Macy's Parade is very Gen X

[Nayan]

I feel seen ! Shaggy, Busta Rhymes, Jewel, Debbie Gibson, Foreigner...it's been a blast!

 

[hardcorestitch]

Too much nostalgia. Where’s Cricket Green???

 

[Dug720]

This was the first time in a while I haven't been like "Who?" regarding the performers. There were some that elicited that, but I recognized a lot more this year.

 

[hardcorestitch]

Next year Disney needs to step it up… get some better balloons!

 

[WDWEPCOT]

I watched just to see Shaggy and Minnie

 

[Dug720]

Next year Disney needs to step it up… get some better balloons!

Buzz was newly redone. They had Minnie and Bluey.

To be fair, all the balloons were flown at the lowest possible level (and I'm pretty sure the way the wind picked up the handlers were wishing they'd just been cut) due to the winds.

 

[citruscurtis]

Until Darlene Love showed up....84 years old

 

[tvguy]

My daughter (who is 34) and going to College in Germany is hosting a watch party with a group of her International Program classmates, most age 18 to 25. She has been texting. They find the whole Macy's Parade bizarre.

 

[disneychrista]

Here's hoping that Peacock will have it on demand.

 

[Nayan]

I just signed up for Peacock again so I can watch it again.

 

[citruscurtis]

My daughter (who is 34) and going to College in Germany is hosting a watch party with a group of her International Program classmates, most age 18 to 25. She has been texting. They find the whole Macy's Parade bizarre.

I can imagine.... the green lady kicking it off...and how exactly can you get your kicks on route 66....,oatman Arizona.... that is where....oh my Mickey

 

[citruscurtis]

WOW... your right... I saw the second half first... now seeing Gen x folks I don't know

I feel seen ! Shaggy, Busta Rhymes, Jewel, Debbie Gibson, Foreigner...it's been a blast!

...as a baby boomer...jewel and foreigner part of our sound track

 

[citruscurtis]

My daughter (who is 34) and going to College in Germany is hosting a watch party with a group of her International Program classmates, most age 18 to 25. She has been texting. They find the whole Macy's Parade bizarre.

....and she probably had a hard time explaining Jewel and how she lived in the backdrop of the float...as an Alaskan treasure

 

[_19disnA]

Each year Macy's seems less like a parade and more like a stage show of various musical acts/dancers. Typical parades we like to watch march down a street with floats/balloons/marching bands. Macy's seems to show less and less of that and look more like a production number in front of the cameras.

 

[disneychrista]

Each year Macy's seems less like a parade and more like a stage show of various musical acts/dancers. Typical parades we like to watch march down a street with floats/balloons/marching bands. Macy's seems to show less and less of that and look more like a production number in front of the cameras.

Kinda like the Disney's Christmas Day Parade. There is virtually no parade and all musical acts

 

[Marrila]

Each year Macy's seems less like a parade and more like a stage show of various musical acts/dancers. Typical parades we like to watch march down a street with floats/balloons/marching bands. Macy's seems to show less and less of that and look more like a production number in front of the cameras.

I like to watch the parade on YouTube. Local stations in NY carry it, very nice traditional parade.

 

[hardcorestitch]

I like to watch the parade on YouTube. Local stations in NY carry it, very nice traditional parade.

The only local station in New York that airs it is WNBC. WCBS stopped showing it altogether beginning last year.

 

[Marrila]

The only local station in New York that airs it is WNBC. WCBS stopped showing it altogether beginning last year.

I just grab the first broadcast I see.

 

[Nayan]

Each year Macy's seems less like a parade and more like a stage show of various musical acts/dancers. Typical parades we like to watch march down a street with floats/balloons/marching bands. Macy's seems to show less and less of that and look more like a production number in front of the cameras.

I love the music and the Broadway shows they showcase. It's the only way I, and others according to social media, will get to see a number or two from big name shows/acts. I find balloons and marching bands kind of boring.

 

[jdb in AZ]

I love the music and the Broadway shows they showcase. It's the only way I, and others according to social media, will get to see a number or two from big name shows/acts. I find balloons and marching bands kind of boring.

I agree about the marching bands, tho the band members have a lot of fun. Northern Arizona University participated this year and the local news claimed the band "stole the show," ahem. It was the first time a band represented Arizona, because the two larger university bands are traditionally involved at their in-state rivalry footbrawl game that weekend.