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    They Call Me Baba Booey
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    They Call Me Baba Booey
    Audiobook7 hours

    They Call Me Baba Booey

    Written by Gary Dell'Abate and Chad Millman

    Narrated by Gary Dell'Abate

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    About this audiobook

    One of pop culture's great enduring unsung heroes: Gary Dell'Abate, Howard Stern Show producer, miracle worker, professional good sport, and servant to the King of All Media, for the first time tells the story of his early years and reveals how his chaotic childhood and early obsessions prepared him for life at the center of the greatest show on earth.

    Baba Booey! Baba Booey! It was a slip of the tongue-that unfortunately was heard by a few million listeners-but in that split second a nickname, a persona, a rallying cry, and a phenomenon was born. Some would say it was the moment Gary Dell'Abate, the long-suffering heroic producer of The Howard Stern Show, for better or worse, finally came into his own. In They Call Me Baba Booey, Dell'Abate explains how his early life was the perfect training ground for the day-to-day chaos that comes with producing the most popular radio show on earth.

    Growing up on Long Island in the 1970s, the youngest of three boys born to a clinically depressed mother, Gary learned how to fend for himself when under attack.  Obsessed with music, he listened with religious intensity to Casey Kasem's Top 40 every Sunday morning, compulsively bought 45s of his favorite songs, and nerdily copied the lyrics into a notebook. Music became an ordering principle to his life, even as the chaos at home got out of hand. Dell'Abate's memoir sketches the trajectory from the obsessive pop-music trivia buff to the man in the beekeeper's mask who handily defeats his opponents playing "Stump the Booey." We learn about the memorable moments in his life that taught him to endure epic bouts of humiliation and get his unique perspective on some of his favorite Stern show episodes-such as the day he nearly killed the Mets mascot while throwing out the first pitch, or the time his mother called Howard's mother and demanded an apology.

    Hilarious, painful, and eye-opening, it's Gary as you've never seen him before, telling a story that even Stern show insiders can't begin to imagine.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateNov 2, 2010
    ISBN9780307878380
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    • 5/5
      As a fan of the HS show I knew Gary was a decent guy. He’s the type of guy you’d be lucky to have as a friend.

      But to discover his background and the loss he’s experienced really was surprising. I respect him more than I did before.
    • 5/5
      great dude ! flaflafoohai , intresting stories
      !!!! wanna him narrate more stuff

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      I am a huge, long time fan and listener of The Howard Stern Show. I've always held a special place in my heart for Gary. He takes tons of crap and keeps on going, like the energizer bunny! I never thought he got enough credit for what he does and he never asks for it. Very humble guy.They Call Me Baba Booey is not about Howard or a behind the scenes look at the show, it is Gary's book about Gary. I never knew how hard he had it growing up but he overcame all the blocks that were put in his path, his sick mother, losing a brother to AIDS and more. I enjoyed seeing a side of Gary that I hadn't seen before. It was interesting reading. Honestly thought? I think this is a book for fans of the show more than just your average Joe.

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