Greg Heffley with a deflated hand.Photo:Gotham/GC Images
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Some Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade viewers are feeling a bit… deflated.
As the slew of colorful floats and balloons made their way through the streets of New York City Thursday morning, many viewers took to social media to express their puzzlement as to why so many inflatables seemed to have a lack of air.
“Why are so many balloons deflated this year,” X, formerly known as Twitter,user @EmKingg wrote on Thanksgiving morning.
One of the first balloons that appeared to have inflation issues was Snoopy, whichX user @TanookiKuribo pointed out, writing, “Snoopy having some trouble with his hat. Also flying kinda low?”
Snoopy and his semi-deflated green hat.Fatih Aktas/Anadolu via Getty Images
Fatih Aktas/Anadolu via Getty Images
Diary of a Wimpy Kidcharacter Greg Heffley was also seen floating along with one of his hands deflated, while a new addition, a Mallard duck named Uncle Dan from the upcoming movieMigration,had a deflated wing.
When it was time for the Toys “R” Us float to have its moment in front of Macy’s on 34th Street, viewers noticed that an inflatable Geoffrey the giraffe had a bit of a limp neck.
Another one of the parade’s newest additions, Monkey D. Luffy from the manga seriesOne Piece, also had an inflation issue with his straw hat. In onevideo shared to Xfrom earlier in the parade route, the Monkey D. Luffy balloon is seencolliding with a tree, which appears to rip open its hat.By the time it made it to 34th Street, the entire rim was floppy.
Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell ride along the parade route, with the semi-deflated Uncle Dan ballon just behind them.Gotham/GC Images
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One of the more recent fiascos came in 2008 when a Keith Haring balloon took a wide turn and crashed into the broadcast booth whereAl Roker,Meredith Vieiraand Matt Lauer were broadcasting live, temporarily taking them off the air.
source: people.com
