Orrex
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Thu Nov-26-09 09:50 AM
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So we're watching the Macy's Parade because our kids like the balloons and marching bands... |
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Forty-five minutes into it, the two channels airing it have shown a total of just under 12 seconds of actual parade and about 60 minutes of commercials and 30 minutes of tired Broadway numbers, celebrity shout-outs, some incredibly lame banter between the hosts, with five long minutes devoted to Bloomberg.
I just want to see some damn balloons, dammit!
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Thu Nov-26-09 10:00 AM
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1. Macy's needs their sponsors, |
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whose products we buy pay for all this, yet it's not public domain...
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Orrex
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Thu Nov-26-09 10:06 AM
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The Superbowl isn't public domain, either, but somehow they actually manage to show some football throughout the course of it.
I'm not asking for a fixed camera silently overlooking the parade route; I'd just like to see an occasional shot of something other than Jamie Kennedy.
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Thu Nov-26-09 10:04 AM
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2. I want to see the UnderDog balloon, damn it! |
Orrex
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Thu Nov-26-09 10:08 AM
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6. Yeah! He could totally kick Garfield's ass, by the way. |
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Thu Nov-26-09 10:06 AM
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3. It's probably better in person |
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I can do without the non-parade stuff but beggars can't be choosers.
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Orrex
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Thu Nov-26-09 10:07 AM
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Thu Nov-26-09 10:10 AM
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7. No, it really isn't - the whole parade is geared for TV |
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unless you're at the end of the parade where the cameras are, the thing is a boring drag.
The bands and dancers wear parkas or other cold weather stuff until they are just before the cameras; the parade slows down and stops constantly while they break for commercials and make sure that whatever is up at the cameras gets the time it needs.
I learned my lesson, and then in later years we just went to see the balloons on Wednesday night, which was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better.
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Thu Nov-26-09 10:13 AM
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9. ah, so that's the secret! |
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I seem to remember when a relative went to NYU back in the day, her trip to the Macy's Parade involved staring at the back of people's heads in the freezing cold!
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Thu Nov-26-09 10:15 AM
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10. That's pretty much it. Cold as hell, no bathrooms (though that's better now), |
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and way too many people to watch a slow procession that moves in fits and starts.
Oh, also forgot to mention that the bands and music makers have to stop making music a a couple blocks before the end so that their music doesn't interfere with the group on TV, so there's also a nice chunk of parade route that's not only boring, but doesn't even get the music.
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Thu Nov-26-09 10:17 AM
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11. I hate all the pimping of crappy tv shows and even crappier pop stars |
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:boring: I often switch to the Detroit parade- now that's a real hometown parade.
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Thu Nov-26-09 10:19 AM
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13. It's awful - I'm watching it on TV for the first time proabbly since I was 10. It's AWFUL! |
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You're right - it's all pimping of shitty shows and assholes.
Seriously - who are those fucking douchebags in "Boys like girls"? Holy crap - just wanna punch 'em in the face and tell them to grow some fucking integrity.
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Thu Nov-26-09 10:26 AM
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14. I wanna see a parade with Eno, and Fripp, and Oliver Lake and people like that |
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I am such an old alternative fart, I am. :rofl:
Let's organize an alternative jazz and improv. parade!
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Thu Nov-26-09 12:32 PM
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21. you have to go in front of Macy;s at like 5- 5:30 all the bands do a run through it's great! |
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Thu Nov-26-09 10:11 AM
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8. crap, I almost forgot- been too busy racing around cleaning! |
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Thu Nov-26-09 10:19 AM
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12. I saw a band doing 76 trombones |
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And not one of those trombones looked like a man cannon to me! :rofl:
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Thu Nov-26-09 10:44 AM
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Did you guys see Ronald McDonald in the big, red penis car? That was totally worth the price of admission!
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Thu Nov-26-09 11:12 AM
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I kind of wish he would break free from his moorings and kill Jimmy Fallon.
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Thu Nov-26-09 11:15 AM
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17. That would be a reason to give thanks. |
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Snoopy wouldn't even need to kill Fallon. Just get him tangled in his tow-lines and drag him into the stratosphere.
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Thu Nov-26-09 11:37 AM
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18. Oddly I like Fallon's musical number |
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Better than any of the other non-marching band acts. But that's probably because I have shitty taste on music...:rofl:
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Thu Nov-26-09 12:19 PM
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Edited on Thu Nov-26-09 12:20 PM by DoBotherMe
Especially when he imitated The Boss! Loved the Gibson LP Standard stage. Roots were fantastic too! He wins best performance so far. Dana ; )
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Thu Nov-26-09 11:58 AM
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19. And there's the fat man |
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