The 49th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1975)

The 48th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1974)

The 49th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1975)

The 50th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1976)

The 49th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
The Lineup Ad for the 1975 Parade.
Date	November 27th, 1975
Parade #	49
New Giant Balloons	Weeble by Hasbro
New Floats	Cootie by Schaper Old Country Village by Anheuser-Busch Raggedy Ann and Andy by the Knickerbocker Toy Corporation

The 49^th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was held on November 27th, 1975, in New York City starting at 9:30 a.m. and was shown to viewers live on NBC that same day from 10 a.m. to noon EST. It was hosted by Peter Marshall, Helen Reddy, and Ed McMahon. The lineup included nine giant character balloons, 35 floats, 13 marching bands, and the one-and-only Santa Claus.

Parade Lineup

Listed below are the various Parade units that appeared in the 1975 line of march. Each unit is listed in several categories and sub-categories, in addition to the unit's sponsor.

Bold indicates a new Parade unit, underline indicates a unit that was brought back after an absence, strikethrough indicates a removed Parade unit, and * indicates a retired Parade unit.

Balloons

• Dino the Dinosaur (Macy's) - 13th time
• Bullwinkle Moose (Macy's) - 15th time
• Mickey Mouse (Walt Disney Productions) - 5th time
• Underdog (Macy's) - 11th time
• Smokey Bear (Macy's) - 10th time
• Linus the Lionhearted (Macy's) - 12th time
• Weeble (Hasbro) - 1st time
• Happy Dragon (Macy's) - 15th time
• Snoopy (United Media) - 8th time

Floats

• Doodlebug (Macy's) - 6th time
• Turkey (Macy's) - 3rd time
• Cartonella* (Bil Baird) - 2nd time
• Woman in the Shoe (Macy's) - 7th time
• Planet of the Apes (The Mego Corporation) - 2nd time
• Captain Hook's Pirate Ship (Walt Disney Productions) - 7th time
• The Walt Disney World Castle (Walt Disney Productions) - 5th time
• The Wizard of Oz (Macy's) - 2nd time
• Cootie (Schaper) - 1st time
• Sesame Street (Children's Television Workshop) - 2nd time
• Showboat (Macy's) - 7th time
• Old Country Village (Anheuser-Busch) - 1st time
• Cinderella's Carriage (Dr. Pepper) - 7th time
• Raggedy Ann and Andy (The Knickerbocker Toy Corporation) - 1st time
• Santa's Holiday Home* (Macy's) - 4th time

Specialty Units

• "Holiday Treat for Children Everywhere" Banner - 12th time
• NYPD Mounted Unit - 49th time
• Disney Wagon (Walt Disney Productions) - 11th time
• "If You Haven't Seen Macy's, You Haven't Seen New York" Banner - 12th time
• Royal Lipizzan Stallions* (Myakka City, FL) - 3rd time

Toy Floats

• The Spirit of '76 (Macy's) - 9th time
• Pilgrim Man & Woman (Macy's) - 1st time
• Clown Shack (Macy's) - 8th time
• Gorilla* (Macy's) - ?th time
• Rocking Horse (Macy's) - 18th time
• Rocking Giraffe (Macy's) - 6th time
• Humpty Dumpty (Macy's) - 3rd time
• George Washington & Ben Franklin (Macy's) - 1st time
• The Tortoise and the Hare (Macy's) - 8th time

Marching Bands

• U.S. Army "Old Guard" Fife & Drum Corps (Fort Myer, VA)
• Vestal High School Golden Bears Marching Band (Vestal, NY)
• South Carroll High School Cavaliers Band (Sykesville, MD), performed "Silver Bells"
• Westchester Senior High School Band and Wranglerettes (Houston, TX)
• Western Dubuque Bobcat Marching Band (Epworth, IA)
• Bay View Redcat Marching Band (Milwaukee, WI)
• Greenwich Cardinal Band (Greenwich, CT)
• Downers Grove Community High School Marching Mustangs (Downers Grove, IL)
• McDonald's All-American High School Band (Nationwide)
• Christian County High School Marching Colonels Band (Hopkinsville, KY)
• Liberty High School Grenadier Band (Bethlehem, PA)
• South Carolina State University's Marching 101 (Orangeburg, SC), performed "The Hustle"

Guest Stars

• Melba Moore, sang "I Got Love" (Doodlebug)
• Dolly Parton, sang "Love Is Like a Butterfly" (Turkey)
• Bil Baird (Cartonella)
• Shari Lewis and Hush Puppy, sang "I Love a Parade" (Woman in the Shoe)
• Freddy Fender, sang "Secret Love" (Rocking Horse)
• The Rhodes Kids (Walt Disney World Castle)
• Doug Henning (The Wizard of Oz)
• Mason Reese, sang "Christmas Is Coming!" (Cootie)
• The Cast of Sesame Street (Sesame Street)
• Helen Reddy, sang "Free and Easy" (Showboat)
• Miss Teenage America 1975: Lori Matsukawa (Cinderella's Carriage)
• Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes (The Tortoise and the Hare)
• Santa Claus (Santa's Sleigh)

Costumed Characters

• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
• Mickey Mouse, Goofy, and Pluto (Disney Wagon)
• Peter Pan, Captain Hook, Mr. Smee, and Tick Tock Croc (Peter Pan)

Performance Groups

• Trinidad & Tobago Stag Fonclaire Steel Band (Brooklyn, NY)
• The Radio City Music Hall Rockettes
• Ben Vereen
• Ambakaila Carnival Dancers (Brooklyn, NY)
• Shenandoah, sang "Next to Lovin'"
• All-Ohio State Fair Youth Choir (Zanesville, OH), sang "White Christmas"

Pre Parade Acts

• Doug Henning
• All-Ohio State Fair Youth Choir (Zanesville, OH)

Clowns

• Skating Clowns - 8th time

Incidents

• Astronaut Snoopy was punctured by a lamppost at 73rd Street, and was pulled from the lineup.
• Underdog ran into a lamp post near Times Square, deflating it's head and made it to be removed from the lineup.
• Smokey Bear's right hand was punctured by a tree at Columbus Circle and sprung a leak.
• Sinclair Oil's Dinosaur's front right leg was snagged by a lamppost at 77th Street, however it was freed with no damage done to the balloon.
• Weeble's torso was torn open by a tree at 77th Street and Central Park West, resulting in an immediate deflation and removal.

See also

• The 49th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade/Gallery
• The 49th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Lineup