I watched the 2 sequels on Patreon! BOGUS JOURNEY: www.patreon.com/posts/bill-and-teds-64975969 FACE THE MUSIC: www.patreon.com/posts/bill-and-ted-66174449
I am still prone to walk into the Circle K after midnight and tell the clerk, "Strange things are afoot at the Circle K." Fewer and fewer of the employees seem to get it.
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.
I can totally confirm this as I may have been someone resembling these two most excellent fellows. The bit that was most unexpected in my case is that when this movie came out, I had already been in the Marine Corps for two years. When I saw this, just two years back my life as a slacker in high school seemed a lifetime away. I total dig this movie!
@@SYLTales Face the Music was a terrible film it subverts the two previous films, as if the people who sent Rufus back wouldn't know who created the music.
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."
"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.
@@williamshelton4318 I'd say a case could be made for either reason, but we'd already had *TRON* 7 years earlier, and *The Last Starfighter* 5 years before, and,*Honey, I Shrank The Kids* the SAME year (though with a US$18 Million budget vs *B&TEA*'s US$10 Million), the ability to do better was there - and the reality probably was a point between the two reasons... but I still think the cheesey effects were deliberate on some level.
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. 🤫
Not only are they the waiters in this movie, but they also cameo as the two men at Missy's seance in the second film and in the last film as two demons who give Bill and Ted directions. Not only did co-writer Ed Solomon also write the first Men in Black film, but his name backwards is what they used for DeNomolos, the villain of the second film.
@jenmurrayxo You ought to check out a movie called "Parenthood" from 1989. It has a stacked cast, including Keanu Reeves, Joaquin Phoenix (and he's like 12 years old and he went by the name Leaf Phoenix then), Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, Mary Steenburgen, Diane Wiest, Jason Robards and Martha Plimpton. It's comedy gold and a wonderful film.
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!
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.
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."
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! 🎸
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.
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.😃
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!
A cool bit of trivia - Joan of Arc is played by Jane Wiedlin, rhythm guitar player and songwriter for the Go-Gos, who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year, so while this song is about 80's rock in a lot of ways, there is an actual 80's rock legend among the cast.
Originally they wanted to have the time machine be their band van, but thought that using a vehicle would be too similar to back to the Future, so they changed it to a phone booth. They hadn't seen Dr Who at the time
Bill and Ted made history fun. The next day I went back to school and history actually became my favorite subject. Bill and Ted the chemistry between Keanu and Alex made the movie all the more awesome. I didn't think they could follow-up with another good movie. Bogus Journey is fun but Face The Music was a very good sequel and closes out Bill and Ted's story very very nicely 😊
There's a drinking game for this movie: Take one sip every time you hear "dude", two sips for each "excellent", and three sips for "excellent dude!". You will not finish the film.
Such a fun and entertaining movie. One of my favorite parts is when they introduce the group to Bill's stepmom with modern names. Dave Beethoven and Socrates Johnson lol
2 minutes in and I think it's the 1st time I've heard you laugh outloud. At the risk of being presumptuous, I think I can safely speak for ALL of us and say, "We're all SO ready to laugh along with you!"
Yeah... Now you have to watch the 2nd and 3rd movie!! Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991), and Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020). Yes... they just did a 3rd movie in 2020! These movies are Sooo much fun!! I love them all... but I think Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey is my favorite! Anyways... I REALLY Hope you react the the next 2 movies... you will enjoy! :)
My siblings and I quoted this movie relentlessly throughout our childhoods. We just loved it. I studied history at university and I firmly believe that this movie is at least partly responsible for my love of the subject.
"Bill and Ted's excellent Adventure" is one of those movies, which managed to change the German Language. As few might know outside Germany, that nearly 99% of all movies are dubbed for the german marked ...same happened to Bill and Ted's excellent Adventure. But often it is difficult to find translations for jokes and/or slang terms that also fit the mouth movements of the actors. As the studio was dubbing, they had no clue how to translate "dude" and "be excellent to each other, dudes" ...so they came up with a wide commonly unknown east German word "hoshi" for dude and "Bunt ist das Dasein und granatenstark!" for "be excellent to each other" ...which actually translates back to english with "colorful is the existence and granatefully strong!". The movie was such a success, that by the early 1990s almost every young person has heard or used the term "hoshi" or "volle Kanne, hoshi" (back translatet "full can, dude", for "excellent"), in Germany. And it is a great pleasure, that the studio kept it consistent with the sequals ...that is not typically guaranteed with dubbings.
