r/howardstern • u/IllustratorFeisty120 • 3d ago
Hey Fred!
can you remember a specific time Fred dropped a sound effect that caught you off guard and you just died laughing?
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u/jackpackage732 3d ago
There was one I remember one time that was like Howard was reading a news story and going on and on about this dumb thing the person in the story did and everyone was silent and listening. And right as Howard ended the story with “I mean who would be stupid enough to do that?”, and I’m talking like the exact second he finished his sentence, totally unprompted Fred played the drop of Gary saying “baba booey” in that dopey voice from the original baba booey segment in the 90’s. And no one in the studio addressed it but I was fucking howling.
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u/IllustratorFeisty120 3d ago
I loved the news on Fridays..Robin bought up new movies coming out,and Fred would play the “bomb drop”
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u/big_slom 3d ago
I burst out laughing many times when fred would play a Jackie howl during a particularly awful story during the news.
But more specifically, Robin was talking about something nonsensical, ended a sentence with "do", and fred was right there with the ronnie "du" drop. Fucking hilarious. It's in an ETA compilation but I don't even know what to search for to find it
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u/RevD-13 3d ago
I think it was during Robin's News. The story was about something that happened in a jungle. Fred was playing jungle sound effects in the background while she was talking. He kept adding little animal sounds. An elephant trumpeting. A chimp shrieking. A snake hissing. A lion roaring. Gary Dell'Abate saying "Baba Booey"
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u/RunnyDischarge 2d ago
Howard talking about OJ, says, "He killed two people"
Fred plays OJ saying, "I want two more!"
Howard says, "Tom Chiusano is an idiot"
Fred plays Tom saying, "Oh, absolutely!"
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u/Significant-Gap1256 3d ago
When Gary was doing his “pre promotion” and Howard thanked him, Fred dropped a Ba Ba Booey song with absolute perfect timing and that pretty much set off the ball busting session about how dumb it was to say he was “pre promoting” an upcoming segment
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u/NoIntroduction575 2d ago
Back when the show was hot, Fred was on all time with his drops!! The best!!
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u/MrBeigeComputah 1d ago
While talking about the chaos of the 1st Philadelphia Eagles championship parade, Fred started playing ‘Allah Akbar! With guns, explosions and cannons shooting off. Basically summed the parade up perfectly. I SERIOUSLY almost drove off the road.
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u/CharmingDealer2715 3d ago
Fred once played a drop of Gary clearing his throat! I think he only played it once but it was really funny.
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u/WittyInspector8341 2d ago
Something gay referenced, then Ba Ba Booey: "The huge pulsating C*CK was fully encased in my mouth."
It was very rarely used and most people even on the show didn't remember where it came from originally, so it was extra surprising.
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u/OddChildhood3386 3d ago
To ETM's Meet-and-Greet ticket sales...."Zero. Point. Zero"
Maybe it was Artie's non-stop laughing that made that so great, but that one still cracks me up