Prank "Baba Booey" Call to Peter Jennings

[vexnsiolence]

...and a BaBa Booey to you all.

[tstarks420]

lest anyone think...lol!

[Hovenaut]

@mulipoz: It's Ebonicish.

[mulipoz]

what accent is that?

[Marsdevilsvolta]

i remember watching this live everyone but jennings knew it was a fake call lol

[MrMeeps111]

Can someone please explain what's happening here to me?

[slapshot01j]

@MrMeeps111 it was a totally farcical call...lest you think that that were truly someone who were on the ground..he, uh, said something in code there at the end, that is indicative of a certain..radio talk show host.

[51516]

" and I would be scared, cuz there's cops all deep in this" I remember watching this live. I thought i was gonna have a stroke or something. I was laughing so friggin hard. All the tension building up during the chase, then "Robert Higgins" shows up and takes a dump on Peter Jennings! Just classic!!!

[jwbail02]

It's like Jennings was on the verge of playing it off and moving on with the coverage, then in comes Michaels chiming in and bringing it back to light again. Jennings was finally like "okay, thanks, Al, you can shut up now." You could tell he was trying to hide the embarrassment. One of the great crank calls in history.

[guyfroml]

Stern proved this guys at the networks what a bunch of gullable idiots they are. Besides, since his death we've learned what a big liberal Jennings was.

[antongarcia101]

......................GENETAL WORTS!!!!!

[burbonboy]

Al Micheals sucks!! He's an elitist that likes to rub it in your face that he is more Educated than you. Micheal Kay from Yes Network is the same, and Howard cosell was like that too!!!!

[89jwow]

@burbonboy So he shouldn't have mentioned it was a prank then? you're a faggit

[vealcutlet]

@burbonboy I don't know if Michaels is an elitist, but he is, or at least at that time, was, a Stern listener, and realized pretty much from the get-go (as did everyone I was watching with at the time) that the "farcical" call was going to end up with "Babbabooey."

[Bumble8700]

Thanks Al for your farcical call, very tenses. The best Stern, just goes to show what a load of shit that was.

[tedtheshed]

and i see casey anthony, she’s lookin mighty scared

[56therealLT]

how old is this TV?

and why wont they just say sterns name?

[Seston]

why did gary say this was his favorite?

[defcon23]

coco

[k1ll3rm1k3]

TEEEAMMM CO-COOOO!!!!!!!

[vtecden]

Coco Sent me here today !!

[PatPeeve416]

@vtecden When did Conan say to come to this site? I saw the Baba Booey interview where he mentioned the call. I would like to thank him. Btw, the call was made/taped 17 years ago today! Thanks.

[mrTabascohot]

@vtecden yes he did

[leoblazer74]

Conan. Fuck Leno.

[leoblazer74]

Conan.

[highonbetter]

Team coco...meet team loco!! Conan was on lopez tonight the other night! Flava flave was also on conan.and he kept calling conan. Co-NAN.like conan the destroyer.Lol He wasnt doing it on purpose though.it was funny

[swmann2]

Coco4 ever!

[skykid3000]

Coco sent me.

[ITrashYouBish]

Thumbs up if Conan Brought you here xD

[highonbetter]

I read his book,they call me .. Bababocee's ..He shoulda charged more for the book.just from the pictures its worth a million laughs!

[ViperRob42]

Just watched them talk about this on Conan lol

[creepymo]

Greatest fucking prank call EVER!

[sadasjnfal]

gary talks about this in his book too. and he gives a list of the best baba booey apearences in prank calls or otherwise.

[Tsnore]

Mr.

Higgins?

[thewolfmanchu]

that was so funny!

[allanbartlett123]

Hands down the best prank phone call ever. ...and ba ba booey to you all, LOL!

[mingrassia33]

Now looky here, he look VERY upset!

[CarMoves]

Looky Looky here

[savebylundqvist3530]

RIP Peter Jennings

[PaulDonovan100]

I don't know what he gona be doin.

[kfag101]

fuck al michaels!

[tibiafinger]

Classic Prank Call ,I miss The Howard Stern radio Show.

[miamigroove]

an BABA BOOEY to Y'all

[zibittt]

Lookie here!

