The next year, Bob Hope, who was 80, was booked for Gator Growl 1983. If the laughter had not been so loud, you could have probably heard the sound of the rich Gator Boosters and other fuddy-duddy geezers fainting and hitting the floor. "There, now that's a close-up," Williams said and tossed the camera back to the front row. Williams grabbed the cheap camera, shoved it down the front of his pants and snapped, or pretended to snap, a photo. "You want to get a real good close-up picture of me?" he asked the student. "Help! I'm Braniff Airlines! I can't land!" Williams shouted out with a reference to Braniff, which had gone out of business earlier that year.Īt one point, he stopped to address a young woman who was snapping photos with her Instamatic camera from the front row. Happy to a plane flying over the stadium. "He never performed for a crowd as large as Gator Growl."ĭuring his torqued-up performance, Williams riffed on everything from a part of his anatomy he called Mr. "Williams was so nervous," musician Barry Sides told the newspaper in Gainesville last week. It was held in the football stadium, The Swamp, and there wasn't an empty seat in the house.
Williams was the star at that year's Gator Growl show for the University of Florida's Homecoming. I saw Williams perform his stand-up routine when his career was white hot and he was a man on fire. "We are the cheerleaders of Homecoming," Strickland said.Watch Video: Mark Hinson on Robin Williams Strickland hopes the Raiders' efforts will result in increased attendance and ticket sales at the various Homecoming events. While Olesky does not have specific future plans, she said she knows the skills of teamwork, and preparation will be important later in life. "Everything we do is going to help me with what I want to do in the future," Olesky said. UF freshman Kara Olesky said she's excited to go out into the community and promote Homecoming. They will also reach out to UF students by attending student organization meetings, handing out fliers, hanging posters, tabling and attending promotional events. Gator Raiders will be sent out into the community to speak with alumni, parents and elementary school children, so professionalism is a key attribute, she said.
She will interview prospective members to help her choose additional members who show they are proactive and dedicated. "It's kind of like Homecoming 101," Strickland said.įifteen members were chosen over the summer, but Strickland hopes the group will more than double by today's application deadline. 18 - and the Gator Gallop - a two-mile run along the Homecoming Parade route. In hopes of boosting nonstudent ticket sales at the University of Florida's Homecoming events, the promoters are assembling a group of students to go into the community to rouse residents.Īs part of a publicity campaign, Ashley Strickland, a University of Florida junior and outreach director for Homecoming 2007, started Gator Raiders to get the word out about the lesser-known events connected to Homecoming, such as Gator Growl Talent Night - held Oct.
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