Easter Parade NYC 2008

[katrindox]

Very kind and cultural people. They have good taste of humour. THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO .

[katrindox]

thank u it is funny to see this tradition!!! I like all these hats!!!

[jimbronxny]

It was nice except for the a-hole with the obama sigm...someone always has to ruin it.

[turetskygambit]

They all look like idiots compared to the way their grandfathers dressed for this parade. They simply can't invent anything that can compete with the marvelous costumes of early to mid 1900's so they pretend that they don't care for elegance anymore. Oh my, I better go watch Easter Parade with Fred and Judy.

PS I'm 21, just in case someone thought I'm an old fart.

[calihartley2010]

@turetskygambit How right you are. When i saw the link for this i was excited because i was just watching the Easter Parade On the Perry Como and Lawrence Welk show. I thouht it would be like that. You are right, they all look like idiots. They are insulting the easter parade and that fat fart saying 'Alleged Resurrection' What the heck is wrong with this modern PC crowd. BTW i am not an old fart but in my 20s. I too fell like watching LW and Perry Como and Fred and Judy. Not this trash.

[JudgeJulieLit]

A festival of Fauvism millinery! Ingeniousest -- the Humpty Dumpty marionette.

[pookerville]

ALLEGED RESURRECTION? Listen, Mr. Babblings! There was a Resurrection! Jesus didn't just rise from the dead; he DESTROYED it! Get your frigging facts straight!

[reostyx1254]

more like a damn circus...distorted from what it used to be adn what is originated as..makes me sick nowadays

[paulyvi]

this is not Easter Parade......its more like a drag show

[jogschneider]

Ahoy, and Happy Easter Y'all, OneFineDockRocker in recovering Houston, GalvestonIsl.(yippy skippy Fish Tales seafood restaurant is back,but the hotel, across the st. didn't fare so well, or the shell shops),BoliverPeninsula, and all BarrierIs.s of S.E. Texas

[pookerville]

The "Alleged" Resurrection? Face the facts, Mr. Babblings! There WAS a Resurrection! Jesus rose from the dead! To deny that is blasphemy!

[Brenho]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahaha

[DameEdithDivine]

I loved the egg man puppet, the dog with the tulip, the man in red, Gregory Moore, and everything about this video! Stupendous!

[FantasticBabblings]

Thank you for watching, your Dameship.

[VioletKitty411]

Thanks for sharing a little NYC culture :-)

[FantasticBabblings]

My pleasure. It was good to see you this weekend.

[onemon22]

The hat at 2:23 was my favorite. Oh the guy from 3:35 I think was from Kids in the Hall, Kevin McDonald, or maybe a lookalike. Usually I can just open another browser and just listen to the video bloggers speak, but I could not miss this one. Your video was fantastic, hence the name.

[FantasticBabblings]

So glad you enjoyed it.

[Journeys2008]

Hey Phil! Thanks for sharing this! I love the big carrot hats! :D That gave me a good laugh!

[FantasticBabblings]

I wanted to take a bit out of one of them.

[Imsoooconfused]

That still scene of the business card is hilarious.

[FantasticBabblings]

It is quite dramatic, n'est-ce pas?

[hymnsing]

Paganism is alive and well in the Big Apple.

[FantasticBabblings]

Just think of all the fun you'll have while we're burning in hell!

[MaxDire]

Wonderful video Phil! Its people like this in the video that make NY such an interesting and unique place.

[FantasticBabblings]

Thanks so much for watching, Max.

[howyoodoon]

Thanks, Phil, for this wonderful videographic memory of a really swell day. I'm the "Noel Coward guy" at the end. I wasn't specifically trying to look like him (that day), but I really appreciated your astute observations. And thanks for the plug, too!(wanna be my agent??) Hopefully, "I'll See You Again"!

Best always, Gregory (and, to the more sensitive viewer, while several animals were killed during the making of this picture, the coat's from 1928, so I had nothing to do with it, I swear!).

