Florida News Service Segment: Governor Bob Graham's Christmas Funnies, 1983

Carols

Christmas

Wit and humor

Florida Workdays

Lee Mainella reports about Governor Bob Graham's sense of humor behind the scenes. There is footage of Graham humming Christmas carols with the press corps while he's filming his annual holiday message for news stations across the state. Graham also jokingly gives an impromptu sales pitch for his book "Workdays: Finding Florida on the Job" (1978).

Florida News Service

Channel 4 News Service

State Archives of Florida, Collection N2003-2

1983-12

Mainella, Lee, 1945-1999

video recordings (physical artifacts)

Moving Image

n2003-2_video001_025

/fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnailsnew/n2003-2_video001_025.jpg

Graham, Bob (Daniel Robert), 1936-2024

Florida--Governor (1979-1987 : Graham)

Florida. Cabinet

0:01:25

n2003-2/n2003-2_video001_025.mp4

Tallahassee (Fla.)

Leon County (Fla.)

In 1977, state legislator and relatively unknown gubernatorial candidate, Bob Graham, created campaign publicity by undertaking a series of 100 "workdays." Throughout 1977 and 1978, Graham worked all sorts of jobs from lobster fisher, mullet gutter, shrimper and dive boat operator to short order cook, bellhop, social worker and plumber. His final job before the 1978 election was as a housewife. The experience converted Graham from a candidate with zero name recognition (and few supporters) to Florida's next governor. In 1978, Graham published an account of his experiences in "Workdays: Finding Florida on the Job."

Politics And Government