One Sweet & Sour Chinese Adventure—To Go

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One Sweet & Sour Chinese Adventure—To Go
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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.

Detailed summary

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

Locations

Objects

Vehicles

  • Marco Polo's ship

Production

Development

Filming

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.

Critical reception

In other languages

Language Name Meaning

Home availability

References