The 55th Annual Macy*s Thanksgiving Parade 11/26/81 (HQ 1080p)

The 55th Annual Macy*s Thanksgiving Parade as broadcasted on NBC affiliate WDSU-TV, New Orleans, La. on November 26, 1981.

[@TheVCRTimeMachine]

My family and I have no idea who the "stars" are that appear in the parades these days, so we always watch an older parade.

[@Lanae8199]

I was thinking the same thing, and I was born in 1981.

[@rolo6932]

Exactly my point of view!

[@TringleOSC]

Exactly

[@JasonDelarosa2000]

Little did we know a month later, NBC would show _A Chipmunk Christmas_ - one of the most heartwarming specials I have on a single DVD.

[@SpongeDan]

They mention the special during the Muppet Taxi appearance.

[@PMB827]

Great quality! Thanks for uploading this! So wonderful!

[@LizaFan]

22:16 Larry Kert - Let Me Sing and I'm Happy 43:10 Sophisticated Ladies 0:58:54 Donny Osmond - Give My Regards to Broadway 1:06:31 Ann Miller - Oh, You Beautiful Doll 1:20:50 Andrea McArdle - Blue Skies 1:24:18 Don McLean - Castles in the Air

[@JermailCapps-se2zt]

1:13:06 Sesame Street Cast - keep Christmas with you

[@johnalbertson221]

This is when you actually were shown the Parade. Now you just get a few hours of commentators that constantly talk and try to joke , not showing Very Little of the Macy's Parade.

[@patgalvez4563]

i can remember when pro football games used to show the marching bands at halftime....

[@sanfrancisco89]

I was there in Times Square, and remember much of it, but not all. I remember freezing just standing for hours.

[@kiotobravo1507]

Thank you very much for what you are doing!

[@MrLyosea]

19:15 I like how they actually sped up the music as well as the footage.

[@PlayitagainVHS]

Watching this is tradition. 👍🏻🙂❤️🎄

[@valstanford3676]

When is Phyllis Diller and Erik Estrada coming up

[@insertgenericusernamehere]

Thanks for uploading this. I hope you have the rest of the parade. -IAmaBoomer

[@galaxies352]

Unfortunately I don’t.

[@insertgenericusernamehere]

@@galaxies352 Oh.

[@douglasthesmartboi1803]

Giant Balloons include 1:00:37 *Linus the Lionhearted* 1:14:52 *Kermit the Frog* 1:22:39 *Underdog* 1:36:41 *Smokey Bear*** 1:44:51 *Superman* **=retired

[@loriegardneryrbestrealtor7355]

That first commercial for the show The Seekers had the 2 stars from tv show Emergency! Then NBC Logo Our Pride Is Showing THEN in the four squares a clown, Rockettes, balloon AND a little girl picking her nose and yes eating it!!!! 😆😉🙃

[@victoriabrown6830]

1:12:48 Sesame Street Cast & Muppets - 'Keep Christmas with You' 1:14:56 Beauregard's Muppet Cab Co. & Kermit the Frog balloon, promoting _The Great Muppet Caper_ (1981)

[@Naminski1a]

19:11 - Nice time-lapse footage.

[@jandypanganiban2284]

Hosted: Ed Mcmahon and Regis Philbin

[@SpongeDan]

56:00 is when the parade reaches Herald Square

[@etothej]

I was in this parade!!!

[@galaxies352]

Me too... That's why I recorded it and present it here today...

[@etothej]

@@galaxies352 Nice! I was in the second marching band. From Vermont.

[@hctigersarchives]

@@etothej I was in the Holy Cross band from New Orleans.

[@SpongeDan]

​@@hctigersarchivesHence why this is WDSU.

[@galaxies352]

@@SpongeDan because WDSU is the New Orleans NBC affiliate station. Hence that is where this video was recorded…

[@michaelbonner4126]

33:50 Ed McMahon’s coffee break.

[@michaelbonner4126]

1:33:46 what kind of mascot is that?

[@Grover1234]

But it doesn't look like it's complete. Is it?

[@galaxies352]

No it is not.... Sorry.... when I recorded this 42 years ago...

