Stuff from the Odd Bins

[kybearfuzz]

For some reason, I thought of this image earlier this week and had a tough time remembering where I'd seen it. I knew it was from my childhood. It's Queenie Bee, the character from the Burger Queen restaurant chain. I'm not sure how far-reaching this chain was, but they're only a handful left and the character seemed to vanish when the chain became "Druthers." I wasn't sure a bee was the best character though, they're hardly cuddly, but you have to love her big 70's hairdo.

I found out today that the fourth season of Charlie's Angels is being released on DVD next month. This is the first season without Kate Jackson (sadly), but I always felt that Shelley Hack did a great job as an angel, certainly better than Tanya Roberts did in the forgettable fifth. I'll be picking it up (the fourth not the fifth).

I finally picked up my comics this week after being out of town. A welcome surprise at the comic book shop was finding Resident Evil, starring a burly mercenary named Holiday Sugarman. I'm enjoying the story and I love the artwork for obvious reasons.

Why more comic book characters aren't drawn with facial hair is a mystery (though Wonder Woman with a beard would be scary). It does inspire me to draw more. The first two issues of the six are already available.

Comments

[madknits.livejournal.com]

I'll be picking it up (the fourth not the fifth).

Dunno. Thinking about Charlie's Angels makes me need a fifth.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Ah, Charlie's Angels is happy fluff stuff. While the jiggle part never did much for me, I did enjoy seeing the ladies beat up on people. I have my favorite episodes :)

[madknits.livejournal.com]

I watched the first season. It was too fluffy to hold my interest after that. I can't think of a single series I'd like to own on DVD, except maybe My Favourite Martian.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I wish I had your resolve when it came to DVD's as I have far too many. With websites that pretty much offer any show at anytime for viewing, I can appreciate that buying DVD's isn't as necessary as it once was.

And there are still a few shows I wouldn't mind on DVD, like "Nanny and the Professor" or "Remember WENN."

[rootbeer1.livejournal.com]

Wow, I hadn't thought about Burger Queen in years. The Queenie Bee in those commercials always made me think of the New Zoo Revue and similar kids' programs.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I vaguely remember some of the ads. The Queenie Bee seemed to freak me out a bit. The character had a white mime/kabuki face with the big fro-like hair.

[ursaloco2.livejournal.com]

Funny that the Burger Queen chain ended up with a Dairy Queen in its place in the Trademark Shopping Center.

Hopefully we'll get our druthers.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

That Dairy Queen was a Druthers before if I recall correctly.

[ursaloco2.livejournal.com]

Yes...?

this explains things a bit:
Several Druther's restaurants were converted to the Dairy Queen chain in the late '80s/early '90s. The company that owned Druther's - Druther's Systems Inc. - retained ownership of many of the restaurants after they became Dairy Queens. It was reported in 1996 that a company called International Dairy Queen Inc. bought 31 Dairy Queen/Brazier outlets in Kentucky, Tennessee and Indiana from Druther's Systems Inc. for an undisclosed price. The lone existing Druther's restaurant is located in Campbellsville, Kentucky.

If I had my druthers
Meaning

If I had my preference.

Origin

This is an American phrase and not used widely elsewhere. People elsewhere in the world might want to know what druthers are, as the phrase conveys otherwise. Druthers is a shortening of 'would rathers'. The phrase originated in the late 19th century and is first cited in the January 1870 edition of Overland monthly and Out West magazine, in a story called Centrepole Bill, by George F. Emery:

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I am betting that the Campbellsville, KY location is the place where the Queenie Bee is still on the sign. There were a handful of photos of her on the web, but they all seemed to be from the same location.

[dendren.livejournal.com]

I never liked Shelly Hack as an Angel. Honestly I loved the 5th season with Tanya Roberts, it was campy and funny and soooooo bad. I still remember the opening part used to give me the giggles... "these two went to police academy, and this one went to modeling school!" with Kris and Kelly doing police-y stuff and Julie balancing a book on her head hahahaha

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

See that's what I didn't like about Tanya, I guess, that she didn't fit the mold for an angel. The others had training that she didn't seem to have and never really explained why she was qualified.

[dendren.livejournal.com]

she wasn't... she was totally just a bimbo who suddenly helped solve crime. I think they just went fully tongue in cheek at that point. Ooooh... I think I also really liked that season cause they did a lot of episodes in Hawaii which I was totally in my OMG I love Hawaii stage. I can't remember if they moved there, or just shot a whole bunch of stories there to make for more bikini shots or what.