Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon Accidents Compilation

[@amydreier6352]

The Barney clip from Macy's 1997 posted on my Facebook feed for like a week now, which led me to Rudolph's untimely end. Now the rabbit hole had led me here. 😂 Happy 2024!

[@brdrech]

Well, Ive got some new clips to put up this year!

[@jaimeekinman3701]

Lampposts, trees, traffic lights, and street signs, the parade balloons’ worst enemies

[@EV3KO]

worst of all... *windy days*

[@jaimeekinman3701]

@@EV3KO Cyclone: is this where the line starts?

[@EV3KO]

@@jaimeekinman3701 me: it sure is

[@kelvinseeker94]

Maybe we could use more rubber corks?

[@thatcomicandmangafanfromdublin]

And goblins (see spider man (2001) for reference)

[@Mattcai2004]

1:40 moral of the story: if you bring Rex to the macy's parade, he'll either burst into a musical number or he'll fly right into a lamppost

[@Alfierock124]

Fun fact this was predicted from the movie

[@Mattcai2004]

@@Alfierock124 hence the "musical number" part of my comment

[@bowzerpartyof8]

@@Mattcai2004funny

[@Mattcai2004]

@@bowzerpartyof8 thanks

[@patriciaparks9139]

(Role-playing the parade balloons) Wiggle worm: I hope I don't crash but hopefully sonic the hedgehog will (Take your role to continue)

[@0159ralph]

Now that a parsde. Barney getting killed, Spiderman drinking too much and passing out, a horney rabbit humping the street, a headless a snowman, an angry Sonic, Uncle Sam tripping, and Garfield high. Only in NY !!!

[@NTMonsty]

With how cold and windy the days these parades are, it's a miracle the balloons are able to stay afloat unscathed. 1993 and 1997 were particularly brutal.

[@ReddyToAnimate]

0:07 I guess you can say that Barney did NOT have a super dee duper time in this parade.

[@agentsofbuzzfeedunsolved]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jaimeekinman3701]

Nope!

[@ReddyToAnimate]

@@jaimeekinman3701 well he did have an amazing time on his parade float but not for his balloon.

[@leokimvideo]

Just gotta love original content creators

[@Ender1667]

Oh Hello There!

[@chucke4414]

Leo where do you come from?

[@zkoopa4445]

1:30 no kid, the rabbit died because it couldn't stand being a creation made to represent **shutters** nestle

[@77blaidddrwg]

It's always obnoxious that the city NEVER trims the trees around the stupid parade route. They've been doing this for years and can't ever seem to get their heads outta their asses and trim the trees so they're less likely to pop a balloon and cause a problem let alone an accident. They could always add something to the lamp posts so they don't hurt the balloons but NYC just sucks

[@bodaciousbeebee]

😢😂 stop it ur giving them ideas . They’re gonna now have meetings about this and hv SOPs about it . 😂😂😂

[@victoriam.4927]

Was anyone else terrified that the giant snowman’s head was going fall off entirely and crush those poor snowflake dancers? 😱

[@brdrech]

It did after the video clip. A few blocks ahead on the parade route, the head fell off the snowman and was pulled aside from the parade.

[@Interezek]

Garfield didn't ever have any major accidents. His paws just got deflated sometimes.

[@brdrech]

He had an accident in 1998 before the parade started that prevented him from flying

[@SpongeDan]

A chamber burst

[@rarwolf10]

In 1998, one of the internal chambers of Garfield straight up busted and made the balloon too damaged to fly.

[@Interezek]

@@rarwolf10 oh

[@Bap_likes_shorts]

Y? Is nobody talking about Garfield tale deflated before the 1997 parade started

[@ramdomguy560]

Barney dies to the sound of thunderous applause

[@cjrock95]

So this is how Barney dies. By thunderous applause.

[@maile-cuocsonguc9711]

YOU JUST GOT TREED CANE 0:31 😂😂😂

[@BenzTheMONKIE]

Yesterday it happened to Greg heffleys right arm, and even it happen to Luffys hat, both balloons hitted a tree which made that happen

[@n8nawesome]

0:07 Barney: I'm going to dance in a light post, here I go! (DIES)

[@marissawolff8491]

Is it twisted of me to have read your comment in Barney's voice?

[@n8nawesome]

@@marissawolff8491 sure

[@UntitledKirk]

I might be a tad bit evil for laughing maniacally when I hear the children crying hysterically at this stuff.

