Ngokusho kwezikhathi ze-LA Times, uKeanu Reeves ukuqinisekisile amahemuhemu ukuthi umthethosivivinywa ovuthiwe noTed uzovela maduze kwizikrini. "Izimo ezingxenyeni ezimbili zokuqala zeFranchise Chris Matson no-Ed Solomoni babezohlala emsebenzini - ngithemba ukuthi bakwenzile!", "Umlingisi wavuma. - "Lapho sihlangana okokugcina, saba nezingxoxo zokuthi uzungu oluzosonta ngokubhala iculo elingasindisa umhlaba. Cishe uTed noBill basaqhubeka bayibhale!"
Ingxenye yokuqala ye-Dilegy "Adventures emangalisayo kaBill noTed" yanyatheliswa ngo-1989. Ngokwesakhiwo, uMthethosivivinywa kanye noTed SchoolChildren bafunda ukuthi abadlulisi ukuhlolwa komlando, uma bengayenzi umbiko ngesihloko esithi "Umhlaba Wanamuhla Ngamehlo Omuntu Ovelele Womlando." Isiphetho sibashayela ummeleli wekusasa - nge-rouffer, ehamba ngemoto ngendlela ye-booth yocingo. Ngosizo lwayo, abangane abagcinanga nje kuphela esikhathini esedlule, kodwa futhi bayakubekezelela kusuka kubuntu obuningi bomlando.
Ngo-1991, "ama-adventures amasha ka-Bill noTeda", lapho amaqhawe asindiswa khona emhlangothini wamarobhothi othunyelwe yi-villain de nomolos.
Ngale ndlela, usuku lwangaphambilini izolo, iKeanu Rivz yabonwa ephathini ngemuva kwefilimu "Chile chip evela kuHenry" eLos Angeles.