@@awkwardashleigh yep! he was a baby! Been head over heels for this man for three and a half DECADES! NOW! You gotta check out "The Devil's Advocate", "The Gift", "The River's Edge" "Much Ado About Nothing" to see him in horror/ suspense, Suspense and Shakespeare. Don't forget the John Wick movies! P.S. .... You're doing a GREAT job!!!
@@sweiland75 he focuses on directing documentaries. Absolutely love his Zappa documentary. He has another one coming out soon that I'm really excited to watch.
I'm kind of partial to them introducing the historical figures to Missy by their "secret identities". "This is Dave Bee-thoven, and, uh, Maxine of Arc, Herman the Kid, Bob 'Genghis' Khan, So-crates Johnson, Dennis Frood, and uh...uh... (gives up even trying to think up fake names) Abraham Lincoln."
- There are SO MANY great lines in this movie, it is a font of excellent quotes, however, my personal favorite has always been " 69 DUDES! " - It is SO the number every teenaged male, 80s or otherwise, would be thinking of. Both Funny and Accurate.
Ashley: "You can't just kidnap all the historical figures, that's not how this is going to work." People who have seen the movie: "That''s EXACTLY how this is going to work."
If you go into the particular Circle ask where they filmed this and ask, “When did the Mongols rule China?” they are legally required to reply, “I just work here.”
Also, saying “Oedipal complex” is not incorrect. Oh, and Doctor Who doesn’t have a phone box, but a Police box, and had one about 30 years before this movie. Just sayin.
The circle K that they used for the exterior was here in Phoenix and it was recently torn down. But just before it was they had an outdoor showing of this movie in the parking lot.
Fun fact: The time machine was originally supposed to be a van, but some felt that would be a little too close to Back to the Future. The filmmakers decided a phone booth would be more original because they were unfamiliar with Doctor Who.
Doctor Who doesn’t use a phone booth he used a TARDIS disguised as a London police call box from the early 1960s because the chameleon circuit is broken
@@andrewft31 A police box is literally the same thing except you use it for emergency calls to the police rather than general calls but they're both big boxes you can stand in and make a call, acting like they're some hugely different concept is just pedantic.
There isn't a phone booth in Doctor Who. The TARDIS is a police box, & while they did contain a phone, they were not for public use (unless calling for the police). Police boxes were used by the police to temporarily hold prisoners.
@@johnirving5949 I smiled and laughed all the way through Face The Music, as someone who watched the originals in my early teens, seeing the characters come back was amazing, I love these movies.
"Is this how Doctor Who was invented?" Doctor Who started 26 years before this (1963), so the time-travelling phone booth in this movie was a reference to Doctor Who. :)
Apparently it wasn't. It was originally going to be a van, but they was a reference to something else, so they picked a phone booth for something cheap and weird and only later learned it was the same as Doctor Who. I think, on some level, they must have heard of it before and accidentally referenced it, but it wasn't an intentional reference.
On Lincoln with the iron: the first iron with a removable wooden handle was invented in 1866. Before that, irons were made of solid metal, including the handle. And they were heated in a fire, which also heated the handle. The electric iron, invented in 1882, wasn't that much more advanced than what Lincoln was used to.
There were also Irons that were hollow and you had to insert a slab of metal that you heated up in or on an oven and then slip into the iron from the backside, close the lid and then you could iron your laundry with it.
@@PhilBagels Human mind. Once someone takes on a new title, nothing they did before is relevant. Dr Tom Coburn was repeatedly hounded by Democrats to give up his medical career after being elected to the Senate. Apparently, they were disgusted that a _senator_ was treating patients in between Congressional sessions.
@@PhilBagels easily most schools I went to just talked about him as President we never went into him being a lawyer I learned that myself because I liked history.
Fun fact: When the production company approached the REAL city of San Dimas about filming there, the city council turned them down after hearing what it was going to be about, fearing it would tarnish the city's image. So, it was filmed in Scottsdale, AZ., instead. San Dimas really missed out on that one! The ice cream parlor was part of a chain called Farrell's, but unfortunately, they're not around anymore. And, if I had a penny for everytime I walked into a Circle K in San Dimas, and asked the cashier if they knew when the Mongols ruled China... 🙂
Not gonna lie, going back and seeing Keanu in such a blatantly silly role after all the serious movies he's done over the years makes this movie somehow WAY funnier
If you haven't seen "Always Be My Maybe", which came out a few years ago, Keanu plays "himself" in a cameo role and is mind numbingly funny! I laughed until I cried!
I'm pretty sure I saw him in a Christmas film with Drew Barrymore around the time this one was made. I can't remember what it was called, but at least I think it was him - I might be confusing him with someone else.
@@martinjohnston1907 "Welcome to glorious Cincinnati, queen of Ohio's alpine ski resorts!" Which is hilarious because the tallest hills in the city are just over 100ft above the river.
I don't know when the "No way!" "Yes way!" exchange was first used, but this was the first time I had ever heard it. They certainly popularized it in this film, and it may even be one of the reasons you exclaimed it instinctively right along with Rufus. Rufus by the way, was the great George Carlin, legendary stand-up comedian.
@@mikeking7710 This film was made in 1987, then sat on a shelf until 1989 when it was released, which means it predates the Wayne's World by at least 3 years. I just assumed that those phrases were popular in SoCal in the mid-80s.
@@kyraspikes7542 Mike Myers was doing the Wayne character on Canadian TV as early as 1980 and did the "no way/way" thing then. He said he based the character on guys he knew in high school, who presumably did it too.
Definitely have to. Also Bill and Ted Face the Music. It may be the worst one. But i still like it. Hell, i'd even say to check out "Dude, Where's My Car?" With it's mix of stoner humor and sci fi, i always saw it as a kind of spiritual successor to Bill and Ted. It's batshit insane, but who cares. It's a lot of fun.
He was cuter because he's so smiley in this. ☺️ For Hallowbeans can I recommend The Frighteners? It's a ghostly comedy with some great twists and characters. Love watching your videos Ashleigh. 💖
@@jackbrooks5487 I think it might actually have been Michael J Fox's last film role too. His Parkinson's was getting worse and he transitioned back to TV.
@@orboobleck5366 He also appeared in Mars Attacks that same year, but afterwards I believe his movie career was mostly voice acting (Stuart Little, Atlantis: The Lost Kingdom, etc. and cameos. He is both a great talent and an inspiration to us all.
“Bring back the crop tops for men!” 😂 Lol I remember having a huge crush on Alex Winter who played Bill in this movie and in Lost Boy’s and I can definitely say he OWNED the crop top era. ❤
You were asking why they're just hanging out at the mall. In addition to having lost Napoleon, remember that their history assignment was to consider how people from history might react to the world of modern San Dimas. Leaving them at the mall gives them the opportunity to literally experience the modern world so that then they actually can give their own first-hand opinions during the report :) Also, not gonna lie, the fact that Missy (...I mean, Mom) is included as a character primarily for a single throwaway Oedipal complex line at the end is awesome dedication to a joke 🤣🤣🤣
Also fun fact: History teachers loved this movie because it spark an interest in history.... however English teachers hated it because of Bill & Ted's manner of speaking
My East-West Heritage teacher showed this in class, and The Gods Must Be Crazy... and Highlander. I'm pretty sure if Roadhouse had a single historical reference he would have tried to show that too.
