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.
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