[FantasticBabblings]

I and my friends have all faced the struggle of being an independent artist. I am happy to give a plug when I can. And I hope some day to see you perform. Or as Noel said, "I'll see you again."

[lemonette]

Thanks again for taking me somewhere to see something totally new and different! What fun!

[FantasticBabblings]

Thanks. I am thrilled that you came with us, Lanette. Love you.

[FantasticBabblings]

No problem. We would just put some fake grass, a couple of colorful eggs, a twittering bird or two...

[FlingingDust]

Looks like fun !

[FantasticBabblings]

A blast!

[kenrg]

That was far more fun than I anticipated, thank you! But it's a darn good thing you did the audio editing when you did; I'm pretty sure Time-Warner owns that song and you don't want to tangle with those SOBs. The last woman was great, but I think I saw her lips move.

[FantasticBabblings]

It was fun. It would have been more fun if I had been able to include this man leading the whole crowd in singing Easter Parade. It looked like it was an annual tradition for him to do this. But alas, I did worry that it would be pulled for copyright infringement. The DMCA needs to be seriously revised.

And oh, yes, I wondered for a moment if reading lips and getting the lyrics was a violation. Absurd, but absurder things have happend.

Thanks for watching, Ken.

[OneoftheImmortals]

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A . . . I just pictured a Tranny dancing on top of the bar at The Pyramid Club to the beat of The Village People's "YMCA," with her arm movements spelling out "DMCA."

[Jonase123]

In Norway we celebrate easter by getting drunk. Hail to Zombie Jesus!

[FantasticBabblings]

That is a great tradition!

[JimmyHook]

Wasn't that Elliot Spitzer in the big cube hat?

[FantasticBabblings]

Yes, and unfortunately I was changing memory cards when Jim McGreevey came by with his driver sitting on his face.

[Zipster08]

"On the avenue...Fifth Avenue...the photographers will snap you"  LOVED IT, Phil!!!

[FantasticBabblings]

There were almost as many cameras there as a YouTube gathering, but not quite.

Thanks, T. Love you.

[pininfarina164]

Cool =)

[FantasticBabblings]

Thanks !

[thizizliz]

Oh wow - people really get into it, don't they?? We wore shorts and Hawaiian shirts for our Easter dinner and felt fancy with the good china and champagne. Those folks are so creative and funny and seriously cool!!!!!!!

[FantasticBabblings]

Shorts and Hawaiian shirts sounds nice to me.

[RDJim]

Jebus would be proud.

[FantasticBabblings]

Lord Jebus and his alleged resurrection. Nothing says "risen from the dead" like a festooned hat.

[DavidlyMe]

Wonderful. The only things missing were Judy Garland and Fred Astaire.

[FantasticBabblings]

I just mentioned them a couple of comments ago. Ah well, no Judy or Fred, but we did have Noel Coward.

[LeonShnider]

Lot of different stuff!-Nothing like this anywhere around here...mostly monotone boring sheet.

Cool video!

All best Phil!

[FantasticBabblings]

New York is many things, but boring is not one of them. Thanks for watching Leon.

[heatherlynblue]

that was such great footage. i had no idea about this tradition... and what a fun one. i'm so glad it didn't rain on your parade b/c it looks like a lot of people put a lot of work into their hats.

[FantasticBabblings]

It was a perfect day. The sun was bright and the colors were vibrant. This has been going on for 150 years. There is even an old movie about it, "Easter Parade" with Judy Garland and Fred Astaire.

[andymooseman]

That was great & what an amazing array of hats.

There always seems to be something going on in your neighbourhood Phil.

Do they do this parade every Easter? :)

[FantasticBabblings]

You're right, Andy. There is always something going on here. The hats are very inventive. Some people spend a lot of time on them.

[JeeprzCreepers56]

I love the hat man!

[FantasticBabblings]

It was a Brooklyn Bridge made all of metro cards (used for admission to subways and buses).

