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“Legalize It”
1981 — Peter Tosh played a Saturday afternoon show at the Bandshell, and “Legalize It,” a radio hit at the time, was especially well received by a like-minded crowd. A sentiment supported by most of the Alligator staff, and said so in the paper’s editorial pages.
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Greener Grass
Editorial by Alligator Editor Robert McClure
September 22, 1980
narc illustration by holly Bird
Gainesville is Green
GREEN GRASS & HIGH TIDES (BIG BUSINESS)
LEGALIZE IT (EDITORIAL)
NARCS AMONG US
POTTED PLANTS
GAINESVILLE’S FAVORITE COLOR
If bongs were outlawed, only outlaws would have bongs.
HOMEGROWN WILDWOOD WEED
STEVE Z (AN EDUCATED GROWER)
After graduating UF with a Botany degree, Steve Z, a Rockledge High mate of mine, bought five-acres of land on Lake Orange, in Cross Creek two miles down the road (Alachua 325) from Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings house. Back in the 1940s, Rawlings was known by her neighbors for the marmalade she made from the cumquats that grew all around her small wooden house. Steve Z’s house was similar, but his crop wasn’t citrus.
MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS* (Cumquat Marmalade)
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE (St Johns Tangerines)
OTTO’S GREEN ACRES* (Kim Kulish)
DEAN OF THE PIT* (Bull Dog Life)
“Marijuana is illegal because it makes you God.”
“I’d like to fertilize her buds” (Gator Growl*)
A “sexist” and “drug related” skit in 1982 added to what the administration called the lowest point in Gator Growl history. Critics called Robin Williams’ act “vulgar,” filled with sex, drugs, and football. At the time, Williams was in the middle of his “Mork & Mindy” fame, after rising from a stand up comedy career, where he honed the act he did in front of 65,000 Gator fans who filled Florida Field.
WHEN THE GATORS GROWL LOUDEST
LUNA(CY) ON THE PLAZA OF THE AMERICAS
SONGS OF THE [NORTH FLORIDA] SOUTH
“I’d like to fertilize her buds“
(GATOR GROWL ’82)
This “sexist” and “drug related” punchline to an on-field skit added to why the UF administration called 1982 the LOWEST POINT IN GATOR GROWL HISTORY. President Marston and Vice President of Student Affairs Art Sandeen called ROBIN WILLIAMS’ “VULGAR” … His act was filled with too much sex and drugs, and too little reverence for Gator football. At the time, Williams was basking in “Mork & Mindy” fame, but not forgetting that he came from the world of stand up comedy … the place where sex, drugs, and rock n roll played well.
THAT YEAR AT THE GROWL, to most of the 65,000 Gator fans filling Florida Field, Williams’ “VULGAR” stand up PLAYED WELL IN GAINESVILLE TOO.
EDITOR:
Regarding 1982’s Gator Growl, letters were many.
