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The Purple Stuff Podcast

The 1986 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade!

The Purple Stuff Podcast

Purple Stuff Podcast

Comedy

5842 Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

The annual tradition continues! Join us for a deep dive into the 1986 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, featuring everything from He-Man to Barbie! This was one of the best ever, by far! After listening, you can watch the highlights on YouTube, too: https://youtu.be/MIqQUTCAS8o?si=MD_4J72Fu_-rPj4e

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0:00.0

Happy Thanksgiving Day from NBC.

0:13.0

For a special holiday salute, we interrupt our regular daytime schedule to bring you the spectacular Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

0:29.9

You better watch out.

0:31.6

You better not cry.

0:33.4

You better not out.

0:35.2

I'm telling you why.

0:59.7

Say because it's coming to town. Saddle is coming to town. Jay, it is now time for one of our biggest shows of the year every year.

1:04.3

Time to jump into yet another Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.

1:06.1

That's correct, Matt.

1:10.3

The 60th, Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade from 1986. So, 1986, we knew we were going to get to this

1:14.7

particular parade eventually. It is genuinely one of the best ones ever. You're absolutely right.

1:21.0

And you just don't realize that this is the best until you do a deep dive like we did.

1:27.1

It's hard to go on the record with this, but it's

1:29.5

also hard to imagine that from pillar to post, there is any better Macy's parade. This is so good.

1:37.5

Yeah, it's a gold mine. Even the boring, bad stuff is awesome. Right, and you do have to have

1:43.9

sort of a keen eye. We were talking about

1:45.9

this off the air. You really do have to pay attention to get the most out of it. It's almost like

1:51.0

a college history class. It absolutely is because there are parts in this parade where if you're

1:56.9

just scanning through on YouTube, say on mute, it doesn't look like much.

2:03.9

But when you hear what's going on, you're like, what?

2:06.3

Yeah, it's a complete experience.

2:10.5

But this morning, one of the stars of Saturday Night Live got up very early to make the scene.

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