DETROIT – Remember that time the gigantic “Chilly Willy” balloon escaped America’s Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit? Well, the winds are going to be back at it this year.
The time Chilly Willy escaped in 1990
Penguins are known for being flightless birds that, with rare exceptions, live in the Southern Hemisphere.
Contrary to popular belief, they prefer temperate climates, rather than artic or sub-artic. Part of the reason why we think of that is because of the Chilly Willy cartoons, which saw its titular character struggle to stay warm while living in Alaska, where he would regularly interact with polar bears and walruses.
This could be why when Chilly Willy took part in America’s Thanksgiving Parade in 1990, he, too, was confused and decided to do what we all dream of when overwhelmed: bail and run into the wilderness…