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When the Gators Growl Loudest
Genesis Ch.1 V.32
Alan Parsons Project
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Cartoonist Bill Day’s simple and visually direct depiction of the Gators’ 1975 Homecoming (48-7) win over the Kentucky Wildcats.
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Swamp Mood — It was expected that Alan Parson’s mood music would play while fireworks and laser lights lit the sky to end the show.
RODNEY DANGERFIELD (1981) COVER
Face In The Crowd by buster o’connor
Lasers In the Night by stan badz
Rich Jeni Onstage by dave hogerty
w/Paula Poundstone
Jerry Seinfeld w/Steven Wright (1988)
FOOTBALL ALMIGHTY (((VIDEO)))
TAILGATORS (((VIDEO)))
w/ Scott Free at Lillian’s
Gator Band (Playing Its Part)
THE FLORIDA A&M FACTOR
Tubular by Rick McCawley
Homecoming Cartoon by Bill Day
1979 — Bob Hope (THE GREAT WHITE FLOP). When the Beach Boys cancelled their scheduled Growl appearance, Blue Key and Student Government Productions replaced them with Irene Cara, a young, black actress and singer from New York City. Backed by a tape in a boombox, Cara wasn’t the best match with Mr. Hollywood and USO favorite, Bob Hope.
For the historic record, Cara made the best of the bad situation in which she had been placed. There was no mistake that it was Hope who failed to deliver the expected Gator Growl goods.
1980 — It made theatrical sense to choose George Burns as the stand up comedian who might resurrect the Gator Growl, after so many thought Bob Hope had killed it. Burns was fresh off his playing the lead role in the previous year’s Hollywood blockbuster, “Oh, God!,” with John Denver, Teri Garr, and director Carl Reiner.
FOR THE RECORD: In 1983, Irene Cara co-wrote and sang the song “Flashdance… What a Feeling” in the film Flashdance, for which she shared an Academy Award for Best Original Song, and won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1984. AND FOR THE CONTINUED RECORD, No one blamed Cara for the disastrous 1979 Gator Growl.
THE BLAME WAS BOB HOPE’S, ALONE.
(“EAT LEAD GATOR BAIT.”)
Gator Growl
WHEN THE GATORS GROWL LOUDEST
COMING SOON
TICKET PROBLEMS
GEORGE BURNS (AKA GOD) TALKS
ROBIN WILLIAMS: OFFENSIVE OR FUNNY?
TOM PETTY’S (’81) HOMECOMING
TWO TICKETS TO TOM PETTY PARADISE
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
TOM PETTY (HOMECOMING ’81)
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)
1984 — Bill Cosby, Herbie Hancock
1985 — The Smothers Brothers
1986 — Billy Crystal
1987 — Jay Leno
1988 — Steven Wright, Jerry Seinfeld
1989 — Richard Jeni, Paula Poundstone
1990 — Paul Provenza, Jeff Foxworthy
1991 — Living Colour @ The Bandshell
1992 — at Kurt Lishka’s Save The Dolphins Dana Pink Floyd on the stoop. Gators vs. Kentucky Sugar Bowl Miami vs. FSU in Tallahassee Fresh cut herb David Grisman Che Guevara empty house. Everyone at Florida Field (The Volcano) If UF beat Kentucky and FSU beat Miami, the Gators would make the Sugar Bowl. So intense the FSU-UF rivalry, there were more than a few Gators who wanted Miami to beat FSU, even if it meant UF wouldn’t make the post-season.
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)
football almighty
As it was, and as it will always be.
GAINESVILLE IS GREEN
GOD GUNS & GATORS
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.
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After an always explosive fireworks display, Growls in the early 1980s closed with a mostly green laser light show, accompanied by the Alan Parsons Project’s appropriately moody “Genesis Ch.1 V.32.”
buster o’connor (Rodney Dangerfield)
stan badz (Florida Field Laser Light Show)
dave hogerty (Rich Jeni)
student government productions (The Swamp) video
sgp (The Swamp)
dave hogerty (Scott Free @ Lillian’s)
Hope deserves formal apology
Editor: With the memory of the Bob Hope special just minutes old in my mind, I am compelled to comment on the past and present situation in reference to Bob Hope’s monologue about UF being a party school.
First of all, one must be blind to argue thae fact that UF excells in academic importance in the United States. The Bob Hope special clearly called attention to this fact. One also must be blind, deaf, and dumb to ignore the fact that the student body, past and present, has a national reputation as a party school.
Just take a look around at a UF home football game. It is not just the students partying. the alumni make a strong showing in this department, except they do it in and orange and blue motor home and drink Chivas Regal.