B&TEA is the smartest "dumb" movie I've ever seen. So many little touches in the background that you'll only get if you know history or culture. One of my favorite examples is when they first meet Joan of Arc. Keep in mind, the legend of Joan is that she received messages from God. When Ted reaches down to Joan, his hand is palm down, fingers curled, with his index finger extended, and Joan reaches out toward his hand. This is a direct reference to the "The Creation of Adam" portion of the Sistine Chapel painted ceiling, in which God's hand is in the same position as Ted's.
Most excellent!!!! a favorite, thanks for watching! Bill is played by Alex Winter, who has a background in acting and filmmaking. He's made one of my all-time favorite movies called, FREAKED it's a little more out there in terms of humor, some gross out stuff and dated references but it's such a fun movie and id LOVE to see you react to that one! Keanu Reeves also has an uncredited role as one of the characters as well!
This was our "weekend drinkin' movie" for a bit back in the early 90s :) To this day, I can't pass a Circle K without saying "Strange things are afoot there" .. I get ignored a lot now. Most excellent, Jen!
Cheesy and throwaway as this movie's simple premise is, it still has a message that resonates today in any era thoughout time with both kids and adults: Be excellent to each other.
Jen, strange things are afoot at the Circle K! This came out when I was in high school, and it was filmed in and around my hometown of Phoenix, Arizona. The mall was MetroCenter Mall (which closed only a couple of years ago). Their school exterior was Coronado High School (which had a very memorable roof and mosaic for their auditorium that can be seen in the movie), but the interior of the auditorium was from East High School. Unfortunately, both of those auditoriums are gone...although the roof and mosaic for Coronado are still around on the new auditorium. Some of the waterpark scenes were at Golfland Sunsplash in Mesa. The Billy the Kid sequence was filmed in Carefree, a part of Phoenix, at Southwestern Studio. The bowling alley was in Tempe, close to the ASU campus, as was the Circle K. Being in high school and seeing places you know on a movie screen was kinda wild for me back then. The impressive people in the future...the trio are all rock stars. In the center was the late, great Clarence Clemons, saxophonist and backing vocalist for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. On the right was Fee Waybill of The Tubes (a band of the 70s and 80s that was originally from Phoenix), he also appeared in the 1980 musical 'Xanadu' with Olivia Newton-John in the "Dancin'" sequence. The lady on the left was Martha Davis of the 1980s band The Motels. Funny enough, Joan of Arc was also played by a rock star...Jane Weidlin of the 1980s all female rock band The Go-Gos. So, Jen...remember "Be excellent to each other." and "Party on, dude!"
I was a student at coronado during the making of Bill and Ted. I walked into frame as I was changing class which made the director yell cut. It was fun watching the moving being made.
I remember Wayne's World kind of bothering me because their response to "No way" was "Way". I could never accept it. The correct response to "No way" is "Yes way".
So...when Rufus plays the guitar at the end...the hands you see, the person ACTUALLY playing the guitar...was Eddie Van Halen. Great reaction. I am really loving your videos.
For the longest time this movie pigeon holed Keanu as a dopey and foolish person. If you told someone back then that he would be one of the premier action heroes, they would have laughed at you.
My comment referenced this as well, I still see him primarily as Ted but that isn't a negative thing at all. Bill and Ted despite their faults are both pretty excellent dudes.
The earliest I have seen Keanu in film was in the 86 hockey movie, Youngblood, with Rob Lowe and Patrick Swayze. He played their goalie. Really showed just how young he was and "new" to acting. Great movie though.
All three Bill & Ted movies are delightful. Sometimes they get wrongly lumped in with the gross teen comedies of more recent times, but these movies are warm and kindly and life-affirming. Do please watch the two sequels!
We all used to watch this! I haven't seen it in years, and I don't know why because it's just so much fun. Loving the supporting case too - Jane Wiedlin is an inspired Joan of Arc. Many of us played her records in the 80s.
