ThanksGiving Parade Performances — Page 2

What happened to the pre-recorded segments? I thought that Dancing Queen from Mamma mia was going to be shown...there's only half an hour left, and they haven't shown anything pre-recorded. I'm watching it on NBC (from 9am-12)

And you know you are a REAL PRO when you can lip-synch near perfectly and sell that song like Harvey did. If only that other drag act, Britney Spears, could take professionalism lessons from Harvey.

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All the performances were great (minus the lypsinking)! MMFan, Mamma Mia performed on CBS, not on NBC. I think a black Rosie can make some of the jokes HILARIOUS! For some reason, I love Fame. It must be the "kiddie" in me.

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Updated On: 11/27/03 at 12:06 PM

Thanks BwayTheatre11...I noticed at 11:30am that CBC was also airing it and kicked myself when I noticed that I was watching the wrong station!!! Did anyone see the MAMMA MIA performance? Was it live or was it pre-recorded right from the play? I'd love to hear all about it since I missed it .. boo hoo.

I live in California and the CBS show's only been on a little while. Do they show WONDERFUL TOWN at all, because I thought they were supposed to?

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I enjoyed Boy From Oz. Mitchel Federan is adorable! He did the best lip synching too.

I liked Little Shop, although Hunter did do a pretty bad job lip synching. Oh well. The plant was cool. :)

look what I found:

http://www.macysparade.com/#

They have some short movies of parades past. Thought you guys might like to have a peek.

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ahhhhhhhhh teh Lip-Syncing was sooo bad!!! why couldnt they use their voices!!?? with the lip-syncing, it made me want to turn off the tv! ugh! o well!! l8r! HAPPY TURKEY DAY btw!

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I don't know about the "yellow dress," but there was a quick shot of Glinda and Elphaba with the green glasses on. They took them off quickly. (maybe it had something to do with seeing their faces on TV, I dunno.) But my daughter even mentioned, "They remembered the glasses, nobody [ever] remembers the glasses."

Took me a minute to remember the armless guys with the heads the popped up!

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I went to the parade once.

The problem's weren't theirs, but they were real.

There was a temperature inversion that day and all the balloons were dragging. (Snoopy almost fell on me.) Really terrible watching the balloons being dragged around the block.

There was a guy trying to push his way through the crowd. Pretty much everybody united against this guy; "Hey, you want a better seat? Get here earlier." and finally we called a policeman over who's response was; "Alright, let's gets this guy out here in front then he'll stop bothering you." After the officer left the guy turned back to the crowd and said; "Paul, Bob! I got a good spot! C'mon over here!"

You're obviously a band guy, which I can respect. But I liked the show as it was.

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>Broadway Bulldog, I have to agree with you. As I had the >parade on today, I suddenly realized that not only are the >floats and balloons subsidized by various organizations, NBC >was taking the opportunity to plug some of its tv shows. It's >very sad.

I have a post on seeing the parade live. Won't do it again. (Don't live in NYC anymore so it's moot.) However, I do agree on the blatent plugging of the shows. The cast on the float was enough, interviewing them wasn't necessary.

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I do agree that Little Shop WAS extremely oversung. The harmonies were shrieked and loud, and THAT didn't translate well to TV. In the theater, the Urchins were right on. I don't know what is was exactly. I felt the same about "Suddenly Seymour". The Urchins' backround singing was un-necessary and loud.

Kristin did not wear the yellow dress because she is getting over being sick and that dress is not the warmest thing in the world. They did have the glasses on but only for a brief moment or two.

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