by Death. I still laugh at that today and occasionally I come across someone who gets the reference even now.

[@corbingarrett1206]

This was the first movie my partner and I watched together not long after our first date, she'd never seen it and after she asked me to watch Hamilton with her which I had never seen. To this day I can't watch either without memories of that day and how much I love her.

[@anthonybean931]

The floating guy in the center in the future place is Clarence Clemons, saxophonist from the Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.

[@robertshields4160]

20:28 And of course Freud is holding a very phallic corn dog.

[@Osprey850]

Sometimes, a corn dog is just a corn dog.

[@marcusfridh8489]

Not to a man that blames everything on Oidipus complex.

[@hughjorg4008]

Keanu Reeves in *CONSTANTINE* (2005 action horror film). CASSIE will love this movie. 👍

[@MontgomeryWenis]

Constantine is such an underrated GEM!

[@ghostofyourmom]

​@@MontgomeryWenisBy the same writer as The Boys, too.

[@chrissmalley83]

People seem to like it now. When it came out, the fans of the comics didn't care much for it, and they were most of who saw it in theaters. I'm not familiar with the comics, so I don't know what they didn't like about it. If you aren't familiar with the comics, it's a great film. Compelling story. Excellent cast.

[@ApesAmongUs]

Totally jump scare free.

[@jackbrooks5487]

A lot of the problem was Keanu wasn't blond or British like in the comics. Personally, I can overlook that if the story is good, and Constantine is most excellent, dude. I hear a sequel is finally in the works. I'm looking forward to it.

[@clarkness77]

Bills dad getting it on in his sons room is so bad😅

[@line_noise]

I saw this in theatres with my best friend. 36 years later we're still friends and we still call each other "Dude" because of this movie.

[@trinaq]

This movie taught me way more about history than my actual history class ever did.

[@ghostofyourmom]

Joan of Arc isn't a historical figure, though. She's a fictional character from the King Arthur In Camelot stories.

[@phillipribbink6903]

My school had an excellent History program. To finish off the final days of the final course offered by the school our Teacher showed us this movie. (Which he mentioned during our first few days of the first course).

[@OldTechNerd]

This was the start of Keanus career. How he went from this to where he is today was amazingly mapped out by him. They taught a course in University about the steps he took, the calculated decisions he made, the roles he turned down and the ones he pursued as necessary to further his career. Hard to believe from his role as TED but he's actually brilliant. Also humble and genuinely considered one of if not the nicest and most down to earth guys in Hollywood.

[@edwardnonymous6804]

I think River's Edge predates this movie by a year or two. He basically was a darker version of Ted with a bit better reasoning skill.

[@Swearengen1980]

I see that the University system was declining earlier than we thought. What a waste of tuition. Actors taking roles is almost always a gamble. There are very, very few actors who don't have at least 1 or 2 duds. The only person I can think of who didn't was Daniel Day Lewis and that's because of how few he really chose, he often stuck to historical films that have a track record of doing well, and the best method actor ever. Teaching that at class is only a few notches above gender studies.

[@AceMoonshot]

@@edwardnonymous6804 I saw him in River's Edge first. Made his role in B&T seem even more goofy in comparison.

[@johncampbell756]

Actually, his acting career started 5 years earlier in 1984, with some TV huest spots. His first full length film was Youngbloods with Patrick Swayze. I disagree with the bashing of universities that someone else did, but if they taught you that this was the start of his career, they were teaching you false information.

[@OldTechNerd]

@@johncampbell756 I guess I should have been more specific and maybe I am incorrect but this was my understanding. This was when his movie career started. When he got the connections that put him in the right circle to propel him in the direction he wanted to go. Not just taking the next movie that came along for the lure of a paycheque, and wanting to distance himself from the Ted character so as not to get typecast into lampoon films.

[@diannebdee]

Okay Cassie. You need to react to "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey" and "Bill & Ted Face The Music." Bill and Ted gain a band member in the next film. That of the bassist in Wyld Stalyns.

[@user-jb8qq9fk6m]

Another time travel comedy/adventure that is from 1981, from which they lifted the premise for Bill &Ted, and that is a bit more philosophical, is "Time Bandits" by the Monty Python crew starring Sean Connery - also has the actor who later would play Bilbo Baggins in LOTR.

[@TenTonNuke]

Wore out this VHS tape as a kid. Mispronounced Socrates for years because of it. To this day I still randomly shout out "San Dimas High School Football Rules!" whenever I'm struggling to tell a story and I start losing the other person.

[@aMulliganStew]

"Partial Credit!" My response to people who do that w/o your sense of irony. (Bonus points if you or anyone understands it's origin.)

[@elessartelcontar9415]

The "narrator guy from the beginning !!!!???? He is George Carlin, one of the first comedians along with Lenny Bruce to use blue language in his shows. They both got arrested a lot for it. I had the pleasure of seeing Carlin live 5 times, hilarious! He was famous for being stoned on everything. He also was in the movie Outrageous Fortune with Shelly Long and Bette Midler, it's hilarious.

[@jxchamb]

Also. He's Mr Conductor. Well one of them. Mr Conductor was also played by Ringo Starr.