I found it hilarious that for tv they not only censored napoleon's subtitles, but they changed the French word too. Didn't notice that until i took French class
Have loved this movie since it came out when I was fifteen. Couldn't guess how many times I've watched it over the years. Be excellent to each other. And Party On, Jen. 👍🤘
Jen: "I don't think I've ever seek Keanu Reeves in a comedy." Whoa. For the longest time he was typecast in his role from B&T's Excellent Adventure, which means he wasn't getting a lot of visibility and when he finally started getting cast in serious roles it was this big reveal that he had acting range and his acting career suddenly got a rebirth.
The movie was filmed in PHX metro. The mall was Metro Center which I grew up hanging out in as a kid. I skated on that rink right before they made it a giant arcade in ‘91. Until very recently, I lived down the road from the Circle K, and have been there many many times. It still looks like the movie on the outside.
It's always funny to hear people say they only know Keanu through action movies. For years, his name was synonymous with "himbo" (a term that was coined to describe Keanu himself) - it was assumed that he was a pretty airhead with nothing more to say than "whoa", because so many of his early roles were young airheads in comedies. Being blessed with genes that kept him very young looking for a long time, he was playing those roles all the way up until Point Break, the film that proved he could do action/adventure. From his early period, I recommend "River's Edge", "Prince of Pennsylvania", and "I Love You to Death", in which he steals the film in a small but hilarious role as half of an inept assassin duo. I would also recommend "Little Buddha" (which came out just after Point Break), partly because no one else has reacted to it, but mostly because Keanu playing Siddhartha Gautama, the actual historic Buddha, is a thing that cannot be missed. He's a walking painting from an ancient scroll. The whole thing is amazing. :)
This was so much fun watching you discover these 2 most excellent dudes. Speaking of the chemistry between them, they hit it off in the audition process and have been friends ever since. A reason why it was so cool to see them come back for the 3rd one. Just great friends getting the band back together. Please incorporate the air guitar into you life lol and when you do it during a video know I'll be joining you. Lastly, I live just across the border in Ontario and up in Canada when this movie came out and watching it growing up, I had never seen or heard of a circle K. One of the many things the states had that we didn't growing up. Then a few years back I'm driving and I see a new sign by my house pop up...Circle K. It was honestly a fantastic moment for me to now have the opportunity to say "Strange things are afoot at the Circle K" while actually being at a location. Jen, I could tell you were diggin this one, great fun thanks for the great company.
The phone booth is based on the idea from Doctor Who as that came first with time travel only difference is Bill and Ted's phone booth on the inside is smaller than Dr. Who's.
My text notification tone is "EXCELLENT!! [guitar riff]" and every time I get a text I do the air strum. I thought I got a text when I heard it in this reaction 😂
If I remember correctly, this movie -- franchise, really -- was the first time we were introduced to the boy who grew into the Keanu Reeves we know. Before The Matrix (1999), The Devil's Advocate (1997), Speed (1994), and Point Break (1991), there were Bill and Ted.
Isn't it great that the worst person in this movie is the dad that is worried about the direction his son is taking? There is literally no actual enemy in this film but time.
This and its sequel were the first movies I ever seen keanu reeves in, lol I didn't realize it was the same dude when the matrix came out until he went 'woah' and I had deja vu
Once they get back to San Dimas with the historicals, the movie really picks up. 3 montages back to back to back? Excellent!!! 🎸 The sequel is a lot of fun too. The reason I suspect you have only seen Keanu do action and drama is that he spent a decade trying to shake off the image these movies saddled him with. Watching his acting evolve along his career has been a real treat for those of us who know him from his early work. If you haven't seen him in Bram Stoker's Dracula, check it out. And if you want to see him do Shakespeare - Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing.
Their message is true today, as it was then, and always will be... Be excellent to each other, and PARTY ON DUDES!! Also... San Dimas High School football rules!!!
Jen, Bill and Ted and Back to the Future were being made at the same time about Rock music playing Teenagers travelling through time, Bill and Ted were going to use a van, but Back to the Future was using a car , so they switched to a fridge? or Bttf did, then they switched to a phonebooth,
fun-ish fact: napoleon grew up in a disputed part of France and Italy, and napoleon grew up only speaking Italian and had to learn how to speak french before trying to conquer all of Europe.
I watched the 2 sequels on Patreon!
BOGUS JOURNEY: www.patreon.com/posts/bill-and-teds-64975969
FACE THE MUSIC: www.patreon.com/posts/bill-and-ted-66174449
Sigmund Freud holding the corn dog, while talking to the cute girls, is the most underrated joke of the 80s.