[swami1]

"This is quite tenses"?? Bahahahaha!

[williamedner]

best, ever. long live robert higgins.

[isletime77]

ahh see OJ man...

farcical!?!

[isletime77]

ahh see OJ man...

[brownfightfanatic]

Brilliant.........

[Dealit707]

He said something in "code".......lmao

[nashvilleraidersfan]

Al Michaels is awesome.

[VD54K]

we have them on every coast :jj:

[ShanFoster32]

"Now lookee here!"

[mingrassia33]

"this is quite the tenses!"

[DMonie75]

This is such a classic. I love this!!

[LockeShocke]

Man, Peter Jennings handled that so well at the end.

[svetlana60656]

@LockeShocke He was a pro - had a great sense of humor too.

[DarthMakaveliSithMC]

I love when so-called TV news personalities get pranked as they cover these tabloid, scandal-filled "stories." Who needs journalistic ethics when you're only concerned about advertising and ratings?

[CelticJobber2]

I remember seeing this live when it happened. So fucking funny...

[smirov]

What is the difference between a prankcall and a crankcall? :P

[bitchbusted]

@smirov prankcall starts with a "p" and crankcall starts with a "c"

[smirov]

@smirov ah humor

[rperry2173]

Greatest crank call of all time.

[mrpistol595]

Now lookie here i see OJ.... And he looks SCARED!!

[GonnaSin]

"Oh my Lord, it's quite tenses."

[Tigerpuffer]

This has gotta be one of the most famous prank calls of all time

[busterbluesun]

i watched this happen on tv at the time...it was funny then and it's still funny now!!!

[komjong]

LOL... i remember when this happened. I laughed my ass off then and now. this was great.

[SternSuperfans]

The BEST call EVER!!!!!!!!!!!

[fearthehawksndcavs24]

props to jennings for being cool about it

[fumetti]

He looky very very scared!!!

[Bradshaw3001]

Jennings was great... he handled the prank better than most would have.

[brabon1]

@Bradshaw3001 oh please...he's a melonhead....he had no clue what was going on

[sycamorenick]

Poor Peter!

[glory789]

Can you upload the whole chase?

[GeorgeKPatton]

Thats the worst stern call I've ever heard

[jkweddingentrancesux]

i see oj & he looks scared...

[weing]

greatest moment of all time

[TrueLifeAdventures]

Al Michaels actually sounds alot like Howard Stern in this clip...weird.

[Grantrus71]

@TrueLifeAdventures That's funny, True. I thought the same thing years ago when Stern 1st played the call...lol

[Luckymongoose27]

I C O J

[DaneYoussef]

Stern went on and on about this one, the best of the best, creme de la creme in his second autobio, "Miss America." Stern said of this one: "First of all, this guy's accent is obviously phony. Second of all, a shucking, jiving black man is not gonna live in OJ's neghiborhood!" All Jenning's could see was a big exclusive!

[Xerock]

@DaneYoussef

That'll teach 'em not to interrupt the man's jeopardy.

[gumbess]

read somewhere that kim kardashian's dad represented oj simpson... like father like daughter. sigh.

[blazer3509]

the greatest phony phone call ever. hands down

[gumbess]

absolutely. miss the days when howard & the entire crew incl. jackie were on the radio. made my tedious drive to work actually enjoyable.

[Grantrus71]

@gumbess Plus 1 here!!

[faffaflunkie]

Lest anyone think otherwise, Al Michaels could sound good announcing a funeral.

[Quadzilla99]

There's cops all deep in this.

[merrimac291]

This is the type of prank call I love. Nothing mean-spirited about it or vulgar or gross. Just weird in a funny way and it's funny how they treat it like a serious phone call.

BTW, what does he say at 0:56?

"he's just sitting there looking like he (unintelligible)"

[laidbackbazmac]

looking like he very nervous

[Ronf465]

nowa looookie hereaaa

[cyenceMillenium]

lol i remember this specifically the "Baba booey to ya'll". My dad and I were rolling

[Rlaiche23]

I see OJ Maaaaan...He looks Saaad...lol

[trewsdetroit5]

This is the greatest prank phone call in history. I love how it took Al Michaels to inform Peter Jennings that Mr. Higgins was not in front of OJ's house in Brentwood.

