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The 75th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (2001) | The 76th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (2002) | The 77th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (2003) | 
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The 76th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was held on November 28, 2002, in New York City and broadcast live on NBC that same day from 9 a.m. to noon EST. The telecast was hosted by Katie Couric, Matt Lauer, and Al Roker. The lineup featured 14 giant helium balloons, 28 floats and four toy floats, 10 novelty balloons, 500 clowns, 12 marching bands, 1,000 cheerleaders, scores of celebrities, and the one-and-only Santa Claus.
Parade Lineup[]
Listed below are the parade elements that appeared in the 2002 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. They are categorized by unit type, with their respective sponsors in bold. Home locations of talent ensembles are featured in brackets, and the guest star’s float appearances are indicated in bold.
Bold denotes a new parade element, an underline indicates a unit that was brought back after an absence, a strikethrough signifies a parade unit that was sidelined before or during the march, and an asterisk (*) indicates an element that was retired after the 2002 Parade.
Balloons[]
Giant Balloons[]
- Charlie Brown & The Elusive Football (United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) - 1st time
- Big Bird (Sesame Workshop) - 2nd time
- Blue* (Nickelodeon) - 4th time
- Little Bill (Nickelodeon) - 1st time
- Cheesasaurus Rex (Kraft Macaroni & Cheese) - 2nd time
- Jeeves* (Ask Jeeves, Inc.) - 3rd time
- Ronald McDonald (McDonald's Corporation) - 3rd time
- Mr. Monopoly (Parker Brothers) - 1st time
- Jimmy Neutron (Nickelodeon) - 2nd time
- Pikachu (The Pokémon Company) - 2nd time
- Wild Thing (HarperCollins Children's Books) - 3rd time
- Barney* (HIT Entertainment) - 9th time
- Clifford the Big Red Dog (Scholastic) - 10th time
- Kermit the Frog (The Jim Henson Company) - 1st time
Novelty Balloons[]
- Uncle Sam (Macy's) - 1st time
- Macy's Yellow Stars (Macy's) - 1st time
- Alphabet (Sesame Workshop) - 14th time
- Cloe the Holiday Clown (Macy's) - 9th time
- Americana (Macy's) - 3rd time
- The Centennial (Macy's) - 1st time
- White Macy's Stars (Macy's) - 4th time
- Harold the Fireman (Macy's) - 7th time
- Baseball and Basketball (Macy's) - 7th time (Baseball); 11th time (Basketball)
- Happy the Hippo (Macy's) - 2nd time
- Ice Cream Cone (Macy's) - 16th time
- Elf (Macy's) - 3rd time
- Red Macy's Stars (Macy's) - 1st time
Floats[]
- Tom Turkey* (Macy's) - 10th time
- Pep Rally (Mike Miller & Associates) - 7th time
- Teddy Bear Centennial (Build-A-Bear Workshop) - 1st time
- Sesame Street (Sesame Workshop) - 1st time
- Old Lahaina Luau's Paradise* (Old Lahaina Luau) - 3rd time
- Blue's Clues* (Nickelodeon) - 4th time
- Road to the Future* (Amerada Hess Corporation) - 3rd time
- Kids' Candy Creation Lab (Hershey Foods Corporation) - 1st time
- Three Little Pigs* (Pulte Homes) - 3rd time
- Bob the Builder with Wendy and Muck (HIT Entertainment) - 2nd time
- greendog's world (greendog) - 2nd time
- Westward Ho!* (Macy's) - 5th time
- Mother Earth* (Maytag Appliances) - 3rd time
- Doodlebug* (Central Park Conservancy) - 15th time
