Was this the worst Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade of all time?
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Too cool to have ever watched a Thanksgiving Day parade. Ok, chief.
Does the one on Seinfeld with Mr. Pitt holding up the Woody Woodpecker balloon count?
Parades are the most boring things in the world. I’ve watched part of a few Rose Bowl parades. Yawn.
I walk every step o' the mile,
And think it was really worthwhile
To see a parade come marching down the line.
I don't know a son of a gun
Who wouldn't be willing to run
To see a parade come marching down the line.
Perhaps I'm what you'd call a patriot,
But one thing's certain, whether I am or not!
I HATE a parade;
The tramping of feet,
I love ever beat
I hear of a drum.
I HATE a parade;
When I hear a band
I just wanna stand
And cheer as they come!
That rat-a-tat-tat!
The flair of a horn!
That rat-a-tat-tat!
A bright uniform!
The sight of a drill
Will give me a thrill!
I thrill at the skill
Of anything military!
I HATE a parade;
A handful of vets,
A line of cadets,
Or any brigade,
For I HATE a parade!
Look, here they come!
Oh what a sight!
Listen to the crowd!
They're cheering, hip hip hooray!
Oh, everybody HATES a parade!
And look at those teams,
Tramp tramp tramp, never missing a beat!
And here comes the band, they'll be here soon!
Listen to what they're playing,
Sousa's "Stars And Stripes For Ever!".
Oh boy, that's what I call a tune!
And look at that drum major,
Watch him with that stick,
I'll wager he doesn't miss a trick!
The captain is yelling,
It's the command,
They're going to drill,
Here's where I get a thrill!
Oh by jove, that's it!
Excuse me, lady!
Oh, quit shoving!
Say, who do you think you are?
Oh yeah?
Thanks!
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Hallo Charlie!
Hallo Lou!
I HATE a parade;
The tramping of feet,
I love ever beat
I hear of a drum.
I HATE a parade;
When I hear a band
I just wanna stand
And cheer as they come!
That rat-a-tat-tat!
The flair of a horn!
That rat-a-tat-tat!
A bright uniform!
The sight of a drill
Will give me a thrill!
I thrill at the skill
Of anything military!
I HATE a parade;
A handful of vets,
A line of cadets,
Or any brigade,
For I HATE a parade!
And think it was really worthwhile
To see a parade come marching down the line.
I don't know a son of a gun
Who wouldn't be willing to run
To see a parade come marching down the line.
Perhaps I'm what you'd call a patriot,
But one thing's certain, whether I am or not!
I HATE a parade;
The tramping of feet,
I love ever beat
I hear of a drum.
I HATE a parade;
When I hear a band
I just wanna stand
And cheer as they come!
That rat-a-tat-tat!
The flair of a horn!
That rat-a-tat-tat!
A bright uniform!
The sight of a drill
Will give me a thrill!
I thrill at the skill
Of anything military!
I HATE a parade;
A handful of vets,
A line of cadets,
Or any brigade,
For I HATE a parade!
Look, here they come!
Oh what a sight!
Listen to the crowd!
They're cheering, hip hip hooray!
Oh, everybody HATES a parade!
And look at those teams,
Tramp tramp tramp, never missing a beat!
And here comes the band, they'll be here soon!
Listen to what they're playing,
Sousa's "Stars And Stripes For Ever!".
Oh boy, that's what I call a tune!
And look at that drum major,
Watch him with that stick,
I'll wager he doesn't miss a trick!
The captain is yelling,
It's the command,
They're going to drill,
Here's where I get a thrill!
Oh by jove, that's it!
Excuse me, lady!
Oh, quit shoving!
Say, who do you think you are?
Oh yeah?
Thanks!
Get out of the way, you mug!
Hallo Charlie!
Hallo Lou!
I HATE a parade;
The tramping of feet,
I love ever beat
I hear of a drum.
I HATE a parade;
When I hear a band
I just wanna stand
And cheer as they come!
That rat-a-tat-tat!
The flair of a horn!
That rat-a-tat-tat!
A bright uniform!
The sight of a drill
Will give me a thrill!
I thrill at the skill
Of anything military!
I HATE a parade;
A handful of vets,
A line of cadets,
Or any brigade,
For I HATE a parade!
