Here is the lineup used for the 70th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, which took place in 1996.
Summary[]
Macy's managed to pull off another successful Parade in 1996, which was the Parade's 70th anniversary. The new balloons were Rocky and Bullwinkle, paired up with his partner Rocky the Flying Squirrel, and Peter Rabbit, the star of the books by Beatrix Potter. Other Parade favorites such as Big Bird, Sonic the Hedgehog, Woody Woodpecker, Garfield, Spider-Man, Betty Boop, Quik Bunny, and The Pink Panther would strut their stuff down the line of march. To help spice up the occasion, guest stars such as Bo Diddley, Kenny Rogers, Lea Thompson, the Sesame Street Muppets, Elayne Boosler, Liz Torres, and the Rockettes came to perform for the spectators. Calm weather made handling the balloons relatively easy, though Woody Woodpecker suffered a hand-wound. And as expected, Santa Claus ended off the Parade on his sleigh, marking the start of the Christmas season. Despite the Freezing Temperatures, The parade was still a success
Balloons[]
- Rocky & Bullwinkle* (Universal Studios Consumer Products Group) - 1st time
- Garfield (Paws, Inc.) - 14th time
- Big Bird (Children's Television Workshop) - 14th time
- Elmo (Children's Television Workshop) - 9th time
- Quik Bunny (The Nestlé Beverage Company) - 15th time
- Clifford the Big Red Dog (Scholastic) - 15th time
- SkyDancer* (Abrams Gentile Entertainment, Inc.) - 2nd time
- Pink Panther (Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Inc.) - 15th time
- Betty Boop (King Features) - 9th time
- Spider-Man (Marvel Entertainment Group Inc.) - 10th time
- Barney (Lyrick Studios) - 3rd time
- Woody Woodpecker (Universal Studios Consumer Products Group) - 15th time
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega of America, Inc.) - 4th time
- Peter Rabbit (Frederick Warne & Co.) - 1st time
- Izzy* (Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games) - 4th and last time
- Beethoven (Universal City Studios, Inc.) - 4th time
- Captain Underpants (Scholastic, Inc.) - 9th time
- The Cat in the Hat (Random House Children's Publishing) - 3rd time
- Snuggle (Lever Brothers Company) - 14th time