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The 1991 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade!

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Ha ha ha ha ha! Technically, I am NOT late! Up now, with like 10 minutes to spare before it's actually Thanksgiving, is my review of the 1991 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, filled with words, pics and video clips!

I must be honest with you: It's the least interesting of the parades I've reviewed, and nothing exciting happens. In fact, after struggling to make the article go for at least two pages, I ultimately consolidated it into one longer page. There just wasn't enough there. Next year, perhaps I should investigate things like this before it gets too late to pick a different parade.

On the other hand, it had Captain Planet, The Addams Family and, uh, Kelsey Grammer, and that's at least good for something.

A Happy Thanksgiving to all who will be celebrating it tomorrow. Eat the food, drink the drinks and bask in the glow of a holiday season officially begun. Now that the bird parade is out of my hair, it's time to paint this sum'bitch town red...and motherfuckin' green. Holla.


While I'm here, I might as well knock this out of the way. I'm not sure if there's anything to dislike about these neat little Play-Doh stocking stuffers, except for the fact that they're sold together in really ugly plastic bags. If you're able to convince yourself that they didn't come in such ugly, useless bags, they become flawless.Each pack comes with two holiday-themed Play-Doh containers. One is shaped like an undecorated Christmas tree, while the other is a rather befuddled and egg-shaped snowman. You get white and red Play-Doh, while the containers themselves each host a small Play-Doh "cookie cutter".

More interesting than any of this is the warning sticker on each container, alerting parents with allergy-laden children that Play-Doh contains wheat. This seems like a bold admission that most kids enjoy eating Play-Doh. Someday, they should just make outright edible, flavored Play-Doh and be done with it. We're going to eat it anyway...it might as well have a hint of cherry and an ad campaign behind it.

Posted by Matt on 11/21/2007. E-mail me!



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I just tuned in, and I have no idea what I’ve missed and what’s still coming up. I really wanted to see Hello Kitty, but now I want to see this Foster’s float too.
It’s really weird to know everybody’s getting ready for a big dinner and not be cooking anything. We roasted a whole duck yesterday, and I thought we could build a meal around the leftovers but my brother just informed me that he hated it, so now I’m back to square one.
The Foster’s float just came on! “Blue, you’re my best friend!” Adorable!

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 11/22/2007 3:16 PM


I feel good about how that article went. Better than this years crap parade for chumps. Happy T-Day to all!

Chestnuts roasted by Lucky @ 11/22/2007 4:18 PM


Manimal is he actually dead? ‘Course, if hearing ‘Last Christmas’ in Engrish didn’t make him spin something at least, then he’s unspinnable. ;)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

Chestnuts roasted by Moony @ 11/22/2007 4:20 PM


Full. So full.

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 11/22/2007 4:32 PM


George Michael? You mean Jimmy Eat World are spinning in their grave.

Or tour bus at least. JEW pwned that song. Who are we talking about sung it, anyway.

I didn’t watch the parade, of course.

Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 11/22/2007 4:41 PM


It was one of the kids from High School Musical. I thought it was an okay rendition. I liked it better than the Jimmy Eat World version, anyway.
Did I miss something earlier in the parade or did they really not let Willard say anything?

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 11/22/2007 5:21 PM


Oh hoh hoh. Well played, Squee. Well played.

High School musical :roll:

Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 11/22/2007 5:25 PM


Hey Matt,

Great article, I remember seeing this one. Looks like you messed up the links on the pictures a lil bit. Happy Turkey Day.

Chestnuts roasted by Cotter @ 11/22/2007 5:25 PM


LOL Kneg I actually reworded that to be as diplomatic as possible. I wasn’t really trying to diss Jimmy Eat World ;)

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 11/22/2007 6:37 PM


Happy Thanksgiving one and all.

Chestnuts roasted by Acereporter @ 11/22/2007 6:38 PM


I knew your opinion on JEW’s version from last year. I actually counted on you being the one to respond, and with tact, as you did.

You did not disappoint :)

Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 11/22/2007 6:40 PM


Has anyone else noticed that, they’re REALLY shoving this “High School Musical” crap down everyones throats?

Chestnuts roasted by Tetsu Deinonychus @ 11/22/2007 7:01 PM


All of Matt’s parade articles makes me wish that Canada could celebrate Thanksgiving in November, also. Its nice to have all the colorful leaves in October for Thanksgiving, but Oct. already has Halloween, and November only has my birthday, which is not yet a national holiday.