And how the corndog "droops" in his hand after the girls leave and Billy and Socrates make fun of him. 🤣
Yeah that went over my head as a kid...
That's also why he gets Low Key MVP Award 🤣
About as Ghengis Khan cleaning a toilet 🤣🤣🤣
Well, you know, sometimes a corndog is just a snack. 😉
I am still prone to walk into the Circle K after midnight and tell the clerk, "Strange things are afoot at the Circle K." Fewer and fewer of the employees seem to get it.
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.
Radical! :)
most excellent
I can totally confirm this as I may have been someone resembling these two most excellent fellows. The bit that was most unexpected in my case is that when this movie came out, I had already been in the Marine Corps for two years. When I saw this, just two years back my life as a slacker in high school seemed a lifetime away. I total dig this movie!
I was one of them myself, so yes they do exist.
Ditto n stuff.
"Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey" is also worth watching! 😊
Oh yes! Already on Patreon, will come to YT in future 🤙
Not to mention _Bill and Ted Face the Music_ .
@@SYLTales Jen is so lucky that she doesn't have to wait decades to see it
It's even funnier! William Sadler steals the movie! 😆
@@SYLTales Face the Music was a terrible film it subverts the two previous films, as if the people who sent Rufus back wouldn't know who created the music.
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."
I really wish they did kind of stuff with time travel movies more.
There's also a theory that the whole presentation at the end is them traveling >back< in time after preparing it. It makes the ending more plausible.
"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.
@@williamshelton4318 I'd say a case could be made for either reason, but we'd already had *TRON* 7 years earlier, and *The Last Starfighter* 5 years before, and,*Honey, I Shrank The Kids* the SAME year (though with a US$18 Million budget vs *B&TEA*'s US$10 Million), the ability to do better was there - and the reality probably was a point between the two reasons... but I still think the cheesey effects were deliberate on some level.
Budget was also a thing back then.
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. 🤫
Bogus Journey and Face the Music are both on my Patreon and may come to UA-cam in future 👍 I loved them both!
I never knew that was them! Thank you for making this movie that much better and more interesting for me 😊
Not only are they the waiters in this movie, but they also cameo as the two men at Missy's seance in the second film and in the last film as two demons who give Bill and Ted directions. Not only did co-writer Ed Solomon also write the first Men in Black film, but his name backwards is what they used for DeNomolos, the villain of the second film.
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You ought to check out a movie called "Parenthood" from 1989. It has a stacked cast, including Keanu Reeves, Joaquin Phoenix (and he's like 12 years old and he went by the name Leaf Phoenix then), Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, Mary Steenburgen, Diane Wiest, Jason Robards and Martha Plimpton.
It's comedy gold and a wonderful film.
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!
She was also in the movie Clue for like 2 seconds before getting killed off. lol
I never knew that. I thought they just looked very similar lol
@@erikawilliams9558 the wonders of Google and IMDB
I forgot Joan of Arc was played by Jane Wiedlin. She was 1/4 of the 80s girl band The Go-Gos.
Their rhythm guitarist to be precise.
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.
My fave movies!!
Guess I'm that person, while I've seen BTTF 1,2,3 I've never seen the Bill and Ted movies
Dave BeetheOven.
A young Jim Carrey too. Haven't seen that movie in ages.
I second that. Peggy Sue is an awesome movie, a much more adult view of time travel.
The teacher (played by Bernie Casey) was also in another 80s classic, Revenge of the Nerds.
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.
Nice! 👍
ziggy piggy!
RIP George Carlin. One of the best comedians of his time.
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."
🤣🤣 This is awesome 👌
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! 🎸
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey is up now on Patreon ☺🤙🎸
@@jenmurrayxo Excellent! (*air guitar)
@@jenmurrayxo Nice! Also the 3rd one soon? The one they just released recently...
@@jenmurrayxo And then you must do Bill & Ted Face the Music, which was made just two years ago.
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.
Agreed. His character should have won low-key MVP.
Carlin was, and still is, the Greatest Comedian of All-Time.
He gives what has to be the best eyeroll in movies.
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.😃
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Same goes for the landline phone Ted’s dad used to answer Bill’s fake call from the police station.
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.
Ooh I’m excited for this to start. Nobody ever does this fantastic, hilarious series.