Here’s the thing… if your English teacher has a problem with this movie, they don’t actually enjoy their subject. Me over here with my English degree LOVES this film. When these guys say things like “strange things are afoot” or “be excellent to each other” or “most non-triumphant,” I am both laughing my ass off and incredibly excited because the words make sense on MULTIPLE levels, and it is top tier level writing. These guys would fit in in both 80s California and any Rennfaire, and I LOVE it! 😂😂😂❤❤❤
@@KRAFTWERK2K6 But no one is going to recommend that one as a Keanu movie. But there are plenty through the 90s that are very different, but most of them people haven't seen or would recommend - My Own private Idaho, Much Adu About Nothing, and in The Gift (which even came after the Matrix) he is barely recognizable.
- Back to back Keanu Reeves? Most excellent! - R.I.P. George Carlin (Rufus). Love him or hate him, you cannot deny he was a master of wordplay. For those unfamiliar with his standup, check out his classic routines "Baseball vs Football," "An Incomplete List of Impolite Words" (audio), and the groundbreaking, unforgettable "7 Words You Can't Say on TV" for which he was *arrested* for performing.
@@FullMetalB Right? The only people that could hate George Carlin are those so brainwashed in some manner that George said some shit that crushed their being.
@@FullMetalB Catholics, conservatives, the PTC, and a bunch of other morons with sticks so far up their butts that they’ll need a ton of laxatives, lube, and a team of Clydesdales to get them out.
I think one thing people forget when watching this movie is that the Bill and Ted characters were a parody of a certain type of young man that was around at that time (late eighties, early nineties). Kind of like the male versions of "valley girls". Beavis and Butt-head were also a take-off of those type of guys.
Really hope you get to check out both of the sequels. They're a delight. If you want to go really obscure, Keanu and Alex made a fourth movie together, an incredibly funny cult classic called Freaked.
The third was a bait & switch with the WHOLE plot. It had potential but when they recon’ed so that the daughters were the hero’s, felt forced & not organic.
Huh, I took it to mean that the daughters weren’t originally the heroes, but that Bill and Ted took so long that it eventually was passed onto their daughters somehow
Okay Ashleigh.... I'm born and raised in LA, and this movie was just the perfect moment in time. San Dimas is a real place, and the Water Park had just opened. As an old Gen-X dude, this movie just makes me happy. 🍺🍺🍺🍺
This is unironically one of my favorite movies ever. I have Rufus' opening monologue memorised. Bogus Journey is a little weird for my tastes, but Bill and Ted Face the music was a GLORIOUS conclusion to the arc (they ran with 'so the fate of the world has been on your shoulders since you were teenagers, and now you're pushing 50. Now What?'). George Carlin (Rufus) was dead by the time they filmed Face the Music, but they did work in a tribute to him that about made me cry. As for the phone booth, Doctor Who's police box came first. This was apparently supposed to be a car of some kind, but Back to the Future was only released four years before this.
I loved Bogus Journey, but I'm a weird dude anyway so it doesn't surprise me that it's more of a niche thing. The one thing that everyone should give it credit for, though, is that unlike many sequels it truly explores new ground and doesn't just do a remix of the original's plot.
Okay, loved that you reacted to this movie, it made it more fun (if thats possible...and it is).I once told my son and his friends at the start of his High School prom "Be Excellent to each other" (no seriously). I can't wait for them to say "So-crates" I'm still giggling like a little girl. and then "Beeth-Oven" - when you said "Yes way" along with Rufus, it made me smile so much. I'm super happy that you loved this movie, it's one of my all-time favs. Quick, what number am I thinking of? "Bill, your dad is going for it in your own room" "Shut up Ted" I nearly soil myself whenever I hear that line. This movie is a quotable gem and MOST TRIUMPHANT!
And, Joan of Arc is none other than Jane Wiedlin, of The Go-Go's. One of the gentlemen in the future that speaks to them (the one that looks like Jonathan Banks), is Fee Waybill, of The Tubes!
After this gem, I think it's time to watch the most excellent sequel to this one, then Point Break & Matrix with Keanu Reeves! Might even try Freaked with Alex Winter, it's super weird but packs in the jokes.
My father had a Masters Degree in History and spent a few years late in his life teaching history in High School. He would be 96 years old now if there hadn't been free cigarettes for sailors during WWII. This was one of his all-time favorite movies, and required viewing for his High School history students, because it portrays the facts of history accurately, if not the characters. He even had a couple of spare copies to loan to students.
Given the fact that you mentioned that one of your fears was getting your flesh completely ripped off, I don't think I'm the only one here who would DEFINITELY recommend that "Hellraiser" be on your list of movies to watch for HallowBeans.
@@nickgjenkins Hellraiser 2 is perfectly fine as a sequel. Even 3 is a decent enough sequel that explores the lore a bit more but after 3 it drops off real fast. 4 has some fun little bits but 5 and on, not so much. Once you get past 5, woof.
@@LordLOC I would disagree overall. I think in terms of "quality filmmaking" you're not wrong about 2. But, I think 3 onward are really disasters... that being said I kind of enjoy 4, 5, and 6 as schlocky "wtf is this" fun time movies.
I envied her having no idea going into this movie, to go in totally blind and unspoiled and just have a genuine good time. This is why I love watching this channel
One of my two favorite comedies of all time. Saw this at the end of high school, ended up studying history in college. Also eventually had a cat named Socrates (so-craytes) Johnson. Such a wonderfully silly movie.
Oh, and now that you've seen this, pay attention for Keanu's "Ted reciting lyrics" voice. It seems to creep in on occasion. Point Break is a good example ("I am an FBI agent!").
They filmed this in my hometown of Phoenix AZ! The scene where Rufus arrives from the future was filmed at a Circle K in Tempe, which sadly closed down a few month ago, after 35 years of business. Fans of the film had a special screening held in the parking lot of the Circle K.
Having my thigh skin ripped off by a waterslide is now one of my irrational fears. That’s something I could have gone my whole life not knowing. Thanks a lot Ashleigh!!😮
@@craiglaw6979 Every time one of these a-holes replies to one of my comments, I not only report it as spam, I go through the comments and report as many of their posts as I can find (until the browser slows down so much, it makes it a chore to continue).
The only movie so timeless, my mother quoted it in her speech at my wedding. Really, it's one of the Threefold Path of Keanu Reeves: Be Excellent To Each Other (Bill & Ted), Question Authority And Fight It Where Needed (The Matrix), and Destroy Those Who Delight In Cruelty (John Wick).
Buddhabright My only problem with those rules is that I don’t trust most people to accurately judge who delights in cruelty. I’ll bet that if we could go back in time and ask the worst and most murderous dictators, we would find that they sincerely believed that they were fighting evil.