- Jolly Polly Pirate Ship (The Wiggles Touring Party, Ltd.) - 9th time
- Carousel of Imagination (The LEGO Company) - 1st time
- Marion-Carol Showboat (macys.com) - 1st time
- Statue of Liberty (Macy's) - 10th time
- Big Apple (The New York Daily News) - 19th time
- Raw Energy* (World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.) - 2nd time
- Animal Planet (Animal Planet) - 4th time
- Dinotopia* (Hallmark Entertainment) - 2nd time
- Barney's Playtime in the Park (HIT Entertainment) - 1st time
- M&M's Network (M&M's Chocolate Candies) - 5th time
- A Christmas Carol (Radio City Entertainment) - 1st time
- Santaland Express (OshKosh B'Gosh) - 17th time
- Angelina Ballerina (HIT Entertainment) - 1st time
- The Grinch* (Universal Orlando Resort) - 2nd time
- Santa's Sleigh (Macy's) - 25th time
Specialty Units[]
- New York Police Department Motorcycle Unit - 18th time
- "Holiday Treat For Children Everywhere" Banner (Macy's) - 21st time
- Parade Drum Roll* (Macy's) - 2nd time
- Parks Enforcement Mounted Patrol Unit - 17th time
- Parade Drum Roll* (Macy's) - 2nd time
- Planters Nut Mobile (Planters) - 1st time
- "The United States" Circus Wagon* (Big Apple Circus) - 2nd time
- Big Red Shoe Car (McDonald's) - 3rd time
- "If You Haven't Seen Macy*s, You Haven't Seen New York" Banner (Macy's) - 21st time
- Macy's REO Delivery Truck (Macy's) - 8th time
- New York Police Department Mounted Unit - 76th time
- Pokémobile (The Pokémon Company) - 2nd time
Toy Floats[]
- Rocking Tortoise (Macy's) - 24th time
- Mr. Snail (Macy's) - 34th time
- Rocking Horse (Macy's) - 45th time
Marching Bands[]
- Prospect Marching Knights (Mount Prospect, IL), performed "The Music Man Medley"
- Miles College Purple Marching Machine (Fairfield, AL), performed "The Rhythm Is Gonna Get You"
- Turpin High School Marching Band (Cincinnati, OH), performed "Pinball Wizard"
- Kamiak Show Band (Mukilteo, WA), performed "Welcome Back My Friends"
- Cisco Junior College Wrangler Band and Belles (Cisco, TX), performed "Hoedown"
- James F. Byrnes High School Rebel Regiment (Duncan, SC), performed "Moondance"
- United States Marine Quantico Band (Quantico, VA)
- Stone High Pride Marching Band (Wiggins, MS), performed "Tonight"
- New York Police Department Marching Band (New York, NY)
- Butler Senior High School Golden Tornado Marching Band (Butler, PA), performed "Rockin' the Paradise"
- Salem High School Blue Devil Marching Band (Salem, NH), "New York Symphony" finale
- Piscataway High School Superchiefs Marching Band (Piscataway, NJ), performed "I've Got Rhythm"
- Highland High School Marching Highlanders (Anderson, IN)
- Lafayette High School Marching Band (Lexington, KY), performed "March of the Toys"
Guest Stars[]
- Play, sang "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" (Teddy Bear Centennial)
- The International Cast and Muppets of Sesame Street, sang "We Are All Earthlings" (Sesame Street)
- Old Lahaina Luau Hula Dancers, performed "Kumukahi" (Old Lahaina Luau's Paradise)
- Cast Members from Passions (Wedding Bell-y Laffs Limo)
- Joe from Blue's Clues (Blue's Clues)
- Justin Guarini, sang "Get Here" (Road To The Future)
- no secrets, sang "Kids in America" (Kids' Candy Creation Lab)
- Miss USA 2002 Shauntay Hinton[1] (Three Little Pigs)
- Mario, sang "Just a Friend" (greendog's world)
- Cast Members from Good Morning Miami (Westward Ho!)
