Alex Winters played the leader so well and Keanu played the follower so well. It was perfect. "Shut up Ted!" Lol

My dad was a stuntman in Bill and Ted. You can see him in the background in the mall scene when Genghis Khan is destroying stuff with a bat.

Bill & Ted was the first movie I saw without an adult. I had a friend who was a couple years older than me and just got his drivers license. So we went to the closest big city because the town I lived in had one theater and one movie a week. Great memories.

I remember watching this with my dad when it came out. It was one of the first movies I saw in the theater that wasn't a big Hollywood flick like Indiana Jones. I don't think that dad was impressed, but I sure was. At the risk of sounding dramatic, it changed my young outlook on life: "Be excellent to each other, and, party on, dudes!" Great interview, as always.

My sister and I would watch Bill and Ted and Drop Dead Fred until the VHS tapes died LOL the 90s were the best!!

I genuinely, TO THIS DAY, get choked up during the scene where they accidentally get sent to the future, and they see the utopia they are destined to bring into being. It reminds me of that scene in Star Trek: First Contact, where Geordi is fanboying over the guy who was the first human to do a warp engine test. And they guy is like "what's so special about me?" And Geordie is like "...are you kidding?! SO many things were made BETTER because of what you did in this time! You fundamentally altered the course of human history, and put it on a better trajectory!" That was the silent feeling I got from the collection of people, all strumming air guitars while the song bursts out "We'll be dancing in the streets all night!!!" It was such an optimistic moment, in a film that is already bubbling over with optimism. I mean shit, even writing this now, trying to describe how it makes me feel, is making me get teary eyed. LOVE that film. Every teenage garage band dreams of changing the world....this is the story of the band that actually did. It's such a simple, cheesy, yet AMAZING premise for a film.

I LOVED Bill & Ted growing up. My best friend and I watched it (and Bogus Journey) so many times, along with The Idiot Box.

One of a small number of movies that my dad insisted on me watching. Thanks Dad.

I remember my Mom renting the first movie, for our family to watch, and we really enjoyed it. I look forward to showing it to my kids, when they're old enough

Bill & Ted is still in my top five all time favorite movies. My friends and I saw it in the theater four times because we loved it so much!

The first time I saw Bill and Ted I had just dropped acid. I’ve never laughed harder in my life, it was a fantastic experience

I was in sixth grade in Arizona when this movie came out, and we were talking about it in my class for a month or two before it hit the theaters. Everyone was so excited to go see it.

Alex was super lucky, to be part of two very iconic movies. Huge part of my childhood right there.

I still remember My Mom and Sister showing me Bill and Ted when i was a kid. Still one of my favorite movies

Whenever my nieces and nephews are making a mess eating ice cream I always say the Ziggy Piggy line. They have no idea what I am talking about.

My wife worked at San Dimas High School for years! Loved the clip of the school at the end of part 2.

When Bill and Ted trailer hit I waited for it to hit VHS. The day it came out I got my parents to rent it and we all watched it together. It wasn't often my parents enjoyed the movies I watched but they liked this. It still holds up.

Brillant interview

They just dont even try to make movies like Bill and Ted anymore. Come On make a movie budget of only 10 million for everything and go.... Much less risk than Strange World thats for sure... Disney lost $180 million on that movie... give me 18 attempts at making another bill and ted instead please, and you will loose less money than that movie, even if they all flop.

I remember it came out after my first ever driver through San Dimas. I was shocked.

3:25 The dude on the right is how I react to something out of place and Alex is how everyone else in the room with me reacts. 🤣🤣🤣

Oh, poor Alex! Only getting paid $65k for three months work in the mid 80s. Most of us don't make that much in a year in the 2020s.

Bill and Ted was one of those movies I’ve seen so many times as a kid that I learned the lines.

STATION!! Those movies will be in my top 10 for the rest of my life.

The thing about Bill and Ted was it was a really really great and fun story...not the future stuff so much because although that was fun, it was still a bit cheesey....but going back in various times, grabbing famous people, bringing them to to the future to see Malls. WATERLOO, Piggy Wiggy....Oink Oink Oink...and of course their epic History report, that was very creative storywise...the soundtrack was awesome too. I still listen from time to time.

I wish I can meet Alex and tell him how much I love FREAKED, it’s one of the movies that inspired me to make movies in the first place. It’s such a bizarre, crazy, hilarious, amazing movie and I love it.

I remember when this movie came out. Me and my friends made fun of it thinking it looked stupid and was going to suck. I watched it on Showtime one day and it was awesome! I'm glad we were wrong about it.

"You might be a King or a little Street-Sweeper..."

The Lost Boys is my favorite movie

I love Bill & Ted ! It's a classic

This is one of my fave movies of all time

"No one is ever going to see this movie" 30+ years later my new kittens are William and Theodore.

This movie is my guaranteed mood booster

You wouldnt think Alex winter is 56 57yrs old here. Dude looks great.

One of my favorite movies of all time. Be excellent to each other!

Oiled up sax player. We... we all remember the... oiled up sax player.

Imagine how many films are just sat on the Hollywood shelves collecting dust.. Same with music

Still...best videos on the web.

