{"id":10877,"date":"2016-09-04T04:06:16","date_gmt":"2016-09-04T10:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=10877"},"modified":"2016-09-03T18:49:06","modified_gmt":"2016-09-04T00:49:06","slug":"book-20-of-52-they-call-me-baba-booey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/book-20-of-52-they-call-me-baba-booey\/","title":{"rendered":"Book 20 (of 52) – They Call Me Baba Booey"},"content":{"rendered":"
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They Call Me Baba Booey – Gary Dell’Abate and Chad Millman<\/p><\/div>\n

In 2010, Gary Dell’Abate, long time producer of the Howard Stern show and known to millions as Baba Booey, released a memoir about growing up with a mentally ill mother.\u00a0 Thanks to a recent price reduction on the Kindle store, I was finally able to pick it up and reintroduce myself to a world I had abandoned a few years back.\u00a0 Gary details growing up with his mother’s mental illness, the death of his brother due to HIV, and the beginnings of his tenure on what would become the biggest radio show in the world.<\/p>\n

Mental<\/a> illness<\/a> seems to be a theme for me lately.\u00a0 Thankfully, Gary doesn’t go too deep in to his mother’s illness, instead focusing on its effects on him growing up.\u00a0 I had a much easier time getting through that then I did the story of his brother’s illness and subsequent death.\u00a0 This happened well before I started listening to the Stern show, so, while I knew it had happened, the details were not something I was familiar with.<\/p>\n

Of all the people on the show, Gary always seemed the most well-adjusted.\u00a0 You’d almost have to be to put up with the abuse he does on a daily basis and still be able to come back for more.\u00a0 This book gives a good insight into his background and how he became the Baba Booey we all know and love today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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