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Mr. Happy didn’t make everyone happy.
1982 — After the good, clean, and successfully fun George Burns in 1980, and Rodney Dangerfield in 1981, Student Government Productions booked Robin Williams to headline UF’s 1982 Gator Growl. SGP was looking to push UF’s conservative administration’s limits of good taste, and they succeeded with Robin Williams. Jokes about sex and drugs were to the pleasure of most students, and to the pain of many older alum and especially the residents of Tigert Hall.
Ghetto Life
Rick James
Street Songs (1981)
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Growl photographs by stan badz, albert diaz, rick mccawley, vicky braun,
Joe Burbank, Alan Youngblood, Eric Lesser
I’m Feeling High and Happy
Gene Krupa (w/Helen Ward)
1938 — Reefer Madness
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WHEN THE GATORS GROWL LOUDEST
UF’s Oldest (Homecoming) Tradition
TWO TICKETS TO PARADISE
1979 — Gator Country
BOB HOPE (The Great White Flop)
1980 — God Saved The Growl
GEORGE BURNS (TALKING TO GOD)
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.” (GOD, GUNS & GATORS)
B-O-B H-O-P-E (AGAIN?)
Robin Fisher
Florida A&M Marching Band
Growl photographs by stan badz, albert diaz, rick mccawley, vicky braun,
Joe Burbank, Alan Youngblood, Eric Lesser
I’m Feeling High and Happy
Gene Krupa (w/Helen Ward)
1938 — Reefer Madness
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“Lucky Man”
Montrose
1976 — Warner Brothers
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“Ghetto Life“
Rick James
1981 — Street Songs
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“Let Me Off Uptown”
Gene Krupa Big Band
f/ Anita O’Day and Roy Eldridge
1938 — Street Songs
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Anita O’Day’s autobiography has several people swearing that Gene never even tried any drugs in his life, counter to the myths surrounding him. He was framed for playing with black folks.
ANITA O’DAY BOOK
”Wow, this book did NOT disappoint. Anita’s street-smart wit was forged from a hard-knocks childhood, teenage years spent in taverns and other shady places, and an adulthood swinging with big stars, drug addicts, hucksters, and fans (sometimes all rolled up into a single person!)”
THE GOOD OL’ ORANGE & BLUE
CRIS COLLINSWORTH (GOOD AS GOLD)
“Lucky Man”
Montrose
1976 — Warner Brothers
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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.
Tom Petty ’81
football almighty
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.)