"I'd be scared too, cause there's cops alllll deep in this."

[rsg179]

when ever I want to laugh my balls off I play this. Do these idiots at ABC really think that a guy who talks like this is OJs neighbor "now lookie here"

[jarredm16]

i dunno what he be doin.....

[lockwoodisafaggot]

oh mah lawd dis is quite da tenses...

[Kolfritz]

"...And Baba Booey to y'all!"

That's classic!

[Ronf465]

I C O J

[creeg84]

Greatest phony phone call EVER!!!!!!!

[Gowalum]

This was pretty funny. When they call in pranks like the one when the space shuttle exploded or one during a plane crash coverage then that is cowardly. When it is an ordinary day or some hollywood event like OJ then its pretty funny. Not to make light of course of the ex-wife and friend that did die whether it was OJ or someone else.

[mackblack27]

to be in keeping with the pc laws i think it was someone else

[heyeveryoneimcool]

I miss Peter :(

[20carrocks]

I see OJ, man. LMAO

[zimdeluxe]

ahh looky here

[djrealfancy]

"Stern Rules, Ba Ba Booey!" Yo Maury, you made the best phony phone call of the century!

Please re-sign your contract Howard! No More Bullshit!

[djrealfancy]

@djrealfancy  -20th Century

[scittball]

And a baba booey to yall !!!! CLASSICO

[TheMagnificentMelvin]

This was the funniest thing I ever heard...lookie lookie here!!! LMFAO!!!

[gitfiddle81]

Best fake call ever

[smegmacheez]

L0OKlE L0OKlE HERE!!!

[tvpirate05]

I love how Peter simply dismissed the whole thing as a prank, and was so cool about it!

[CountryRoadTrip]

I remember watching this live and knowing right away it was fake...and laughing my ass off.

[ctbxchris]

"i see OJ comin out da car a slumpin and lookin very o very upset"

[TubeYouUser123ABC]

"Now looky here"

[snoops71]

What was this fool's point? Just to get a few fleeting moments of fame? Please!

I do remember watching the ABC coverage of this that night.

[robinseggplant]

@snoops71

Get a clue.

[frozencloud17]

Classic.

[HatFactory09]

"Quite the tenses !"

[66hourenergy]

RIP Peter Jennings.

[intoodeep7106]

"I just gonna ask everybody to be quiet for a moment...."

Yeah, to listen to a prank call. LOL

Just one of the things that made the prank legendary. :o)

[nickypeeps]

why would howard write about this? how is it even an accomplishment? if the credentials for making it on the air were simply calling and saying you're standing outside OJs stupid house, any dummy could have got on and made up whatever they wanted. its almost as dumb as the guy pointing out that the call was fake as if he has any way of knowing if other calls are real, or as if it mattered since the guy just described what everyone was seeing on TV in a wacky voice

[Redbull357]

" I don't know what he gon be doin'"

[manhattan85]

"But I can see it alll ... and I see O.J. ... I see O.J. man, and he look scarrred. And I would be scared because there's cops all deep in this."

[99colinross]

"Oh my Lord, this is a' quite tenses.... now looky here..."

[kolinMco]

the horse tooth jackass didnt make the call somebody quoted him at the end

[boonfarmer]

Holy shit, he does lol ... never noticed that.

[gefan3]

Possibly the most surreal moment (prior to the advent of Sarah Palin) in the history of American media.

Maury from Brooklyn, you will live forever.

[biggamepaul]

i'm guessing OJ is having a hard time finding the "real" killer while in the pokie.

[dds2190]

Damn, he does lol

[tjh420]

15 years later, happy anniversary...and baba Booey to y'all.

[KamHtown]

I'm looking for the NBC Feed. I live in Houston, and they mostly showed the game, but eventually put in the split screen.

[bhackett777]

this might be the most famous crank call of all time

[ElRexican]

hahahhah bababooey!!!!!111 lolz

[warszawianka]

"I seen O.J. man! He lookin' scared! And I'd be scared, 'cause they're cops all over!"

