I swear I was watching Bill n Ted future versions of themselves lol great vlog Sean and love You and Adam in each other’s vlogs such fun and creativity colliding very Excellent!!
awesome job guys........I worked the mall in 85 to 87..... and yes that was were the ally was..it was one of my favorite hangouts.....I remember it well.... thanks for the memory...
It's really sucks the mall is closing down it's apart of movie history and wish they keep it alive But awesome job showing us where the greatest movie ever was filmed this movie was my childhood and so can't wait for that new too come out soon.
Thanks for cruising with Adam to Naugles and providing some more historical background to his vid. I suggested it to him in his comments and was glad to see he decided to go. I wasn't around during the days of Naugles, but my dad and uncle spoke highly of it and the Bun Taco (I had one, it was pretty bad, but the novelty of it was undeniable!). I'm happy that vid brought me to your channel, keep up the great work!
You were correct about the "Alley". It was like a "L" shaped cut though the building that exited on the left hallway. Where the Antique photo store was you could turn left around the corner and exit. the photo store ran along that part of the alley. I remember it well. In fact I was at Metrocenter mall When I saw the movie for the firs time. The whole theater screamed "metro" at the escalator scene.
I grew up in the Phoenix area mostly in Scottsdale Arizona. I graduated from Coronado high school in 1975. Watching the movie brought me back to those days and those images are almost identical to the ones I would have seen just a dozen or so years earlier. In fact toward the end of the movie the camera passes a classroom where I took latin in 1972. The mural they speak of At the school on the auditorium was designed by Joe Gatti who was my art teacher and also a crafts teacher at the school for many years during the 60s and 70s. Thank you for posting this it was really nice to see that again.
Can't believe that Adam the Woo visited my high school, the mural was located right behind you in the beginning segment of the school. I was at Metro Center on day one, was a huge deal back in the day.
Huge for doing it right so many do this wrong . I grew up in this mall. I was told that the garage was in a house in Arcadia. This was a huge deal when it was being filmed .
I appreciate the video you shared! It really took me back to my childhood days at Metro Center Mall. I have fond memories of playing a game with my siblings where we would only step on the brown tiles, avoiding the white ones. Ah, those were the good old days!
Great episode! So cool to see these spots. I have such fun memories of this movie. Anxiously awaiting the soundtrack coming out, being introduced to EXTREME for the 1st time, hunting down there 1st record, and being so excited “Play With Me” was on it. Freshman year glory. Looking back I wish I would have gotten into the toys, but can see why I wasn’t chasing that stuff down at the time. Love your work man. Seeing you figure out the Abe scene is what’s it’s all about. Chancing it...and discovering gold. Take care man
We live 2 hours away in Tucson, and have always wanted to do the Bill and Ted's filming locations trek. Thanks for taking us along through this video. At least we've been to the mall before. Time to hit up all the other spots.
Well, now that excellent Shout! Factory Blu-ray set is complete! What an episode. Thanks so much for hunting down the HHG of this beloved Classic. Went to University at ASU, and visited Coronado High way back in 2000. Wish I had taken pictures of the Campus then, as I knew there was something strangely familiar about its' distinctive architecture. Awesome Stuff. RIP MetroCenter Mall, and "Party On Dudes!"
@@malfuncsean Well, it worked out great. A little more distance from the filming, and coincided perfectly with the closing of the Metro Center Mall this year. Would a HHG episode work for "Bogus Journey?" It feels like that was mostly set bound, with the elaborate "Heaven & Hell" sequences. Although, of course, the legendary Vasquez Rocks played a large role. Thanks again for the 'excellent' trip.
Excellent work, Sean. You are always so thorough and I appreciated the heck out of you for it. Makes for some entertaining vids. Off topic but did you hear Ennio Morricone passed away today at age 91. Might you do a vid on him someday? Take care man ☮️
Hey Sean I was there that night! I grew up at the mall. I was at the mall when they were filming it! My friend was the lifeguard who pushes napoleon down the water tube! He went to my high school.
Video came out great bro thanks for stopping by my channel yesterday I was trying to find your channel glad you left a comment I just knew your name was Sean😁 nice meeting you can’t wait watch your channel 👀🍿✌🏽
Fun bit a trivia, We lived on Carson the street behind the bowling alley. When we moved into the house the bowling alley did not exist. We played on the slabs before they were titled to become the walls of the bowling alley. If you look at the wall behind Napoleon when he gets tossed out the door. you see all those black skuffs. That is from us kids all parking our bikes and leaning them on that wall. Those are from the tires of the bikes leaning on that wall. We would then go inside and play pinball and other arcaded games in that little alcove next to the door.
Yeah I Facetimed with both Alex Winter and Dan Shor aka Billy the Kid at one point but it wasn't for the purpose of being in the episode. They are friends.
