Bada-Bing Bada-Boom

[Chris Guilmartin]

Is the bada-bing line original to BW, or does it come from somewhere?

The reason I ask is that the "American Gladiators" announcer used it
the other day (actually he had it the other way around, bada-boom bada-bing).
I wonder if he's a BW fan?

Chris

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[Rik Ahlberg]

Chris Guilmartin (chr...@world.std.com) wrote:
: Is the bada-bing line original to BW, or does it come from somewhere?

: The reason I ask is that the "American Gladiators" announcer used it
: the other day (actually he had it the other way around, bada-boom bada-bing).
: I wonder if he's a BW fan?

Good question, as I noticed the character of David Addison on
Moonlighting (yes, I watch those reruns on Lifetime) using the
"Bada-bing, bada-boom" line... hmmm... that predates at least the TV
Beakman by, what, 6 years?

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[Elaine Linstruth]

chr...@world.std.com (Chris Guilmartin) writes:

>Is the bada-bing line original to BW, or does it come from somewhere?

I'd like to know, too. There's a commercial shown in my area (for
something, I don't remember) featuring some former Redskin football
player, and he also says badabing-badaboom. Except he uses the Beakman
fingers-pointing one-hand-up-one-hand-down gesture when he does it.

[Robert J. Repas, Jr.]

The origin of this statement, I think, goes as far back as some old
vaudeville routines. I remember it being used by some commedian many
years ago on one of the comedy shows...and it was considered old then.

The statement is also used by Bobby, a character on the Animaniacs
television show. Bobby is a Goodfeather, a takeoff on the Goodfellas
movie, with Joe Pesci and Robert (Bobby) DeNiro. And it was used
by DeNiro in Goodfellas, if I remember properly. This was 1990 - about
two years before the Beakman?

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[James Bach]

James Caan uses the line in "The Godfather". That was twenty years ago,
or so.

[Blake and/or Marla]

Don't forget that the" Great One" used to use the line "bada-bing-bada-bang
to the moon" to Alice or Norton many, many years ago. the best phrase that
we can really credit to Beakman is the now famous "Zaloom".

Blake

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[Robert J. Repas, Jr.]

In a previous article, bla...@netcom.com (Blake and/or Marla) says:

>Don't forget that the" Great One" used to use the line "bada-bing-bada-bang
>to the moon" to Alice or Norton many, many years ago. the best phrase that
>we can really credit to Beakman is the now famous "Zaloom".

Hmmm, I don't remember him saying any such thing. I remember him using
"Bang! Pow! To the moon!", but not 'bada-bing...', etc. As well as I
can trust my 41-year old memory. :-)

[ja...@marimba.wimsey.bc.ca]

In article <blamarCI...@netcom.com> bla...@netcom.com (Blake and/or Marla) writes:
>Don't forget that the" Great One" used to use the line "bada-bing-bada-bang
>to the moon" to Alice or Norton many, many years ago. the best phrase that
>we can really credit to Beakman is the now famous "Zaloom".
>

Sorry, sorry, but it wasn't bada bing... it was "Bang! Zoom! To the
moooooon!". Although if the Beak did that one, he'd do it better, too. :)

*j*

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