@@daerdevvyl4314 It's a personal path, not a national religion. You're not meant to judge every hypothetical person's fitness to follow it, only your own.
This was one of my favorite movies as a kid. A lot of people miss the comment that Ted makes when Missy is introduced. Ted says she was a senior when they were freshman. She's literally only about 4yrs older than they are. You really should watch Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey. It is hilarious.
I don't think they missed the joke. It was just hard to get the math wrapped around the brain of how young her character really would be compared to them and the father.
@@n.d.m.515 I've watched several reactions and most make comments that show they missed that small detail. There was even a couple who reacted where one had see it and the other hadn't. When the one who had seen it pointed it out they admitted they missed it. I even missed it the first time I watched it. Ted mumbles it during the first "Shut up Ted" conversation where most people are just still laughing and trying to process Missy.
@@ApacheGamer I guess that I was one of the few who noticed it the first time while watching it in the theaters. I mean, it adds to the running joke, even making it more obvious the youth of the women.
I fully credit this movie with getting my wife and I together. This came out when I was a Junior in college, and I went to see it with some old high school friends. I thought it was just horrible. A few weeks later I'm in a girl's dorm room, trying to build up the nerve to kiss her, when one of her guy friends comes over to ask if she wanted to go see this movie with him and soe of their other pals. I'd just finished telling her how much I thought it sucked. She looks at me and bursts out laughing, and tells him no thank you. We did kiss that day, and have been married now for 33 years. Oh, and yeah, Bill & Ted kinda grew on me.
I don't think I've seen any movie Ashleigh has watched put her in a better mood than this one! Party on, Ashleigh! You're one totally excellent millenial!😁😁
Her reaction to Grumpy Old Men was pretty epic, though maybe it wasn't a "better mood" because she actually sounded *angry* that it wasn't more famous. 🤣
This has always been one of my favorites and I'm glad you finally watched it...AND LIKED IT! And you picked up on the lines that have survived the years. Keanu Reeves is a huge star in the John Wick movies, but this is where I first "met" him.
I never get tired of watching this movie! First noticed Keanu in this movie also. Just rewatched The Lake House the other day - which might be my favorite, but he never disappoints.
I'm so glad she liked this movie. I hope she does the other 2. And After waiting 30 years for the third one it was such a gem for me. Love this trilogy.
I was 14 when this movie came out and it was everything! I know every word by heart, and yet it still makes me laugh. Quotable, funny, and surprisingly meaningful. Thank you so much!
Good reaction. Btw, the reason Bill and Ted guessed that Napoleon would be at the 'Waterloo' Water Park, was because back in 1815 there was a famous battle that Napolean fought in Waterloo, Belgium. That battle is famously known as 'The Battle of Waterloo'. Napoleon lost that battle, btw...lol
I was 11 when this came out. We were Going around say “bogus” and “excellent “ for the longest time. I still have the soundtrack on CD. Been a while since I’ve seen it and it’s still hilarious. Glad you liked it.
I was, and still am, obsessed with the soundtrack to this movie. To the point that I also got the CD from Big Pig (their song is the opening sequence) and THAT album is also freaking amazing
I loved this movie as a kid and distinctly remember seeing the sequel “Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey “ in the theater on opening day (yes, I’m getting old 😂). I still pronounce Socrates that way
Joan of Arc is played by Jane Wiedlin from the '70s punk rock band The Go Gos. You might also know her as the short-lived singing telegram girl from Clue.
Keanu Reeves is totally underrated when it comes to comedy. He has a deadpan look when he delivers comedy that hits dead on, he really needs to do more comedy.
@@jsharp3165 I learned it only a couple of months ago, and had to change it once to “not my elephants,” as the situation involved a couple of >minority persons< for whom the term “monkeys” would have had unfortunate implications.
"Is it raunchy, is it silly comedy, is it a parody of something?" Yes, to all of the above. It's basically Doctor Who, if you replaced the Doctor with a pair of Metalhead Doofuses
Please immediately tackle Bogus Journey next. One of my favorite movies with a very memorable ending and one of the best damn guitar solos in cinema history in my opinion, created by Steve Vai.
Most accurate statement about the American "ancient west" is Stallone's line from Demolition Man, "the wild west wasn't even the wild west!" It was violent, but far, far less so than people believe. And most towns had gun control of some sort. Hardly anyone, even "professional" gunfighters, ever just walked around with guns on them.
OMG! Not enough reactors watch this movie! It is one of my all-time favorites since I was a kid lol I'm so hype to get into this video! Thank you, Ashleigh!
SO glad you finally got around to this one and loved it. Very much looking forward to The Matrix, too. Also, RIP to the late, great George Carlin as Rufus in this one. You’ll see him again in Dogma, because you MUST watch Dogma after you watch Mallrats, now that you’re on the Kevin Smith train.
“Young Keanu Reeves is way cuter than Keanu Reeves in Speed. I don’t know what that says about me!” Hey, why not ask Sigmund Frood? I was a little nervous about this one as it’s one of my all time favourites, so I was SOOOOO happy to see Ashleigh vibing with it from the get-go and becoming one with B&T. And what’s not to love? It’s one of the great fun-time movies, simple and yet deceptively smart, with a beautiful message at the heart of things: it doesn’t matter who you are or where (or even when) you’re from, you can always be tempted into a phone booth by a Twinkie! Not bad, eh, So-crates?
I love this movie so much. It never gets old. The "Bob Genghis Khan" line kills me every time for some reason. And I love George Carlin as Rufus. BTW, Joan of Arc was played by Jane Weidlin of the 80s all-girl band The Go-Gos. I hope you watch the 2 sequels as well. Not as good as this one, but both are still fun in their own way.
I’m so happy you watched this!! I was a teen when this came out and the nostalgia is hitting me so hard right now! I still love this movie to this day. I knew you’d love it too😂
This movie holds such nostalgia for me. But watching it in retrospect, I realize that this is one of the few time travel movies in which basically no consideration is given to the worry about "altering the past." They just kidnap Lincoln without a care in the world. Edit: Kind of funny that you make a distinction between "young Keanu Reeves" and the one in Speed. I mean, he was still pretty young in Speed. I think maybe the short haircut and the fact that "Jack Traven" was much more serious makes the age gap seem more than it is.
You don't have to do it right away, but you should know that the sequel "Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey" would fit perfectly in the Hallow-beans category, Ghosts, scary creatures and killer robots etc. Glad you liked this one. Enjoy Nashville
Love your reaction. One of my favorite movies. Parts of this movie were filmed in my home town of Phoenix, AZ. The mall scenes were filmed at The Metro Center, once the larges mall in the US. It was that place to be back then. Sadly hey are tearing the mall down. But before they do, they will be screening this movie on an outdoor screen. This will most likely happen on May 21st. The Circle K used in this movie had a screening of Bill and Ted in 2022, before they permanently closed it. Many of the Arizona locations are now closed
Headless guitars have recently made a resurgence. The end with the ball goes at the top and the tuners are actually on the back of the guitar body inside a recess.
