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How a Detroit bus driver named 'Boo-Yah' brightens passengers' days
Source: Metro Times
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That sort of interaction inspired a few local videographers to zoom in on welcoming, friendly DDOT bus driver Larry Dennis Starkey. He's the subject of the inaugural video on their fledgling YouTube channel, No Angles. The video features Starkey telling how he got saddled with the moniker "Boo Yah" and turned around and adopted it as a nickname. These days, "Boo Yah" cheers up passengers on the 53 Woodward bus, where he thinks of himself as a modern-day "stagecoach operator" — one who aspires to be "the best driver out there on the streets." Have a look:
That sort of interaction inspired a few local videographers to zoom in on welcoming, friendly DDOT bus driver Larry Dennis Starkey. He's the subject of the inaugural video on their fledgling YouTube channel, No Angles. The video features Starkey telling how he got saddled with the moniker "Boo Yah" and turned around and adopted it as a nickname. These days, "Boo Yah" cheers up passengers on the 53 Woodward bus, where he thinks of himself as a modern-day "stagecoach operator" — one who aspires to be "the best driver out there on the streets." Have a look:
http://www.metrotimes.com/the-scene/archives/2017/04/12/how-a-detroit-bus-driver-named-boo-yah-brightens-passengers-days
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