[@unknown_guy5366]

He's either going to get sick eating all that food or he's going to burst trying."-Jon Arbuckle, March 18 1984

[@whosgenso3288]

Garfield’s foot got me weak.

[@ThomasJH268]

I was somewhere in the crowd behind the camera when the mishap with the Spider-man balloon happened. The good news is the balloon made it to the end of the parade without any other problems.

[@explore670]

2:12 Oh no no no not my friend!

[@lisazips]

0:38 the best part was how someone said "I should've got that on video"😂

[@samthemanvideos]

Sonic didn't collect all the chaos emeralds.

[@sandy_shark]

You think he’d remember to pack some rings

[@theotherjared9824]

Sonic the hedgehog has canonically injured a child.

[@angelasomers3199]

0:33 And 0:52: Kids, Never Let Your Candy Canes Grow And Letting It Fly In The Wind.

[@lucianoalonso4389]

0:35 Candy Cane popped and then came an RKO OUTTA NOWHERE

[@bowzerpartyof8]

Tko?

[@Nikkii199045]

That one person: WHOOOOOOOOH! WHOOOOOOOOH!!!

[@tomdyson4797]

I like how it’s always like the same tree. And that same tree just caught another in 2023

[@kaitlando636]

Multiple

[@brdrech]

Yeah. It was luffy this year, and Snoopy and Greg Heffley hit separate trees

[@tomdyson4797]

@@kaitlando636 there’s one tree in here that has gotten multiple balloons. Obviously not all trees in this are the same tree.

[@ThatKidBlakke]

Perfect timing I was watching this and then luffys hat popped

[@chuckecheeseminnesota]

Greg Heffley's hand deflated as well.

[@ThatKidBlakke]

@@chuckecheeseminnesota yeah it did

[@kaitlando636]

And snoopys hat

[@milly_animation]

Bro turned into bucket hat luffy 💀

[@jaimeekinman3701]

Spider-Man meets a new villain, the shattered dimension of Groot (from guardians of the galaxy)

[@michaelbonner4126]

3:22 WIGGLE WORM: don’t worry people!!! I just had an accident for a few seconds.

[@KDBRyder0622]

Genre: Animation, Educational, Short

[@jonstepofficial5298]

3:38 I thought Garfield was gonna tear apart I was gonna laugh at this one😂😂😂😂😂

[@brdrech]

His paw ripped. I can find footage from a bigger incident in regards to Garfield, for this year's video

[@kaylakain6039]

Did some one forget cat in the hat he was rip to shreds to put a lady in the hospital in 1997 she was in coma and then sued New York that’s why they don’t have balloons if it’s two windy now

[@brdrech]

This video was supposed to be more lighthearted, and I didnt want to include footage that was too graphic. I will include Cat in the hat and M&Ms in this years video

[@NinChu4DragonFan]

Things that parade balloons hate: Windy days, Trees, Traffic lights, Lamp posts, and Signs!

[@michaelbonner4126]

3:15 WIGGLE WORM: oh wait……. I can just go around..

[@michaelbonner4126]

3:03 WIGGLE WORM: oh know! I hit a lamppost! I hope I don’t feel like I have to go to the hospital….

[@melaniezayas8156]

Except snowman's head came off because he has drank to much melonade and marshmallows

[@jasontachin]

RW:What a Disaster 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@ReddyToAnimate]

Accidents you missed: Pink Panther’s accident (1995), Red and Yellow M&Ms’s accident (2005), Bart’s Accident (1993), The Cat In The Hat’s accident (1997) and Kermit’s Accidents (1985 and 1991).

[@brdrech]

There aren't videos of the initial impacts of those. Except cat and M&Ms, but I thought those would be graphic for this video

[@ReddyToAnimate]

@@brdrech okay.

[@explore670]

3:44 Cabbge should watch that balloon leak

[@lilywiersema8040]

I like the guy at 0:43 who’s like, “I WAS HERE”. 🤣

[@thecoolestbeaniebabybear]

same

[@roseela1191]

3:39 Garfield got high

[@Moonlight-qo5hw]

Dr. Eggman: You have made a grave mistake Hedgehog.

[@shoshanabinyamin]

Orbot: i agree boss! We win! Sonic lost! Cubot: i know bud! That's our victory!

