Originally Posted By wonderingalice Can't we just WATCH the parade? Please?? SHUT UP already... Just SHUT UP! *LOL*
Originally Posted By wonderingalice This isn't a parade... It's PR for New York, it's stage productions, Hollywood, record companies, NBC and Macy's. BAH... Shove the celebrities and newscasters... I want to see the bands, dance-drill teams and floats!
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Yep... A stage production, more 'promises' announced over footage of nothing... and straight to commercials. Arrgh. I feel like Charlie Brown.
Originally Posted By JohnS1 This is like part of a thread that just appeared out of nowhere. But I agree with you alice. Show tunes incessantly lip synched by nauseating dancers in tights while insipid tv personalities recite appalling puns and pretend to be enamored of the goings on in a cold city street has never been my idea of a parade.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice And isn't it just SO nice, John... To see celebrities talking about how excited THEY are to be there and SEE the parade?? Wish to heck WE were able to see it!
Originally Posted By JohnS1 I agree...and I'd talk more, but they're just about to do a number from the hit new musical "Schindler's List." Be back later!
Originally Posted By wonderingalice There's hope now... The parade just made it to Herald Square... I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the good stuff...
Originally Posted By JohnS1 This year Santa will sing along with hit teen singing sensation LaTremaine Shauntrel. I can't wait!
Originally Posted By TDLFAN hey, we got Neil Patrick Harris as a roving reporter on the CBS broadcast. It could have been worst.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice *LMAO* You guys! They did redeem themselves pretty well. It was a pretty good parade once it really got started. One thing... They need to provide better microphones/sound system to support the bands. Aside from that... I enjoyed the bands and dancers a lot.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice A lot of people, really! *L* Me, for one... Not bad for almost-49. I could lose some weight, but my face and the rest of my skin is in pretty nice condition, if I do say so myself. ;-) There are a lot of people in show business/music that look great. Madonna's my age and I'd kill to have that bod! Hall and Oates are 58 and 60, respectively. And actually... From these shots three years ago, they look pretty good. Must have been the hair yesterday... Oates REALLY needs to do something with his. *LOL* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/1777/Events/1777/HallOats_Grani_815898_400.jpg.html?hint=nm0643091" target="_blank">http://www.imdb.com/gallery/gr anitz/1777/Events/1777/HallOats_Grani_815898_400.jpg.html?hint=nm0643091</a>
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Was it me, or was the parade REALLY boring this year? They barely gave any time to performances...a minute at most, then commercials. It all just seemed so rushed and the floats, performances, and everything else just seemed...boring. The only good parts were the bands, but they didn't get enough time either.
Originally Posted By TheRedhead I haven't watched the parade in years, but thanks to tivo, I watched the whole thing with my parents. It's still soooooo boring. But it wasn't until the end that I realized that I wasn't watching Katie Couric. Meredith Viera looks and sounds just like her, right down to the awkward cadence of her awfully-read puns. And was it just me, or did the parade really look like a Salute to Business? I found it so bizarre watching a balloon of the Energizer Bunny going by. Because, you know, nothing captures the childlike joy and whimsy of the holidays like an enormous ad for batteries.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 I'm glad to find out that I'm not the only one who has lost interest in the parade. I was trying to explain to my son's girlfriend what it USED to be like. Marching bands, floats, balloons and a very occasional Rockette type number. I turned it off after the second screeching production number. That's when the conversation started. I guess I am officially an old fogey