Loved it!! ☺🤙
@@SJHFoto Bogus Journey is also awesome if you don't take it seriously.
Never saw the newest one though.
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!
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.
Such great advice ☺🤙🎸
Party On Dudes
Fun movie 🎸And as a bonus we heard you speak a little bit of french. My native language . That was nice :)
A cool bit of trivia - Joan of Arc is played by Jane Wiedlin, rhythm guitar player and songwriter for the Go-Gos, who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year, so while this song is about 80's rock in a lot of ways, there is an actual 80's rock legend among the cast.
Originally they wanted to have the time machine be their band van, but thought that using a vehicle would be too similar to back to the Future, so they changed it to a phone booth.
They hadn't seen Dr Who at the time
Bill and Ted made history fun. The next day I went back to school and history actually became my favorite subject. Bill and Ted the chemistry between Keanu and Alex made the movie all the more awesome.
I didn't think they could follow-up with another good movie. Bogus Journey is fun but Face The Music was a very good sequel and closes out Bill and Ted's story very very nicely 😊
There's a drinking game for this movie: Take one sip every time you hear "dude", two sips for each "excellent", and three sips for "excellent dude!". You will not finish the film.
Such a fun and entertaining movie. One of my favorite parts is when they introduce the group to Bill's stepmom with modern names. Dave Beethoven and Socrates Johnson lol
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Thirty-three years on and I still think (and occasionally say) "Strange things are afoot at the Circle K" whenever I pass one.
I've only seen a Circle K once but I had to say it.
Definitely will be saying this! ☺🤙
Having Freud win the low-key MVP is a slice of fried gold.
As always, Jen, your reactions are most bodacious, gnarly and, of course, EXCELLENT! 🤘🎸🎶🎵
Thanks Evan!! ☺🤙🎸
This was an EXCELLENT movie and a most EXCELLENT reaction Jen... party on!!!
Thanks! ☺🤙🎸
@@jenmurrayxo hahaha I couldn't figure out how to make that tweaking the guitar gesture...you nailed it! 🤣😂
This film is a nice part of my childhood, and I'm not even 40 years old yet. Great reaction! 👍🏿 This Cult-Classic is such a nice 80s feel good movie.
This was one of my favorite movies growing up.
It's most excellent ☺🤙🎸
Doctor Who is a police box, which would have a phone in it, so I guess technically a phone booth.
AAAAAHHH I want to give this a thousand likes! I’m so stoked that you’re watching this.
Thanks!! I had such a blast ☺🤙🎸
2 minutes in and I think it's the 1st time I've heard you laugh outloud. At the risk of being presumptuous, I think I can safely speak for ALL of us and say, "We're all SO ready to laugh along with you!"
I did in fact have a most righteous time watching you watch this adventure of historical proportions.
We had our wedding in San Dimas and my wife refused to make it Bill and Ted themed…
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Yeah... Now you have to watch the 2nd and 3rd movie!! Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991), and Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020). Yes... they just did a 3rd movie in 2020! These movies are Sooo much fun!! I love them all... but I think Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey is my favorite! Anyways... I REALLY Hope you react the the next 2 movies... you will enjoy! :)
#2 is on my Patreon now, watching #3 in May. May bring to UA-cam if there's enough interest 🤙
@@jenmurrayxo Awesome... I really hope there is!! You have 1 interested right now! lol :)
My siblings and I quoted this movie relentlessly throughout our childhoods. We just loved it. I studied history at university and I firmly believe that this movie is at least partly responsible for my love of the subject.
"Bill and Ted's excellent Adventure" is one of those movies, which managed to change the German Language.
As few might know outside Germany, that nearly 99% of all movies are dubbed for the german marked ...same happened to Bill and Ted's excellent Adventure.
But often it is difficult to find translations for jokes and/or slang terms that also fit the mouth movements of the actors.
As the studio was dubbing, they had no clue how to translate "dude" and "be excellent to each other, dudes" ...so they came up with a wide commonly unknown east German word "hoshi" for dude and "Bunt ist das Dasein und granatenstark!" for "be excellent to each other" ...which actually translates back to english with "colorful is the existence and granatefully strong!".
The movie was such a success, that by the early 1990s almost every young person has heard or used the term "hoshi" or "volle Kanne, hoshi" (back translatet "full can, dude", for "excellent"), in Germany.
