Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Shmanners

Travis McElroy

Mcelroy, Teresa Mcelroy, Comedy, Schmanners, Etiquette, History Of Etiquette, Society & Culture, Travis Mcelroy

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Hello internet! This week's episode is all about the history and etiquette of attending the MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE! Enjoy and be sure to share with a friend!

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0:00.0	I'm your husband host, Travis McElroy. And I'm your wife host, Teresa McElroy. And you're listening to Shmanners. It's extraordinary etiquette. For ordinary occasions. Hello, my dove. Hello, dear.
0:38.2	Why is it then when we do the intro, you close your eyes?
0:40.4	Is it because you're worried I'm going to make you laugh or are you doing Catherine O'Hara?
0:44.6	Yes.
0:45.5	And you close your eyes.
0:47.1	You close your eyes when you're talking to someone.
0:49.6	And then you look away and you open.
0:51.6	And she does that.
0:52.5	We watch BLGs, BLJs. She does that.
0:54.9	I thought it was just a bit in mating for government.
0:57.0	And maybe it is that now she's incorporated into comedy stuff.
1:00.3	But she does that.
1:01.4	She does do that.
1:02.8	Hi, everybody.
1:04.0	I want to talk to you about Thanksgiving.
1:06.1	I had the realization because we're talking about the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.
1:10.5	Well, kind of.
1:12.4	Oh, a twist.
1:15.0	So my thought was Thanksgiving is such a bizarre holiday in the form that it is now to me.
1:22.2	Because there's definitely some thing, you know, there's like practices, practices, there's, you know, ritual, isn't the
1:30.5	word I'm looking for, tradition to it. But mostly it's become the gateway to Christmas.
1:36.0	Yes, the opening bell, if you will. Yes. Of Christmas, right? Yes. Because there's not like
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