Talk:Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

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[edit] Rick Rolled

Macy's TDP Rick Rolled the entire TV audience for the 2008 Parade. Toastysoul (talk) 15:59, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sources for 2008

Someone has listed three new balloons for 2008. Is there a source for this? -- Radionate (talk) 15:57, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Date confusion

Article says first Macy parade was in 1929 but then goes on to discuss things happening in earlier years. What were the real years? How many years (and which) was the parade in NJ before moving to NY? WikiParker (talk) 16:59, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] balloons 2007

Someone put that a balloon for the tom cruise movie Valkyrie was ot debut this year. Looking at the official parade site [1] shows this to not be the case so i have deleted it —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.122.225.170 (talk) 17:55, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Participants, 2005

[edit] Balloons

BROADWAY SHOWS

CELEBRITIES, PERFORMING TALENT AND SPECIAL GUESTS

The Cast and Muppets™ of Sesame Street

SPECIAL CHARACTERS

FLOATS

  • *ecko's Expedition to Rhino Mountain
  • Amerada Hess Corporation's Bridge to the Future
  • Amica Insurance's American Classic Malt Shop
  • Barbie's™ The Magic of Pegasus
  • Build-A-Bear Workshop® Teddy Bear's Workshop
  • Cartoon Network's Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi™
  • Delta Air Lines Cornucopia Float
  • Discovery Kids' Tutenstein
  • Discovery Network's Animal Planet
  • Fisher-Price's® The Magic of Childhood
  • Georgia-Pacific's Dixie Krazy Kritters® Float
  • Hershey Foods Corporation's Kids' Candy Creation Lab
  • Macy's Tom Turkey Float
  • Mike Miller & Associates' Pep Rally Float
  • National Football League's Turkey Bowl Float
  • OK Centennial Commission's Oklahoma Rising!
  • Pillsbury's Holiday Lovin' Oven
  • Rocking Horse
  • Royal Caribbean International's® Voyage to Adventure
  • Santa's Sleigh with Mrs. Claus
  • Sesame Workshop's 1-2-3 Sesame Float
  • Soaring Spirit Canoe
  • The New York Daily News Big Apple Float
  • United States Postal Service's Spirit of America
  • Universal Orlando Resorts' Holiday Beat
  • Warner Bros.' The Polar Express®

MARCHING BANDS

PERFORMANCE GROUPS The Gym Dandies Children's Circus Hip Hop Kidz Lake Highland HS Wildcat Wranglers Mike Miller Dance Team The Red Hot Mamas Universal Cheerleaders Association & Universal Dance Association Cheerleaders

SPECIALTY VEHICLES Annheiser Busch Hitch & Clydesdales NYPD Motorcycles NYPD Mounted Unit Pikamobile Planters® Nut Mobile The Big Red Shoe Car™ with Ronald McDonald®, Birdie®, the Early Bird, Grimace®, and Hamburglar®

SPECIAL THANKS TO: THE AFFINIA HOTELS DELTA AIR LINES, The offical airline of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade® GMC, The offical truck of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade® REMO, provider of Parade drumheads RIHGA ROYAL, New York TIMBERLAND, The offical outerwear of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade® TORO and STORR Tractor

[edit] "Macy's Day Parade"

_ _ Unless they are being paid not to, New Yorkers say "Macy's Day Parade". Woody Allen, the quintessential New Yorker, had his own character in Broadway Danny Rose do so. Professional journalists covering it on the TV news do so. "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade" has 158,000 Google hits, but "Macy's Day Parade" gets 133,000 hits for written references. The formal NY Times, which still calls newsmakers "Mr. <surname>" in subsequent references, has "60 of about 79" for

"Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade" site:nytimes.com

but nevertheless one (4th 'graph) for

"Macy's Day Parade" site:nytimes.com

The hipper Village Voice has "11 of about 13" for the formal version, and "5 of 5" for

"Macy's Day Parade" site:villagevoice.com

Again, all of these written.
_ _ I've got no problem with the title being the formal version, but i'm adding

usually the "Macy's Day Parade" in informal contexts

and not only bcz the needed rdr requires it.
--Jerzy•t 17:51, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

We call it the "Macy's Parade". 24.4.131.142 05:07, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Partial rewrite

I've trimmed and rewritten some portions of the page. In some cases, there was a lot of detail that isn't necessary for an encyclopedia article (like the names of the organizers), and in others, the information didn't meet NPOV (e.g., the use of words like "sadly" and "unfortunately"). I think that the page is a much nicer read now. but I do welcome corrections/additions (just please don't wholesale-revert or undo it). —LrdChaos (talk) 17:18, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

