Happy Birthday to Gary Dell'abate, Baba Booey of Howard Stern fame!

[edbermac]

Born today in 1961...as you can see, Gary definitely has a face for radio...:evilgrin:

[LilKim]

1. What's the origin of the Baba Booey nickname?

[devilgrrl]

3. Gary collects cartoon cells...

his favorite character is Baba Looey but he said Baba Booey and Howard let him have it.

[edbermac]

4. He misnamed a cartoon character...

From Wikipedia:

Gary Dell'Abate (born March 14, 1961 in Uniondale, New York) is the producer of the Howard Stern radio show. His nickname "Baba Booey", frequently used on Stern's show, originated when Dell'Abate was telling the story of his prized collection of Quick Draw McGraw animation cels, and mispronounced "Baba Looey", the name of McGraw's sidekick. As typical on the show, the rest of the cast "goofed" on his mistake. Dell'Abate said something to the effect that they would forget this name the next day, yet over a decade has passed and it is still his nickname.

The phrase has become synonymous with the Howard Stern show, and is often used as a tag for crank calls to live network TV broadcasts, for example during the OJ Simpson low-speed chase, to signal the host that they have been fooled. In the case of OJ Simpson, Peter Jennings had been duped.

Variations of Baba Booey are used when addressing Dell'Abate such as Mama Monkey (due to his ape-like appearance), Tata Toothy (for his tombstone like teeth), Sasa Smelly (for his bad breath) and Rara Retard (for his usual on-air errors).

[MrSlayer]

6. Gary collects cartoon cells.

And he thought Baba Looey who is Quickdraw McGraw's sidekick was actually called Baba Booey. So the whole crew kept mocking him for having a stupid hobby and not even knowing the name of the character on the cell he paid thousands of dollars for. He claimed the name wouldn't stick and they'd all forget about it the next day. It's been over 10 years now, no one has forgotten.

[devilgrrl]

2. Fa fa flunky

For awhile Fred was playing the "Baba Booey" clip backwards. It came out "oowey baba"

[DS1]

5. Baba-Booey!

:D