[tunisianswife]

that was wonderful. This really made me feel like I was there. So colorful. Oh yeah, I LOVE that caricacture at the end! Susan

[FantasticBabblings]

Thanks. I had the caricature drawn while I was there. This guy on the sidewalk did it in four minutes.

[crawleykakes]

I was laughed at the angry guy saying "You won't be laughing". He was funny !

[FantasticBabblings]

I wish I had gotten more of him. One thing he was railing against was "Men being pretty on a Sunday."

[NihilistZealot]

I never thought I would be traumatized from large colorful hats. But they overwhelmed me...

[FantasticBabblings]

They are big and shocking and some are quite imposing.

[mymoosejaw]

Very cool. I would so like to see this some day.

[FantasticBabblings]

It has been around 150 years or so. I expect it to be here for some time, so come on over some year and bring a festive hat.

[OhCurt]

I tihnk Irving Berlin would still give this video 5 stars if he were alive today.

And Obama would make a wonderful Chief Bunny, it's true.

GEEK ALERT: I got excited when you used the purple Broadway font just like they did on the MTM spin-off "Rhoda"

[FantasticBabblings]

Oh well, then, I am going to have to find a Golden Girls tie-in for you somewhere down the road.

I think Irving would have been fine, but you know the estates get greedy, and while you should be able to tape people singing "Easter Parade" at the Easter Parade, the DMCA says you better not (esp. since I have two strikes. yikes!)

[jbre2008]

As always great Video , you really have a talent thanks for posting

[FantasticBabblings]

As always, thanks for watching, and for your kind comments.

[fishhead06]

Looks like fun! New Yorkers are so colourful!

[FantasticBabblings]

Yes, that's one word to describe us :)

[qiranger]

Thanks for sharing a festive parade.

[FantasticBabblings]

Festive it was, Steve. Thanks for watching.

[vadremo]

That was "Fantastic" Mr. Babblings!

[FantasticBabblings]

Thank you, Mr. vadremo.

[nancyleeould]

This video is wonderful!! There really is an Easter Parade!  On the avenue? 5th Avenue??!!!

I wish I had been there!!!!

Thank you so much!

Hugs~Nancy

[FantasticBabblings]

Yes indeed. There has been an Easter Parade on Fifth Avenue since the mid 1800s. It was never a formal parade; they just close the street down and people are free to parade around to show off their outfits and bonnets. Over the years it has become somewhat campy, but other than the evolution in attitude, it is pretty much what it has been for 150 years, which I find reassuring.

[editorgay]

Did I hear Beverly Bly? It sure sounded like her saying the parade was "very classy." If you had just turned the camera you might have caught her all decked out for the the Easter proceedings!

[FantasticBabblings]

I ran into Bev there. She was with Madge. Bev had a lovely pink had with pink sex toys protruding from it. She declined to appear on camera though as she was a little puffy from allergies.

[PappyStu]

Is this what NYC looked like right before "I Am Legend"?

[FantasticBabblings]

It apparently is right before some apocalypse. The man with the leaflets and warnings iformed us that the world was going to burst in flames in three days (that's tomorrow!)

[PappyStu]

Are you packing now?

[FantasticBabblings]

No, but I'm planning an early lunch. You want to wait an hour after eating before the world ends.

[PappyStu]

Who doesn't love a parade?

[FantasticBabblings]

I love it, but motorists don't like it because it closes off Fifth Avenue.

[f3xpgm]

That would give great photos! Thanks for sharing! ;)

[FantasticBabblings]

My pleasure. Thank you for watching.

[f3xpgm]

Is thwre any vents like that in the streets in August?

[FantasticBabblings]

I can't put a link in comments but if you go to nycstreetfairs dot com and scroll down to August, you will see a schedule of Street Fairs. Not exactly the same as this, but interesting anyway.