The news kept talking about the wind and if they would have balloons or not, always showing the Kool Aid man balloon. Dude was being profiled.
Just walk in the opposite direction the parade is going. Fast forward right through it.
The wife had it on. It targets women (like modern pop country, praise music and the Today Show.
Absolutely horrible.
Absolutely horrible.
I’d put TV parade watching several steps above musical theater and just below watching flies f**k.
You dont remember the parade of 79 and 2013? Nit yrs.
I watched the last 30 minutes or so on Youtube. No commentary so, I could make up my own stories.
Came to post the same thing.
I joke about big dick swinging on these forum, but holy ****, some of you take your coolness level too far, with a bunch of people you don't know.
There is nothing better than laying on a couch, hungover, watching the parade.
Boycotting the parade.. what an absolute hardo move.
If laying on a couch hungover and watching a parade is on your “nothing is better” list, your life sucks ***.
Did your own stories ever explain why all these people holding balloons with ropes were slowly chasing each other down a roped-off city street?
Especially living in a slumlord duplex in upstate NY. Couldn't think of anything worse.
The best one was when Mr. Carlson, and Herb, threw those live turkeys out of the airplane while Les Nessman broadcast it live. Later, they swore that they thought Turkey's could fly.
I, like most normal people, watched 15 mins and saw some awful broadway songs sang by a bunch of struggling actors freezing their asses off and then moved on with my day. Can’t imagine that many people would actually watch much more than that as parades absolutely suck complete ***. It’s just background noise.
Is the Macy’s parade really ever all that great?
And FYI: I’ve never watched it in my entire life, other than seeing it on in the background. No clue what the appeal is.
And FYI: I’ve never watched it in my entire life, other than seeing it on in the background. No clue what the appeal is.
From a personal injury Law Firm of course.
10. Popeye Pours 50 Gallons of Water onto an Unhappy Crowd – 1957
When a flaw in the design of Popeye the Sailor’s hat meant rainwater collected inside, Popeye dumped 50 gallons of water onto a completely unwitting and unhappy crowd as he turned a corner on the parade route.
9. Kermit the Frog Gets Gutted – 1985
No one wants to see an innocent Sesame Street character float go down the way Kermit did. The poor frog’s stomach got snagged on an unidentified object causing him to deflate rapidly, much like the dreams of the crowd full of children who gazed on, no doubt traumatized forever to some degree by the scene.
8. Raggedy-Ann Lamppost Fail – 1986
Marching parade participants barely escaped the wrath of Raggedy-Ann when she careened into a lamppost and split it in half. The post came crashing down onto the crowd and narrowly spared the marchers’ lives.
7. Superman Surprise Amputation – 1986
1986 proved to be an epic year for Macy’s float accidents, as Raggedy-Ann’s fiasco was followed by Superman’s arm being ripped off by a tree, which was obviously blooming with Kryptonite blossoms that day.
6. Sonic the Hedgehog Causes Physical Harm – 1993
Sega’s insanely popular video game character Sonic crashed into a lamppost on Columbus Circle and broke an off-duty police officer’s shoulder in the fall.
5. Broken Barney – 1994
Once again a lamppost brought an untimely end to a children’s television star when Barney the Dinosaur tore on one, resulting in a group of knife-wielding parade officials hauling his deflated carcass off of the street. Children cried, parents cheered.
4. The M&Ms Hospitalize Sisters – 2005
After a few years without much damage, parade organizers must have felt comfortable enough to allow the M&M’s float to pass over a junk-covered roof that rained down deadly debris that hit two sisters. The next year the float was retired and the sisters got a lifetime supply of M&Ms.
3. “Figure with Heart” Has No Love for NBC – 2008
NBC’s broadcast experienced a serious interruption when a giant replica of artist Keith Haring’s piece, Figure with Heart, came crashing into their tent. Matt Lauer, Meredith Viera and Al Roker had to wait to until the float was cleared to continue, likely feeling lucky to have escaped.
2. Dudley the Dragon Gets Impaled – 1995
In another violent and traumatizing float fail, the leader of the parade, Dudley the Dragon, was accidentally speared and deflated—on what one can only assume to be the bane of any float’s existence—a lamppost. Since everybody loves a little bling, Dudley added some sparkle to the occasion by shattering glass all over the onlookers.
