The NBC Thanksgiving Commercial (Oops! I mean Parade)
The NBC Thanksgiving Commercial (Oops! I mean Parade)
DaysOfWine&Roses
Stand-by Joined: 10/19/04
#0The NBC Thanksgiving Commercial (Oops! I mean Parade)
Posted: 11/25/04 at 10:07am
Did anyone else watch the parade on NBC and get as sick as I did? Honestly, why bother calling it a parade? It's a freakin' NBC COMMERCIAL!
Floats? Nope.
Balloons? Nope.
Marching bands? Nope.
But, hey folks!!!! We've got anything and everything that has to do with NBC's tv
lineup!!!!
Do yourself a big favor, watch CBS. It's an actual PARADE. Not a commercial.
I'm in a letter writing mood lately, and I think I'll write and thank CBS for actually showing a parade, not a commercial for their upcoming lineup.
Aside from "American Dreams", NBC honestly sucks big time.
saddle shoe side kick
Broadway Star Joined: 6/24/04
#1re: The NBC Thanksgiving Commercial (Oops! I mean Parade)
Posted: 11/25/04 at 10:25am
I miss Friends 
"I'm a pretty girl, mama." -Penny Lou Pingleton, Hairspray
"You like football, Ed?" "Yeah..." "Good. Me too." -Chad & 'Ed', All Shook Up
"You like football, Ed?" "Yeah..." "Good. Me too." -Chad & 'Ed', All Shook Up
#2macy's and nbc
Posted: 11/25/04 at 10:25amuh, i just watched my high school band perform on nbc.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
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...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#3macy's and nbc
Posted: 11/25/04 at 10:30am
really?
I've been watching since it started and there hasn't been any bands at all.
DaysOfWine&Roses
Stand-by Joined: 10/19/04
#4macy's and nbc
Posted: 11/25/04 at 10:30am
I watched for an hour. All I saw was some Broadway shows (Yeah!) and Katie, Matt and Al talking about NBC programing.
The only time I saw balloons was during the 1 second before the actual commercials.
I saw no marching bands.
I learned all about the NBC Christmas movie with Kelsey Grammer and the new mid-season replacement sitcom "Committed" though. :/
Within seconds of turning on CBS, I saw actual city streets, balloons and other parade-type-stuff.
Stand-by Joined: 12/31/69
#5macy's and nbc
Posted: 11/25/04 at 10:45am
this is CRAZINESS!
this crap's been on for almost 45 minutes and I've seen NO PARADE AT ALL!
and Addy wonders why people HATE advertising.
Stand-by Joined: 12/31/69
#6macy's and nbc
Posted: 11/25/04 at 10:49am
well, I switched over to CBS and all they had on was some ranting puppet
Auggie27
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
#7macy's and nbc
Posted: 11/25/04 at 10:51am
"Next up ... the cast of! ... PASSIONS!"
I mean, who would dare go to the can with that promise? Some events are so exciting, there are no words.
"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#8macy's and nbc
Posted: 11/25/04 at 10:56am
gotta love the Rockettes.
gotta hate that song from Polar Express
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
CurtainUp2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/8/04
#10macy's and nbc
Posted: 11/25/04 at 11:14amDays of Wine... you posted your first comment at 10:07AM. Just slightly over 1 hour into the parade. You don't see many balloons or marching bands until the parade reaches the Herald Sqaure area. The first hour is always Broadway Shows, interviews and performances. It's been this way for years and years. And of course there's a certain amount of self-promotion, but so what? I think NBC does a great job. Now snap out of your crabby mood and Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
- Nelson Mandela
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#11macy's and nbc
Posted: 11/25/04 at 6:55pmThe best part were the clips from the past parades
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