Baba Booey

Baba Booey, aka "The Horsetoothed Jackass," "Fa Fa Fooey," "Ta Ta Toothy," "Ma Ma Monkey," is the famed moniker of the producer of the Howard Stern show, Gary Dell'Abate. Baba Booey's most conspicuous feature is his enormous, spittle-flecked monster teeth, which Stern claims frighten and blind guests. Fans of the Howard Stern show, when making prank calls to various live radio and television talk shows, often reveal their subterfuge by shouting Baba Booey into the phone and then hanging up.

Baba Booey is generally a derogatory term for Dell'Abate, given to him after he erroneously claimed that an animation cel of cartoon character Quick Draw McGraw's sidekick was of "Baba Booey" when in fact McGraw's sidekick is named "Baba Louie." The name stuck, and became Stern's way of addressing Dell'Abate when he did or said something particularly stupid or boneheaded.

Fast Facts

1. Born: March 14, 1961
2. Hometown: Uniondale, New York
3. College: Adelphi University, Long Island, New York
4. Spouse: Mary Caracciolo; Married July 3, 1992
5. Children: Sons Jackson (b.1994) and Lucas (b.1997)
6. Hobbies: Collects cartoon art
7. Most distinguishing feature: Giant front incisors
8. Appeared in the film Howard Stern's Private Parts
9. Often sent by Stern to recruit women on the street in front of the studio to strip or perform sexual acts while on air
10. Costumes he has worn to highlight the size of his enormous choppers: bunny suit, giant tooth, beekeeper outfit
11. Complaints about Baba Booey's teeth most commonly heard: Odor, size

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