[f3xpgm]

ok, thanks! ;)

[hartnell114]

omg its like you took us through 3 different time zones!, id love to have been 'in' with the hippy crowd, only maybe without the excessive drug useage :p lmao, 'noels' costume was amazing! maybe a little too hot though lol, i am glad to see the people of newyork have taken mr carlins words into consideration, someday we'll all have hats, haha only i dont think he was thinking this extreme! wonderful to see you again! (in the video...i wasnt spying ¬¬)

[FantasticBabblings]

I don't believe in excessive drug usage either. Just the right amount of drug usage for me. The Noel Coward-y costumes were a bit heavy, but there is still a chill in the air here. It was an entertaining day and very colorful.

[hartnell114]

id loved to have been there :)

have you heard, T is coming to town! haha

how good is your noel coward impression? :D

...ive been using mine lmao

[FantasticBabblings]

You can see my Noel performance, if not impression, at least a still shot at the end of the video "Photographic Memories".

[hartnell114]

duh,i forget :\

have agreat dayy

[KasparHauser4]

Thank you for bringing NYC easter to us.

[FantasticBabblings]

My pleasure.

[stellawashere]

Looked like Yoko at 2.47 That was great....very colourful:-)

[FantasticBabblings]

She does have Yoko's hat and Sunglasses.

[OneoftheImmortals]

Not one Carmen Miranda in the bunch. Wasn't that Charles Busch in Easter Parade?

I hope you had a good time. ;-{)

[FantasticBabblings]

Charles Busch apparently married an Allergist and lived happily ever after, or something like that.

I had a blast. Lunch afterwards at La Bonne Soup. French. Very classy.

[OneoftheImmortals]

Did you have the Onion Soup?

Lutèce was THE BEST!!! C'est la Fin. C'est la vie.

[FantasticBabblings]

I had the combo. Onion soup (the cheese was cooked to a deep brown), salad, bread (delicious), Vin a table (blanc), and chocolate mousse for $16.95. You can't beat it.

[OneoftheImmortals]

This is the second time you made me hungry. I'll never loose weight around you. ;-{)

[CaptainRock]

lol...how interesting! Looked like a fun day....its good to see people get out like that! Dress up and express themselves in the way they do! Thnx so much for sharing!

[FantasticBabblings]

It was fun Rock. People can get very creative, and on this particular day, New Yorkers are quite open and friendly.

[johnreagannumber1]

I'm so glad you posted this. No matter how much I know it in my head, I had forgotten how vibrant NYC was. No wonder you love to live there. You must talk to new people every day Phil :) How beautiful. - John

[FantasticBabblings]

I love the infinite variety.

[riverbasil]

I wish we had parades like that here!

..oh wait, we just did last month, it was full of homosexuals!

[FantasticBabblings]

If you noticed, there were a few of them sprinkled about here and there in this parade. Sprinkling and twinkling their merry way into our hearts.

[johnreagannumber1]

I must say, what a sobering and saddening moment to hear the volume being shut off because some were singing an a song that infringes on copyrights. I think AOL/Time Warner own the copyrights to Happy Birthday. Would cost $10,000 to be able to use it in a film. So this is sobering because I still cannot get used to the notion that by posting a video here with people singing, were are in effect as bad as those using an antenna to broadcast a worldwide signal as a pirate radio/television station.

[FantasticBabblings]

Isn't it absurd? I understand YouTube's position, but I think the law is out of sync with the times. Even the monetized videos make so little money per video that it is silly to make such a fuss. I wish they could make a deal with ASCAP and BMI and put an end to this insanity.

[johnreagannumber1]

Wonderfully said. I admire and respect compliance and hope we will be fortunate to witness the law getting into synch. A deal with the music companies or the artists should really be the way of the future. They made a giant statement about that on their blog regarding EMI, but it never seems to have materialized. Still too many gray areas for me to understand.

[FantasticBabblings]

I wondered about the EMI thing. They never really followed up. They should work out an arrangement like ASCAP or BMI and lay this thing to rest.

[johnreagannumber1]

I love Noel Coward! In addition to his life long work, his interviews were fascinating. Watching the whole video now.