[@killerbeanmachine]

they worked so hard on these balloons I feel so bad when they pop lol

[@BradenTheBeaverHTF]

0:07 that cause barney to pop

[@Nikkii199045]

*we know 360101. We know*

[@AMDbAmber-Mad-Database]

At least Earl Sinclair and his loved ones are staying out of this mess! Lucky them!

[@NumberOneMickeyFan-g9k]

0:07 BARNEY GOT LIGHTPOSTED 😂 LOL

[@2011Cape]

Imagine you're one of the holders when this happens to your float... Ugh.

[@rogerradue2352]

i guess spiderman didnt sense that tree coming

[@imdeltaFR]

You forgot these 3 Mickey errors: 1979: Mickey balloon barely moving 1982: Mickey balloon out of control 1983: Mickey balloon literally pops before it's arrival into lots of pieces literally together

[@brdrech]

There is no video of those events happening. I inclide the ones that have video of them taking place

[@FerreiraGabriel-j5y]

Did the tree eat candy?

[@daisydaze2886]

1997 was a bad year to be in the parade

[@alexanderevans8427]

sonic has one eye now like apocalypticness

[@pgmm6659]

Barney: why are you scared kids I’m fine!… oh wey… OH MY FKING GOD MY STOMACH , MY STOMACH!

[@Dinosaurprince]

00:32 Christmas ’came’ early.

[@unknown_guy5366]

Christmas *cane* early.

[@aricgill1290]

I'm sure I asked this before but, just how flimsy and frail are those things?

[@brdrech]

It depends on the fabric used. They used to use rubber which was a lot more durable than the balloon fabric they use now. Usually they can withstand a little bit of pressure, but if its on a fixed point like the tip of a tree branch, usually it doesnt hold up well.

[@sicks6six]

Nothing better than people makin an ass of themselves year on year. Talk about slow learners 😂

[@KDBRyder0622]

The gang visits the road trip the parade crashed Saves the last year vacation showtime!!!!

[@PipimiOden]

Happy thanksgiving

[@hanzlopez5888]

They would've removed traffic lights.

[@kw9568]

This video is evidence that himsn beings are destructive and love kaios. Everybody was cheering when the balloons were destroyed.

[@aaronjames3228]

Were you drunk when you typed this?

[@kw9568]

@aaronjames3228 idk. Why do you ask? Do you believe human beings are NOT destructive?

[@widdlepocketmarcy]

​@@kw9568they were talking about the spelling

[@kw9568]

@@widdlepocketmarcy nothing is wrong with my Sp3ll1Ng!!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@michaelmcenery7515]

I worked for Macys & I was on the Barney baloon when it went down ,the police finished him off

[@brdrech]

In 1997!? That's crazy that you were one of the ones holding him when that happened! How was the experience? I heard they were hard to control that day, and they were very heavy.

[@michaelmcenery7515]

Yes it was very windy that day,it was before they tethered the baloons to small john deere tractors we were fighting the wind till he went down but still so glad I got be in the Thanksgiving day parade & it wasnt my first will always have incredible memories of them MERRY CHRISTMAS@@brdrech

[@brdrech]

Merry Christmas to you too,@@michaelmcenery7515! Glad you got to enjoy those kind of experiences.

[@SIGMABART-12344]

1997's parade was the worst

[@GoldenDashYT]

You can’t do a ballon accident video without the Sonic the hedgehog fail

[@STH3456]

Yeah

[@diosaesme]

4:11 is just based on history.

[@dianecaplan5407]

The snow man's head fell off his head is on the tip of his neck the middle one snow man.

[@larasemerad2605]

Were the Duct tape and air pump.

[@brdrech]

Back at the parade studio, they repair damaged balloons after parades

[@danikmcintyre2068]

why are those balloons so flimsy, make them out of tougher maeterial

[@ultimatedisneycruiselinefa5112]

0:08 Oooh! Right in the oblique…

[@cutralefan1996]

Why don’t they just not fly the balloons at all when it is windy?

[@brdrech]

They have those rules in place now. They wont fly balloons if sustained winds are at 23mph, and gusts are 34mph. They actually didnt fly balloons back in 1971, due to 63mph gusts. The rules were implimented after the 1997 parade, when the Cat in the Hat balloon took down a lamppost onto the crowd below, hospitalizing people for a month.

[@Nitronus_Prime]

Every time a balloon pops I hear "Oh the humanity!" in my head.

