We couldn’t resist referring our readers to the entertaining new article entitled “10 Champaign-Urbana Stereotypes That Are Completely Accurate,” written by Brian Arthur and posted on Movoto.com. Arthur’s #7 selection particularly caught our eye (for obvious reasons)…
“The People Of Champaign-Urbana Are Kind Of In Love With Roger Ebert”
“Roger Ebert: longtime writer for the Chicago-Sun Times, but undisputedly a product of Champaign-Urbana.
Champaign-Urbana folks love to remind anyone and everyone that the Pulitzer Prize winning film critic was born in Urbana, wrote his first pieces for The News-Gazette while attending Urbana High School, and inked his first review for the Daily Illini while attending U of I.
These days, Champaign-Urbana people celebrate their favorite native son with the Ebertfest film festival, where a bronze statue of the local hero greets attendees.”
Click here to read the rest of the piece, which confirms the truth of other cherished stereotypes such as “Natives Are Total Deep Dish Pizza Snobs,” “Everybody Here Is A Complete Film Geek,” “Champaign-Urbana Folks Can Code You Under The Table.”