Hi Ashleigh :) This is THE 80s Dude Comedy. Including George Carlin as Rufus was genius, even if he's only in short pieces of it. They seem like dunderheads through most of it, but they have enough brains to follow instructions; that's why and how the whole thing works so well :)
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Ashleigh and Rufus "Yes Way!" Excellent.
thank you :) it was trippy for me lolol
(Air guitar!) "Dininininiii!"
@@awkwardashleigh yep! he was a baby! Been head over heels for this man for three and a half DECADES! NOW! You gotta check out "The Devil's Advocate", "The Gift", "The River's Edge" "Much Ado About Nothing" to see him in horror/ suspense, Suspense and Shakespeare. Don't forget the John Wick movies! P.S. .... You're doing a GREAT job!!!
@@geminiacleo7ewe don't forget a walk in the clouds
@@awkwardashleigh Honey , most things are trippy for you haha :)
Both Keanu and Alex have lived up to the standards of this movie by being the most excellent people in Hollywood
No doubt..Great point..
Righteous
Alex practically disappeared since these movies.
@@sweiland75 he focuses on directing documentaries. Absolutely love his Zappa documentary. He has another one coming out soon that I'm really excited to watch.
@@sweiland75 He made, and starred, in the VERY 90's comedy movie "Freaked".
Maybe there's even an uncredited Keanu in there too?
“Strange things are afoot at the Circle K” is easily my favorite line.
the punster in me wants them to do at least one scene of stranger things set at a circle k just so that stranger things can be afoot at the circle k
There's still a Circle K by my house, I think of that line literally every time I drive by it, rofl.
I'm kind of partial to them introducing the historical figures to Missy by their "secret identities". "This is Dave Bee-thoven, and, uh, Maxine of Arc, Herman the Kid, Bob 'Genghis' Khan, So-crates Johnson, Dennis Frood, and uh...uh... (gives up even trying to think up fake names) Abraham Lincoln."
I use this line weekly
- There are SO MANY great lines in this movie, it is a font of excellent quotes, however, my personal favorite has always been " 69 DUDES! " - It is SO the number every teenaged male, 80s or otherwise, would be thinking of. Both Funny and Accurate.
"Minor Oedipal complex."
When I was old enough to understand that joke, I absolutely laughed my ass off.
Ashley: "You can't just kidnap all the historical figures, that's not how this is going to work."
People who have seen the movie: "That''s EXACTLY how this is going to work."
No way?
YES WAY!
"Strange things are afoot at the Circle K" is low key one of my most quoted lines in movie history.
Every time my wife and I pass a Circle K, my wife quotes it to me!
I was ridiculously excited when a Circle K opened by my house. I still say it every time I drive past & giggle to myself like a loon. 😄
Same!!!
If you go into the particular Circle ask where they filmed this and ask, “When did the Mongols rule China?” they are legally required to reply, “I just work here.”
We don't have Circle K in my area, but every time I've been near one I use that line.
Having Napoleon at a water park was a slight reference to Waterloo, his most historically known battle and defeat. Yes, Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer.
And before there was Chuck E Cheese, there was Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour, where Napoleon makes a piggy of himself.
Pretty much all presidents are either lawyers or military men.
He wasn’t a very good lawyer and failed the bar exam several times.
Also before Chuck E. Cheese, there was Showbiz Pizza. (Showing my age, here.)
Also, saying “Oedipal complex” is not incorrect. Oh, and Doctor Who doesn’t have a phone box, but a Police box, and had one about 30 years before this movie. Just sayin.
"Strange things are afoot at the Circle K" is something I literally say every time I go into a Circle K.
Same
That, and "69 dudes!"
Every time the number 69 comes up.
The circle K that they used for the exterior was here in Phoenix and it was recently torn down. But just before it was they had an outdoor showing of this movie in the parking lot.
It's a great line
Fun fact: The time machine was originally supposed to be a van, but some felt that would be a little too close to Back to the Future. The filmmakers decided a phone booth would be more original because they were unfamiliar with Doctor Who.
Doctor Who doesn’t use a phone booth he used a TARDIS disguised as a London police call box from the early 1960s because the chameleon circuit is broken
@@andrewft31 Stll looks kind of the same
@@andrewft31 A police box is literally the same thing except you use it for emergency calls to the police rather than general calls but they're both big boxes you can stand in and make a call, acting like they're some hugely different concept is just pedantic.
The film makers were familiar with Doctor Who. wich is why they used the Phone booth. That is why it becoming so crowded is funny.
There isn't a phone booth in Doctor Who. The TARDIS is a police box, & while they did contain a phone, they were not for public use (unless calling for the police). Police boxes were used by the police to temporarily hold prisoners.
“You shouldn’t have cranked it to 11.”
My heart swelled with pride for the pride you felt in busting out that context-heavy reference. Awwww
"but this one go's to 11."
@@StevenHouse1980"Stonehenge! Where the druids dweel!!!!!!
The sequel, "Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey" is definitely worth watching. It's a rare comedy sequel that's as good as the original
In some ways it improves on Excellent Adventure, but they are both great! So is Face the Music 😁
@@johnirving5949 I smiled and laughed all the way through Face The Music, as someone who watched the originals in my early teens, seeing the characters come back was amazing, I love these movies.
I find it better, but I watched it before the first movie back then so, I may be a little biased.
But the sequel is very good nonethless, a must see !
Face the music was fairly decent, show late sequels can be good, we just need Wayne's world 3.
Station!!
"Is this how Doctor Who was invented?" Doctor Who started 26 years before this (1963), so the time-travelling phone booth in this movie was a reference to Doctor Who. :)
Apparently it wasn't. It was originally going to be a van, but they was a reference to something else, so they picked a phone booth for something cheap and weird and only later learned it was the same as Doctor Who. I think, on some level, they must have heard of it before and accidentally referenced it, but it wasn't an intentional reference.
@@ApesAmongUs Back to the Future's DeLorean.
But what if time travel in a phonebooth were real and bill and Ted were actually first....
On Lincoln with the iron: the first iron with a removable wooden handle was invented in 1866. Before that, irons were made of solid metal, including the handle. And they were heated in a fire, which also heated the handle.
The electric iron, invented in 1882, wasn't that much more advanced than what Lincoln was used to.
You beat me to it!
There were also Irons that were hollow and you had to insert a slab of metal that you heated up in or on an oven and then slip into the iron from the backside, close the lid and then you could iron your laundry with it.
And also, how does an adult American, presumably with at least a high-school diploma, not know that Lincoln was a lawyer?
@@PhilBagels
Human mind. Once someone takes on a new title, nothing they did before is relevant.
Dr Tom Coburn was repeatedly hounded by Democrats to give up his medical career after being elected to the Senate. Apparently, they were disgusted that a _senator_ was treating patients in between Congressional sessions.
@@PhilBagels easily most schools I went to just talked about him as President we never went into him being a lawyer I learned that myself because I liked history.
Fun fact:
When the production company approached the REAL city of San Dimas about filming there, the city council turned them down after hearing what it was going to be about, fearing it would tarnish the city's image.
So, it was filmed in Scottsdale, AZ., instead.
