Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1990 TV series)

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
Format	Animated series, Comedy
Created by	Alyson Court
Voices of	Keanu Reeves (season 1) Alex Winter (season 1) George Carlin (season 1) Christopher Kennedy (season 2) Evan Richards (season 2)
Theme music composer	Randy Petersen (season 1) Kevin Quinn (season 1)
Opening theme	Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
Country of origin	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	21
Production
Executive producer(s)	David Kirschner (season 1) Paul Sabella (season 1) Andy Heyward (season 2)
Running time	20–23 minutes
Production company(s)	Hanna-Barbera Productions (season 1) DiC (season 2)
Distributor	Nelson Entertainment Orion Television
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS (season 1) Fox Kids (season 2)
Picture format	4:3
Original run	September 15, 1990 – November 16, 1991
Chronology
Followed by	Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1992 TV series)
External links
Website

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures is a 1990 spin-off animated television series following the misadventures of two time-travelling slackers as they travel into the distant past and future. It was based on the 1989 film, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and is part of the Bill & Ted franchise.

Overview

The first season was produced by Hanna-Barbera and aired on CBS, with Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin, and Bernie Casey reprising their movie roles. In the second season, the show switched production companies and networks, now airing on Fox Kids and produced by DIC Entertainment. As Fox was also planning on airing a new live-action series of the same name, the cast was replaced, and the leads were now voiced by Evan Richards and Christopher Kennedy, the actors who respectively portrayed Bill and Ted on the short-lived series. The new episodes introduced a “Squint” phone booth that could take Bill and Ted into literature, television shows, and (after shrinking them) inside the human body. The new show had trouble catching on, and after one more season, Bill and Ted was cancelled.

Episodes

Season one (Hanna-Barbera)

1. One Sweet & Sour Chinese Adventure – To Go (9/15/90)
2. The Birth of Rock 'N Roll or Too Hip for the Womb (9/22/90)
3. A Most Excellent Roman Holiday (9/29/90)
4. Model 'T' for Ted (10/6/90)
5. The More Heinous They are, the Harder They Fall (10/20/90)
6. Birds of A Feather Stick to the Roof of Your Mouth (10/27/90)
7. A Black Night in San Dimas (11/3/90)
8. Pocket Watch Full of Miracles (11/10/90)
9. This Babe Ruth "BABE" is A DUDE, Dude (11/24/90)
10. When the Going Gets Tough Bill & Ted are History (12/1/90)
11. Never the Twain Shall Meet (12/8/90)
12. A Job, a Job – My Kingdom for a Job (12/15/90)
13. A Grimm Story of an Overdue Book (12/22/90)

Season two (DiC)

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures Season 2 title card

1. Now Museum, Now You Don't (9/14/91)
2. The Totally Gross Anatomy of a Gym Teacher (9/21/91)
3. The Star Strangled Banner (9/28/91)
4. Leave it to Bill and Ted (10/5/91)
5. Goodbye, Columbus... and America (10/12/91)
6. It's a Bogus Day in the Neighborhood (10/26/91)
7. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure in Babysitting (11/2/91)
8. The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Phone Booth (11/16/91)

Cast

Season one

• Alex Winter – Bill S. Preston, Esq.
• Keanu Reeves – Ted "Theodore" Logan
• George Carlin – Rufus
• Bernie Casey – Mr. Ryan
• Danny Cooksey – Deacon Logan
• Peter Renaday – Detective Logan

Season two

• Christopher Kennedy – Bill S. Preston, Esq.
• Evan Richards – Ted "Theodore" Logan
• Tara Charendoff – Mary Jane

DVD release

The first episode of the first season was released as a special feature on the Bill and Ted's Most Excellent Collection DVD box set.

International broadcast

• Chile
  • TVN (1991–1995)
  • Canal 13 (1996–1998)

• New Zealand
  • TV3 1992–1993

• Australia
  • Channel 7 1992–1993

• Philippines
  • TV5 1992–1993

External links

• Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures at the Internet Movie Database
• Bill and Ted's Excellent Online Adventure
• Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures at Hulu