Epic prank!

[Meltyclaw]

"He said something in code at the end"

lmao

[leshager]

AL u douchebag

[MyNameIsBucket]

Heh, I remember hearing a Baba Booey prank call-in during live coverage of a flood in Philadelphia. It was about ten years ago.

[MrZoomhead]

I remember they cut in with this during the Knicks/Rockets game. All us Knick fans went nuts becuase the interrupted the game. We were all yelling "Kill yourself, OJ, so we can get back to the game!" Totally farcical.

[hankseptember]

legendary clip!

rip Peter Jennings

[Frungi]

nyyNYR2094: That was either brilliant irony or hypocritical ignorance. I just can't help laughing when I see that kind of self-contradiction. It's like that line from the Simpsons: "Me fail English? That's unpossible!"

[drfeelgoodTO]

I think it was hypocritical ignorance. So true

[axelg5]

2 but what do you have againsed canada

[prankstonsumpfierce]

OMG! Still hillarious! 'Now lookey herruh, he be lookin ver ver upset '

'....and I would be scared, cause there are cops all deep in dis!!!'

[MoulonStooge]

This is quite the tenses!

[tattypatty]

I dunno whut he goan be dooin'.....

[jeffm1962]

I remember this to as I was watching the Knicks game, as soon as I heard "Mr. Higgins" looked at my brother and we both were laughing that this was a prank. Peter Jennings and Baba Booey to you to.

[Amerikaner25]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA man, that guy is just a talking head, dumber than a piece of wood apparently. LOL @ "Now, looky heah!"

[fredintr]

i remember this night...knicks/rockets nba finals....as soon as i heard his voice i knew it was a howard call

[vivalasvegas1907]

oh my lord this quite the tensis.

[rickcugini]

i See's the OJ!!!

[pcsbeat]

ahhh, i remember this well lolololol

[perogi21]

baba booey never goes out of style

[toxzen]

now lookie here!

[toxzen]

lol, how does this guy do it without laughing?

[hellboundtrucker]

RIP Peter Jennings, and a bah bah booey to you, wherever you may be.

[poparozi]

BABABOBAMA!!

[geoash]

i see o.j. and lookie here, he be going to jail

[Jake888]

BABA BOOEY!

[DocSloth]

lmao "ah looky heeyah"

[pittedthighs]

ha ha - canadian douchebag Jennings get pwned

[8data]

dual citizen-us-canadian douchebag Jennings got pwned

he became us citizen

[pittedthighs]

ha ha! love that

[Dollarbob]

i am canadian you motherfucker...we are not all douchebags...pittedthighs...wh­at sort of queer ass name is that.

[pittedthighs]

Alright, settle down you Queeb. And yeah, Pittedthighs is a friggin' hysterical username.

[notionsradical]

this guy is a faggot...i was watching this and saw his comment come up. he is trying to flame someone this late at night?? what a fag...watch him go after me like a typical petty bitch.

[pittedthighs]

I got your back, yo. I only comment on the VIDEOS themselves, and I never start attacking the person who makes a comment on it; yet they love to attack me?! I can't help it if Jennings is a French Canadian Frog Douchebag....

[tmkrjk]

Canada, another draft dodging asshole. Stay there, you are not wanted or needed in the USA, cockbiter!

[notionsradical]

well draft dodgers are americans who went to canada you dumbshit. the usa is the most hated country on earth. fuck you, fuck 911, fuck uncle sam, fuck your flag, and fuck all your troops terrorizing the world. you are obese so my revenge is that you will die of heart disease within the year fatty. and you suck cock.

[nhtyger]

Of course we're most hated, we're the most powerful...and btw, Canadians are fairly obese, too

Anyway, I never thought we should have invaded Iraq for oil. I think it would've made more sense to invade and subjugate Canada for their resources-not like you could do anything about

[MiikeDante]

Most powerful, so why is noone scared of america? People are sh!tting bricks at the thought of Russia

[sserpent21]

Robert Higgins is awesome. A shuffling, jiving black man isn't OJ's neighbor.

Peter Jennings is a boring dull block of wood and should have had a brain to realize this was a farce.