Gator Growl
“Genesis Ch.1 V.32”
Alan Parsons Project
((( “Genesis Ch.1 V.32” )))
WHEN THE GATORS GROWL LOUDEST
Higher Education’s Oldest Homecoming Tradition
•GROWL HISTORY
BOB HOPE (’79)
The Great White Flop (w/Irene Cara and a beatbox)
GEORGE BURNS (’80)
God save the Growl
RODNEY DANGERFIELD (’81)
Another face in the crowd
ROBIN WILLIAMS (’82)
“I’d like to fertilize her buds”
GAINESVILLE IS GREEN
BOB HOPE AGAIN (’83)
“Eat Lead Gator Bait”
GOD GUNS & GATORS
Robin Fisher
FAMU Marching Band
Two Tickets to Tom Petty Paradise
Homecoming 1981
Tom Petty @ The O’Connell Center
“You Got Lucky”
TWO TICKETS TO TOM PETTY PARADISE
1977 — Gabe Kaplan (Welcome Back)
Saturday Night Fever
Pink Floyd Animals
WKRP (1978)
1978 — Helen Reddy (I Am Woman)
1979 — Bob Hope (The Great White Flop)
1980 — George Burns (God Saved The Growl)
1981 — Rodney Dangerfield (Faces In The Crowd)
1982 — Robin Williams (“I’d like to fertilize her buds.”)
1983 — B-O-B H-O-P-E (“Eat Lead, Gator Bait.”)
w/ Irene Cara (movie star and a boom box)
Flashdance
1984 — Bill Cosby (Make Cosby Wholesome Again)
w/ Herbie Hancock (riding the Rockit)
Beat Street
1985 — Bob Hope (Not A Man Of Hip-Hop)
1986 — George Burns (God As His Witness)
1987 — Rodney Dangerfield (Gaining Gator Respect)
1988 — Rich Jeni w/Paula Poundstone
1989 — Steven Wright w/Jerry Seinfeld