THIS! this is why you looked so familiar to me at Mad Monster... Adam the Woo videos! Omg now I'm kicking myself. 😫 thank you for being so friendly and nice and I will definitely check the podcast and everything out! Thank you. -Jessie James
Most excellent job! I had no idea Metrocenter Mall closed down! I would have gone down there on the last day. I used to live close to the Circle K when I was a little kid. Again,great job on this video! Liked and subscribed 👍
You guys nailed it! So funny to see you act out the scenes and amazing to see the locations of one of my favorite movies of all time! I had the honor of meeting Keanu Reeves back in the day and I was blown away by how genuinely nice, “excellent” he was to me, he’s truly a kind soul for sure! -Party on dudes!
I had commented on Adam's mall video, but figured I'd say the same here, if you happen to have a business email I have a pretty big collection of B&T memorbilia and collectables, some production prints and various artwork, if youd like to see I'd love to share it with you, I unfortunately dont have any social medias so I'd have to email photos I have of the collection, great video tho really dope you took the time and love to share and go through the locations I've really been waiting for someone to do the bill and ted spots for years and I'm stoked to finally be able to see it done! Party on dude! 🤙🤙
@@malfuncsean sounds good! I'll get some shots of my stuff and send it your way either tonight or tomorrow(some stuff is in storage so I'll have to go and dig it out lol)
Glad to see someone finally do a comprehensive video on this one, even going out to nowhere for the former Carefree Studios. I used to buy beer at the Circle K when I lived in Tempe and had a buddy who worked at the bowling alley. Of course I point out the waterpark to visiting friends and family.
Great job and smooth dance moves. That was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It was pandemonium towards the closing bell. Security dude was trippin! ⚡🤟⚡
Phoenix is my hometown. I spent a lot of my childhood and teenage years at metro center. The last time I ate at the food court was roughly 2007. Sucks it's gone now.
Probably my favorite episode so far. Very fortuitous you finding out about the mall. You gave that mall a nice sendoff i'm sure it somewhat deserved. 😜 So STOKED for "Face The Music". Hope we get to see it in theaters.
I should of been subscribed to you ages ago! Anyways i really enjoy you and adam doing videos together, whether its food reviews or filming locations, its pure Gold! Hope ya do many more! One more thing... i never get tired of your halloween locations, had to see it over & over again 😎
@@malfuncsean no freaking way mr clark replied to me!! Man you made my night for sure & you are very welcome👍 Lol cant wait to see what strange Halloween treat you are going to consume next 😂
Excellent job! This is the most detailed video I have seen! I live near Phoenix and grew up going to the circle k, Golfland and that bowling alley. So many memories. Can you imagine living in Bill or Teds house? Do the owners even care? Lol. Great job man!!!!!
Some more info about "The Alley"... you know how there are service corridors running behind the stores, for employees to take out garbage, and to receive deliveries? Imagine if someone said "Hey, let's open up one of those corridors to shoppers, and use the back of the retail space as the front!" So you entered a narrow space between two stores and found yourself in a brick-walled corridor of little shops behind the mall-facing stores, with some old signage and junkyard-type props on the wall for decoration. The old-west photo booth where Lincoln takes his picture was an actual store.
I watched Adam’s video and had to come over to your channel and see yours thank you for the filming locations and also the mall shots I’ve always been a fan of Bill& Ted this was great.
I actually went to Coronado. It literally looks like it’s a completely different school now. We used to go to El Dorado park. It’s right down the street. A few of us used to live in the apartments a couple blocks away on McDowell and Granite Reef. The auditorium used for their final presentations was where we had our Freshman orientation which is where the mural was.
I worked at this mall when I was a youngster, like 20 years ago. They used to have fountains that would shoot from the bottom floor up to the roof of the second floor in the main corner. Such a great mall. One of the greatest malls in the valley if not the greatest. They will all be dead soon.
This is a good primer for the new movie - for the kids who only know Keanu as a menacing hit man who could kill you with a pencil. Yes boys and girls before he was John Wick, before he was Neo, he was Ted Theodore Logan
Alex is a friend and I told him and Dan Shor who played Billy the Kid that I was doing this and if it would be cool if I Facetimed them while I was there and they could say hi to the fans that showed up in cosplay and what not. It would be a cool treat for them so they did and I didn't plan on putting that in the episode and didn't want to assume that it would be cool to do that either. Just doing something fun for those hardcore fans that showed up in costume on that final day.
@@malfuncsean Thanks and this is great btw! I hope she remembers. I was looking for the Instagram for the screen writers or director to try to help. You have the most accurate locations around, kind Sir! ;)
I remember the alley where Abe ran out. It was styled as a NYC alley and had several stores and a pretzel/pizza shop in it. It was very dark but really cool.
malfuncsean You would’ve loved it. It was a part of MetroCenter that seemed like you were walking into another world. Christmas was also really amazing. Huge trees and displays in the main part and Diamond’s (now Dillard’s) really amped up their displays and had a really beautiful section full of decorated trees and cultural specialties of the Southwest Native American and Hispanic cultures. I felt like I was in a dream every time I walked through it. I’m sorry to see it all go.