San Dimas really missed out on that one!
The ice cream parlor was part of a chain called Farrell's, but unfortunately, they're not around anymore.
And, if I had a penny for everytime I walked into a Circle K in San Dimas, and asked the cashier if they knew when the Mongols ruled China...
🙂
Dear San Dimas, "Big mistake, huge"! Woops, wrong movie reference. LOL😅😅
It felt like Ashleigh and Rufus must've been distant relatives, I loved how they both said "yes way" and the look on Ashleigh's face was priceless😂😂
He heard her say it, then time-traveled back so he could “Jinx” her.
@@isaackellogg3493 Whoa.
Not gonna lie, going back and seeing Keanu in such a blatantly silly role after all the serious movies he's done over the years makes this movie somehow WAY funnier
If you haven't seen "Always Be My Maybe", which came out a few years ago, Keanu plays "himself" in a cameo role and is mind numbingly funny! I laughed until I cried!
I'm pretty sure I saw him in a Christmas film with Drew Barrymore around the time this one was made. I can't remember what it was called, but at least I think it was him - I might be confusing him with someone else.
@@FerDeLance06 Babes In Toyland 1986
@@martinjohnston1907 "Welcome to glorious Cincinnati, queen of Ohio's alpine ski resorts!" Which is hilarious because the tallest hills in the city are just over 100ft above the river.
Every movie that I've seen Keanu Reeves in he usually has one line where his inner Ted comes out.
When she said "yes way" with Rufus, I was like, "how could she possibly know that way going to happen? Whoa. She must be from the future!"
It’s been 30+ years and the So crates joke still makes me giggle…
I still pronounce his name like that. And the Frood Dude holding a corn dog was subtle genius.
@@andrewe2057 I was gonna say the same thing. To this day, I *always* pronounce it So-crates. 😂
Carlin delivers one of the all-time great eyerolls in this film. Just sardonic perfection.
Carlin was gold in this movie. I wanted to see more of Rufus.
I don't know when the "No way!" "Yes way!" exchange was first used, but this was the first time I had ever heard it. They certainly popularized it in this film, and it may even be one of the reasons you exclaimed it instinctively right along with Rufus. Rufus by the way, was the great George Carlin, legendary stand-up comedian.
I just remembered that Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar did use "No way!" "Way!", "No way!" "Way! a little bit earlier, maybe that inspired this usage.
@@mikeking7710 This film was made in 1987, then sat on a shelf until 1989 when it was released, which means it predates the Wayne's World by at least 3 years. I just assumed that those phrases were popular in SoCal in the mid-80s.
@@kyraspikes7542 I didn't know that it was delayed that long. They could've been common in SoCal then, that's true.
@@kyraspikes7542 Mike Myers was doing the Wayne character on Canadian TV as early as 1980 and did the "no way/way" thing then. He said he based the character on guys he knew in high school, who presumably did it too.
@@mikeking7710 You remember incorrectly.
Sigmund Freud’s corn dog slowly losing it’s “height” is one of the best jokes in this movie. 😂
Sometimes a hot dog is just a hot dog 🌭
I can't believe I never noticed it until reading this comment. 30+ years of it going over my head. My life is a lie lol.
@@thedeaconofmetalshow7657 not if it's being held by Sigmund Freud being rejected by a woman
You definitely have to watch Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey someday as well! ❤
Yeah lets not have this movie ruined by watching that
Station!
@@umainebearman You're in the minority
Definitely have to. Also Bill and Ted Face the Music. It may be the worst one. But i still like it. Hell, i'd even say to check out "Dude, Where's My Car?" With it's mix of stoner humor and sci fi, i always saw it as a kind of spiritual successor to Bill and Ted. It's batshit insane, but who cares. It's a lot of fun.
@@matthewpaul526 i don't like it either. it was truly bogus compared to this one which is excellent.
Lol, “you don’t come here for good ideas.” This is why we all love you, Ashleigh!
He was cuter because he's so smiley in this. ☺️
For Hallowbeans can I recommend The Frighteners? It's a ghostly comedy with some great twists and characters.
Love watching your videos Ashleigh. 💖
The Frighteners is a most excellent movie directed by that most awesome dude, Peter Jackson. Party on!
@@jackbrooks5487 I think it might actually have been Michael J Fox's last film role too. His Parkinson's was getting worse and he transitioned back to TV.
@@orboobleck5366 He also appeared in Mars Attacks that same year, but afterwards I believe his movie career was mostly voice acting (Stuart Little, Atlantis: The Lost Kingdom, etc. and cameos. He is both a great talent and an inspiration to us all.
@@jackbrooks5487 Michael J. is one of my all time favorite Actors since the 80´s
"It's Beans!!"
Lol, I love the delayed response. No point resisting it at this point Ashleigh, we all know it's coming.
I swear...I always get extra happy when I see a cat or dog in the movie she is reviewing because I want to see which reaction we're gonna get. LOL
Can you imagine how excellent it was to see this movie as a teenager in 1989? We 40 somethings are still quoting Bill & Ted to this day.
I'm 66 and still quoting them. We had guys like that in my high school in the early 70s so these types of dudes are timeless.
We 50 somethings still quote this.
No way!
@@scipio7837 To be fair that'll be me in January 😧
@@scipio7837 Yesss! Party on dude! 😄
Yes, Lincoln was a lawyer! He had a famous case where he used a Farmer's Almanac to prove someone's innocence 🙂
I say "be excellent to each other" to my cats whenever I leave the house 😆
“Bring back the crop tops for men!”
😂
Lol I remember having a huge crush on Alex Winter who played Bill in this movie and in Lost Boy’s and I can definitely say he OWNED the crop top era.
❤
You were asking why they're just hanging out at the mall. In addition to having lost Napoleon, remember that their history assignment was to consider how people from history might react to the world of modern San Dimas. Leaving them at the mall gives them the opportunity to literally experience the modern world so that then they actually can give their own first-hand opinions during the report :)
Also, not gonna lie, the fact that Missy (...I mean, Mom) is included as a character primarily for a single throwaway Oedipal complex line at the end is awesome dedication to a joke 🤣🤣🤣
it gets funnier in the sequel as she is now Bill's step-mom having divorced Ted's dad.
And it's funnier still in the third because of who she ends up married to at last.
Also fun fact: History teachers loved this movie because it spark an interest in history.... however English teachers hated it because of Bill & Ted's manner of speaking
They should love it because of their manner of speaking. 😂 People should have fun with their language
My East-West Heritage teacher showed this in class, and The Gods Must Be Crazy... and Highlander.
I'm pretty sure if Roadhouse had a single historical reference he would have tried to show that too.
@@yuothineyesasian The Gods Must Be Crazy is fantastic. That would be a great film for Ashleigh!
