Word: gatoring
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first victims of the new program was a 12-ft. gator that had become a favorite of schoolchildren in Green Cove Springs. Aghast officials called in a trapper after learning that the kids were serving up poodles and other neighborhood pets to their friend as snacks. Says Wildlife Biologist Tommy Hines: "He was not afraid of anybody. Every time somebody came up to him, he thought it was time for dinner...
...best light leading man around, and as long as he plays it safe, he can pull in the big bucks. But Reynolds is restless; he tries to stretch himself. In Hustle and Semi-Tough, his macho screen personality has been tempered by moments of vulnerability and wistfulness. In Gator he plunged into directing. Not all of these experiments have paid off, but they do make for a fascinating career. In contrast to such superstars as Clint Eastwood and Robert Redford, Reynolds is still capable of surprising his fans...
...gatefold may have cost him an Academy Award nomination. Overall, however, his strategy worked. He has not had to play a heavy in years, and his success as a highly bankable "light" gives him more and more chances to call his own shots, even to direct himself, in Gator (1976) and the upcoming...
Clearly another factor in Hackett's decision was Harvard's decision to hire coach Joe Bernal, whom Bobby has trained with as a member of the Gator A.A.U. Swim Club and the varsity team at New York's Fordham Prep. With Bernal, Hackett hopes to generate some enthusiasm for swimming at Harvard, just as the duo did in New York...
...surer signs of summer is the arrival of the annual Burt Reynolds country-and-western movie. Like their musical counterparts, these bumpkin epics (Gator and W. W. and the Dixie Dancekings) deal in broad comedy and simple emotions. Generally they just place their hero in one or more fast-moving vehicles while motivating one or more square characters to give chase to him. Between crashes, Reynolds is given a series of wisecracks that establish his basic screen character-shrewd, laid-back, a tad reckless and a devil with women...