A formal public apology is in order in reference to the tempest-teakettle situation created by certain Ivory Towers.
Gary Zugar
3AG
There’re two sides to UF life
Editor: The recent criticism of Bob Hope’s performance shows the humorless ignorance of some people at UF.
We all know (or should know) that much partying goes on at this school — take the Halloween Ball, for example. Hope realized this and extrapolated on the subject.
We can listen to his jokes and laugh because we know that it is not all true — there are two sides to UF. If Hope thought that UF had no accomplishments, if he seriously thought that “going to class was an extra-curricular activity,” if he reall thought that intelligence here was at a minimum, then he would not have been able to poke fun at our sometimes playful life style.
If Hope felt that UF was not a school of higher education and learning, then he most likely would not have taken the time to visit our campus.
UF has a relatively high academic standing, and it is because of this standing that I was appalled to see the shallowness of thought reflected in the letters condemning Hope’s performance.
The administration should accept the fact that UF is known for its parties as well as for its academic achievements because there are two sides to every coin, and both sides are apparent at UF.
Liz Misho
3LS
Joe Cocchiarella
3LW
Ken Pfaher
3AG
Carol Adams
3AG
Growl History
1977 — Gabe Kaplan (Welcome Back)
Saturday Night Fever
Pink Floyd Animals
WKRP (1978)
1978 — Helen Reddy (I Am Woman)
Animal House
FM (Linda Ronstadt, Jimmy Buffett, Tom Petty)
Eagles The Long Run
1979 — Bob Hope (Not A Man Of Hip-Hop) Hip-Not
1980 — George Burns (God As His Witness)
“Imagine” John Lennon Double Fantasy
1981 — Rodney Dangerfield (Gaining Gator Respect)
Tom Petty
Homecoming @ The O’Connell Center
•YOU GOT LUCKY (TWO FRONT ROW TICKETS)
1982 — Robin Williams (“I’d like to fertilize her buds.”)
1983 — B•O•B H•O•P•E (“Eat Lead”)
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
Gator Growl
UF’s Oldest Football (HOMECOMING) Tradition
’79 — BOB HOPE (BOOM BOX FAME)
’80 — GEORGE BURNS (GOD SAVES THE GROWL)
’81 — RODNEY DANGERFIELD (FACE IN THE CROWD)
’82 — ROBIN WILLIAMS (I’D LIKE TO FERTILIZE HER BUDS)
’83 — BOB HOPE (EAT LEAD GATOR BAIT)
“I’d like to fertilize her buds” (Gainesville Is Green)
B•O•B H•O•P•E “Eat Lead Gator Bait” (God Guns and Gators)
Robin Fisher and the FAMU band.
GROWL HISTORY
GROWL HISTORY
Jerry Seinfeld and Steven Wright (1989)
Rich Jeni and Paula Poundstone (1988)
Robin Fisher Improv
and Fire Bombs in the Rockledge High School gym.
STEVEN WRIGHT (1987)
Scott Free After Party @ Lillian’s
TOM PETTY (1981)*
HOMECOMING
When The Gators Growl Loudest*
GROWL COMING SOON*
GROWL LETTERS*
GATOR GROWL CHRONOLOGY*
GATOR GROWL HISTORY*
Contents*
UF AT 75
alligator
NEW STUDENT EDITION 1981
The Daily Scroll
MOVING PICTURES
• THE DAILY SCROLL
• SPIRIT OF THE ORANGE & BLUE
• FOOLS IN LOVE
• GAINESVILLE AFTER DARK
• MIDNIGHT LIGHTNING (MOONLIGHT TURTLES)
• GATOR COUNTRY
• SHOTS IN THE DARK (GOD GUNS & GATORS)
• LOCAL NEWS
• WAKING UP IS HARD TO DO
• SPRING IS IN THE AIR
• I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
MUSIC
ON CAMPUS
Florida Field
O’Connell Center
Lake Alice
Bandshell
Plaza of The Americas
Reitz Union Lawn
The Rathskeller (RAT)
UNIVERSITY AVENUE
Florida Theater (Great Southern Music Hall)
Rickenbacker’s
Main Street
DOWNTOWN
Lillian’s Music Store
Hippodrome Theater
OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN
Dub’s Liquor (GoGo) Dancing Lounge
HALLOWEEN BALL 1981
Wendy O. Williams (Plasmatics)
HOMECOMING 1981
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
MAYPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL
Dizzy Gillespie and Maynard Ferguson
SUWANNEE RIVER BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL
1974 (Acey Harper)
JAM AT KEVIN’s
Bat Cave Watercolors and family (wife and two toddlers)
Kevin’s friend church (standup) piano, stomp dacing on the worn, hardwood floor. Barbara Hansen, room over garage, Uelsmann print with tire track.