[@KDBRyder0622]

Tip the season to be tiger family (2005)

[@anb7408]

The stupid is strong with the parade organizers! But, it makes for good KZbin videos! 😂

[@learemandas3480]

NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!😮

[@tomedy_official]

Barrneys looking ripped

[@CBFFan1]

Brdrech, long time no talk, it’s me heitorplays, also have you seen Bryguy 2000’s Cat in the Hat video? He declared that he was innocent

NYC did not disrespect Uncle Sam like that.

[@Chifan71]

Oh...the humanity!

[@CubanPete1990]

Too bad Steve Urkel was not there he should said Did I Do That?

[@kellytroopa477]

Are you gonna do the smart cycle video?

[@brdrech]

If I can find another one for less than 20 dollars and the game, yes

[@ericktorresbendyandfriends4]

I did a video where Arthur damaged his arm in 1997

[@Sn4pp13_Yt]

relived the joy today

[@BradenTheBeaverHTF]

Imagine if the balloons float away 💀

[@JamboreeBlackberry]

Bro imagine being in a airplane and a balloon of Barney hits the plane

[@brdrech]

Its happened before lol (and yes, one of them hit an airplane) it was in the 20s

[@Lime_1509]

@@brdrech WAIT WERE

[@jbwarner8626]

They used to. Back in the early days of the parade, they'd just let the balloons loose at the end, and if you found one later and returned it to Macy's, you'd get a cash prize. Then the balloons started crashing into airplanes and killing people and someone was like "Y'know, maybe we should stop doing this."

[@placeholder268]

Bro your in a airplane and look out to see a ballon of Sonic floating near your window 💀

[@AllieBeller]

Rip barney

[@RichardMejiaRobloxPPGTrollsfan]

These balloons are killing everyone

[@johndavis3921]

Uncle Sam plus palm trees equal NOT New York City.

[@brdrech]

It was the Macy's Holiday Parade in Orlando Florida. Still happened, still an official Macy's parade

[@brdrech]

And the Uncle Sam balloon was in the Thanksgiving Parade in new york a few times.

[@learemandas3480]

SABOG NG BALLOON!!!😅😂

[@astrobutbetter]

Barney : I love You you love m- (rips)AHHHHHHHH

[@KameRiderGeatsfeverzombie]

imagin a reporter near the leak

[@angelotero7729]

and that's how these tv shows got canceled

[@MelMinionOne]

Didn't know that

[@austinkub2337]

The Garfield balloon looked like it had a butt for a head lol

[@debradrechney8918]

Good thing no one got hurt. Still funny😂

[@The_froggy_one]

There was one that knocked a light pole in to a ch8ld and cop but I don't think it was featured

[@SonicTheHedgehogBalloon]

@@The_froggy_onethat’s sonic😊

[@lockenaughtynick1432]

My teacher watched this

[@Meneitherbigc]

gotta go faAAAAAAA!A! OH GOD MY EYE!

[@danielitoybenjamin]

Macys parade candy cone accident is 2017

[@Orange_Storm24]

I dread to think how many £1000,00s they cost to waste each time?

[@brdrech]

The balloon sponsors pay around 10,000 USD every year that the balloon is in the parade. I think its Macy's themselves that spend the money to repair the balloons that get damaged.

[@Orange_Storm24]

@@brdrech Ah right , i guess they dont send people to check a route for any hazards like they do here in the 🇬🇧 to make sure stuff can get through.

[@josephchandler3206]

Thank god it is not live

[@brdrech]

More accidents happe ed this year alone!!

[@GenerationX1984]

Wait! What was wrong with the Garfield balloon? 🤔

[@brdrech]

His paw snagged a tree and got cut open

[@MKLettis]

"Maybe that Nestles had a little beer in it." IM DYING 🤣

[@KDBRyder0622]

7 Minutes 16 seconds

[@warnegoodman]

The spiderman one is on the very first block of the parade.

[@JamesZachary-m3m]

The pink panther also had an accident in herald square almost put a women and her daughter into coma when the balloon knock down some balloon handlers and then the pink panther balloon got destroyed by a street light

[@brdrech]

@@JamesZachary-m3m yeah, I couldn't include that one in this compilation only because no one has released any video of the scene of the accident.

[@ruantengyi]

I’m not from America, but are they still doing these festivals?

[@bread_boy_gaming3068]

Yes, they do them every year.

[@brdrech]

These parades are held every fourth thursday of November.