[@Grover1234]

@@galaxies352 I understand. There were several shows and special events that I remember having been recorded back then and lots aren't complete either. It happens. Thanks for posting what you could. I was born in 81. It's really neat seeing what was going on when I was only 2 months old.

[@higarza2015]

1:33:26 Leaving this timestamp for myself.

[@michaelbonner4126]

I do those things on my fav vids too.

[@michaelbonner4126]

49:32 there’s snoopy

[@WindowsGG]

AYO! Ain't No One Gonna Talk About That Start Tho? 💀 There Were 2 Announcers (1 Of Them Had A Little Bad Audio)

[@michaelbonner4126]

I noticed that too.

[@WindowsGG]

@@michaelbonner4126 you did?!

[@michaelbonner4126]

@@WindowsGG I did

[@michaelbonner4126]

You really are my KZbin friend…

[@michaelbonner4126]

@@WindowsGG come on, admit it! Admit you wanna be my friend

[@Zickcermacity]

25:39 So the decision by some stores to start holiday sales Thanksgiving afternoon is not new! Well, I hope it becomes a thing of the past!

[@audreydaleski1067]

1927 parade was priceless. The dinosaur. Masks.

[@michaelbonner4126]

1:53:48 there’s the Lunar moth

[@thegoldenwarrior12producti15]

Sorry that we constantly ask, but do you have any other Macy's parades?

[@galaxies352]

Nope. The only reason I have this one is because I was in it with the Holy Cross Band from New Orleans

[@michaelbonner4126]

1:03:04

[@theloyalorderofclassictv5435]

It's only the first two hours!

[@galaxies352]

It sure is!! Too bad!

[@MrLyosea]

Be thankful you can see it in high quality at least!

[@weridarchivething6407]

Parade starts at 1:26

[@TheAnchorArmsChad]

18:35 Oh god, She came from the Backrooms

[@mickeymouseproductions8977]

Do you possibly have the 56th Annual Macy's Parade?

[@galaxies352]

No, I do not….

[@mickeymouseproductions8977]

Oh, Ok

[@idabrumbelow585]

Do you have any other rare Macy's parades from back in the day?

[@galaxies352]

@@idabrumbelow585 unfortunately, no.

[@Naminski1a]

@@galaxies352 They found it on KZbin, the one with Laura Branigan on a rocking horse. Thanks to Laura Branigan Forever - Matty. Go look and see for yourself.

[@michaelbonner4126]

1:42:56

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51:41

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1:37:43 clowns dancing

[@michaelbonner4126]

48:17

[@michaelbonner4126]

1:03:08 there’s the rocking kangaroo

[@TheAnchorArmsChad]

WOW, THAT LARRY KERT CAN SWING!

[@michaelbonner4126]

59:11

[@michaelbonner4126]

49:03

[@shemgordon6923]

She Says Mr.McMahon (Vince) WWE References Tell Me Some More 52:24

[@galaxies352]

Is that what you really think?

[@davidmitchell6873]

That whole thing was cringe.

[@michaelbonner4126]

1:28:09

[@marv685]

Before you comment dO yOU haVe ThE rESt oF tHE pArAde. no he doesn't and never will. So just relax and watch the first 5 balloons.

[@galaxies352]

Hmm, Is this something with the Macy’s parade aficionados with the quest of completeness? I’m kinda sad that I don’t have the whole parade. And I recorded this myself 40 years ago. Blank videotape was expensive back then; especially for being a teenager.

[@marv685]

I found a way to restore (kinda) the last 4 balloons' telecasts (audio still due to restore)

[@thegoldenwarrior12producti15]

Nice

[@michaelbonner4126]

1:00:33 GLITCHES

[@galaxies352]

Yeah… and… as I recorded this, TV arial interference.

[@michaelbonner4126]

@@galaxies352 ok

[@LJR_LIMITED]

great compared to today's woke pile of junk parade we have in philly now

[@michaelbonner4126]

51:10

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1:07:11

[@weridarchivething6407]

1:56:20

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1:32:52

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57:15

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1:54:11