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Saturday Night Live
Jake and Elwood Blues & Howard
Shore's All-Bee
Band
perform "King"
Season 1, Episode 10: January 17th, 1976
Jake Blues...John Belushi
Elwood Blues...Dan Aykroyd
Beekeeper...Howard Shore
Bee Band...Saturday Night Live
Band
This segment doesn't feature
Howard Shore as much as the
"St. James
Infirmary" with the All Nurse Band and
"I Feel
Pretty" with the All Monster Band did. But he is quite animated
in the background as he conducts the orchestra.
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[Open on close-up of episode
host, Buck Henry, as the song "King Bee" begins
playing]
Buck Henry: And they say they don't know where the new comics are
coming from. Anyway, here's Howard Shore and his All-Bee Band.
[Applause. Dissolve to close-up of lead singer Jake Blues. He and his
silent partner Elwood are both dressed as Bees. Elwood plays harmonica,
accompanied by the All-Bee Band conducted by Bee-Keeper, Howard Shore]
Jake Blues: All right! All right. All right, now, are you ready
for the blues? Lemme hear you say "Yeah!" Yeah! All right, all right.
Are you feelin' all right? Lemme hear you say "Yeah!" Yeah! All right,
all right, now how many people out there, how many men out there ever
had an old lady leave 'em? Lemme hear you say "Yeah!" Yeah! All right,
everybody, that's everybody, that's everybody. All right. Well, lemme
give you some free advice, all right? You know, my old lady comes up to
me and she says "You been messin' around." My old la-deees come up to me
and they say "You been messin' around with some other women." And I say
"Honey, honey, you just take me as I am or you just let me be." That's
right
[sings]
'Cause I'm a king bee buzzin' 'round your hive
Well I'm a king bee, baby, buzzin' 'round your hive
Well I can make honey, baby, let me come inside.
Well I'm a king bee, I want you to be my queen, yeah
I'm a king bee, baby, want you to be my queen
Well, together we can make honey, baby, the world has never seen.
Okay, let's buzz a while!
Buzz buzz (buzz buzz), Buzz buzz (buzz buzz)
Buzz buzz (buzz buzz), Buzz buzz (buzz buzz)
Well sting me, baby! [Jake does a few cartwheels and somersaults]
I'm a king bee, I can buzz all night long
Well I'm a king bee, baby, I can buzz all night long
Well I can buzz better, baby, when your man is...
When your man is...
When your maaan is...
[low, quaking voice]
When yo' maaan...
[Rapidly] When-your-man-is...
[unintelligible yell]...
When-your-man-is...
Whed-you-la-la-la...
When your man is gone!
[Jake climbs onto a stool and jumps off...]
[...lying on stage as Elwood and
the band finish the song. Applause and fade]
[show credits]
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