The 50th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was held on November 25, 1976, in New York City and shown to viewers live on NBC that same day from 9:00 a.m. to 12 p.m. It was hosted by McLean Stevenson, Della Reese, Ed McMahon, and Shari Lewis.
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Parade Lineup
Listed below are the various Parade units that appeared in the 1976 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, and * indicates a retired Parade unit, and italics mean a unit was removed from the Parade along the route.
Balloons
- Astronaut Snoopy (United Media) - 8th time
- Weeble (Hasbro) - 2nd time
- Mickey Mouse (Walt Disney Productions) - 6th time
- Linus the Lionhearted - 13th time
- Smokey Bear (General Electric Company) - 11th time
- Happy Dragon - 16th time
- Underdog - 12th time
- Dino the Dinosaur* (Sinclair Oil Corporation) - 14th time
- Bullwinkle - 16th time
Floats
- Toy Turkey - 4th time
- The Old Country Village (Anheuser Busch, Inc.) - 2nd time
- Disney World Castle (Walt Disney World Resort) - 6th time
- Captain Hook's Pirate Ship* (Walt Disney Productions) - 8th time
- Broadway Belle Showboat - 8th time
- Raggedy Ann & Friends on Swings (The Knickerbocker Toy Corporation & Twentieth Century Fox) - 2nd time
- Cinderella (Dr. Pepper) - 10th time
- Planet of the Apes* (The Mego Corporation) - 3rd time
- The Wizard of Oz* - 3rd time
- The Woman in the Shoe* - 8th time
- Motorcycle in the Sky* (Ideal) - 1st time
- The Giant Jukebox (FM 99 WXLO) - 1st time
- Sesame Street (Children's Television Workshop) - 3rd time
- Santa's Sleigh on a Birthday Cake* - 1st time
Specialty Units
- The Disney Wagon* (Walt Disney Productions) - 8th time
- Doodlebug - 7th time
- The Cootie (Schaper Toys) - 2nd time
- Mother Goose (First time since 1974) - 3rd time
Toy Floats
- Rocking Horse - 1st time
- Pilgrim Man & Woman - 2nd time
- Snail - 1st time
- Humpty Dumpty* - 4th time
- Outhouse* - 8th time
- Rocking Giraffe - 7th time
- George Washington & Ben Franklin - 2nd time
- The Tortoise & The Hare* - 9th time
- Bear Bee (First time since 1973) - 2nd time
Marching Bands
- Tate High School Marching Band
- The McDonald's All-American Marching Band
- The Bonnabel High School Bruin Band
- The Morris Brown College Marching Wolverines
- U.S Naval Academy Drum & Bugle Corps
- The Onteora High School Marching Band
- The Kalani High School Marching Band
- The Defiance High School Band of Class
- The United States Air Force Academy Cadet Drum & Bugle Corps
- The Windjammers of the United States Coast Guard Academy
- The Dundee Scots Youth Band
Guest Stars
- Shari Lewis; sang "I'm a Brass Band" (Rocking Horse)
- Mallory Tarcher (Rocking Horse)
- The Cast of the New Howdy Doody Show; sang "A Howdy Doody Christmas" (Turkey)
- Roberta Peters & Justino Diaz; sang "Make Believe" (Broadway Belle Showboat)
- Della Reese; sang "Never Can Say Goodbye" (Doodlebug)
- Laverne and Shirley; sang "Da Doo Run Run" (The Greasemobile)
- Miss Teenage America: Karen Peterson (Cinderella's Carriage)
- The Cast of Bugsy Malone & Paul Williams; sang "You Give A Little Love" (Excalibur Car)
- Martha Raye; sang "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (The Old Woman in the Shoe)
- Evel Knievel & Robbie Knievel (Motorcycle in the Sky)
- Barry Manilow & Lady Flash; sang "It's a Miracle" (The Giant Jukebox)
- The Cast of Sesame Street; sang "What's The Name Of That Song?" (Sesame Street)
Performance Groups
- The Chinese Acrobats of Taiwan
- Tthe U.S Military Academy Cadet Glee Club; sang "The Drunken Sailor" (Broadway Belle Showboat)
- The Radio City Rockettes
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