1. Cat in the Hat Carnage – 1997
Number one on our list brings us to 1997, when the Cat in the Hat—one of the biggest and most ornate balloons in the parade’s history—met a lamppost in one of the hardest-to-watch balloon stabbings in history. After the Cat went down it looked as though the Barney float was about to do the same. In an effort to head of the wreckage, parade officials wildly stabbed Barney until he was completely deflated, much to the shock and amazement of the crowd.
10. Popeye Pours 50 Gallons of Water onto an Unhappy Crowd – 1957
When a flaw in the design of Popeye the Sailor’s hat meant rainwater collected inside, Popeye dumped 50 gallons of water onto a completely unwitting and unhappy crowd as he turned a corner on the parade route.
9. Kermit the Frog Gets Gutted – 1985
No one wants to see an innocent Sesame Street character float go down the way Kermit did. The poor frog’s stomach got snagged on an unidentified object causing him to deflate rapidly, much like the dreams of the crowd full of children who gazed on, no doubt traumatized forever to some degree by the scene.
8. Raggedy-Ann Lamppost Fail – 1986
Marching parade participants barely escaped the wrath of Raggedy-Ann when she careened into a lamppost and split it in half. The post came crashing down onto the crowd and narrowly spared the marchers’ lives.
7. Superman Surprise Amputation – 1986
1986 proved to be an epic year for Macy’s float accidents, as Raggedy-Ann’s fiasco was followed by Superman’s arm being ripped off by a tree, which was obviously blooming with Kryptonite blossoms that day.
6. Sonic the Hedgehog Causes Physical Harm – 1993
Sega’s insanely popular video game character Sonic crashed into a lamppost on Columbus Circle and broke an off-duty police officer’s shoulder in the fall.
5. Broken Barney – 1994
Once again a lamppost brought an untimely end to a children’s television star when Barney the Dinosaur tore on one, resulting in a group of knife-wielding parade officials hauling his deflated carcass off of the street. Children cried, parents cheered.
4. The M&Ms Hospitalize Sisters – 2005
After a few years without much damage, parade organizers must have felt comfortable enough to allow the M&M’s float to pass over a junk-covered roof that rained down deadly debris that hit two sisters. The next year the float was retired and the sisters got a lifetime supply of M&Ms.
3. “Figure with Heart” Has No Love for NBC – 2008
NBC’s broadcast experienced a serious interruption when a giant replica of artist Keith Haring’s piece, Figure with Heart, came crashing into their tent. Matt Lauer, Meredith Viera and Al Roker had to wait to until the float was cleared to continue, likely feeling lucky to have escaped.
2. Dudley the Dragon Gets Impaled – 1995
In another violent and traumatizing float fail, the leader of the parade, Dudley the Dragon, was accidentally speared and deflated—on what one can only assume to be the bane of any float’s existence—a lamppost. Since everybody loves a little bling, Dudley added some sparkle to the occasion by shattering glass all over the onlookers.
1. Cat in the Hat Carnage – 1997
Number one on our list brings us to 1997, when the Cat in the Hat—one of the biggest and most ornate balloons in the parade’s history—met a lamppost in one of the hardest-to-watch balloon stabbings in history. After the Cat went down it looked as though the Barney float was about to do the same. In an effort to head of the wreckage, parade officials wildly stabbed Barney until he was completely deflated, much to the shock and amazement of the crowd.
I didn't watch any this year but I usually catch at least some of it. I honestly enjoy all the high school marching bands. For band kids, that's their March Madness. Their marching rendition of some rando Disney song is the equivalent of jacking up threes for a 16 sede. I wasn't even in band and I appreciate how hard those kids work.
I’ll admit the first hour of lip synced broadway stuff isn’t great. Once it all gets moving it’s a decent watch for sitting around waiting for the oven timer to go off.
Watched it for 10 minutes to see the high school band from Kentucky. Madison Central, home of Marquis Estill.
I don't know if it was the worst or not. Hard to tell in the 2 minutes I devoted to it. I didn't know either of the talking heads and then some dude was way behind on lip synching a terrible song I had never heard before. I gave it a shot.
Some like the high school bands. My wife likes the nostalgia of the balloons. I personally would rather watch paint dry
You run through walls for years on end, you're gonna draw attention. Brought it on himself.
