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The 59th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was held on November 28th, 1985 in New York City, and shown to viewers live on NBC that same day from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. EST. It was hosted by Pat Sajak, Bert Convy and Phylicia Ayers-Allen. Participating celebrities included Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, Peter Marx, Lee Greenwood and Daniel Jenkins.
Parade Lineup
Listed below are the various Parade units that appeared in the 1985 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,* indicates a retired Parade unit, underline signifies an element that returned to the lineup after an absence and strikethrough indicates a Parade unit that was removed from the Parade.
Balloons
Giant Balloons
- Raggedy Ann (Macmillan Inc.) - 2nd time
- Yogi Bear* (Hanna-Barbera) - 3rd time
- Garfield (United Feature Syndicate) - 2nd time
Superman(DC Comics) - 6th time- Snoopy* (United Media) - 7th time[1]
- Betty Boop (King Features) - 1st time
- Kermit the Frog (Henson Associates) - 9th time
Olive Oyl* (King Features) - 4th time- Woody Woodpecker (Walter Lantz Productions) - 4th time
Novelty Balloons
- Lollipops (Macy's) - 1st time
- Ice Cream Cone (Macy's) - 1st time
- Pennsylvania Dutch Ornaments (Macy's) - 1st time
- Flower Ornaments (Macy's) - 1st time
- American Star Ornaments (Macy's) - 1st time
- White Macy's Stars* (Macy's) - 1st time
- Geometric Ornaments (Macy's) - 1st time
- Poinsettias (Macy's) - 1st time
Floats
- Turkey (Macy's) - 13th time
- Monopoly Game Train* (Parker Brothers) - 1st time
- Care Bears* (American Greetings) - 2nd time
- Showboat (Macy's) - 17th time
- Great American Dog* (Purina Dog Chow) - 3rd time
- Robotman & Friends* (United Feature Syndicate) - 1st time
- Big Apple (The New York Daily News) - 4th time
- Masters of the Universe (Mattel) - 1st time
- Salute to the Statue of Liberty* (Oscar Mayer) - 2nd time
- Light of Liberty* (New York Power Authority) - 1st time
- Cabbage Patch Kids (Coleco Industries) - 2nd time
- Trolley Express* (Macy's)
- Disney's Celebration* (Walt Disney Productions) - 2nd time
- Rainbow Brite* (Hallmark Properties) - 1st time
- Doodlebug (Macy's) - 5th time
- Santa's Sleigh (Macy's) - 8th time
Specialty Units
- Airplane* (Trans World Airlines) - 18th time
- Christmas Wagon (Macy's) - 18th time
Toy Floats
- Rocking Tortoise (Macy's) - 7th time
- Snail (Macy's) - 10th time
- Rocking Kangaroo (Macy's) - 7th time
- Rocking Lobster (Macy's) - 6th time
- Rocking Horse (Macy's) - 12th time
Marching Band
- Concord Community High School Marching Minutemen (Elkhart, IN)
- Wheeler High School Wildcat Pride Marching Band (Marietta, GA)
- Lake Howell High School Silver Regiment (Winter Park, FL)
- Oak Grove High School Marching Band (San Jose, CA)
- Corning-Painted Post West High School Viking Marching Band (Corning, NY)
- W.T White High School Longhorn Marching Band (Dallas, TX)
- Indian Hill High School Marching Band (Cincinnati, OH)
- McDonald's All-American High School Band (Nationwide)
- Toms River High School East Marching Raiders (Toms River, NJ)
- Northern Lebanon High School Band (Fredericksburg, PA)
- Boston University Marching Band (Boston, MA)
Guest Stars
- Parade Official Jean McFaddin
- Janie Fricke, sang "If the Fall Don't Get You" (Turkey)
- Woody Herman and the Young Thundering Herd, performed "Apple Honey" (Monopoly Game Train)
- Miss America 1986 Susan Akin, sang "Nobody Cares Like A Bear" (Care Bears)
- Stars of "Big River", sang "Muddy Water" (Showboat)
- Betty Thomas (Great American Dog)
- New Edition and Tada!, sang "A Little Bit Of Love" (Robotman & Friends)
- Philip Michael Thomas, sang "Just the Way I Planned It" (Big Apple)
- James Coco, sang "Jolly Old St. Nicholas" (Airplane)
- Lee Greenwood, sang "God Bless The U.S.A." (Salute to the Statue of Liberty)
- Allison Smith, Brian Bloom and Frederick Koehler, sang "Welcome Christmas" (Cabbage Patch Kids)
- Tony Bennett, sang "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" (Trolley Express)
- Steven Furst, sang "Sing" (Rocking Lobster)
- Disney Characters (Disney's Celebration)
- Rue McClanahan and William Daniels (Cinderella)
- Shannon, sang "Let the Music Play" (Rocking Horse)
- A Show of Hands, USA, performed "Rainbow Brite and Me" (Rainbow Brite)
- Phylicia Ayers-Allen, sang "When There's Love" (Doodlebug)
- The Cosby Show Kids (Anheuser-Busch Clydesdale Wagon)
- Rosemary Clooney, sang "White Christmas" (Christmas Wagon)
- Santa Claus (Santa's Sleigh)
Specialty Characters
- Mr. Monopoly
- Ted E. Bear & Patti Bear
- The Care Bears
- McGruff the Crime Dog
- Norfin Trolls
- The Cat in the Hat
- Robotman
- Cowboy Armadillo
- Teddy Ruxpin
- Lotsa Legggggs
- LaserTech and TerrorTech
- Captain America
- The Smurfs
- Heathcliff
- The Cabbage Patch Kids
- Popeye, Olive Oyl, Brutus and Wimpy
- Hägar the Horrible
- Mr. Potato Head and Mrs. Potato Head
- Rainbow Brite and Friends
Trivia
- This would be a memorable Thanksgiving Day for Phylicia Ayers-Allen, as shortly after the parade's conclusion; NBC sportscaster Ahmad Rashad, covering the Thanksgiving Day game between the Detroit Lions and New York Jets for NBC's "NFL '85" pregame show, proposed at the end of Rashad's pregame report.
Incidents
- Aviator Snoopy's Christmas list fell off the balloon after arriving on 34th Street.
- Kermit the Frog's stomach was torn by trees along Central Park West. Although the balloon remained in the lineup, it was flown very close to the ground due to the loss of helium.
- Olive Oyl and Superman suffered damages before the Parade began and were unable to be repaired in time.
- Woody Woodpecker tore a hole in his coxcomb the night before the parade, but the hole was repaired in time. His legs, however, deflated during march.
See also
- The 59th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade/Gallery
- The 59th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Lineup
Notes
- ↑ The 1985 Macy's Parade marked the Aviator Snoopy balloon's first apperance since 1982.