The 75th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was held on November 22nd, 2001, in New York City and shown to viewers on NBC that same day from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. It was hosted by Katie Couric, Matt Lauer and Al Roker. Participating celebrities included Betty Buckley, Tony Bennett, Tim Curry, Charlotte Church, Florence Henderson, and Usher.
Parade Lineup[]
Listed below are the various Parade units that appeared in the 2001 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, and * indicates a retired Parade unit.
Balloons[]
Giant Balloons[]
- Curious George (Vivendi Universal) - 1st time
- Pikachu (The Pokémon Company) - 1st time
- Captain Underpants (Scholastic, Inc.) - 14th time
- Felix the Cat (Pat Sullivan Productions) - 6th time
- Maggie (Nickelodeon) - 1st time
- Millennium Snoopy* (United Media) - 3rd time
- Ronald McDonald (McDonald's Corporation) - 2nd time
- Arthur* (The Learning Company) - 5th time
- Kirby, Tiff & Tuff (HAL Laboratories) - 10th time
- Big Bird (Sesame Workshop) - 1st time
- Elmo & Dorothy (Sesame Workshop)- 1st time
- Peter Rabbit (Frederic Ward & Co.) - 6th time
- Petula Pig (John Deere Company) - 5th time
- Rugrats* (Nickelodeon) - 5th time
- Jimmy Neutron (Nickelodeon) - 1st time
- Cheesasaurus Rex (Kraft Macaroni & Cheese) - 1st time
- Jeeves (Ask.com) - 2nd time
- Scooby-Doo (Hanna-Barbera) - 17th time
- Honey Nut Cheerios Bee* (General Mills) - 3rd time
- Blue (Nickelodeon) - 3rd time
- Cassie* (Sony Pictures Family Entertainment) - 2nd time
- Caillou (PBS Kids) - 3rd time
- Thomas the Tank Engine (Britt Allcroft Ltd.) - 11th time
- Woody (Disney/Pixar) - 4th time
- Clifford the Big Red Dog (Scholastic, Inc.) - 20th time
- Snuggle (Lever Brothers Company) - 19th time
- Kurisu (Shin-Ei Animation) - 37th time