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Unusual and Special Local TV Programming for Thanksgiving Day and the Next Day
I agree with the OP. Just because he included the states for Mobile and Pensacola doesn't make it "mockworthy."
Thank you for the commentary on WTMJ-TV, mrschimpf. I woke up late Thanksgiving morning and was looking forward to catching the first half of the parade during the afternoon replay. I found it revolting to see infomercials. WTMJ has such a rich history in Milwaukee; it's a shame to see what it's become today.
You obviously haven't been reading his posts very long, particularly the ones where he corrects others for not writing the way he does.
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^I was actually asking other users to clarify some parts of their messages.
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Let's have a look at some examples from the last three months.
Where a person asked for a source of another poster's assertions:
Or, sometimes, a longer question simply isn't necessary.
Where "Lauer" and "Roker" were used in a thread subject:
Probably because nobody on this board could possibly mistake those last names, especially when used together, for anyone else.
In a thread on the "Classic TV" board in a post about a show's place on a 1993 schedule:
Fortunately, it's not the only message, so it's irrelevant what it would sound like if it were the only message there.
Replying to someone who cited one sentence out of an article he read in the newspaper in a short reply to an earlier message:
I'm sure CTListener was very well aware of it but decided the single sentence wasn't worth the effort. I certainly didn't feel the need to click your link. Talking like CTListener is someone who has never used a computer before certainly isn't the way to make any friends.
In a thread about cartoons aimed at children:
Probably because the thread was about cartoons aimed at children.
And bear in mind that in each of these cases, the posts are not edited. That is the entire content of each post, which means those posts (other than the fourth one) add nothing to the discussion.
There's a difference between writing for clarity and writing for wordiness. If you use the word "website" in lieu of "World Wide Web site," I can guarantee that everybody here or on any other message board will know what you mean. Writing the latter rather than the former is being wordy and pedantic. Being as wordy as possible is not the same as writing for clarity. Being as wordy as necessary to convey your point to your target audience, and no more so than that, is writing for clarity. And pestering others for not being as wordy and pedantic as you are makes people just ignore your messages (as I usually do) or become unhappy when they see your posts (as I suspect Scott does).
And now that I've gone completely off-subject to the point where this will likely wind up in TIO, I will go do something more useful with my time. Apologies to the R-I administrators and moderators.
- Trip
Yep, guilty as charged. Haven't been on the boards much lately....
Stations Covering Local Thanksgiving Day Parades?
I know Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade is covered and has been covered basically since the beginning of TV, but I was wondering do any stations, currently show local Thanksgiving Day parades? Or have they in the past? I can't remember if any in Chicago did, where I'm from.
Thanks.
I know Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade is covered and has been covered basically since the beginning of TV, but I was wondering do any stations, currently show local Thanksgiving Day parades? Or have they in the past? I can't remember if any in Chicago did, where I'm from.
Thanks.
WGN-TV/WGN America ran the McDonald's Thanksgiving Parade in Chicago on Thursday.
There was a Thanksgiving Day parade in Houston (not exactly sure which local Houston station aired it), sponsored by Foley's, a local department store chain based in the city (prior to the Macy-ing of the country a few years ago). I wasn't aware of the parade until 1987 or so, when Foley's was merged with another TX chain, the late/great Sanger Harris of Dallas (they were both divisions of the same multi-chain conglomerate); the Sanger Harris stores became part of Foley's and for a few years thereafter the Houston parade was shown in Dallas, WFAA/8 carried it. I'm not sure if the Houston parade is still being done and if so, if it is even televised. IIRR, in the last few years I remember hearing about the parade, Foley's discontinued their sponsorship and some other firm/company took it up.
I may have heard of another parade somewhere else that was televised, but if so, I wouldn't know the specifics right off hand.
I may have heard of another parade somewhere else that was televised, but if so, I wouldn't know the specifics right off hand.
As always WBTV aired the Charlotte Thanksgiving parade. For many years it was the Carolinas Carousel Parade but this year the sponsor became Novant Health, who stepped up to save the parade in the 11th hour. There was almost no parade this year. On years CBS has the 4:30 Dallas game it airs at 1:00 or so, like yesterday. On years they have the 12:30 Detroit game they air it at 4 after the game. Apparently viewers were upset they cut out part of it but Brigida Mack stressed on Fox 46 it was due to time constraints. Could not go over 2 hours. They will probably rebroadcast the parade Christmas Day. They usually have in the past.
I, too, miss the telecast of the Seattle Thanksgiving Day parade. The one-hour Holiday Special Edition of Evening Magazine, aired at 7pm on KING, showed a bit of the parade (but not very much). Then again, Thanksgiving should be a day of rest. Presumably, more of the KING 5 staff were able to enjoy Thanksgiving at home.
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Houston nearly lost their parade this year, even selling their floats to a little town in South Texas. The lack of a Thanksgiving Day parade upset enough Houstonians that the mayor threw something together on the fly and renamed it the Houston On Parade Thanksgiving Day Parade as opposed to the HEB Holiday Parade. HEB did provide sponsorship with the parade but it has effectively died since Macy's isn't involved anymore. Ironic too that the longtime Foley's/Macy's building in downtown Houston was recently imploded as well. When Macy's pulls up their stakes they really pull.
WPVI/6 has carried a local Philadelphia thanksgiving parade for many years. It has been through numerous sponsors, like Gimbels, IKEA, Boscov's, and now Dunkin' Donuts.
Not precisely a Thanksgiving parade, but KBJR in Duluth, MN has both sponsored and staged the annual "Christmas City of the North Parade" the Friday night before Thanksgiving for over 50 years now. The station started the parade (to "kick off" their Xmas advertising season) back when they were WDSM-TV. In the early 60's they had a "Christmas City" theme song written by a local songwriter and, through NBC, recorded by Merv Griffin. The song is still in use today, and a framed mint original 45rpm of it was just recently auctioned on ebay and fetched over $600 for a local charity. (The station sold copies of the record for years, but most of the remaining ones were probably destroyed when their former studios burned out in a 1997 fire.)
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