I've just reverted the edits by Maxx151 and 70.23.21.115, citing the addition of NPOV, unencyclopedic material. I don't want it to seem like I'm protecting "my" version of the page, so I figure I should explain a little as why. (For ease of viewing, this is a diff between my original rewritten version and the last edit before my revert).
I don't think that we need a whole paragraph devoted to a book; the book is already mentioned in the references section, and that's all we need. This article is about the parade, not about the book.
Secondly, there's no reason to list the names of the people involved in organizing the parade, especially in the way that it's been done here (by saying that "under [their] leadership ... the future looks even more joyful and exciting".
The material about past perfomances needs to be sourced, and the use of phrases as "many fondly remember" doesn't seem like the statement ever could be. A more neutral phrasing of some of the more notable performers over the years would be a much better fit.
The additions about the television coverage are likewise unsourced violations of NPOV. You would need to cite a source that makes these claims. The last bit (mostly 70.23.21.115's edits) really need no explanation; it just reads like one person's small rant about the coverage. —LrdChaos (talk) 14:01, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] External Links

I think the cleanup external links should be removed because the links to me are appropriate. Red1530 15:50, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] video game balloons

I removed the part about 1993 having Sonic being the first video game balloon. It was just thrown in the middle of the history paragraph for no reason. Also, if that is so important, perhaps a section on Parade Firsts would be better, such as the first time a tv character became a balloon, etc... Sabalon 02:17, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Looks like someone just kept rolling with that. Why is it relevant which was the first black or latino character? Superman, Ronald McDonald, and Pikachu are all from faraway lands and planets. It's rampant PC nonsense to point out specific groups as more special than others. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.73.70.113 (talk) 23:06, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Underdog Reference on Reba

On an an epsisode of Reba, Van and Buzzard, a minor character were talking as they were watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and they were disappionted that Underdog was replaced. I am wondering how long Underdog was in the parade? Mr. C.C. 16:15, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Barney

  • One year the wind was so strong that the Barney balloon flew away from the rest of the parade.

Does anyone have any reference to this? And what year was that? Ryan Holloway (talk) 15:06, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Stewie Griffin

I heard stewie is going to be a balloon in this one, why isn't he on the balloon introductions thing? 98.15.219.192 (talk) 16:15, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Stewie was not a balloon in the parade. He was a balloon in a commercial, which doesn't qualify here. SpikeJones (talk) 19:17, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 2001 Ronald

Hi, I just added a piece to the incidents part about the tear of the Ronald McDonald balloon in 2001. I clearly remember his arm being torn, and this picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/boyds/1231432489/in/photostream/ has a hole in his arm, so please don't delete —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.166.242.9 (talk) 21:45, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Glee

Is the NBC/Glee incident really relevant? If so, does it belong under the balloon inflation heading? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.14.201.51 (talk) 07:11, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Kool-Aid Man 2010

Does anyone have proof that the "Kool-Aid Man" will be introduced in 2010? Seems unlikely and should probably be removed due to looking forward without citation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Digitallib (talk • contribs) 18:09, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Bamberger's parade

An earlier version of this article claimed that the parade started at Bamberger's Department Store, and was transferred to Macy's. Someone just tried to reinsert that into the article today. That is false. L. Bamberger & Co. held its first Thanksgiving parade in 1931, seven years after Macy's first. Source: New York Times, Nov. 1, 1931, p. 30. — Walloon (talk) 19:38, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Italic title

This article's title should not be italicized; it is a simple proper noun, not the title of a television program (although there is a television program associated with it that often uses the same name, they are not the same thing). Powers T 15:12, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Edit request from Baxterewers, 30 September 2011

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Macy's Thanksgiving day parade Add Mario,Spongebob Squarepants (2nd Version) With Patrick star & Gonzo the great at 9/30/11 12:50am


Baxterewers (talk) 11:07, 30 September 2011 (UTC) 10/9/11

No. Not until you provide some sort of evidence for these claims. Powers T 18:07, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Balloon manufacturer

Since 1984, the balloons have been made by Raven Industries, not Goodyear. If someone can figure out how to include this, here is a link to a newspaper article reference giving the details: http://articles.latimes.com/1987-11-25/business/fi-16401_1_macy-s-parade-balloons

[edit] Balloon manufacturer

Since 1984, the balloons have been made by Raven Industries, not Goodyear. If someone can figure out how to include this, here is a link to a newspaper article reference giving the details: http://articles.latimes.com/1987-11-25/business/fi-16401_1_macy-s-parade-balloons — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.123.152.127 (talk) 13:39, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

[edit] M&M's Balloon Incident: Free M&M's

Under "Incidents and Injuries", the paragraph that discusses the 2005 incident where the M&M's chocolate candies balloon got caught on a lamp post and the debris injured two sisters standing nearby: I've removed the last sentence of this paragraph that simply states, "Also, the sisters got a lifetime supply of M&M's." There has been a "citation needed" tag on that sentence since November 2010 and I've tried to find a reliable source that can back-up this claim, but can't. Considering those two points, I think I'm safe in removing it. —Schaea (talk) 08:08, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Studio

It says that the "CBS studios in Times Square". ABC studios are in Times Square (Good Morning America; Nightline) CBS studios are on 5th Avenue near FAO Swartz. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.183.178.47 (talk) 17:20, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Real Baxter Balloon

Well about the balloon im going to mail it to the Macy's office from Virginia to Ohio ok — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.127.115.243 (talk) 17:06, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

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