This week­end is the end of the annual Fun Frolic in Bloom­ing­ton. If you don’t know, the Fun Frolic is “a family-friendly Bloom­ing­ton tra­di­tion since 1957, the Fun Frolic fea­tures rides, games, amuse­ments and tra­di­tional car­ni­val food. Pro­ceeds ben­e­fit Big Broth­ers Big Sis­ters of South Cen­tral Indi­ana and IU Child Care.”

What some might not have known is that John Mel­len­camp used the Fun Frolic as the set­ting for his 1985 music video for “Lonely Ol’ Night” (embed­ding was dis­abled :( )

Some­thing cool I learned yes­ter­day from my mom is that my Uncle Ray is actu­ally in the video! Check him and his then-girlfriend out at around 2:46

My Uncle Ray makes a cameo in a John Mellencamp video

My Uncle Ray makes a cameo in a John Mel­len­camp video

I thought it was a lit­tle trivia that should be shared with the world. I don’t know how I never heard about the Fun Frolic until this year or how I’d gone my entire life with­out know­ing my uncle was in a music video!