Approximately 3,000 people turned out to celebrate Tom Green and Glenn Humplick Day.
Following a parade through Dave's Alley, the crowd gathered in the Horizon Convention Center where Mayor Dan Canan declared Sept. 17, 2003, to be Tom Green and Glenn Humplick Day. Canan then presented Green with a key to the city.
"The key to the city is given as a symbolic gesture for good will and thanking them for their time to visit our city," Canan said.
Canan did admit, however, that he had never heard of Green before Ball State alumnus Joe Whetsel approached him.
The parade was led by Green and Canan. Muncie Southside's Spirit of South Marching Band followed.
Assistant Band Director John Clark said the 70 marching-band members had the chance to meet Green before the parade.
"He was very nice and didn't even eat any mice," Clark said.
Director of Downtown Development Brian Lough said there were 25 entries for the parade.
Among the entrants were the "Tom and Glenn's Funcies Float Crew," who created a float of Green's head.
"When I was a young boy, all I wanted was a parade," Green said. "Muncie, Indiana, you made my dream come true."
This is the first time Muncie has had a parade down Dave's Alley and the first parade that has attracted such a young crowd, Lough said.
The parade also included a camel, horses and numerous children with green hair.
"We have had the happiest two days of our lives," Green said. "From the midget wrestling at Dill Street Bar to being attacked by police dogs to the parade with the camels and horses."
Green and Humplick spent the day with Sheriff George Sheridan, who made them honorary deputies.
"We had a good time today with Sheriff Sheridan," Green said. "We got to dispose of a bomb. It was very exciting."
As an honorary deputy, Green was given a police car, which he drove through campus, he said.
The parade, the key to the city and the naming of Green and Humplick as deputies were all promised to Green and Humplick in the winning video created by Ball State alumni Andy Bell, Jason Harris and Whetsel and senior telecommunications major David Plough.
"Joe Whetsel has been a force of nature like I've never experienced before in my life," Green said.
"I can't say enough times how pleasurable of an experience this has been, and we really did enjoy being here in Muncie," Green said. "We've been here for 24 hours, and already it feels like we've been here for at least 48 to 72 hours. That's how at home we feel."
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