And it is a great pleasure, that the studio kept it consistent with the sequals ...that is not typically guaranteed with dubbings.
That's so interesting! 👍
Alex Winter was also known as Marco in the movie The Lost Boys
One of my favorite 80's movies. The historical figures were amazing especially Abraham Lincoln.
Hi Jen, that movie was so much fun. It's been forever since I saw it. Thank you for another most excellent reaction.
Thanks Troy, it was such a blast ☺🤙🎸
You're welcome. Thank you Jen.😀
B&TEA is the smartest "dumb" movie I've ever seen. So many little touches in the background that you'll only get if you know history or culture.
One of my favorite examples is when they first meet Joan of Arc. Keep in mind, the legend of Joan is that she received messages from God.
When Ted reaches down to Joan, his hand is palm down, fingers curled, with his index finger extended, and Joan reaches out toward his hand. This is a direct reference to the "The Creation of Adam" portion of the Sistine Chapel painted ceiling, in which God's hand is in the same position as Ted's.
Most excellent!!!! a favorite, thanks for watching!
Bill is played by Alex Winter, who has a background in acting and filmmaking. He's made one of my all-time favorite movies called, FREAKED
it's a little more out there in terms of humor, some gross out stuff and dated references but it's such a fun movie and id LOVE to see you react to that one!
Keanu Reeves also has an uncredited role as one of the characters as well!
Shout out to the high school drama club for getting all the lights, sounds, and props set up for their report.
Rufus is played by the late great comedian George Carlin who is always a voice of wisdom with his comedy. RIP
This was our "weekend drinkin' movie" for a bit back in the early 90s :)
To this day, I can't pass a Circle K without saying "Strange things are afoot there" .. I get ignored a lot now.
Most excellent, Jen!
Lol I think I'll say that every time I go by a Circle K now too lol 😆🤙
Can confirm. This movie came out when I was 17 and it was my Citizen Kane
Cheesy and throwaway as this movie's simple premise is, it still has a message that resonates today in any era thoughout time with both kids and adults: Be excellent to each other.
Jen, strange things are afoot at the Circle K!
This came out when I was in high school, and it was filmed in and around my hometown of Phoenix, Arizona. The mall was MetroCenter Mall (which closed only a couple of years ago). Their school exterior was Coronado High School (which had a very memorable roof and mosaic for their auditorium that can be seen in the movie), but the interior of the auditorium was from East High School. Unfortunately, both of those auditoriums are gone...although the roof and mosaic for Coronado are still around on the new auditorium. Some of the waterpark scenes were at Golfland Sunsplash in Mesa. The Billy the Kid sequence was filmed in Carefree, a part of Phoenix, at Southwestern Studio. The bowling alley was in Tempe, close to the ASU campus, as was the Circle K. Being in high school and seeing places you know on a movie screen was kinda wild for me back then.
The impressive people in the future...the trio are all rock stars. In the center was the late, great Clarence Clemons, saxophonist and backing vocalist for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. On the right was Fee Waybill of The Tubes (a band of the 70s and 80s that was originally from Phoenix), he also appeared in the 1980 musical 'Xanadu' with Olivia Newton-John in the "Dancin'" sequence. The lady on the left was Martha Davis of the 1980s band The Motels. Funny enough, Joan of Arc was also played by a rock star...Jane Weidlin of the 1980s all female rock band The Go-Gos.
So, Jen...remember "Be excellent to each other." and "Party on, dude!"
Thanks Rob! ☺🤙🎸
I was a student at coronado during the making of Bill and Ted. I walked into frame as I was changing class which made the director yell cut. It was fun watching the moving being made.
This movie is just a pure fun ride. It's a guilty pleasure for many, including me. Thanks for reacting to it.
So much fun! ☺🤙🎸
Thank you for this most excellent reaction. Party on Dudette.
It's not a Keanu movie, more of a huge ensemble cast that he is part of, but "Parenthood" is a great comedy-drama.
I remember Wayne's World kind of bothering me because their response to "No way" was "Way". I could never accept it. The correct response to "No way" is "Yes way".
The guy who played Bill was the first vampire to die on Lost Boys.
In an alternate timeline, Ted gets sent to Military school, and becomes John Wick, Bill, on the otherhand moves to Santa Cruz and becomes a vampire.
