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Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)

Directed by Stephen Herek•1h 30m•Published Sep 1, 2020•Episode length 1h 55m
Episode 26 - Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (w/ Nick & Russ Don't Know Anything)
AdventureComedyScience Fiction

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Keanu Reeves
Keanu Reeves
Ted 'Theodore' Logan
Alex Winter
Alex Winter
Bill S. Preston
George Carlin
George Carlin
Rufus
Terry Camilleri
Terry Camilleri
Napoleon
Dan Shor
Dan Shor
Billy the Kid
Tony Steedman
Tony Steedman
Socrates
Rod Loomis
Rod Loomis
Freud
Al Leong
Al Leong
Genghis Khan
Jane Wiedlin
Jane Wiedlin
Joan of Arc
Robert V. Barron
Robert V. Barron
Abraham Lincoln

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Stephen Herek
Stephen Herek
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Overview

Bill and Ted are high school buddies starting a band. They are also about to fail their history class—which means Ted would be sent to military school—but receive help from Rufus, a traveller from a future where their band is the foundation for a perfect society. With the use of Rufus' time machine, Bill and Ted travel to various points in history, returning with important figures to help them complete their final history presentation.

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We’ve got a most un-heinous line-up for this week’s review of the film that Keanu Reeves was afraid would be etched on his tombstone in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Due to the imminent premiere of Bill & Ted 3, we felt it fitting to head back into the circuits of time and revisit not only Bill & Ted but our past u…

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We’ve got a most un-heinous line-up for this week’s review of the film that Keanu Reeves was afraid would be etched on his tombstone in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.  Due to the imminent premiere of Bill & Ted 3, we felt it fitting to head back into the circuits of time and revisit not only Bill & Ted but our past us’s Join your favourite transatlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, and Ellie – and our very special guests from Nick & Russ Don’t Know Anything as we head to the Circle K in search of pudding cups, bubble gum and socratic method.  It’s a trip to the mall of a 26th episode as we discuss:

  • Who was supposed to be the first historical figure picked up into the Not-Tardis?
  • What was the original prop that was to act as the device to carry them through time?
  • Where is the phone booth from the movie now?
  • How did George Carlin end up in the film?
  • Who were the preferred choice for The Three Most Important People
  • How did Sigmund Freud learn English so quickly and how did Beethoven suddenly regain his hearing?
  • Wasn’t a buddy movie between Billy The Kid & Socrates the sequel/spin-off we all wanted to see?
  • Whether or not Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure is the Best Film Ever

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