@@yuothineyesasian We saw Gods in school, too. And according to my ex, there’s always a reason to show roadhouse. Lol. That was his die-hard. 😂
Here’s the thing… if your English teacher has a problem with this movie, they don’t actually enjoy their subject. Me over here with my English degree LOVES this film. When these guys say things like “strange things are afoot” or “be excellent to each other” or “most non-triumphant,” I am both laughing my ass off and incredibly excited because the words make sense on MULTIPLE levels, and it is top tier level writing. These guys would fit in in both 80s California and any Rennfaire, and I LOVE it! 😂😂😂❤❤❤
Keanu played this role so well that you couldn’t unsee it in all his other films for a while. Bill and Teds Bogus Journey is amazing too.
I think that's why Speed gets mentioned so much even though it isn't a great performance, but it is the first time he's clearly not playing Ted.
@@ApesAmongUs Well he also played something completely different in "Bram Stoker's Dracula"
THATS the name of the second movie. Thank you!!
@@KRAFTWERK2K6 But no one is going to recommend that one as a Keanu movie. But there are plenty through the 90s that are very different, but most of them people haven't seen or would recommend - My Own private Idaho, Much Adu About Nothing, and in The Gift (which even came after the Matrix) he is barely recognizable.
And is Jonathan Harker really that different than Ted? "There's blood on the razor, Woh"
- Back to back Keanu Reeves? Most excellent!
- R.I.P. George Carlin (Rufus).
Love him or hate him, you cannot deny he was a master of wordplay. For those unfamiliar with his standup, check out his classic routines "Baseball vs Football," "An Incomplete List of Impolite Words" (audio), and the groundbreaking, unforgettable "7 Words You Can't Say on TV" for which he was *arrested* for performing.
Who in the world hates George Carlin?
Wwwwwhat?! I had no idea! Although to be fair, for the time he did it, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised- but I am! Lol
@@FullMetalB Right? The only people that could hate George Carlin are those so brainwashed in some manner that George said some shit that crushed their being.
@@FullMetalB Catholics, conservatives, the PTC, and a bunch of other morons with sticks so far up their butts that they’ll need a ton of laxatives, lube, and a team of Clydesdales to get them out.
Baseball vs Football is still funny to this day.
Bill and Ted are both just relentlessly happy, and you can't help but smile.
I think one thing people forget when watching this movie is that the Bill and Ted characters were a parody of a certain type of young man that was around at that time (late eighties, early nineties). Kind of like the male versions of "valley girls". Beavis and Butt-head were also a take-off of those type of guys.
It certainly dates back to Sean Penn as Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High in '82.
Really hope you get to check out both of the sequels. They're a delight.
If you want to go really obscure, Keanu and Alex made a fourth movie together, an incredibly funny cult classic called Freaked.
I actually like Bogus Journey better than this one. All three are tons of fun.
The third was a bait & switch with the WHOLE plot. It had potential but when they recon’ed so that the daughters were the hero’s, felt forced & not organic.
Huh, I took it to mean that the daughters weren’t originally the heroes, but that Bill and Ted took so long that it eventually was passed onto their daughters somehow
nah. only the first is good. the second is tolerable. and the third was a major let down.
@@brianvernon249 Woke
I've been a Music teacher for 2 decades, and I still call him Beeth Oven. This has to be one of the most fun movies, ever.
I was a music major when this came out and immediately changed the way I pronounced his name. And I still say it that way most of the time.
Okay Ashleigh....
I'm born and raised in LA, and this movie was just the perfect moment in time. San Dimas is a real place, and the Water Park had just opened.
As an old Gen-X dude, this movie just makes me happy.
🍺🍺🍺🍺
This is unironically one of my favorite movies ever. I have Rufus' opening monologue memorised. Bogus Journey is a little weird for my tastes, but Bill and Ted Face the music was a GLORIOUS conclusion to the arc (they ran with 'so the fate of the world has been on your shoulders since you were teenagers, and now you're pushing 50. Now What?').
George Carlin (Rufus) was dead by the time they filmed Face the Music, but they did work in a tribute to him that about made me cry.
As for the phone booth, Doctor Who's police box came first. This was apparently supposed to be a car of some kind, but Back to the Future was only released four years before this.
They gave Rufus’ daughter in Face The Music the same name as Carlin’s actual daughter. That’s how deep they went with the tributes.
@@jonathanhill9748 I didn't learn that until recently and it sure made me Feel A Thing.
I loved Bogus Journey, but I'm a weird dude anyway so it doesn't surprise me that it's more of a niche thing. The one thing that everyone should give it credit for, though, is that unlike many sequels it truly explores new ground and doesn't just do a remix of the original's plot.
Okay, loved that you reacted to this movie, it made it more fun (if thats possible...and it is).I once told my son and his friends at the start of his High School prom "Be Excellent to each other" (no seriously). I can't wait for them to say "So-crates" I'm still giggling like a little girl. and then "Beeth-Oven" - when you said "Yes way" along with Rufus, it made me smile so much. I'm super happy that you loved this movie, it's one of my all-time favs. Quick, what number am I thinking of? "Bill, your dad is going for it in your own room" "Shut up Ted" I nearly soil myself whenever I hear that line. This movie is a quotable gem and MOST TRIUMPHANT!
"Be excellent to each other" is one of my life mottos. Wise words!
Is that a hint to what the other life motto might be?
Fun fact: when Rufus shreds on the guitar at the end, the cutaway to his hands is, in fact, none other than the late, great Eddie Van Halen.
Not true.
Stevie Salas played Rufus' solo
@@Lord_Narcowookie Heck with the truth. Print the legend. :)
And, Joan of Arc is none other than Jane Wiedlin, of The Go-Go's.
One of the gentlemen in the future that speaks to them (the one that looks like Jonathan Banks), is Fee Waybill, of The Tubes!
Credited as “Hands of Rufus.”
After this gem, I think it's time to watch the most excellent sequel to this one, then Point Break & Matrix with Keanu Reeves! Might even try Freaked with Alex Winter, it's super weird but packs in the jokes.
Ser, big up yourself for mentioning Freaked! That flick is bo-NANNERS. If nothing else, it'll make detractors think twice about macaroons.
Don’t stop there she must finish the trilogy
Bogus Journey is even better
Yeah watch bogus journey but stop there with Bill and Ted.
@@profshad3429 nah. its ok. but its subpar to the original.
Lincoln was indeed a lawyer, as well as a soldier, postmaster, inventor, shepherd, logger, and a wrestler
also vampire hunter
If you like this you should also give “Wayne’s World” a watch. The two are frequently compared even though they have totally different plots.
No Way.
@@jb888888888 Rufus: Yes way. ; Wayne: Way.
@@m.hunterstevie2081 12 Desciples: Yahweh. Me: Jesus
#TimeBandits.
Yeah, but they're both good movies to watch back to back on a chill night with a blunt
My father had a Masters Degree in History and spent a few years late in his life teaching history in High School. He would be 96 years old now if there hadn't been free cigarettes for sailors during WWII. This was one of his all-time favorite movies, and required viewing for his High School history students, because it portrays the facts of history accurately, if not the characters. He even had a couple of spare copies to loan to students.
Most Excellent 👍
now this is the most wholesome comment i have read here so far. :)
This has made my heart happy. Your Dad was clearly a most excellent dude and awesome teacher.
I would've loved to have taken his class.
