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Talking to God
After Bob Hope’s dismal performance the year before, Blue Key and Student Government Productions, looking for salvation, booked George Burns to headline 1980’s Gator Growl. Burns was flying high after playing the lead in the Hollywood blockbuster, “Oh, God,” and they were hoping for a miracle.
((( “Miracles” )))
sandy felsenthal (Albert the Alligator)
bob self (George Burns Portrait)
stan badz (George Burns Onstage)
friday
October 24, 1980
vol 74 no 25
gator growl
WHEN THE GATORS GROWL LOUDEST
THE GROWL (COMING SOON)
GEORGE BURNS (AKA GOD) TALKS
GROWL LETTERS (ROBIN WILLIAMS?)
1979 — Gator Country
BOB HOPE (THE GREAT WHITE FLOP)
1980 — The Day God Saved The Growl
GEORGE BURNS (AKA GOD) TALKS
1981 — WHEN THE GATORS GROWL LOUDEST
RODNEY DANGERFIELD
1982 — THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MR. HAPPY
ROBIN WILLIAMS (The Good, The Bad, and The Christian)
“I’d like to fertilize her buds.”
(GAINESVILLE IS GREEN)
1983 — “Eat Lead, Gator Bait.”
B-O-B H-O-P-E (AGAIN?)
(GOD, GUNS & GATORS)
Robin Fisher
Florida A&M Marching Band
GROWL HISTORY (wiki)
Tom Petty ’81
God Saved The Growl
Homecoming ’80
GEORGE BURNS (OCTOBER 24, 1980)
GOD SPOKE (GATORS LISTENED)
WHEN THE GATORS GROWL LOUDEST
Higher Education’s Oldest Homecoming Tradition
THE GOOD OL’ ORANGE & BLUE
CRIS COLLINSWORTH (GOOD AS GOLD)
inside
KILLER (IT’S ALL IN THE GAME)
Jayne Thompson and her associate set out to assassinate Greg Taylor, a transfer student from Alabama, FOR THE FUN OF IT.
Gainesville Is Green
God Guns & Gators
football almighty
As it was, and as it will always be.
GATOR COUNTRY (ORANGE & BLUE)
CRIS COLLINSWORTH (GOOD AS GOLD)
CHARLIE PELL (DADDY’S HOME)
BEAR BRYANT
FLORIDA FIELD (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE)
HOPEFUL ’80 (AFTER A DISASTEROUS 1979)
LAST STAND (SOUTH END)
STEVE SPURRIER
& His Christian Warriors
Danny Wuerffel
Tim Tebow
SOUTH STAND
FLORIDA FIELD (ALT.)