[@kuriousstylez]

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. I've loved it ever since I was a kid and it's on a list of films I can't watch with others because I'll quote the entire thing as I'm watching. Also the soundtrack is 🔥🔥🔥

[@memnarch129]

This is a EXCELLENT example of premier 80s movies and a CLASSIC. As well as one of Keanus earliest roles. And as Im sure others have said created 2 phrases that are classics to this day, on deep but meaningful and just one that is childish and whimsical. "Be Excellent to each other" and "Party on dudes".

[@Krenum100]

Bill And Teds Bogus Journey is definitely worth watching!

[@BigMateo24]

Station.

[@SonicImmersion_]

Station!

[@remychase]

Fun fact, the big guy in the middle of the “Three Kings” is an actual rock legend. He’s the late, great Clarence “Big Man” Clemmons, saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band. Let’s hear it for the biggest man you ever saw.

[@LancerX916]

The studio shelved this movie for a year. They hated it and had to be convinced to put it in the theaters. Became a huge hit. I was a teenager when it came out and loved it.

[@handfuloftrains4781]

Watching a film just because you want to is the BEST reason to watch a film. Good for you, Cassie. Party on.

[@CrazyAZ1975]

Being a 14 year old boy when this came out and a lot of it was filmed in my city so yeah, I was a big fan! We absolutely would quote this for YEARS to come.

[@sterling557]

"San Dimas High!!"

[@Jp421JP]

If you can believe it, the next one is even better. Party on Dudes!

[@user-kb1bc4vu9u]

In case you were wondering, Bill was Alex Winters, who you’ve seen in The Lost Boys. Joan of Arc was Jane Wiedlin, of the band The Go-Gos, but you might remember her as the singing telegram girl in Clue. Genghis Khan was Al Leong, who has played an evil henchman in just about everything, but I know you’ve seen him in Big Trouble in Little China and the first Lethal Weapon as the guy who electrically shocking Riggs. And of course, Rufus was George Carlin.

[@robertespley248]

Bizarrely the costumes were so accurate in this movie ,there is now a " bill and ted test" that uses this film as a benchmark for movie costume accuracy

[@baeleth]

I loved this and the sequel Bogus Journey when the came out as a kid. The third movie, Bill and Ted Face The Music, came just a few years ago during the pandemic. I highly recommend watching both sequels. The second movie is a fun continuation and, as a kid who grew up watching these and whose kids had both just become adults, the third movie really struck home. I did not expect to have tears watching it but I do every time. It's definitely my favorite of the 3 and has become a go-to any time I just want to feel good about the world.

[@hellomark1]

Damn both sequels are almost completely different things, while still staying within the continuity. The second one REALLY steers into the skid!

[@ShaMicKan]

I’m never going to believe Ted owned a windable watch. He’s clearly the Casio type.

[@Starbeam1979]

I figured it was a family heirloom.

[@ClickToPreview]

If Swatch ever made a Hobie, Billabong, Body Glove, or Ocean Pacific watch... THAT is what I would expect Ted to wear.

[@hellomark1]

Bet it was a military-style watch from his dad

[@nickmullen2830]

The dialing one number higher thing, I never really got from Rufus. Is it because its a new day so the number has changed?

[@hellomark1]

@@nickmullen2830 I think that's what they're hinting at, but I wouldn't think about making it make sense too much :) it's not that kind of movie

[@michaelflett09]

Rufus is a literal example of the bootstrap paradox. They learned his name from their future selves, who told their future selves in the first place

[@melenatorr]

In the days of VHS tapes, my brother talked me into watching this movie, betting I'd love it (he knows me very well). For my birthday, he put together a VHS tape of my then favorite movies: this one, "Crossing Delancey", and "War of the Roses".

[@harveybojangle475]

People didn't quote Anchorman in the 90's. You still quote it now, every time you say, "That escalated quickly."

[@jxchamb]

You'd be a time traveler if you quoted anchorman in the 90's.

[@matthewconner7800]

The thing is, if they run into a subject that appeals to them personally, they can do great. Meeting and knowing all of those figures from history was just such an appeal, as their report, which we got bits and pieces of, was informed, thorough, and they clearly knew everything right off the tops of their heads.

[@themiddleagedgamer3503]

My favorite part of the report is when Ted tells Napoleon about his tactical plan, "I don't think it's gonna work."

[@fishblades]

They are just super likeable characters, and Alex and Keanu are still friends, no surprise.

[@benjaminscott8198]

I remember seeing this in theaters as a kid. I also watched the cartoon, played the NES game and watched the sequel. Now you have to watch Bogus Journey and Face the Music

[@clairemendoza8082]

Southern California girl here and love this movie. My mom’s brother absolutely adored this movie! It was his favorite. Another great Keanu Reeves movie you should check out is A Walk In The Clouds. It’s one of my mom’s favorite movies. Take care always and love to your channel! Send our love to your sister Carly as well! Your channel gives all of us so much joy 🤩

[@lipgloss202]

I saw this movie at the cinema in 1989. This is what Keanu always has been in my mind. When I see him in the Matrix and John Wick I think to myself: "Party on dudes!". I love that a movie like this exists. Be excellent to each other!

[@stuartcork1249]

This film just hit all of the right notes, with the soundtrack carrying it through every moment. Never more so than in the future [Robbie Robb In time] and during the presentation at the end [Bricklin Walk away]. Perfect nostalgia.