Since then it has become a trend in sporting events where concentration and silence are expected, for spectators to shout 'Baba Booey!' as in the case of the PGA Tour as soon as a golfer has completed his swing. In the 2012 Olympics, Freestyle wrestler Jake Herbert yelled 'Baba Booey' as the camera panned over Team USA during the opening ceremony. Simpson's Ford Bronco through the streets of Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, signed off with 'And Baba Booey to y'all!' Sportscaster Al Michaels explained to anchor Peter Jennings the significance of the phrase. 'Baba Booey' as a term has become a mantra for fans of The Howard Stern Show and is often used during prank calls to live network television or radio broadcasts for example, a call made by a prank caller nicknamed 'Maury from Brooklyn' to ABC News during the low-speed police chase of O.

Quick Draw's drawn-out pronunciation of 'boy' often sounded like 'booey', which led Dell'Abate to think that the character's name was actually 'Baba Booey'. Dell'Abate later recalled that when he watched the cartoon as a child, Quick Draw would often call Baba Looey 'Baba Boy', usually in frantic moments ('Help me, Baba Boy!'). Eventually, he titled his autobiography They Call Me Baba Booey. Speaking to Stern at the end of the show, Dell'Abate said, 'I think we've taken this as far as it will go.' Stern replied, 'Gary, we've only scratched the surface of this.' Dell'Abate remains Baba Booey to this day. As is typical of the show, the rest of the cast 'goofed' on his mistake, becoming especially merciless since he was mulling the purchase of a cel of a character without even knowing the character's correct name.

In the course of discussing a Quick Draw McGraw cel he might purchase, he misstated the name of McGraw's sidekick Baba Looey as 'Baba Booey'. Lew Weinstein 'boy' when giving an order preceded by 'Boy' Lee Davis at WNBC), Dell'Abate's 'Baba Booey' moniker originated on The Howard Stern Show on July 26, 1990, after telling a story of his prized collection of animation cels. Previously nicknamed 'Boy-Gary' (Howard called his college roommate Dr. Dell'Abate was originally hired for $150 a week, with duties including getting Stern's lunch and scheduling guests for the show. While working with Roz Frank, a traffic reporter on WNBC, he came into contact with Howard Stern.ĭell'Abate has worked on The Howard Stern Show since September 4, 1984: originally on 66 WNBC, then syndicated through K-Rock in New York City, and later broadcast on Sirius XM Radio. Clemo Award in his senior year, and he interned at several radio stations, including WLIR. Dell'Abate attended Adelphi University, receiving the Richard F. His father, Salvatore, was a salesman for Häagen-Dazs ice cream, while his mother, Ellen (née Cotroneo) was a food demonstrator at Macy's in New York City and Fortunoff on Long Island. He comes from a large Italian-American family. Dell'Abate was born in the New York City borough of Brooklyn and raised in Uniondale, New York, on Long Island.

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