Viewing Thoughts: Matt Laurer and Meredith Viera are talking. I just want to know what crazy thing Willard Scott is going to do today. We get started off with Cheerleaders with like the weirdest remix of dance music ever. Like 50 dance songs playing at the same time and fighting it out for dominance. It's a nice warm up for the crappy musical section of the parade.
The first part of the musical section is the title song from "In the Heights." I mainly know this show because it's on the front cover of the Stage Tech book at work. It kind of sounds like musical theater. There's nothing wrong with that, it just isn't that remarkable to me. Sorry, the Broadway section just isn't that remarkable so I can't really say that much of anything to tell you the truth. Well, there is "South Pacific." Seriously, am I bad for hating Rodgers and Hamersteins? It's annoying to me.
So the further we go intp everything, the more certain I am that we are not going to see Willard Scott. Damnit! I need some insanity. So far, marching bands, a reminder of the dog show, and I did notice a few baloons that aren't quite inflated and...
Now we see one of two people who might make this parade worth it: Yeah, it's Miley! I really don't care, I just wanted to use that video. Sorry, back to the point.
So, some of the baloons this year are really lacking. The Smurfs is like one of the only real new balloons. It's also bad that I'm getting a second dose of Dora the Explorer. Then again, I kind of liked the Harijuku Girls float. It was cute and vaguely relevant. I love hearing the hosts talking about the Pikachu balloon. They are so obviously reading off of cards.
The thing I always find annoying also are the singers. They ride on floats that sometime have nothing to do with them. They then proceed to sing something and stop the parade so everyone can look at them. Most of the time they aren't even singing. Lip Synching. It's something else, espcially when they don't seem to novice everyone else still noticed. Miley (It's Miley) at least had a reason to be on the float she was on. She did a voice for a movie her's was promoting. I aloow that in one case farther down the list. Some chick from some crappy show was on a Build-A-Bear float and she's not even doing a good job of pretending she's singing.
So, half the muppets on the Sesame Street float, I don't even recognize. Most of the humans were the same but really old. It's nice to know they're still getting work. You can really tell originals from newer ones. I do find one thing disturning: No Grover. I loved Grover. The fact that Grover is so easily forgotten for a freaking Fairy muppet is just infuriating.
Now for the thing that makes the whole thing worth it: the Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends float got Rick-Rolled! They're sing some song on the float and then... "Never Going to Give you up!" OMG!!! That so rocked. That made watching this entire thing so freaking worth it. Sure, some people didn't get the joke but then Cheese said, "I love Rick-Rolling." Forgive the quality of the video. It was the best I could find:
So, it was worth, even if there was no Willard Scott.
Noted Commercials:So, there's a Macy's ad about there being a Santa Claus and Donald Trump and Martha Stewart are talking in it. Umm, if I had to pick out two people who don't smack of greed, It would definitely not be those two. So very eww. I could see Donald Trump sending kids Donald Trump dolls who just say mean things.
Early Christmas Ideas: Bravo has a Top Chef shirt on their website that says "I Have a Culinary Boner" I would so wear that everyplace.
Non-Viewing Thoughts: Rickrolling is awesome. The sheer fact that an internet meme has seeped that far into the public conciousness just screams pure rocknitude! It is true that geeks are intended to inherit the Earth.
The Tally
Mountain Dews Left: 9
Energy Drinks Left: 4
Cups of Coffee Drank:0
Pie Consumed: 2 Slices
Sanity Rating( 1 being sane, 10 being Willard Scott): 6
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