What You Missed: 90th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Many of us wake up Thanksgiving morning with the intention of watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, but often we sleep in too late and miss the entire show. Other times, we have not eaten enough Pillsbury cinnamon rolls to mentally prepare for Charlie Brown, Hello Kitty, musical guest Regina Spektor and the bunch. If you missed the emotional roller coaster that was last year’s 90th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, here is a quick recap to get you ready for this year’s event.
13:00 Les Marshak, the voice of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, breaks years of isolation to appear on camera.
How many announcers came before you, Les? Have they come and gone without emerging from exile? How did you, Les, find the strength to emerge from self-imposed exile? Teach us how.
40:30 The 90th annual parade makes its official arrival.
In recent years, the event has become an important time to reassess the atrocities committed in our society. Ronald McDonald heads down the street, fully aware of how implicated he is in America’s decline.
43:50 Charlie Brown returns to the parade after a ten-year absence. He returns because the parade is now a safe space to articulate the burdens of late capitalism and to announce that his movie, The Peanuts Movie, is available on DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, and 4K Ultra HD.
01:07:00 Hello Kitty shows up. Too cute.
01:48:00 Regina Spektor discusses her bleeding heart while the cranberry pickers and turkeys and scarecrows sway around to their own neuroses.
At home, the bureaucrats of this world volunteer to pull Pillsbury cinnamon rolls out of the oven just to avoid the television screen. They buried their feelings beneath paperwork years ago and have no desire to uncover them.
Ring in your holiday with the 91st annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 23rd at 9 AM (in all time zones), only on NBC. In order to properly heat Pillsbury cinnamon rolls, Pillsbury recommends you: 1) Heat oven to 400 degrees, generously grease 8X4-inch loaf pan. 2) In small shallow bowl, combine sugar and cinnamon; mix well. Separate dough into 10 biscuits; cut each into quarters. 3) Dip each quarter into melted margarine and bake for 19–27 minutes.