I agree with Alex, there wasnt much difference between them. They were equals. I do remember seeing a behind the scenes clip for it about a year or two before it even came out wondering when it was gonna be released.

The fact that Keanu Reeves did the second one shows a cool dude he is😊

I get it's on the lower end for leading role in a movie standards, but it's still bizarre to hear someone describe getting paid 65 grand for 3 months work in 1989 as 'didn't get paid shit' I cant be bothered to work out how much money that would be today but I think it's safe to say it's a least a few years wages to most people.

65k 30 years ago is around 150k now when adjusted for inflation....not exactly "nothing".

Wooh!

_"Eat the pig. Eat the pig. Ziggy Piggy, Ziggy Zig!"_

The ending made the movie

got to see it with my parents brother and friends first movie i can remember other than et before that.Loved the movie.

65000 is about 156000 now, that seems a decent actor wage to me.

As soon as I saw they'd cast Bill and Ted's daughters I KNEW they'd pull a "Oh, it was really them all the time!"

65k for that movie at that age? sounded great to me!

B&T was the original Ted talk and it was most excellent!😂

1:38 I still believe!

So...why was Keanu Reeves upset about choices for Bill & Ted? Maybe I'm too dumb and missed it but it sounds like he wanted to play Bill but there wasn't a "why" so much.

Wasn’t Alex in Killer Clowns From Outerspace too?

You need a light on ur guest 🤙🏼

As I remember it, it was sad that Bill and Ted was probably going to end up on cable at 4 A.M. Somehow it made it theaters.

I forgot he was one of the lostboys damn I remember recognising him now man I'm getting old lol

NGL Bill & Ted sounds bad on paper, but what a gem that movie is! Bravo! It's so cool to hear Alex Winters discuss his POV.

Keanu did John Wick as a favor to the director who had been a stunt coordinator on Bill and Ted, as well as some of his other movies.

Haunted Summer was the movie

Bogus journey meant so much to me as a kid lol

Dust. Wind. Dude.

Por siempre mi más cordial saludo a este amigo gigante 💖 😘 ✌️ 😜

WILD STALLIONS!

Nooo waaay!

Whoa that movie would have been so much different if they played opposite parts!

Keanu was like "shit I got Ryu, and I wanted to be Ken".

The easiest actor to replace in any film he has ever done.

Alex reminds me of Paul McCartney.

De Nomolos is Ed Solomon backward.

These guys are great, and this is not meant to disparage their personal character, but 65 thousand dollars for three months work is life changing to 95% of people. It's just a reminder that Hollywood is on another planet compared to regular folks.

SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RULES

Be excellent to eachother, and party on dudes.

Bill and Ted was okay I was 10 when the first movie came out I saw them both in the theater but I have to be honest I prefer The Lost Boys over Bill and Ted.

I want to hear about "Freaked".....

I believe Bill and Ted was the catalyst for characters such as Beavis and Butthead. It was a time for that genre. People wanted to see two goofy immature characters do and say stupid and yet hilarious stuff.

Dino wouldn't show up at one of your shows

Cool

I totally love bill and Ted I think they're hilarious I couldn't wait to watch number 3 I thought it was great and those two women actors who played the daughters were awesome they were just like their dads I wouldn't mind a reboot with the daughters as the main characters

The first 2 have a place in my heart diamonds in the rough with some serious heart. Tthat third movie i saw recently and while the casting and some of the character moments were great the dialogue and plot presentation was awful. Plus we traded in "god gave rock n roll to you" for a thoroughly disrespectful bait n switch plus whatever the hell that generic backing music with a CGI lightshow was.

I thought the longest time Alex committed suicide after Freaks (maybe it was metaphorical).

My ex told to watch Bill & Ted ........the only good thing she ever did 😁

Yeah but, Steve Vai. 🤘🏻🤣

"69 dudes!"

After the disappointment of that last movie I despise those two clowns.

wow,, who knows what other movies are sitting in some dusty old room that would be huge

The reason Keanu wanted to be Bill is because it's the first name in the title.

Bill and Ted 4 maybe?

Bill and Ted was so good

Michael Rosenbaums portrayal of a young Lex was by far, the absolute most evil portrayal of that character on TV or film. Such a gradually worse character throughout the series, while giving him room to be good where necessary, that really nailed the character growth. It wasn't the writing. 100% him embracing the storyline.

🎉😅😅

Ted was right. Bill's mom was a babe!

Who is this guy?

And yet that movie spoke to more kids in the 80.s than nearly any other . friends startted comparing themselves to bill and ted... oh I am a bill

The new Bill and Ted sucked I waited like how many years to see Bill and Ted save the universe and as soon as a seen there kids I knew it was going to be them 1/2-10

As artist don't even know what is disrespect and unacceptable is pathetic

This may sound odd but casting for "Bill" and "Ted" it is actually important that Keanu is Ted....Ted, to me at least, sounds like a name for a taller person and Bill sounds like a name for a shorter person. If they had swapped roles the names would have just not felt right

$65,000!!!!

One bad movie for him is a years salary of hard back backing work for me I would love to trade places for a week

First 2 were great . 3rd movie was politically correct, box ticking dog shit.

they retcon bill and ted was the most F up, changing it into that w0k3 garbage etc..