4th Annual LIVE Blog of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Thanks for Visiting: Below is the archive of the 4th Annual Live Blog of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (11/27/08; 9am-12pm). Thanks for visiting; we will see you next year! Happy Thanksgiving.

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9:02AM: Happy Thanksgiving; those are some freaky looking clowns behind that head parade guy. I dig Al Roker. And the parade ribbon is cut! Let's have a parade, folks.

9:04AM: Just heard that Rick Astley, the guy in the Rick-roll videos, is going to be on in the Parade. I am also siked for the Smurf floating character!

9:08am: First commercial break. Let's sip some coffee.

9:11am: I'll be turning on the webcam here in a bit. Stay posted.

9:12am: The Parade arrives in Herald Square in 48-minutes. I am jazzed for these Broadway plays. Hurry up!

9:18am: Miley (mega star now, but be for long because she will be passe' here in a few minutes because Disney won't be able to make money off of her image) Cyrus is coming up later in the parade. Al Roker is the man.

9:21am: I don't know how to explain this, but I miss Katie Couric next to Matt Lauer. Hmmm, what could this be: A "White Chrsitmas" broadway play? Not too bad. *gasp*

9:34am: Parade arrives in Herald Square in 20mins! Awww yeahhh.

9:38am: Commercial break and time to grab some breakfast. THE WEBCAM IS BROADCASTING, BABY!

9:49am: Welcome back, says Matt. The Rockettes are on!!!!!!!

9:51am: Whatever happened to those sweet santa/Rockette outfits? These look like jammies. Now, that is what I am talking about: the Rockette kick!

9:55am: YEAH! The Parade is in Herald Square! Let's have a PARADE, BABY! I am kinda excited. It is just not Thanksgiving with out those Macy's Stars.

9:56am: Hmmmm, Soul Tigers? This might be good.

9:57am: Tom Turkey makes an appearance! It is truly a parade now!

9:58am: Looks like that Papa Pilgrim guy is going to loose his head. Might need to lay off the firewater.

10:00am: I think James Taylor was actually singing and not lip-syncing. James Taylor rocks! Thanks to the Catholic Guy for watching the webcam: enjoy that pizza.

10:06am: Yes! Snoopy and batons... a wonderful combination.

Meredith says Snoopy is snooping around.

Lame joke count: 2. It is two because I remember another one earlier. It was there, and it was lame.

10:08am: Wow, that is a large marching band!

10:09am: James Taylor was really singing; I think that Miley Cyrus is faking it!

10:10am: I love those people dancing with those street signs. So yeah..... I have a street sign and I am on tv.... ok..... yeah.... this is cool. Dance, dance, .....

10:16am: Gotta love the Hawaiians. Shantel! Who is this?

10:18am: Why is the Noagales marching band running? Digging the Mambo jam.

10:19am: An a-DORA-ble character enters Herald Square. Wow; there was like 3 lame jokes with the Spanish/Dora the Explorer float.

Lame joke count: 5... no 7... let's add a few more in there for good measure.

10:22am: Alex B. watching the webcam says: "i SAW HER FALL!" when speaking on Shantel. I didn't see her!

10:24am: Yeah.... represent Ohio! Strongsville, baby!

10:25am: Still alive and kicking... I have to admit I still have a special place in my heart for Sesame St. I don't think that Chinese guy is playing that yellow piano. Yeah, Oscar the Grouch!

10:28am: Something is creepy about Meredith saying: "That is so magic." So, Matt Lauer's theme song is: "Let's Get Crazy?" What the......

10:29am: Not some more weird Asian stuff! I just don't like Hello Kitty.

10:30am: My Princes Academy? And who are these girls... Clique Girls? I think we have hit a new low....

--- HALFWAY THROUGH THE PARADE---

10:35am: Circus wagon? Oh, no, no, no.... not Grandma the Clow; I can't sleep tonight. I wouldn't mind taking a ride in the Nutmobile.

