Daily (more or less) commentary on news and events in Carbondale and the Southern Illinois region, with occasional excursions to other locales.
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Halloween Roadshow
Back in 1980, while Saturday Night Live was on hiatus, NBC replaced it with a travel series titled Roadshow. One of the episodes featured a segment on Carbondale's Halloween 1980 celebration with an appearance by John Candy. Here it is
Halloween is long gone and will never return despite yearnings from some in the community. It tuned into a drunken riot with massive property damage. Even if Delyte Morris could rise from the grave to restore SIUC's fortunes he would find a very different economic climate today. Both Halloween and SIUC's time has passed.
Halloween is long gone and will never return despite yearnings from some in the community. It tuned into a drunken riot with massive property damage. Even if Delyte Morris could rise from the grave to restore SIUC's fortunes he would find a very different economic climate today. Both Halloween and SIUC's time has passed.
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