In the mid 1980’s, Texas Radio Personality “Harley David” Belew created a series of humorous radio commercials for the fictitious fast-food restaurant, Queen Bee Barbecue (pronounced: “babbycue”). The commercials were created around 1985 while Harley was employed at radio station KSBJ in Humble, Texas. They were recorded in the production facility of this radio station using royalty-free stock production music, over which Harley vocalized an impromptu radio jingle using some of his many character voices.
The Queen Bee Barbecue commercials have received nationwide airplay on many local and syndicated radio programs, but the legendary friend-to-friend distribution method of these elusive radio spots generally overshadows the public broadcast of this material.
THIS VIDEO CONTAINS:
1: The Original Queen Bee Barbecue Radio Commercial
2: Queen Bee Barbecue Drive Thru Window
3: Queen Bee Barbecue All Night Service
4: Queen Bee Mexican Menu
5: Queen Bee Chittlin’ Pita Supreme
6: Queen Bee Breakfast
More Queen Bee Barbecue goodness awaits in part 2 of this series!
Duration : 0:9:9
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February 17th, 2010 at 4:00 am
This was a big part …
This was a big part of Steve Dahl’s show back in the 80’s here in Chicago!! SO GOOD!
February 17th, 2010 at 4:00 am
Oooh datsum goood …
Oooh datsum goood bahb e cue…An order of reeb, sounds real good…
February 17th, 2010 at 4:00 am
I want to go to …
I want to go to there! Too bad it is not a real place. It sounds lip smacking good!
February 17th, 2010 at 4:00 am
Thanks for posting …
Thanks for posting this stuff!
February 17th, 2010 at 4:00 am
Burt Weinman Ford, …
Burt Weinman Ford, Creature Features, Ray Raynor…
February 17th, 2010 at 4:00 am
Steve & Gary said …
Steve & Gary said some DJ sent them these tapes. I always thought it was Kevin Mattews but it is definitely not Steve Dahl.
February 17th, 2010 at 4:00 am
thats billy gibbons …
thats billy gibbons,i heard a phone interview with billy & harley david talkin about these commercials,billy said he went to queen bee at lunch time when he was a dj for a country station,billy said he was the only honky in the room.
February 17th, 2010 at 4:00 am
So great to hear …
So great to hear this again! Great, great stuff. “Mexican soup … wif goat guts innit!”
February 17th, 2010 at 4:00 am
Read the info …
Read the info posted up top. It WAS a DJ named Harley David. I have a radio interview with him talking to Billy Gibbons on how he made them and the real Queen Bee place in Corsicana TX.
Steve and Garry used to play them but so did DJs across the country once this tape started circulating. That;s how it was done before the ye old internet.
February 17th, 2010 at 4:00 am
Steve Dahl used to …
Steve Dahl used to play these but it was’nt him that recorded them.
February 17th, 2010 at 4:00 am
Yes..listen closely …
Yes..listen closely…it’s Steve Dahl & Gerry Meier from WLS am 89 radio in Chicago doing these bits. I remember them doing these back in the early 1980s.
February 17th, 2010 at 4:00 am
This was Gerry …
This was Gerry Meier of the Steve Dahl show on WLS am 89 in the early 80s.
February 17th, 2010 at 4:00 am
I was writing beer …
I was writing beer commercials at D’Arcy Advertising/St. Louis in the 80s when these spots got passed around and they were a huge hit among all us ad folk. We all heard it was Billy Gibbons at the time, too. Great to hear them again! Thanks, Mike!
February 17th, 2010 at 4:00 am
Yes, Ben’s Auto and …
Yes, Ben’s Auto and Dick the Bruiser. Sunday mornings on ……….. was it WGN or WFLD ? Remember Family Classics with your host Frazier Thomas ( also from Garfield Goose and Bozo’s Circus) ? Before the movie started he would always say And now, if your ready, let us begin.
February 17th, 2010 at 4:00 am
I’m an old F’r. I …
I’m an old F’r. I remember when black radio really sounded like this.
February 17th, 2010 at 4:00 am
Billy did this at …
Billy did this at Ardent in Memphis.
February 17th, 2010 at 4:00 am
This is Billy …
This is Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top. I heard the original recordings in a studio in Charlotte.
February 17th, 2010 at 4:00 am
buttholebzerker — …
buttholebzerker — this isn’t racist at all…it’s realist not racist. This is how many many many black folks talk…not all but many.
February 17th, 2010 at 4:00 am
I’d give anything …
I’d give anything for these to air during the presidential inauguration. YES WE CAN EAT SOME QUEEN BEE! MMM MMM! SO GOOD!
February 17th, 2010 at 4:00 am
god this was …
god this was so racist…but “SO GOOD!”
fucking hate to loveit, but I do.
February 17th, 2010 at 4:00 am
Sir,it’s a pleasure …
Sir,it’s a pleasure to meet you, you are a true Chicagoan!!! Not too many people remember BJ and The Gigglesnort Hotel, Saturday and Sunday morning wrestling on Channel 26 or was it 44 ? Victory Auto Wreckers with the hippie wearing that giant wrist watch. They still only pay $40 for your used car…LMAO : ) And lest we forget Moo n Oink…fo some baby,baby,baby, back ribs!!! 5 pound bucket of chitterlings for $3.99, hours of laughs!!!! 3 a.m. White Castle sliders anyone?
February 17th, 2010 at 4:00 am
Am I a Chicago …
Am I a Chicago native? How about this: Ben’s Auto Sales? Dick the Bruiser? Nick Bockwinkle? Gigglesnort Hotel?
Yessir, I know Moo n’ Oink. Chicken wings this Saturday 39 cents a pound!! LOL!!
I actually d-loaded the six Queen Bee spots off of Steve Dahl’s website long ago. I also have a song called “Queen Bee Man” somewhere.
I’d love to know if there’s anything else out there. Waiting for 2 of 2 with great anticipation!!
February 17th, 2010 at 4:00 am
Why thank you …
Why thank you theididotbox. I had my daughters listen to this with me, my oldest thought it was 1 of the funniest things she ever heard. Comedy for all ages. Are you a Chicago native ? If not, you have to check out a store on the web called Moo -n- Oink. It’s our version of Queen Bee as a supermarket.
February 17th, 2010 at 4:00 am
I second mrsilenz3! …
I second mrsilenz3!! Class of 87 rulz!! LOL!!
February 17th, 2010 at 4:00 am
Just tremendous! …
Just tremendous! Great to hear these in great quality after so many years of muffled high generation cassettes. Looking forward to your Part 2, Braindead!