"it portrays the facts of history accurately"
It certainly does not.
Given the fact that you mentioned that one of your fears was getting your flesh completely ripped off, I don't think I'm the only one here who would DEFINITELY recommend that "Hellraiser" be on your list of movies to watch for HallowBeans.
Oh yeah
yes please for Hallowbeans!
And you don't need to watch ANY of the sequels. Just that first one.
@@nickgjenkins Hellraiser 2 is perfectly fine as a sequel. Even 3 is a decent enough sequel that explores the lore a bit more but after 3 it drops off real fast. 4 has some fun little bits but 5 and on, not so much. Once you get past 5, woof.
@@LordLOC I would disagree overall. I think in terms of "quality filmmaking" you're not wrong about 2. But, I think 3 onward are really disasters... that being said I kind of enjoy 4, 5, and 6 as schlocky "wtf is this" fun time movies.
As soon as she said "I don't know who's in it" I got a huge smile already.
I envied her having no idea going into this movie, to go in totally blind and unspoiled and just have a genuine good time. This is why I love watching this channel
"These are not Funko Pops, baby!"
You are absolutely right! The historical figures actually have value...
They’re Pokémons!
Ashleigh's laugh throughout this one...so infectious! And totally made my day...cuz dis shit is one of my favorites!
One of my two favorite comedies of all time. Saw this at the end of high school, ended up studying history in college. Also eventually had a cat named Socrates (so-craytes) Johnson.
Such a wonderfully silly movie.
Oh, and now that you've seen this, pay attention for Keanu's "Ted reciting lyrics" voice. It seems to creep in on occasion.
Point Break is a good example ("I am an FBI agent!").
They filmed this in my hometown of Phoenix AZ!
The scene where Rufus arrives from the future was filmed at a Circle K in Tempe, which sadly closed down a few month ago, after 35 years of business. Fans of the film had a special screening held in the parking lot of the Circle K.
The store is still there it lost the circle K franchise it’s now just a run of the mill Quick stop
And they are going to demolish Metrocenter soon too ;(
Waterloo aka sun-splash golf land is still going strong out in Mesa
Be excellent to each other, friendos!
Edit: The entire trilogy is a fun ride, you should absolutely check it out :D
This movie is one of the reasons that Keanu needs to be protected at all costs.
Having my thigh skin ripped off by a waterslide is now one of my irrational fears. That’s something I could have gone my whole life not knowing. Thanks a lot Ashleigh!!😮
Do NOT reply to the Telegram account. It is a scammer trying to get you to send them money. I have reported this to both Telegram and RUclips.
@@craiglaw6979 Every time one of these a-holes replies to one of my comments, I not only report it as spam, I go through the comments and report as many of their posts as I can find (until the browser slows down so much, it makes it a chore to continue).
@@craiglaw6979 I thought it was I don’t respond anyway I’m in Australia and I have no idea what telegram text is anyway. Thank you.
2 best friends, 0 brain cells, 1 most excellent adventure! I love these movies so much.
The only movie so timeless, my mother quoted it in her speech at my wedding. Really, it's one of the Threefold Path of Keanu Reeves: Be Excellent To Each Other (Bill & Ted), Question Authority And Fight It Where Needed (The Matrix), and Destroy Those Who Delight In Cruelty (John Wick).
Buddhabright My only problem with those rules is that I don’t trust most people to accurately judge who delights in cruelty. I’ll bet that if we could go back in time and ask the worst and most murderous dictators, we would find that they sincerely believed that they were fighting evil.
@@daerdevvyl4314 It's a personal path, not a national religion. You're not meant to judge every hypothetical person's fitness to follow it, only your own.
I can say, these three rules are most excellent.
@@alistairgrey5089 Party On 🤙🏽
...and always stay above 50.
;)
This was one of my favorite movies as a kid. A lot of people miss the comment that Ted makes when Missy is introduced. Ted says she was a senior when they were freshman. She's literally only about 4yrs older than they are. You really should watch Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey. It is hilarious.
I don't think they missed the joke. It was just hard to get the math wrapped around the brain of how young her character really would be compared to them and the father.
@@n.d.m.515 I've watched several reactions and most make comments that show they missed that small detail. There was even a couple who reacted where one had see it and the other hadn't. When the one who had seen it pointed it out they admitted they missed it. I even missed it the first time I watched it. Ted mumbles it during the first "Shut up Ted" conversation where most people are just still laughing and trying to process Missy.
@@ApacheGamer I guess that I was one of the few who noticed it the first time while watching it in the theaters. I mean, it adds to the running joke, even making it more obvious the youth of the women.
In this instance, Ashleigh was busy marveling over Missy's wall-o-bangs, which was pretty impressive.
Three years, sir.
"Strange things are afoot at the Circle K" is something I still say every time I'm in one.
I also still say "So-Crates".
I fully credit this movie with getting my wife and I together.
This came out when I was a Junior in college, and I went to see it with some old high school friends. I thought it was just horrible. A few weeks later I'm in a girl's dorm room, trying to build up the nerve to kiss her, when one of her guy friends comes over to ask if she wanted to go see this movie with him and soe of their other pals. I'd just finished telling her how much I thought it sucked. She looks at me and bursts out laughing, and tells him no thank you. We did kiss that day, and have been married now for 33 years.
Oh, and yeah, Bill & Ted kinda grew on me.
I don't think I've seen any movie Ashleigh has watched put her in a better mood than this one! Party on, Ashleigh! You're one totally excellent millenial!😁😁
Her reaction to Grumpy Old Men was pretty epic, though maybe it wasn't a "better mood" because she actually sounded *angry* that it wasn't more famous. 🤣
@@Osprey850 AND RIGHTFULLY SO!! xD
This has always been one of my favorites and I'm glad you finally watched it...AND LIKED IT! And you picked up on the lines that have survived the years. Keanu Reeves is a huge star in the John Wick movies, but this is where I first "met" him.
This was so much fun!
Actually I first met him when Babes in Toyland aired on TV, but I had no idea who he was at the time. This movie was my introduction to him by name.
I never get tired of watching this movie! First noticed Keanu in this movie also. Just rewatched The Lake House the other day - which might be my favorite, but he never disappoints.
@@kevinramsey417 I still love that somewhat awful film. "I come from CIN-CIN-N-A-T-I cincinnati, the best town in o-h-i-o Ohio USA! "
"in your son's bedroom?!" That's certainly a power move/play right there
I love their dialect just as much as their positive attitude.
Non-heinous!
I'm so glad she liked this movie. I hope she does the other 2. And After waiting 30 years for the third one it was such a gem for me. Love this trilogy.
I was 14 when this movie came out and it was everything! I know every word by heart, and yet it still makes me laugh. Quotable, funny, and surprisingly meaningful. Thank you so much!
Good reaction. Btw, the reason Bill and Ted guessed that Napoleon would be at the 'Waterloo' Water Park, was because back in 1815 there was a famous battle that Napolean fought in Waterloo, Belgium. That battle is famously known as 'The Battle of Waterloo'. Napoleon lost that battle, btw...lol
I was 11 when this came out. We were
Going around say “bogus” and “excellent “ for the longest time. I still have the soundtrack on CD. Been a while since
I’ve seen it and it’s still hilarious. Glad you liked it.
