Regular characters: Bill, Ted, Detective Logan, Mr. Preston, Rufus
Historical figures (& those they're based on): Marie Antoinette,
Jacque & Joseph Montgolfier (a la Abbott & Costello), Gondolier
dispatcher (a la Louie from Taxi), Lucrezia Borga & her father
(based on The Godfather), Juan D'Onote (De O'Nutty), Matsu Basho
Time periods:
France - 1789
Venice, Italy - 1510
Northern Mexico - 1590
Japan - 1650
Notable events:
Baked Marie Antoinette's birthday cake, which later inspired her to
utter the famous words "Let them eat cake!"
Bill &Ted take the first hot air balloon ride
Helped Juan D'Onote find the Lost City of Gold (Santa Fe)
Tried to inspire Matsu Basho to write happier haikus
Costumes:
Chefs hats & aprons
Venice gondoliers
Venice fish mongers
Japanese robes
Bill & Ted definitions:
crepe suzettes - "a group of most bodacious French babes"
Of note:
One Indian is voiced by Jonathan Winters
The Bill & Ted Archives of
Excellent are mentioned in this episode
Plot:
Bill & Ted's fathers make it clear that they are not getting
any more advances on their allowances, leaving the dudes with a
most serious low cash flow crisis. Rufus meets them at the Kozy
Korner where he shows them a Wyld Stallyns hologram which has
suffered an electrical glitch and wiped out the sound and he's
been sent back to find out what song it is. The dudes want to rehearse but realize that they need money and
have to find part
time jobs. They apply for work in the food court at the San Dimas
Mall, only to find they have no past experience to put on their
applications. They decide to go to France to study food and land
at the palace of Marie Antoinette, who is in tears because her
chefs have quit and there is no one to bake her birthday cake. Bill & Ted offer to bake the cake in exchange for a recommendation.
Outside they find Jacques and Joseph Montgolfier working on blowing
up their hot air balloon and ask if they can borrow their fire to
bake their cake. The balloon gets away from them and snatches up
their phone booth, taking Bill, Ted and Marie Antoinette on a ride. Seeing the masses of people below, Marie thinks they are an
admiring crowd and throws them some of her birthday cake, saying
"Let them eat cake!" She writes a recommendation in the frosting
of the cake and they head on to their next destination. They land
in Venice, Italy, where they get jobs as gondola taxi hacks. Their
first passenger is Lucrezia Borga, who is running away from her
father to meet with her secret lover, who chases after them. When
their gondola is swamped by a larger boat, they escape by using the
phone booth as their gondola instead. Lucrizia asks Bill & Ted to
sing her message to her lover, Antonio, and he comes down to meet
her. Her father finds them and chases after the dudes again, who
disguise themselves as fish mongers to escape. Lucrizia is
grateful to them for helping her escape from her father and gives
them a recommendation as well. They next travel to Northern Mexico
where they meet up with Juan D'Onote on his search for the Lost
City of Gold, who is impressed they could find water in the desert
(their booth was full of water from the Venice canals). They are
given jobs as scouts, but the previous scout is angered and
threatens them with violence for taking his job. An Indian arrives
and shows that his people already live in the Lost City of Gold. D'Onote
claims the land and comes up with the name Santa Fe. Bill & Ted
are chased off by D'Onote's former guide, but are helped in their
escape by the Indians. They next land in a Japanese barber shop
where they meet samurai in training Matsu Basho, who would rather
write haikus than cut hair. Bill & Ted find Basho's haiku's too
depressing and write their own enthusiastic one. As they sing,
they cut a samurai's hair for him unevenly and put it up into a bun
instead. Basho's father is happy with the new style and
congratulates his son. Back at the San Dimas mall, Bill & Ted are
offered jobs at the Geisha Grill, but spotting someone they think
is the samurai they run off before they can take the jobs (it turns
out it was only the Grill's cook). Rufus drops in on the boys
again to see how things are going, and Bill & Ted say they have
learned working is hard and they will be more careful with their
money. They also play their new haiku for Rufus, who is thrilled
when he realizes they are the missing lyrics he's been looking for.
Bloopers:
Ted speaks both his and Bill's line when they are approached by an
Indian (fixed when shown on Fox)
Bill speaks both his and Ted's line
when they are running away from the evil guide, who the Indians are
shooting at
When Ted starts to run away from the angry samurai, he is in a
Japanese robe, then in the next shot he is in his regular clothes,
and in the next shot he is in the robe again
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First aired: 12/15/90