The name "Baba Booey" came from an argument with
Howard Stern over the
cartoon character name "Baba Looie", a donkey in a sombrero from the
"Quick Draw McGraw" cartoon. Gary insisted that the correct name was
Booey not Looie, and so, the joke (and nickname) began. The nickname Baba Boey would, with the help of voice-overs by once
Howard Stern regular Billy West, morph into Fa Fa Foey, Fla Fla Floley, Fa Fa Foe Foe (pause) Foey, among others.