Rose Parade

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

The first section of the parade is a huge set of bleachers, offering an aereal view of sorts, which perhaps can be seen to act as a sort of reviewing stand where certain things are done that are never again seen as part of the parade further along the route. I believe this is legitimate parade performance.

I wonder if they're doing these stops along the route. I had assumed as much but could be wrong.

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Certainly the vast majority of people who enjoy the parade do so via a television set, so yes there are some elements of a TV show present. However I can't agree that the entire parade is a TV show. When they change the name to the Viagra Tournament of Roses parade or reroute the parade to exclude that pesky bridge (which limits float size) then I'll be on board with you.

Good point, though I'm worried those advances are not too far away now.

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Which is ironic since parades make for awful television.

In your humble opinion. I have been watching the parade since I was very young and have always loved it, "boring" or not. I'm not going to chime in with all those above that say that most of the parade is boring. I love every bit of it, including the equestrian units. It may be that it's a comfort thing for me but I still say that the parade was entertaining in the early 80's and there's no reason it should have these lame changes.

Speaking of comfort - it's going to be hard to not watch KTLA next year, but I think I'll have to push through it. NA & € get HGTV, right?