Model 'T' for Ted

Model 'T' for Ted
Wilbur & Orville laugh at the idea of flying.
Premiere date	October 6, 1990
Run time	23:00
Starring	Keanu Reeves Alex Winter George Carlin Danny Cooksey
Music composed by	Chuck Loeb
Writer(s)	Rowby Goren
Director(s)	Gordon Hunt (voices)
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"Model 'T' for Ted" is the fourth episode of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures season one. It aired on October 6, 1990 on CBS. It was written by Rowby Goren, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

Ted gets into an accident with his dad's precious car named Blue Betty, sending Ted and Bill on an adventure backwards through time to get Henry Ford to fix Ted's father's car.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Detective Logan	Peter Renaday
Ted "Theodore" Logan	Peter Renaday
Deacon Logan	Danny Cooksey
Bill S. Preston, Esquire	Alex Winter
Rufus	George Carlin
Miles Standish	Unavailable
Priscilla Alden	Unavailable
Captain Francis Drake	Unavailable
Grace O'Malley	Unavailable
Blackbeard	N/A
Wilbur Wright	Unavailable
Orville Wright	Unavailable
Henry Ford	Unavailable
Edsel	Unavailable

Organizations

• Wyld Stallyns
• Iron Maiden (mentioned)
• San Dimas Police Department

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • California
      • San Dimas
        • Logan residence
        • Abdul's Record Store (mentioned)
        • Kozy Korner
        • Precinct
        • Car impound
    • Alaska (mentioned)
      • Green Military Academy (mentioned)
    • Massuchessetts
      • Plymouth
        • Plymouth Rock
      • Chicago (mentioned)
    • Ohio
      • Dayton
        • Wright Bros.' Bicycle Shop
  • England (mentioned)
  • Holland (mentioned)
  • Atlantic Ocean
    • English Channel
• The Moon

Objects

• Time machine phone booth
• Circuits of Time Directory
• Iron Maiden CDs

Vehicles

• Blue Betty

Music

The theme song was performed by Randy Peterson and Kevin Quinn. The music was composed by Chuck Leob for Score Productions. Bodie Chandler was the director of music production.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 6, 1990 on CBS

Behind the scenes

• Ted views the BBC, the British Broadcasting Corporation, as only educational television.
• Rufus reveals that his name is actually his middle name since, in the future, people only use middle names.
• The name of Henry Ford's horse, Edsel, is an in-joke to the name of his son.

Errors

• When Standish proclaims the site they're on to be Plymouth Rock, his hat flashes between light gray to gray.
• Bill says to Ted, "Ted, we better bail before she changes her mind," but it comes out of Ted's own mouth.
• If the Wright brothers didn't think flight was possible, then why did they stick wings on their bicycles?
• The last line of the episode is supposed to be Bill talking to Ted, unfortunately, his voice comes out from Ted's own mouth again. Bummer.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • August 13, 2013: TGG Direct releases Best of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures on DVD (Walmart exclusive).
  • October 1, 2013: TGG Direct releases Best of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures on DVD.