10:36am: Sarah, who is watching the webcam, says: "i met mr. peanut you know."

10:37am: This hippie float is full of wig donning suburbanites. And, why is Babe Ruth swinging out of the Empire State Building? For the love of pete, NOT RONALD MCDONALD.

Lame joke count: 9. There were a few punny jokes from Matt and Meredith.

10:42am: I think I am mildly disturbed by the Wade in the Water bit. It looks like they are in a slow convulsion.

10:44am: Finally, Al as joined the group.... looks like the group almost got nailed by a floating balloon. I hope to see a replay of that! PushPlay? I am so enthralled, that I just bought their albums off of Amazon.

10:48am: Adena Menzel.. that sounds like a disease. "Awww man, I have a bad case of Adena Menzel!"

10:50am: Pokemon/Pikachu?! I thought that he was dead. Time to grab some more coffee.

10:53am: Vince walked away... this is Alex. Posting away. Ummmmm... This is stressful trying to post under the gun like this!

10:56am: Holy cow... we all just got Rick Rolled. Rick Astley rules.

10:57am: Aaron R. wacthing the webcam says: "america just got rick rolled." Much agreed: class act Macy's.

11:00am: Finally, the Mike Miller Dance team makes an appearance. I was getting worried! 1 HOUR LEFT IN THE PARADE!

11:05am: Still getting over the fact that America just got Rick Rolled. What was that? A giant-headed Mark Twain?!

11:09am: Sponge Bob needs some Botox. The Jimmy Dean Shine on Float? This is new.

11:12am: I think that I will count one of those Arrr, ye matey quotes from Meredith V. as a lame joke. LAME JOKE COUNT: 10!\

11:17am: Yes, I was just singing Rainbow Connection! Kermit the Frog rules! Hello Willamsburg!

11:21am: Just got an e-mail from Beth: "Some Twilight fangirls might disagree with your friend's assessment that nobody likes Indians...what with that whole 'Team Jacob' thing and all..." Thanks for the e-mail Beth!

11:22am: Got a chat from Tim C. "I also disagree with that racist girl you have on your webcam." Thanks for watching, folks.

11:26am: What? Some marching drones of corporate America? This is kinda scary but cool at the same time.

11:29am: What?! A huge slobbering pooch floating above Harold Square?! Look out, waves of slobber are coming down!

11:30am: 30 minutes left in the parade... this has been fun! Comments: vincetornero@gmail.com Happy Thanksgiving!

11:34pm: Chloe the Holiday Clown? Clowns are never fun, plus this one is a little plump.

11:36pm: How many 14-year-old stars from Disney can we have?! Matt says the other character's are green with envy due to the large Shrek float.

LAME JOKE COUNT: 11.

11:40am: 20 minutes left in the parade! Having a great time!

11:42am: Some of these marching bands are a little odd: why are they tossing around wooden rifles?! Yes: I love Horton Hears a Who! "A person's a person... not matter how small."

11:44am: It is that annoying voice from the Wicked play. It just has that shrill nasal that slices into the caverns of annoyance. Just got his from Alex B: "I hate THESE POP DIVA"S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

11:48am: Yes!!!!! There is Kermit! Gotta love him.

11:50am: WHAT! I believe in Santa Claus? This is a little sacrilegious. Like Santa is some... haha... oh boy... I don't know what to think!

11:52am: What?! Andy Williams doesn't look so hot. It is nice to see this guy, but makeup on old guys doesn't look so good. I have a hunch that he is not singing this.

11:54am: That was odd.... strange some sort of hickup there. Santa is coming......

11:55am: SANTA IS ENTERING HERALD SQUARE!

11:56am: There is that jolly old man!

11:58am: Wrapping up the parade... good parade, good parade. That is right Al: thanks to the troops protecting our freedoms! God bless them all.

12:00pm: And the parade comes to and end....

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