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Wonderfully nostalgic. Life before Sponge Bob and product placement (Goodyear Blimp not withstanding) Happy Thanksgiving!

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Classic! Especially like Pinocchio..nose of a POTUS.

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I love the photo of the unsuspecting kids in the window and the lion (or whatever it is) coming around the corner!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

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Great pictures from a less complicated and troubled time. Thanks!

That’s The Pink Panther cowgirl. Now I’m feelin as old as I am, but that too shall pass.

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Great pics! I always thought Bullwinkle was a 60s creation. Maybe mid 50s.

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Great photos. I was trying to date them as well and according to wiki (at least this entry shouldn’t be tarted up) says that the first Rocky and Friends show debuted in 1959.
Have a great Thanksgiving.

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Great show your thoughtfulness and effort is

well appreciated. Happy Thanksgiving

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See the Hotel Astor shot. Those cops on the right

are rookies. Still in the Acadamy. Grey uniforms.

Ahh memories.

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Sylvia. I remember that. I found a piece of Mickey
Mouse at Orchard beach. 1958.
I’m just kidding. My aunt told me that years ago.

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Love “Middle-Aged Superman.”

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Wonderfully nostalgic! Even on the holiday I’m visiting IOTW and you’ve provided a much appreciated reminder of my childhood and a much simpler time!

Thanks!

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OMG! I recognized each and every balloon and the character they represented. Damn I’m getting old!

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Felix The Cat and Mighty Mouse! Wow! Thanks.

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@Free Willie – that getting old thought passed through my mind too….I loved Felix the Cat, and I wanted to get a tattoo of Mighty Mouse for my 50th birthday, but passed….

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@Sicktoy – But I can still shoot MOA at 200 yards with my AR

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Ham&Mothers??? Used to be my favorite C-Rat.

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Love the styling on those early balloons. Much more like classic illustrations!

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DevilDoc…. wondered how long it would be before someone picked up on that. Also liked spiced beef and wieners and beans. Were you a corpsman? A1/9 3rd.Mar.Div. RVN 68-69.

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@Ham&Mothers

E2/5 1st Mar.Div. RVN68-69. It was Marines in the “New Corps” the put the Devil in front of the Doc. I have a good friend who was Doc at A1/9. But that was before Viet Nam (before the “Walking Dead”). Semper Fi!

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Here’s to you and all corpsman, saved my arse. Semper Fi.

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Wonderful pictures. I esp. liked the one of Uncle Sam standing tall. New York City at this time of year was always magical, even to a kid from the ‘burbs.

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Finally… Galoomphy has purpose.

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I was watching a show on the History Channel. They said back in the 30′s they would let the ballons go at the end of the parade.

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My great uncle Frank Cooper invented the rubberized material that Goodyear used to make the first Macy’s balloons in 1927. That could have even been him in the photo of Mickey Mouse.

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What year was this?
I’m sorry but that is an insult to Ogres. Shrek is a thoughtful intelligent adult ogre, who abdicated his claim to the throne for the good of the people and for his family. To have him portrayed as this mindless troll of a power-hungry dimwit Galoomphy is just inaccurate and anti-ogrmitic. Greyson’s cameo in the first Harry Potter in the girls bathroom would have been a more accurate representation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_y7t8PV2xI

Happy Thanksgiving everybody

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Happy Thanksgiving all

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That Obumbles turkey is hilarious! I might have to print that out and use it as my placemat at dinner (all my family members are liberal Democrats, I’m the sane one).

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The last two pics featuring galoomphy and the ghetto thug traitor are brilliant.

I love iowntheworld…Happy Thanksgiving.

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THe guy in the second picture – must be a TSA inspector.

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Sooo, what happened to the rest of the comments from ’09?

Just wondering.

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Heh, nice. I love the old (and new) photos.

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Potus as a Turkey, so fitting.

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Wow, I can’t believe it’s been a year already. Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

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Sad O appears as the turkey mascot for the Thanksgiving Day parade – makes sense.

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And here we are again.

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

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I think heart felt gratitude stands on three legs. Humility – giving thanks is an act that humbles. Compassion – the need and want of others moves us to personal action. And love – holding our family close and knowing you can count on each other. Feel the day…Happy Thanksgiving.

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I’m anticipating that the Chicago parade will see the rollout of a giant inflated “Squeezy the Pension Python” this year, all done up in Illini orange.

If so, expect sepuku.

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Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Can’t believe it’s been a year since I’ve seen these pics. Awesome.

Captain America just made the first blunder – dropped a 12-pack of bottled beer. We saved 6 – oh, well. Just another laugh.

Wishing you all well.

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Love the grayson. He, along with oblowme are the biggest turkeys.

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Happy Thanksgiving to my “family” here at IOTW. You are all a blessing to me.

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Love the old photos. And not one jihadist in the crowd.

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I made the comment about the rookie cops near the Hotel Astor. I’m glad to see I’m still around and kickin’, as are alot of you. Happy Thanksgiving to all at IOTW. Thanks for the memories.

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Wow! That second picture is Bill Maher, right???

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Blast from the past, very cool!

Happy Thanksgiving!

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The balloon is probably smarter than Galoomphy.

Probably has LESS hot air, too…

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Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Another year with a turkey in the White House, along with his fat Hen and her huge snood.

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