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 11/22/2007 7:26 PM


So… is anyone else really, really bored today? We didn’t go anywhere, my mom just wants to sleep, dinner was over by 12:30, and the friends I usually IM constantly are all off celebrating. I spent most of my day playing SimCity. The original, ancient, boring one. Boo.

Bring on Christmas!

Chestnuts roasted by jazzy @ 11/22/2007 7:35 PM


Up with people makes me think of Hooray for Everything on the simpsons first thanksgiving ep.

They also appeared in “Selma’s Choice”, The duff Gardens episode. Speaking of which, doho, I don’t know if it aired by you, but my FOX channel aired “Bart Vs. Thanksgiving” just now. Even if I could just pop in the DVD, I’m too tired to do so.

Happy Turkey Day, all. That Tryptophan is starting to kick in, and no Charlie Brown Thanksgiving to make funnier. I guess I’ll just stick in the Garfield Thanksgiving DVD in instead, that’ll work.

And thanks to all who commented on the parade today. Like I said, slept through it and missed it. I wish I could’ve seen the Hello Kitty Balloon of Death appear.

But getting rid of the Big Bird Balloon?! Blasphemy, I say!!

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 11/22/2007 8:51 PM


George Michael is still alive. I was just paraphrasing (aka stealing) a Homer Simpson line about John Williams (who is also still alive). Didn’t mean to set off a firestorm of ill-will. :(

Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 11/22/2007 8:52 PM


Sorry to double post but looks like Invader Norbert and I are on the same page (again) because I just watched BART VS. THANKSGIVING and now I am watching the Garfield T-Giving special while I bust out the Christmas decorations. Interesting.

Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 11/22/2007 8:54 PM


G. Michael doesn’t even like girls, get over her already!

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 11/22/2007 9:40 PM


But like Jim Adkins does, so it all works out.

SRSLY.

Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 11/22/2007 9:50 PM


Happy Thanksgiving to everyone; thought you guys would appreciate this story:

So every year we go to my step-sister’s house for dinner. This year was like all others: usual family ‘sitting around and trying to come up with stuff to say’ stuff. But this year, there was something different…disturbingly different.

See, each year we always have way too much food. I have lots of friends who don’t have a big family or their family is too far away so I pack up the leftovers and then deliver them around town. I’ve been doing it for almost 5 years on and off now. But for whatever reason, my step sister’s husband’s parents (wow, that grammer probably sucks) decided to inform me they didn’t like me taking the leftovers to other people. And they did it in a very bitchy way, right in front of my parents and everyone.

It’s not like I took everything. In fact, I waited until everyone packed up what they wanted and then took the literal scraps; things that were going to be thrown away anyway. But for some reason it was “wrong” in there eyes this year.

It didn’t piss me off or anything, it just made me feel like some people just do not get the reason for holidays….

Have a great rest of Turkey day, ya’ll!

Chestnuts roasted by Shaunfu @ 11/22/2007 10:16 PM


Is Wal Mart open on Thanksgiving?

Chestnuts roasted by DIEsal @ 11/22/2007 10:22 PM


Actually, I really was just wondering if he actually was dead ’cause I don’t watch much entertainment news. Sorry…:(

Shuanfu – screw ‘em. What you were doing was really nice, and I think you should keep it up.

Chestnuts roasted by Moony @ 11/22/2007 10:27 PM


So it sounds like I missed a cool Parade?

We got back about 3:30 and I got home about 5:30 and lit a fire in the fireplace and started getting out the Christmas decorations. I’ve just spent the last hour pretending I’m eight years old, sitting on the floor near the fire and playing NES. Hell yes…

And tomorrow I can start listening to the 12 hours of Christmas music I have…

Chestnuts roasted by Cameron T. @ 11/23/2007 12:03 AM


My tree is decorated! Tomorrow we put out all the other decorations.

I am full of Christmas cheer and cranberry Sierra Mist.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Chestnuts roasted by jazzy @ 11/23/2007 12:07 AM


Thanksgiving was good but kind of uneventful, good food, football and sleep (along with garfield thanksgiving. We then went to see Hitman and came back for turkey sandwitches. Over all not a bad first married Thanksgiving.

Chestnuts roasted by thejyav @ 11/23/2007 12:30 AM


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