Originally Posted By Darkbeer My Bald Spot was shown too many times in the show..... (Taking photos in front of the Emporium, LA Galaxy Shirt and Black Shorts.) Actually, I never knew my Bald Spot was that big until seeing it on TV! :O
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Rats, I wish I'd known. I saw the USC part tho, inbetween running back/forth to the kitchen to make dinner.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I had it on the DVR, it looked like you were a favorite for the close ups.
Originally Posted By Kala Wow you are on a lot that segment! Very Kewl! The next time I see you I'm asking for an autograph!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I actually just got to see it last night, since I had a flight early Christmas morning (plans changed last minute to avoid the blizzard in Minneapolis) out to San Fransisco for the Emerald Bowl, but I really enjoyed getting to be a part of the show. The show itself was pretty awful, with only the shortest possible bits of the parade included between the infomercials and guest artists, but it was good cheesy fun. I would have liked for the editors to be a little less ADD, since a lot of the floats and performers were lost in the quick shots. I'm also a little sad that the hosts talked over the whole parade, so you never really got to hear the parade's music, which is always a highlight to me. It was great to be a part of it, but I don't know if I'll watch it again next year. Even with fastforwarding through all the commericals and promo spots, it was still pretty painful to watch. And I'll sign autographs any time you want. Just make sure you have a photo of me kissing a baby to make it even more valuable. : )
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I hit fast forward for not only the commercials but also the Jonas Brothers, etc.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I did the same thing, and that was still a little tough to watch. If anybody missed it, it's up on Hulu now. It's about 5 minutes into the video at the link (after the ads at the beginning), and runs until about 6:20 into it. I'm the second trombone player that they show a close-up of, and then they show me again when we turn to condense the block into two lines. <a href="http://www.hulu.com/watch/117831/disney-parks-christmas-day-parade-disney-parks-christmas-day-parade-part-1" target="_blank">http://www.hulu.com/watch/1178...e-part-1</a>
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs I agree Ferret with your post #29; I remember when Joan Lunden hosted, she would do a quick gab about the float and let the magic do the rest; Regis would interview people on Main Street, then we'd get a couple of peeks at EPCOT and MGM, and also a sneak-peek at DL. I'm not a new fan of the blink-and-you'll-miss-it floats, nor the constant entertainment. Can someone confirm to me if the old parade was one hour long or two hours long?
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight FA, that was so cool. Thanks for posting the hulu feed for us to find you on. That was fun!
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE we can;t watch it cause we live in canada, hopefully they will see our interest and provide a feed for us, pout pout , they will, i can feel the magic coming thru one day soon : )
Originally Posted By FerretAfros "Can someone confirm to me if the old parade was one hour long or two hours long?" I don't know about what it was a long time ago, but I've been watching some portion of it for the last 5 or 6 years, and it's been 2 hours for that whole time. I wouldn't be surprised if when it first started (and they showed only the WDW, and it was live) if it was an hour, or even less. It seems that they could have fit this year's parade parts in a condensed show that was less than 10 minutes long. For a show called "Disney Parks Christmas Parade", there wasn't very much Christmas parade going on. And as much as the celeb acts did get old, I liked how they weren't just in front of the castle this year. I thought it was clever how they had the PATF song in New Orleans Square, and Celine Dion in the Grand Floridian, and that random guy on the Main Street Cinema marquee. Not that it made me want to watch them much more (with the exception of the PATF one that was really well done, IMO), but it did break up the monotony that they've had in the past.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs Ah, I was reading this on Wikipedia; I had forgotten that Alan Thicke co-hosted with Joan Lunden for many years. The article also said it used to be on CBS, which I don't recall...I think it's ALWAYS been on ABC. I'm old enough to remember the commercials for St. Kissimmee-St.Cloud, especially the one with the target and the arrows. In fact...that's the ONLY time you saw ads for that resort The article on Wiki also mentioned how the parade used to be shown live on Christmas...sigh... I remember the Country Bear Jamboree float, which had Big Al, Terrence/Shaker, LiverLips McGrowl and Wendell, the barnyard float with Clara Cluck, the riverboat float with the Brer Trio, an elaborate float for Alice and Pinocchio, the Babes in Toyland soldiers, the gingerbread men, the snowmen (and women), Raggedy Ann & Andy, and the reindeer with their tongues hanging out...
Originally Posted By Moondoggie Fight On, Trojans! As an SC alum I'm always stoked to see the Spirit of Troy, and seeing them in the Disneyland parade was a nice suprise! As for the footage, I spent 10 years as an Attractions Host at the park through the 80s and was involved in a number of filmings, and it is a pretty interesting process. Wasn't involved in any parade tapings, but the programs I was involved in were taped and when you saw the finished or edited project it would inevitably come out rather choppy and not include as much footage as it seemed it was during filming. There was a lot of that skipping around to different locations in the park.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 The link is down. I am still kicking myself for not getting up and setting the DVR the day Ferret first posted. I've tried to watch the show other years and agree about the choppiness, the unnecessary gabbing and the NEED to be able to zap to what you want to see.
