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04/04/09
Sometimes the BaBaBooey thing has been funny but this isn't one of them.
When all the networks cut away from an NBA playoff game during the OJ chase way back in the mid 90s, one of Howard's callers pranked (Peter Jennings or Tom Brokaw?) a big network because they were so pissed off that every single channel was carrying this idiocy.
They called as a neighbor of OJ's but they had put on an Amos and Andy voice and said, "I see OJ. He be looking mighty scared." And he ended with BaBaBooey. If you could ever find this clip, it's one of the funniest things ever. The anchor didn't even flinch even though the voice was so exaggerated and obviously put on. No one felt sorry for him.
That was probably one of the last times Howard's listeners were funny or interesting. It should have ended then. Howard isn't relevant and this isn't the 90s.
Idiots.
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"holy mackarel.." :D
I love al michael's little follow up at the end.. "a totally farcical call.. said something indicative of a 'radio shock jock' .." heh
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Keep in mind, Janks has done this to about 100 other media outlets, so apparently the ditching of the delay is across the board..
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THIRTEEN YEARS AGO.
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But, to CJ's credit, he does go through great lengths to mask/spoof his number etc to "prove" he's legit -- even though they always take that gamble when they're letting just some "eyewitness" on the phone to detail what they're seeing..
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It's in the way he says words with a long "o" .. he says "pheaunn" for "phone" etc. Classic attribute of a Penn. accent.. He definitely has one, and if you can't hear it and live 10 miles from him, it's likely you have one too :p
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I'm no HS fan, but Baba Booey has been a part of the New York cultural/lowlife lexicon for a couple decades now and I would think anybody who writes for a joint like Gawker would be familiar with it—or should at least avoid admitting that they aren't!
Twas a time when a "Baba Booey- shouting goomba" was an instantly recognizable NYC meme. Am I old already?
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