# Origin of the stereotype of the blonde tour guide?

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**Created:** [September 30, 2004, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-stereotype-of-the-blonde-tour-guide/266782 "2004-09-30T02:22:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-stereotype-of-the-blonde-tour-guide/266782/1 "2004-09-30T02:22:49Z")

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Where did the stereotype of the blonde tour guide saying “Buh-bye. Buh-bye now Buh-bye” come from? (It was the Barbie in Toy Story 2, for example.)

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**Author:** ![Papermache\_Prince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Papermache\_Prince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papermache_Prince)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-stereotype-of-the-blonde-tour-guide/266782/2 "2004-09-30T02:33:42Z")

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For one thing, I think the line is associated more with an airline stewardess than a tour guide.

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-stereotype-of-the-blonde-tour-guide/266782/3 "2004-09-30T03:18:39Z")

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David Spade did the buh-bye routine on an airline on a continuing basis on SNL, and this would be before Toy Story 2.

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**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-stereotype-of-the-blonde-tour-guide/266782/4 "2004-09-30T12:41:37Z")

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> [@Exapno Mapcase](#):
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> David Spade did the buh-bye routine on an airline on a continuing basis on SNL, and this would be before Toy Story 2.

I associate it with being David and Helen Hunt, originally… (she was guest hosting.) Was this really the first time on SNL?