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Macys Thanksgiving Day parade
Posted on 11/28/24 at 9:25 am
Posted on 11/28/24 at 9:25 am
I’m a sucker for tradition so I still watch for some reason. .
CBS is not covering it after 70 years. NBCs coverage still sucks a-hole. Apparently NBC will have to pay out the arse to maintain official rights to broadcast and they may not do it. Macys is close to a 10 year low financially so who knows what’s going to happen to it.
Some of the broadway performances have been live and not lip sync so I appreciate that.
It’s raining its arse off so they are not showing the crowd. Cold and wet has to suck arse.
CBS is not covering it after 70 years. NBCs coverage still sucks a-hole. Apparently NBC will have to pay out the arse to maintain official rights to broadcast and they may not do it. Macys is close to a 10 year low financially so who knows what’s going to happen to it.
Some of the broadway performances have been live and not lip sync so I appreciate that.
It’s raining its arse off so they are not showing the crowd. Cold and wet has to suck arse.
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Posted on 11/28/24 at 10:48 am to Purple Spoon
Fox showed the Houston parade it was better to me.
Posted on 11/28/24 at 10:56 am to Purple Spoon
Posted on 11/28/24 at 11:12 am to Purple Spoon
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CBS is not covering it after 70 years.
I was wondering WTF. CBS normally started a little later than NBC so you didn’t have to watch at 730am.
quote:This is going to be an issue. They have a big scandal and delayed their 3q reports. I’m guessing it’s really really bad and they didn’t want that to be the story before the parade.
Macys is close to a 10 year low financially so who knows what’s going to happen to it.
Posted on 11/28/24 at 12:18 pm to AtticusOSullivan
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Fox showed the Houston parade it was better to me.
That sounds awful. No thanks.
Posted on 11/28/24 at 12:24 pm to Froman
Watching a parade that barely qualifies as a parade (compared to LA parades) doesn’t appeal to me. But we are at my in-laws and had it on and I finally turned it off when they had some gay black dude in a tiny Speedo. I don’t need my five year old seeing that shite. So I put on Charlie Brown Thanksgiving instead.
Posted on 11/28/24 at 12:26 pm to CocomoLSU
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I don’t need my five year old seeing that shite. So I put on Charlie Brown Thanksgiving instead.
And how many people involved in the parade absolutely loathe straight Christian males? My guess is the majority.
This post was edited on 11/28/24 at 12:27 pm
Posted on 11/28/24 at 12:54 pm to AtticusOSullivan
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Fox showed the Houston parade it was better to me.
I doubt that
Posted on 11/28/24 at 1:18 pm to Purple Spoon
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Macys Thanksgiving Day parade
I've never understood the draw that it has. Well, any parade, for that matter. Think I'd just as soon check out a sod farm live cam.
Posted on 11/28/24 at 4:08 pm to Arkapigdiesel
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I've never understood the draw that it has. Well, any parade, for that matter. Think I'd just as soon check out a sod farm live cam.
Not to get sappy on everyone but every Thanksgiving for years we would go to our deer camp, hunt that morning and then watch the parade at our crappy run down deer camp on a 13 inch black and white tv with rabbit ears. Eat lunch hunt the evening and go home to the rest of family to eat thanksgiving supper.
Watching the parade for just a few minutes every year keeps flashes of those fading memories alive. And it feels good.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
Posted on 11/29/24 at 7:21 am to Purple Spoon
I'm also a sucker for this tradition and watch it every year. Mainly, I want to see the balloons, floats, and Santa!
A few years ago, while spending Thanksgiving in Oklahoma, I didn't have access to NBC or CBS. I then Googled alternative ways to possibly watch. Damn! I found out that multiple YouTube channels broadcast the parade without all the commentary, Broadway BS, lip syncing pop stsrs, and full-blown marching band sets. I can see all the balloons, floats, and Santa in 40-45 mins! And I've done that for 4 years now.
A few years ago, while spending Thanksgiving in Oklahoma, I didn't have access to NBC or CBS. I then Googled alternative ways to possibly watch. Damn! I found out that multiple YouTube channels broadcast the parade without all the commentary, Broadway BS, lip syncing pop stsrs, and full-blown marching band sets. I can see all the balloons, floats, and Santa in 40-45 mins! And I've done that for 4 years now.
This post was edited on 12/7/24 at 6:28 am
Posted on 11/29/24 at 8:03 am to Purple Spoon
For the wife it's such a tradition that she doesn't feel like Christmas season has started until Santa closes down the Macy's parade. For me? Meh.
All that said, it seems the parade has waned a bit over the years. Maybe it's just my memory fading as I get older but it seems that the parade used to be longer, have more balloons and the musical/broadway acts were whatever was the current rage (Cats, Book of Mormon, etc) instead of just the newest play or some relatively new and unknown singer.
All that said, it seems the parade has waned a bit over the years. Maybe it's just my memory fading as I get older but it seems that the parade used to be longer, have more balloons and the musical/broadway acts were whatever was the current rage (Cats, Book of Mormon, etc) instead of just the newest play or some relatively new and unknown singer.
Posted on 11/30/24 at 10:20 pm to Purple Spoon
I'm convinced that people still watch this event just to revisit their parents' sadistic behavior on their own children.
Posted on 12/1/24 at 10:08 am to Purple Spoon
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Some of the broadway performances have been live and not lip sync so I appreciate that.
I saw some of it and the songs were lip synced. Which ones were live?
Posted on 12/1/24 at 2:42 pm to lsufan9193969700
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multiple YouTube channels broadcast the parade without all the commentary, Broadway BS, lip syncing pop stsrs, and full-blown marching band sets. I can see all the balloons, floats, and Sants in 40-45 mins!
Well shite. Maybe next year.
Posted on 12/1/24 at 6:49 pm to AtticusOSullivan
30th anniversary of the Barney blowup at the Macy's parade. The horror!
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