Howard Stern's producer,Joe Bassolino,who originated the Baba Booey phrase was found dead last night in his NYC apartment.
O.T.-"Joey Boots" dead
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Where the hell did you get the impression he was the producer and originated the phrase?
What's truly amazing to me is the story is one of the first headlines on CNN!
Many people in this thread need to get hit with the Hein.
Forgot the exact story but knew it was a Gary mess up and the show wouldn't let it go....not a Joey Boots creation - here it is:
Dell'Abate's nickname originated in 1987 (he was previously called "Boy Gary"). Dell'Abate was telling the story of his prized collection of animation cells, and in the course of discussing a Quick Draw McGraw cell he was considering buying, he mis-stated "Baba Looey", the name of McGraw's sidekick, as "Baba Booey" thinking that was the character's name. As is typical of the show, the rest of the cast "goofed" on his mistake, becoming especially merciless since Gary was considering purchasing a cell of a character without even knowing the character's correct name. Dell'Abate said something to the effect that they would forget the name by the next day, yet nearly two decades have passed and it is still his nickname.
Dell'Abate's nickname originated in 1987 (he was previously called "Boy Gary"). Dell'Abate was telling the story of his prized collection of animation cells, and in the course of discussing a Quick Draw McGraw cell he was considering buying, he mis-stated "Baba Looey", the name of McGraw's sidekick, as "Baba Booey" thinking that was the character's name. As is typical of the show, the rest of the cast "goofed" on his mistake, becoming especially merciless since Gary was considering purchasing a cell of a character without even knowing the character's correct name. Dell'Abate said something to the effect that they would forget the name by the next day, yet nearly two decades have passed and it is still his nickname.
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I heard it live. That's exactly what happened. It happened on or about 1990. I have to think that it was in part scripted. Fred played the song Soul Makossa and dubbed in a recording of Gary saying Baba Booey. It was too well-prepared to happen on the cuff.
Joey Boots was a wack packer. He was a vet, and tried to make a living dropping in on live NY news broadcasts screaming "baba booey- Howard sterns penis". He came out as a homosexual a couple of year ago, and at one point had a nasty drinking problem for a while, but I don't recall drugs. He will be missed, funny dude
So maybe easy on calling people dummy, as not knowing how to hit a simple reply button might paint you with that brush...
Sad news. Joey seemed to genuinely care about High Pitch Eric and was probably his only friend.
