Kermit Might not be in Macy's Parade 2006

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I was reading the Daily News and found that they were testing the baloons for the upcoming Thanksgiving parade, and they are thinking about not using Kermit this year. Aparrently high winds have proven hazardous. A few years ago someone was injured when the Cat In The Hat Balloon took out a lamppost. Hopefully the weather will prove good enough for Kermit to fly and Macy's will change their mind

 

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he WASN'T in it lastyear (2005)! i taped it i fast forward and rewond ....

 

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How sad Maybe we'll get a kermit 2.0

Interesting story on the lady who was injured by the Cat and the Hat balloon....it's the same lady whose apartment the pitcher flew his plane into a month ago....scary stuff!

 

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Actually it was The Pink Panther that got the lamp post, The balloons have to be "sponsored" (paid for) by someone. Kermit used to be "courtasy Jim Henson Productions", but if he wasn't in last year's parade, and doesn't make it into this one-you get the feeling Disney doesn't feel it's worth paying for? I'll be Big Bird and the SS float make it.

 

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is it sad that I don't really care?

 

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Tim said:

Actually it was The Pink Panther that got the lamp post, The balloons have to be "sponsored" (paid for) by someone. Kermit used to be "courtasy Jim Henson Productions", but if he wasn't in last year's parade, and doesn't make it into this one-you get the feeling Disney doesn't feel it's worth paying for? I'll be Big Bird and the SS float make it.

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Oops sorry Pink Panther Fans. As payment for that mistake I will step on a thousand ants.

For the past 10 years I haven't seen much of the parade because I've been traveling upstate to visit my brother-in-law for Thanksgiving, so it's easy to forget the little details

 

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No it was the Dr. Seuss balloon last year, the Pink Panther hit into something else a few years back

 

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Oh no Kermit better be there or Ill be mad!

 

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Have any other characters had balloons and/or floats outside of the recurring Sesame float and Kermit's original 1977-1990 run?

 

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That would be disappointing if we didn't have this year, but at least I know Grover will be there. I saw his balloon on the TV news this morning.