- Josh Groban, sang "You're Still You" (Mother Earth)
- Jamie-Lynn Sigler (Doodlebug)
- The Wiggles, sang "Wiggly Party" (Jolly Polly Pirate Ship)
- Michael Feinstein, sang "Pure Imagination" (Carousel of Imagination)
- South Shore Circus Concert Band ("The United States" Circus Wagon)
- Ronald McDonald, Grimace and Hamburglar (Big Red Shoe Car)
- Joey Lawrence and Camp Broadway, sang "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (Marion-Carol Showboat)
- Cast Members from American Dreams (Marion-Carol Showboat)
- Michael Cavanaugh, sang "New York State of Mine" (Statue of Liberty)
- Sasha Cohen and Bob Beamon (Statue of Liberty)
- Natural, sang "Put Your Arms Around Me" (Big Apple)
- Vince McMahon, World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars, Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler, and Lilian Garcia (Raw Energy)
- Matthew Lawrence (Rocking Tortoise)
- Andy Lawrence (Mr. Snail)
- Baha Men, sang "Crocodile Rock" (Animal Planet)
- Jeff Corwin and Matt Gallant (Animal Planet)
- Lee Ann Womack, sang "The Season for Romance" (Dinotopia)
- Barney, Baby Bop, and B.J., sang "Colors All Around" (Barney's Playtime in the Park)
- Ashanti, sang "Happy" (M&M's Network)
- F. Murray Abraham with Cast of A Christmas Carol, sang "Christmas Together/God Bless Us, Everyone" (A Christmas Carol)
- Judy Kaye, performed "What Good Is Being Cranky When It's Christmastime" (Santaland Express)
- The New York City Ballet featuring the School of American Ballet, performed "The Nutcracker Suite" (Angelina Ballerina)
- Santa Claus (Santa's Sleigh)
Costumed Characters[]
- Snoopy (Pep Rally)
- Presidential Teddy and Pawlette Coufur (Teddy Bear Centennial)
- Wompkee
- Daren the Lion
- greendog (greendog's world)
- Maggie Moo
- Captain Feathersword, Dorothy the Dinosaur, Henry the Octopus and Wags the Dog (Jolly Polly Pirate Ship)
- Macy's Holiday Bears (Macy's REO Delivery Truck)
- Mother Goose, Ms. Muffet, King Cole, Boy Blue and Bo Peep
- The CarePlus Bunnies
- Wild Thing
- M&M's (M&M's Network)
- Spyro the Dragon
- The Stars of Percy, the Poor Little Penguin (Santaland Express)
- Raggedy Ann (Rocking Horse)
- Whovillians (The Grinch)
Performance Groups[]
- Universal Cheerleader and Dance Association (Nationwide), performed "Football Fever"
- Mike Miller Dance Team (Nationwide), performed "The Greatest Medley Ever Told"
- Stage Door Rag Dolls (East Patchogue, NY)
Pre-Parade Acts[]
- AntiGravity, Inc., performed "Get the Party Started"
- America Sings!, performed "Street Party"[2]
- Thoroughly Modern Millie, performed "Thoroughly Modern Millie"
- The Producers, performed "I Wanna Be a Producer"
- Oklahoma, performed "The Farmer and the Cowman"
- Hairspray, performed "You Can't Stop the Beat"
- The Radio City Rockettes, performed "City Rhythm"
Clowns[]
- Skating Clowns - 33rd time
- Macy's Parade Skaters - 1st time
- Countdown Clowns - 9th time
- Martian Madness Clowns* - 4th time
- Tropical Fruit Clowns - 7th time
- Wedding Bell-y Laffs Limo Service - 2nd time
- Jogging Wheel Clowns - 9th time
- Hula Hoop Clowns - 11th time
- Alphabet Blocks - 10th time
- Class Clowns - 3rd time
- Construction Clowns* - 1st time
- Funny Business Clowns - 2nd time
- Mouse Clowns* - 2nd time
- Uptown Doggie Walkers - 9th time
- Funny Farm Produce Clowns - 9th time
- Cactus, Cowboys & Cows Clowns - 11th time
- Rain Ballet Clowns - 21st time
- Bathtub and Bathing Beauties Clowns - 4th time
- Holiday Clowns - 9th time
- Clown Kazoo Band - 4th time
- Elephant Clowns - 9th time
- Circus Clowns - 3rd time
- Patriotic Clowns - 7th time
- Keystone Kops - 7th time
- Funny Bone Medical Team - 18th time
- Funny Firefighter Brigade - 4th time
- All-Star Baseball Clowns - 1st time
- Birthday Clowns - 8th time
- Baby Clowns - 21st time
- Jester Clowns - 6th time
- Ornament Clowns - 6th time
- Sleepy Clowns - 3rd time
Clown Vehicles[]
- Spaceship* - 4th time
- Wedding Bell-y Laffs Limo - 2nd time
- Funny Farm Produce Truck - 7th time
- Rub-A-Dub Bathtub - 4th time
- Clown Taxi - 2nd time
- Clown Ambulance - 18th time
- Fire Engine - 11th time
Stilt Walkers[]
- Groom - 2nd time
Incident[]
- Cheesasaurus Rex's right arm was shredded, but the balloon was able to complete its appearance.
Notes and References[]
- ↑ Country superstar Alan Jackson was orginally scheduled to appear on the Three Little Pigs float, performing a song from his then-forthcoming holiday album. However, he would be unable to make an appearance.
- ↑ America Sings! performed the opening number of the NBC telecast of the Parade; they later rounded out the lineup, following behind the Santa's Sleigh float.