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So...when Rufus plays the guitar at the end...the hands you see, the person ACTUALLY playing the guitar...was Eddie Van Halen. Great reaction. I am really loving your videos.
Is that true!?
@@jenmurrayxo It was actually a Native American guitar player named Steve Salas. It's near the end of the credits.
I think You would love "Wayne's World" 1+2!
Oh I want to see those! 👍
15:08 I dunno why but the facial expressions on Ted's little brother's friends, when Napoleon cheats on his bowling score, are hilarious.
For the longest time this movie pigeon holed Keanu as a dopey and foolish person. If you told someone back then that he would be one of the premier action heroes, they would have laughed at you.
i'm glad he was able to get out thanks to speed and the matrix
He even used to quip his tombstone would read “here lay Keanu Reeves, he played Ted”.
My comment referenced this as well, I still see him primarily as Ted but that isn't a negative thing at all.
Bill and Ted despite their faults are both pretty excellent dudes.
I think this is his best role to date. All his action movies are the same character. He's acting someone else here.
Oh, boy! I enjoy these visits. This should be extra fun! PARTY ON, JEN! :)
Thanks Robert! I had so much fun watching this one 🤙
The earliest I have seen Keanu in film was in the 86 hockey movie, Youngblood, with Rob Lowe and Patrick Swayze. He played their goalie. Really showed just how young he was and "new" to acting. Great movie though.
As someone who partied on during those awesome eighties and seeing your choices and reactions, you would have fit right in. Keep being Excellent Jen!
Thanks Jeff! ☺🤙🎸
The actor that played Gengis Khan in this movie also played one of Hans' henchmen in the original "Die Hard"
The great George Carlin playing Rufus. Have you ever reviewed Fast Times at Ridgemont High?
All three Bill & Ted movies are delightful. Sometimes they get wrongly lumped in with the gross teen comedies of more recent times, but these movies are warm and kindly and life-affirming. Do please watch the two sequels!
We all used to watch this! I haven't seen it in years, and I don't know why because it's just so much fun. Loving the supporting case too - Jane Wiedlin is an inspired Joan of Arc. Many of us played her records in the 80s.
and lets not forget her gal pals in The Gogo's!!!
I found it hilarious that for tv they not only censored napoleon's subtitles, but they changed the French word too. Didn't notice that until i took French class
Lol!! 🤣
Have loved this movie since it came out when I was fifteen. Couldn't guess how many times I've watched it over the years.
Be excellent to each other. And Party On, Jen. 👍🤘
Jen: "I don't think I've ever seek Keanu Reeves in a comedy."
Whoa. For the longest time he was typecast in his role from B&T's Excellent Adventure, which means he wasn't getting a lot of visibility and when he finally started getting cast in serious roles it was this big reveal that he had acting range and his acting career suddenly got a rebirth.
The movie was filmed in PHX metro. The mall was Metro Center which I grew up hanging out in as a kid. I skated on that rink right before they made it a giant arcade in ‘91. Until very recently, I lived down the road from the Circle K, and have been there many many times. It still looks like the movie on the outside.
Keanu and Alex have actually been friends ever since this movie. It's not all acting.
Hi Jen. This is such a great movie from way back when. Thanks for reacting to it. Take care
Such a great movie! ☺🤙
Such a fun movie. Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey is super trippy though. Party on Jen! 🎸🎵🎶
Thanks! Bogus Journey is up on Patreon! ☺🤙
It's always funny to hear people say they only know Keanu through action movies. For years, his name was synonymous with "himbo" (a term that was coined to describe Keanu himself) - it was assumed that he was a pretty airhead with nothing more to say than "whoa", because so many of his early roles were young airheads in comedies. Being blessed with genes that kept him very young looking for a long time, he was playing those roles all the way up until Point Break, the film that proved he could do action/adventure. From his early period, I recommend "River's Edge", "Prince of Pennsylvania", and "I Love You to Death", in which he steals the film in a small but hilarious role as half of an inept assassin duo. I would also recommend "Little Buddha" (which came out just after Point Break), partly because no one else has reacted to it, but mostly because Keanu playing Siddhartha Gautama, the actual historic Buddha, is a thing that cannot be missed. He's a walking painting from an ancient scroll. The whole thing is amazing. :)
This was so much fun watching you discover these 2 most excellent dudes. Speaking of the chemistry between them, they hit it off in the audition process and have been friends ever since. A reason why it was so cool to see them come back for the 3rd one. Just great friends getting the band back together. Please incorporate the air guitar into you life lol and when you do it during a video know I'll be joining you. Lastly, I live just across the border in Ontario and up in Canada when this movie came out and watching it growing up, I had never seen or heard of a circle K. One of the many things the states had that we didn't growing up. Then a few years back I'm driving and I see a new sign by my house pop up...Circle K. It was honestly a fantastic moment for me to now have the opportunity to say "Strange things are afoot at the Circle K" while actually being at a location. Jen, I could tell you were diggin this one, great fun thanks for the great company.
