Macy's Parade - sucks

[SteveC]

I'm trying to watch the parade with my 3 year old daughter and all I can think is how lame this has gotten over the years. I remember 20 years ago when you actually saw floats, balloons and bands. Now all you see are people lip syncing broadway tunes, the latest Disney pop "sensation" and a lot of Al. I miss the good old days of this parade. And how many commercials can you fit in 2 hours? I realize that everything about this is commercial and about money and Black Friday but can we leave profit out of it for just a couple hours.

Rant over.

[JimB52]

Neil Patrick Harris added a breath of freash air in the past, but he's gone, too.
I really enjoy hearing the ludicrious statistics on the few balloons they show on the broadcast.

[distortedbass93]

I totally agree with you guys, that parade sucked. These past parades keep getting worse and worse by the year.

[Georynn]

It sucked... but I actually thought Jimmy Fallon's performance with "The Roots" was pretty good... even though he has never been funny to me... that medley they did was fairly decent.

[elgecko]

Had you been there, you could've walked a bit faster in the same direction...it's like "fast forwarding" the parade. Whatever you do, don't walk at the same speed as the parade. If you do, the parade never changes.

[pablomago]

Is there real time streaming of the parade online? Seems like it'd be better then what little I saw when there weren't commercials. And the Pilsbury Doughboy balloon looked like it wasn't done yet. I know there's not much to it, but there wasn't even the coporate logo on his hat. Did they have the Bullwinkle balloon?

[XtreO]

Originally Posted by elgecko

Had you been there, you could've walked a bit faster in the same direction...it's like "fast forwarding" the parade. Whatever you do, don't walk at the same speed as the parade. If you do, the parade never changes.