Christ, we’re suffering through yet another Thanksgiving Day parade with lame talent. These little “skits” from Broadway, I WAG, really suck. I blame reality TV where Hollywood (and NY) writers have forgotten how to write! Christ, how we suffer for this crap!
What if they threw a parade and no one came? We can only hope! :rolleyes:
I can’t watch anymore because the commentators always irritate me to tears. Just let the parade happen! When I can’t hear the marching band because they’re so busy talking about the marching band, something is wrong.
After 3 different broadway show scenes in a row, I had to shut it off. I don’t remember it ever being that bad when I was a kid.
Believe me, us Broadway people over at [All That Chat](All That Chat) are pretty bored too. Bad lineup this year. Somebody over there is asking what the difference is between these new shows and Busch Gardens! That Polar Express thing almost made the Rockettes look bad–fortunately that’s impossible.
Dilemma, dilemma–the CBS commentary is relatively smarter and they actually talk about how big the balloons are, the training of the clowns, etc. But NBC is the ‘official’ station and they’re the ones that the acts perform for, etc. and their commentary is sooooo stupid.
I’m not going downtown this year but I was at the Great Inflation Party last night, walking around to see the balloons in bondage–I mean, inflated and tied down with their nets, noses or beaks or whatever to the ground. 
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Aw man, that ‘Walk Like an Egyptian’ was sooo bad.
Well, so far the band from Ohio and the one that had bagpipes and kilts have made me happy.
Is this the first time they have had a black Rockette? I thought that the novelty of the Rockettes was that they all looked exactly alike: Hair, height, weight, everything. I always thought that they had strict regulations on appearance…am I just remembering wrong?
Deborah Voigt was soooo cool.
Whoops, I’m about ten miles away from the Parade and the weather seems to be turning bad here. Fast.
The parade is on time for change–there’s been times when I’ve been at 65th St. I haven’t seen it until 9:45! At least the balloons have reached Herald Square in time to be deflated. I chatted with some balloon wranglers last night and it only takes about a half hour to deflate them–packing them up takes a bit longer. They are so flat and shapeless when they’re deflated, you can’t tell what they are unless they’ve set up the instruction sheet they all have (“Point head towards Park, unroll legs, inflate hands, then arms, then left foot, right foot, body to 50%, cape overlay, body to 85%”…it’s complicated!)
The Jimmy Neutron was new last year, wasn’t it? Is it OK? It’s not here.
Mr. Monopoly coming! My favorite! And really cute lying down with his nose and moneybags to the ground on 81st Street.
As for the Rockettes, they didn’t have any black ones for just that reason until the mid-70s, I think. I guess they decided that it was bothering people too much and they should be more inclusive.
There is no parade: Just an endless stream of corporate plugs.
The problem with that theory is:
Yeah…the Spider-Man balloon hasn’t been the same since the clone scandal. 
Not as bad as the musical act with the conjoined twins singing We Share Everything a few years ago. (God, I wish I was making that up.)
My friend works on the parade and he said that most of it is written by the publicists which is probably why it is so dreadfully boring. He calls it a “three hour commercial.”
Yep yep yep.
Unfortunately, it’s barely tailored to look like anything other than an issue of People Magazine writ large over x number of NY City blocks.
The Macy’s parade is practically the one time of the year I hear what’s playing on Broadway. Unfortunately, I don’t give a rat’s ass what’s playing on Broadway.
But I like marching bands. But I don’t like lip-syncing pop-singers on floats. So…that’s why I don’t like the Macy’s parade.
“Not as bad as the musical act with the conjoined twins singing We Share Everything a few years ago. (God, I wish I was making that up.)”
Holy crap, is there video or pics of this? Talk about parade madness!
Can I plug that she’s singing with us on the 16th of next month? 
And yeah, I did run to ATC to see what everyone thought of the three B’way performances. Crap-tastic.
I’ve never watched the parade on TV, so I can’t relate to the complaints. However, I have seen at least 30 of the Macy’s parades in person (inlcuidng this year’s), and they’ve always been fun. Indeed, the ONLY problem with seeing the parades in person is that the crowds get bigger and bigger each year, and even earlybirds can’t get close enough to the street for a good view.
So, to those hoping the crowds will shrivel up and stop attending… fat chance!