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Commentor Name:	KYguyinGA
Comments left:	I was the "star" of "the Bee Buddy Theatre" series of Burger Queen commercials in the mid-70s as a 5th-7th grader growing up in J-town (Jeffersontown) KY. The $$ from doing those commercials (and many other local ads) ended up paying for a good part of my education at UK a few years later (graduated from UK in 1986). At the time I was a member of the Louisville Boy Choir, and an ad firm based in southern IN came to our rehearsals and scouted us for TV ad talent. I guess I showed that b/c they chose me. The Bee Buddy Theatre was a series of about 15 or so 1-minute TV ads that featured me as an "emcee" of sorts for what was to appear to be a kids homemade, backyard kind of theatre starring Queenie Bee of course. The ads were promoting Burger Queen's kids meals and the prizes that came in them. I was dressed up in adult, over-sized clothing, wore a black top hat, velvet suit coat, bow tie, etc. The crowd was a bunch of really young kids who all freaked out whenever Queenie Bee showed up. I got to chat and hang out with the actress that played QB over the months we shot those ads...from what I remember, a very nice lady. Poor lady had to wear all that make up (complete white face, black nose, huge black eyelashes, and ridiculous yellow and black bee suit, bee antennae, etc). We filmed these in a soundstage inside a production studio in Jeffersonville, IN I think...I was too young to drive of course, but my Mom drove me and I think that's where we went. I also did radio and TV for Thornbury's Toys, Bacon's dept store, and Kingfish. Sure would like to see those ads again...that would be a hoot! I live in ATL, GA now and have since 1987.
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