Glad you enjoyed! I'm Canadian too 🇨🇦 & will be saying this every time I go to the Circle K ☺🤙🎸
@@jenmurrayxo I just looked...The Forest City? Whoa....EOA for life lol.
Dudette, you were like totally into it. An awesome completely non-gnarly reaction. Party on.
Thanks Tom! I had a blast ☺👍🎸
The phone booth is based on the idea from Doctor Who as that came first with time travel only difference is Bill and Ted's phone booth on the inside is smaller than Dr. Who's.
My text notification tone is "EXCELLENT!! [guitar riff]" and every time I get a text I do the air strum.
I thought I got a text when I heard it in this reaction 😂
Oh that's awesome!! 🤣🤙🎸
I’ve been watching you for awhile and your MVP, low key, worst award are a fun/unique addition to reactions. Love it.
Thanks Jason! Im having fun with it ☺👍
I loved the crossed fingers investment into the the silly story! So much fun!
Thanks Jason! I had a blast ☺🤙
Part 2 is even better
I did see this and part II when I was in high school, the 80s were a most excellent and triumphant time to live in, and oh yes we partied on dude.
"Why can't go backwards, for once. Backwards really fast. As fast as we can, really put the pedal to the metal, you know? Bill and Ted did it."
If I remember correctly, this movie -- franchise, really -- was the first time we were introduced to the boy who grew into the Keanu Reeves we know. Before The Matrix (1999), The Devil's Advocate (1997), Speed (1994), and Point Break (1991), there were Bill and Ted.
Isn't it great that the worst person in this movie is the dad that is worried about the direction his son is taking? There is literally no actual enemy in this film but time.
So wholesome ☺🤙🎸
This and its sequel were the first movies I ever seen keanu reeves in, lol I didn't realize it was the same dude when the matrix came out until he went 'woah' and I had deja vu
Once they get back to San Dimas with the historicals, the movie really picks up. 3 montages back to back to back? Excellent!!! 🎸
The sequel is a lot of fun too.
The reason I suspect you have only seen Keanu do action and drama is that he spent a decade trying to shake off the image these movies saddled him with. Watching his acting evolve along his career has been a real treat for those of us who know him from his early work.
If you haven't seen him in Bram Stoker's Dracula, check it out. And if you want to see him do Shakespeare - Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing.
Nice, thanks! I watched Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey too, up now on Patreon ☺🤙
Their message is true today, as it was then, and always will be... Be excellent to each other, and PARTY ON DUDES!! Also... San Dimas High School football rules!!!
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I think by favorite is that when Bill thinks Ted is dead, you can actually see Ted hiding under the table at one point.
Jen, Bill and Ted and Back to the Future were being made at the same time about Rock music playing Teenagers travelling through time, Bill and Ted were going to use a van, but Back to the Future was using a car , so they switched to a fridge? or Bttf did, then they switched to a phonebooth,
Excellent movie with a killer soundtrack. 🤘
Yours is the first reaction to this movie I've seen. I haven't seen this since back when I was actually talking like that. Geez, this was fun. Thanks.
Thanks jeff! ☺🤙🎸
I hit the Like button before even watching. This movie is a "must" for '80s comedy.
Thanks David! Instant classic!! ☺👍🎸
There's 2 more of these movies they are awesome too
Yes the other 2 movies are up now on my Patreon 🤙
If I got a tattoo 'be excellent to each other, and party on dudes!' would be it.
Oh ya that's an awesome tattoo!! ☺🤙🎸
fun-ish fact: napoleon grew up in a disputed part of France and Italy, and napoleon grew up only speaking Italian and had to learn how to speak french before trying to conquer all of Europe.