Look out for runaway balloons!! It's not quite as much fun since they got rid of so many of the tatty floats - but they have the Wiggles!
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Aside from the cold, the parade was quite good this year, far from scary. Here's a wrap-up from 1010 WINS.
quote:NEW YORK -- Charlie Brown floated for the first time and a Kermit the Frog balloon returned from a 12-year absence as an upbeat 76th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade distanced itself from the tragedies of 2001.
Well - Excuuuuse me! I was just trying to be hateful - and don't rain on my hateful parade with your positive reviews of the parade!!! (kidding - as you know)
I used to be thankful that the balloons were so reliably tatty - I'm telling you that Kermit balloon spent Demi Moore-like sums at an exclusive spa during the 12 years he was away. He's not fooling anyone!
I used to be thankful that the balloons were so reliably tatty - I'm telling you that Kermit balloon spent Demi Moore-like sums at an exclusive spa during the 12 years he was away. He's not fooling anyone!
weren' the wiggles there this year?
carn boys!
carn boys!
Yes, I saw the Wiggles!
I had to explain the concept of the Wiggles to my other half.
"The WIGGLES?"
"Yeah, they're a kids group..."
"Yeah, but, calling themselves the WIGGLES?!??"
"Oh, look, honey, they're aimed at the toddler market, okay?"
And yep what a whole lot of fun THAT was...
"The WIGGLES?"
"Yeah, they're a kids group..."
"Yeah, but, calling themselves the WIGGLES?!??"
"Oh, look, honey, they're aimed at the toddler market, okay?"
And yep what a whole lot of fun THAT was...
I was awestruck by the number of irrelevant floats and people they manage to put together every year...kind of like...
"...and here we have, strutting proudly down the avenue, a float depicting an entire flock of pink flamingoes, and wait, there's someone on top of the float with the flamingoes....hey! It's Marilyn Manson, going to share a holiday hit from the broadway musical 'Felching Under the Stairs.'"
"...and the next float looks like a big pizza with dancing pepperoni's and olives...sponsored by Buster Brown shoes and starring TV's Fred Savage!"
I struggled, I mean, REALLY struggled to find anything in the parade I thought was truly cool, not forced and not a marketing ploy. I liked the Dickens float with F. Murray Abraham as Scrooge, but only until I found out they were promoting a show....
Hey Macy's, here are some float ideas for next year that would be truly cool and/or amusing:
1. A Lord of the Rings float, complete with Hobbiton and a waterfall, sporting Elijah Wood, Liv Tyler, and Neil Finn and band playing their new holiday song.
2. A float that looks like a huge toilet, sponsored by Ty-D-Bol, with Chuck Woolery sitting on top of it, dressed as a captain, playing the Ty-D-Bol man and singing "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year."
3. A huge, mechanical Snuffle-upagus vehicle (or alternatively, the vacuum cleaner from the Teletubbies...) with a bunch of little kids on its back. No stars. Just little kids.
4. Pope John Paul II and his entourage, or some broadway people enacting him.
"...and here we have, strutting proudly down the avenue, a float depicting an entire flock of pink flamingoes, and wait, there's someone on top of the float with the flamingoes....hey! It's Marilyn Manson, going to share a holiday hit from the broadway musical 'Felching Under the Stairs.'"
"...and the next float looks like a big pizza with dancing pepperoni's and olives...sponsored by Buster Brown shoes and starring TV's Fred Savage!"
I struggled, I mean, REALLY struggled to find anything in the parade I thought was truly cool, not forced and not a marketing ploy. I liked the Dickens float with F. Murray Abraham as Scrooge, but only until I found out they were promoting a show....
Hey Macy's, here are some float ideas for next year that would be truly cool and/or amusing:
1. A Lord of the Rings float, complete with Hobbiton and a waterfall, sporting Elijah Wood, Liv Tyler, and Neil Finn and band playing their new holiday song.
2. A float that looks like a huge toilet, sponsored by Ty-D-Bol, with Chuck Woolery sitting on top of it, dressed as a captain, playing the Ty-D-Bol man and singing "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year."
3. A huge, mechanical Snuffle-upagus vehicle (or alternatively, the vacuum cleaner from the Teletubbies...) with a bunch of little kids on its back. No stars. Just little kids.
4. Pope John Paul II and his entourage, or some broadway people enacting him.
Heheee Heidi... indeed! You cracked me up there... ROTFLMAO
I agree wholeheartedly - I couldn't have put it nearly so well, however, as my ironic sense is dulled by cold and toothache...
indeed! You cracked me up there... ROTFLMAOI agree wholeheartedly - I couldn't have put it nearly so well, however, as my ironic sense is dulled by cold and toothache...