I was, and still am, obsessed with the soundtrack to this movie. To the point that I also got the CD from Big Pig (their song is the opening sequence) and THAT album is also freaking amazing
The irony to me, is that Bill and Ted have really great vocabulary considering they are supposed to be idiots
My favorite thing in this film is that Rufus never actually introduces himself, Bill & Ted do it for him
Subtle example of a stable time loop
I loved this movie as a kid and distinctly remember seeing the sequel “Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey “ in the theater on opening day (yes, I’m getting old 😂). I still pronounce Socrates that way
Joan of Arc is played by Jane Wiedlin from the '70s punk rock band The Go Gos. You might also know her as the short-lived singing telegram girl from Clue.
70's?
@@jwrockets '80s too.
Keanu Reeves is totally underrated when it comes to comedy.
He has a deadpan look when he delivers comedy that hits dead on, he really needs to do more comedy.
Such a fun film, and the best thing is that the sequel, Bogus Journey, is possibly even better.
“That lick is most triumphant, dude.”
Gotta love Ashleigh!!
"You don't come here for good ideas" - and now I'm choking at work, because I was drinking when you said that.
I like that saying! I might start using it;
“Not my circus, not my monkeys.”
I'm surprised you missed hearing it in 2014.
@@jsharp3165 I learned it only a couple of months ago, and had to change it once to “not my elephants,” as the situation involved a couple of >minority persons< for whom the term “monkeys” would have had unfortunate implications.
"Is it raunchy, is it silly comedy, is it a parody of something?" Yes, to all of the above. It's basically Doctor Who, if you replaced the Doctor with a pair of Metalhead Doofuses
Please immediately tackle Bogus Journey next. One of my favorite movies with a very memorable ending and one of the best damn guitar solos in cinema history in my opinion, created by Steve Vai.
"Not my circus; not my monkeys" ... I'm dead 🤣🤣🤣
Most accurate statement about the American "ancient west" is Stallone's line from Demolition Man, "the wild west wasn't even the wild west!" It was violent, but far, far less so than people believe. And most towns had gun control of some sort. Hardly anyone, even "professional" gunfighters, ever just walked around with guns on them.
Not in town but having a gun on you was super common everywhere else.
I never hear anyone make the connection that the water park is “Waterloo” which is also the name of a famous battle Napoleon lost.
I knew it. I also watched the Oversimplified story of the French Revolution.
originally they were just going to have actual Raging Waters in the movie by name but the park turned them down
I think the reason you don't hear anyone make the connection that it is so in-your-face obvious, no one sees the need to point it out.
I saw this movie three times in two days. Kept dragging other people to see it because I couldn't believe how weird and awesome it was.
OMG! Not enough reactors watch this movie! It is one of my all-time favorites since I was a kid lol I'm so hype to get into this video! Thank you, Ashleigh!
Most reactors are too busy processing uranium 😎
SO glad you finally got around to this one and loved it. Very much looking forward to The Matrix, too.
Also, RIP to the late, great George Carlin as Rufus in this one. You’ll see him again in Dogma, because you MUST watch Dogma after you watch Mallrats, now that you’re on the Kevin Smith train.
Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey is actually great too. Go for it.
“Young Keanu Reeves is way cuter than Keanu Reeves in Speed. I don’t know what that says about me!” Hey, why not ask Sigmund Frood?
I was a little nervous about this one as it’s one of my all time favourites, so I was SOOOOO happy to see Ashleigh vibing with it from the get-go and becoming one with B&T. And what’s not to love? It’s one of the great fun-time movies, simple and yet deceptively smart, with a beautiful message at the heart of things: it doesn’t matter who you are or where (or even when) you’re from, you can always be tempted into a phone booth by a Twinkie! Not bad, eh, So-crates?
Or ask So-Crates.
Oh, look! It's my childhood.
This is easily one of the coolest movies ever made.
I love this movie so much. It never gets old. The "Bob Genghis Khan" line kills me every time for some reason. And I love George Carlin as Rufus. BTW, Joan of Arc was played by Jane Weidlin of the 80s all-girl band The Go-Gos. I hope you watch the 2 sequels as well. Not as good as this one, but both are still fun in their own way.
who was also the singing telegram in Clue who was shot
@@Greenwood4727 WAIT, SHE WAS!?!? That joke always gets me so hard. I thought she looked familiar!
@@grandpagohan1 Yup. I am your Singing telegram Bang.. LOL
"and... (can't think of a fake name) Abraham Lincoln."
Be excellent to people and party on has been my mantra ever since this movie first came out.
A great philosophy of life.
I’m so happy you watched this!! I was a teen when this came out and the nostalgia is hitting me so hard right now! I still love this movie to this day. I knew you’d love it too😂
Not today Satan! 🙅♀️🚫⛔️✋🏼
A most bodacious and outstanding reaction video, Ashleigh! The sequel Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey is even better.
This movie holds such nostalgia for me. But watching it in retrospect, I realize that this is one of the few time travel movies in which basically no consideration is given to the worry about "altering the past." They just kidnap Lincoln without a care in the world.
Edit: Kind of funny that you make a distinction between "young Keanu Reeves" and the one in Speed. I mean, he was still pretty young in Speed. I think maybe the short haircut and the fact that "Jack Traven" was much more serious makes the age gap seem more than it is.
Bill and Ted is such a charming and fun film. I'll always love it.
You don't have to do it right away, but you should know that the sequel "Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey" would fit perfectly in the Hallow-beans category, Ghosts, scary creatures and killer robots etc.
Glad you liked this one. Enjoy Nashville
Love your reaction. One of my favorite movies.
Parts of this movie were filmed in my home town of Phoenix, AZ.
The mall scenes were filmed at The Metro Center, once the larges mall in the US. It was that place to be back then. Sadly hey are tearing the mall down. But before they do, they will be screening this movie on an outdoor screen. This will most likely happen on May 21st. The Circle K used in this movie had a screening of Bill and Ted in 2022, before they permanently closed it. Many of the Arizona locations are now closed
Headless guitars have recently made a resurgence. The end with the ball goes at the top and the tuners are actually on the back of the guitar body inside a recess.
I know it's only mid Sept. But I'm getting so psyched for Hallo-Beans! Can't wait to see what you do with it this year!
I'm hoping for 8 Legged Freaks.
Lol this comment would make more sense in like march. Mid September is 2 short weeks from October.
Hi Ashleigh :)
This is THE 80s Dude Comedy.
Including George Carlin as Rufus was genius, even if he's only in short pieces of it.
They seem like dunderheads through most of it, but they have enough brains to follow instructions; that's why and how the whole thing works so well :)
Except for the watch winding.
They didn't need to go to the mall, but I'm so glad they did. Just a hilarious sequence of events.
In the 1980's...you definitely had to go the mall. :)
It truly did my heart good to know you got the "Iron Maiden" reference.