One Sweet & Sour Chinese Adventure—To Go

One Sweet & Sour Chinese Adventure—To Go
Bill and Ted are sentenced to build a certain Chinese wall.
Premiere date	September 15, 1990
Starring	Keanu Reeves Alex Winter George Carlin Hamilton Camp Kimmy Robertson
Music composed by	Chuck Loeb
Writer(s)	John Ludin John Loy
Director(s)	Gordon Hunt (voices)
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"One Sweet & Sour Chinese Adventure—To Go" is the first episode of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures season one. It aired on September 15, 1990 on CBS. It was written by John Ludin and John Loy, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

After breaking Missy Mom's priceless Chinese vase, Bill and Ted go back in time to ancient China to get a new one, where they get arrested for illegally parking their booth. As punishment, they are forced to build the Great Wall of China, and then after their release, they get tricked into working as shipmates for "Mr. O'Polo," otherwise known as Marco Polo.

Memorable quotes

Ted: Bill, I just have one question for you.
Bill: What is it, Ted?
Ted: What color is an orange?
Bill: Ted, you bonehead! Its color the same as its name! Just like a lemon.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Missy Preston	Kimmy Robertson
Mr. Preston	Unavailable
Bill S. Preston, Esquire	Alex Winter
Ted "Theodore" Logan	Keanu Reeves
Rufus	George Carlin
Delivery boy	N/A
Old man	Unavailable
Doctor Lao	Unavailable
Detective Logan
Guard	Unavailable
Kitten Kaboodles	Unavailable
Bouncer	Unavailable
Confucius
Kublai Khan	Unavailable
Marco Polo	Hamilton Camp
Kidnapper	Unavailable
Shark	Unavailable
Marco Polo's boss	Unavailable
Spaghetti	Unavailable

Organizations

• Wyld Stallyns

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • California
      • San Dimas
        • Preston residence
        • Kozy Korner
        • Tony's
    • Florida (mentioned)
      • EPCOT Center (mentioned)
  • Australia (mentioned)
  • China
    • The 1000 Vases
    • Great Wall of China
    • Oodles of Noodles
    • Kublai Khan's palace
  • Italy
    • Venice

Objects

• Time machine phone booth
• Circuits of Time Directory
• Fortune cookies

Vehicles

• Marco Polo's ship

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: September 15, 1990 on CBS

Behind the scenes

• Presumably because of legal issues, the Circle K, which is where Bill & Ted first met Rufus in the film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, is now the Kozy Korner.
• The EPCOT Center, now known as simply Epcot, is a Disney theme park.
• Bill and Ted mention the ABC TV series The Love Boat that aired from 1977 to 1986.
• Dr. Lao's The 1000 Vases shop is a reference to the 1964 film 7 Faces of Dr. Lao.

Errors

• Bill and Ted are somehow able to hold their breaths and then be able to talk clearly without opening their mouths.

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.