The Police @ Disney World (Tomorrowland)
Dire Straits @ Jacksonville Coliseum
Bruce Springsteen @ Lakeland Civic Center
Eagles @ Florida Field (Eagles Live 1980)
w/Jimmy Buffett
Linda Ronstadt @ Florida Field
Frank Zappa @ Florida Gym
Pat Benatar @ Florida Gym
Tom Petty @ O’Connell Center
The Cars @ O’Connell Center
Elvis Costello @ O’Connell Center
Al Di Meola @ O’Connell Center
w/ Tim Weisberg
Marshall Tucker Band @ O’Connell Center
w/ B.B. King
Andy Kaufman @ O’Connell Center
wrestling with woman (letters)
David Letterman
Hiram Bullock
w/ Will Lee
w/ David Sanborn (Lincoln Center)
w/ Jaco Pastorius (Knitting Factory)
1982 — NO NUKES IN NYC
Time Magazine — Steve Khan, Seventh Ave. South, King Crimson and Jean-Luc Ponty, Loose Joints at the pier, Animation, Roseland Ballroom, David Sanborn, Lincoln Center, street/subway musicians, Ritchie Blackmore, Rainbow, Madison Square Garden, Yankees, Reggie Jackson, #44, Right Field Stand Up, Puerto Rican Boom Box, $2 Bleechers, Long Walk Home, The Bronx and Harlem, Long Looks, North of 108th Steet, Ken Regan, Camera 5, Bob Dylan and the Stones, Montreal, all-things-crepe, underground, Over-40 All-Stars, Carl Yastrzemski, Pete Rose, back-to-back private jets, Prime-Rib and Brussel sprouts with Howard Cosell. …
Frank Zappa @ Florida Gym
Pat Benatar @ Florida Gym
Talking Heads @ Bandshell
The Plasmatics @ Bandshell (Halloween Ball 1980)
Allman Brothers @ Bandshell (1982)
Peter Tosh @ Bandshell
Weather Report @ Bandshell
Sea Level @ Lake Alice
Dixie Dregs @ Lake Alice
Steve Forbert @ Lake Alice
Little River Band @ Reitz Union Lawn
U2 @ The Rathskeller
Romantics @ Mainstreet Lounge
Spyro Gyra @ The Great Southern Music Hall
Roy Buchanan @ The Great Southern Music Hall
Return to Forever (Space Age Travelers) @ The Great Southern Music Hall
Muddy Waters “Deep Down In Florida” @ The Great Southern Music Hall
Bo Diddley (Gainesville’s first hometown boy)
Mudcrutch @ Lillian’s / Dub’s / Halloween ’71
NORTH FLORIDA (SOUTHERN) ROCK
Allman Brothers Band
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Outlaws
Molly Hatchet
Sea Level
Dixie Dregs
Cowboy
Fat Chance
Grinderswitch
Les Dudek
Blackfoot
Atlanta Rhythm Section
Marshall Tucker
Charlie Daniels
Wet Willie
Elvin Bishop
ATHENS, GA
Swimming Pool Q’s, Pylon, B-52s, R.E.M.
Dickey Betts and Great Southern
HALLOWEEN BALL 1981
Wendy O. Williams (Plasmatics)
HOMECOMING 1981
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
vol. 1 no. 1
• IN THE BEGINNING (Vol.1 No.1)
• florida history (1912-1983)
• WELCOME TO GAINESVILLE
Much more than just another sleepy, little, North Florida town.
New Student Edition 1981
• OPINION (Letters To The Editor)
• CONVENIENCE (Is In The Eye of The Beholder)
• 100 THINGS TO DO (IN GAINESVILLE)
• FOOTBALL ALMIGHTY
• GATOR GROWL (HOMECOMING)
Gainesville Green (“I’d like to fertilize her buds”)
• TOM PETTY (Coming Home)
• MUSIC (The Sound of Higher Education)
• HALLOWEEN BALL
• PREACHERS (On The Green)
• In The Beginning/Independence Day (Alt.)
• Naked Launch (Pretty As A Florida Picture)
• Diamond Teeth Mary (Singing With The Devil’s)
• MOVIES (Pop Culture of The Day)
• THE MYSTERIOUS MURPHREE STONES
Mucozo and Ortiz
Fame
Irene Cara
1980 — Fame Soundtrack
((( Boom Box To Nowhere )))
“Sultans of Swing”
Dire Straits
1983 — Alchemy
((( Live )))
“Private Investigation”
Dire Straits
1983 — Alchemy
((( Live )))