I meant anachronism, by the way. Can't spell on this Blackberry sometimes.
Go Gators!!!! Ken B. (NYC Gator) Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed -----Original Message----- From: ken...@earthlink.net Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:56:46 To: <Gatortalk@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: Well now isn't thatspecial?Carvey to headline Growl (7/6 2242 - Crabbe, Nathan) Oh man, JNene! What a memory you have. And I agree. Helen Reddy was the absolute worst in my experience. I don't know what they were thinking when they booked her. She even made a lame joke: "if you say UF, do others say FU?" Needless to say, she was roundly booed for that one. For me, the really fun part of Growl was the paper fight. Do they even still do that, or did some insurance company tell the university that it had to stop? Other random memories: People booing Doug Dickey in 1978. IIRC, a disgusted Dickey didn't even introduce the seniors, and just walked off. Lying down on the field to watch the fireworks show (after I had consumed way too much alcohol). The explosions seemed to be heading right toward me. Rocket Man. Chris Collinsworth, at that point playing in the NFL, making a surprise appearance to introduce Head Coach Charley Pell as "the best thing ever to happen to the University of Florida." And one that I have never forgotten: A Gainesville weatherman from TV20, a very skinny guy (think his name was Mel), standing on the stage in 1977, telling us that "we are not Gator fans; we are Gators. That is a very important difference." One other thought, early in my time at UF, I asked an older student if he was going to attend Growl. He said that he had stopped attending once they began to charge for it. His idea was that Gator Growl is supposed to be a pep rally, run (for better or worse) by students, and that it should not be professional or slick, and really didn't require a big name entertainer to validate it. He said it is supposed to be relaxed and fun, that's all. At the time I thought of him as a bit of an anarchonism, but as time has passed, I have come to appreciate his point of view. Go Gators!!!! Ken B. (NYC Gator) Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed -----Original Message----- From: jn...@gatorzone.com Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 19:44:16 To: <Gatortalk@googlegroups.com> Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: Well now isn't that special?Carvey to headline Growl (7/6 2242 - Crabbe, Nathan) It is for the Blue Key producers. They need to not offend their future employers. Many alumni still consider Growl part of indoctrinating their young into Gatorhood. And the kiddies can't see Mommy & Daddy laugh at the vulgar jokes. I know one Blue Key alum who had a limo driver on call to take his 15 yo daughter and her friends away from Growl when the comedians came on for a frat/sorority row tour. And that was 2 years ago! Ken is right, Bob Hope was invited back because he was so well received the first time. The problem was he was filming it for a TV special and he actually asked the audience to react better as he repeated jokes. And repeated, and repeated. Then he chastised us for not singing along with his guest, Irene Cara (Flashdance). The TV crew was getting the audience singing along, but Hope & Cara could not hear that mid-field. They did hear the BOOS after Hope's berating of the audience. One of my friends got married the day of Hope's second appearance. They had the Hilton suite next to Bob Hope. They said he was on his balcony for several hours post-Growl asking his producers why he could not hear that the audience was laughing and singing along. (What a wedding night memory...) The worst Growl ever, in my opinion, was Helen Reddy. I've only missed one since 1963. (I think it was Howie Mandel.) -JNene On Tue 07/07/09 11:45 AM , John Vega zebu...@gate.net sent: On Jul 7, 2009, at 8:04 AM, Shane Ford wrote: Gator Growl has featured current and rising stars over the years such as Bill Cosby, Jay Leno and Jerry Seinfeld. A raunchy Robin Williams in 1982 caused outrage among alumni, leading to the choice of an aging Bob Hope the following year. Sloan said Carvey is a choice that alumni can trust not to be vulgar.Hmm. As an alumnus, I'd be thrilled to listen to Robin Williams; vulgar or not. Is this really the same concern that it was in the 80s? -Zeb --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---