The 1984 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!

The Purple Stuff Podcast

Purple Stuff Podcast

Comedy

5 • 842 Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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The Purple Stuff Podcast's annual tradition continues! This year, we're diving into the 1984 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, featuring everyone from Scooby-Doo to the Care Bears to evil space alien lizard people!You can watch the whole parade on YouTube, over here: https://youtu.be/aphgFPsN5QI?si=1Nvxee4pL2O7DXgDPS: We'll also be dropping a special bonus episode on Patreon, where we gush about several TV commercials that aired during this broadcast! Sign up over here: https://www.patreon.com/purplestuff

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0:00.0	The Macy's 58th annual Thanksgiving Day parade is coming to you live from New York City.
0:18.8	Your hosts for this great event are Bryant Gumble, Stephanie Kramer,
0:22.8	Pat Sejack, and special guest host Laurence Henderson, together with an exciting lineup of stars
0:28.5	and the most spectacular giant balloons in the world. All that and much, much more, including
0:35.2	a special visit from Santa Claus.
0:39.9	Well, Jay, it is finally time for one of our most anticipated shows every year,
0:45.3	a review of a classic Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.
0:50.2	Parade.
0:52.4	Paade.
0:54.0	What year are we doing?
0:56.0	1984, Matt.
0:58.0	The 58th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade from, yes, 1984, which means that this is the parade's 40th anniversary.
1:07.0	It is! It just worked out like that. This is meant to be its fate. The hosts,
1:13.7	Pat Sajack, Stephanie Kramer, Brian Gumble, and I guess we can give an honorary mention to Florence
1:18.8	Henderson, who did a little hosting here and there. Yeah, you're right. She did. A little bonus on the
1:24.2	side. And now we're going on to the doings in Harold Square.
1:29.5	And considering the price of Lobster these days,
1:32.1	how much do you think this fella going by now would talk?
1:34.8	And of course, it's 1984, so she's practically a furry.
1:38.4	She's wearing so much fur.
1:39.6	She's hesitant to fur.
1:44.2	My main takeaway from watching this is the parade used to be much more loosey-goosey.
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