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Amusing Vintage Photographs of Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloons

By Jennifer Lewis on

Happy Thanksgiving week, folks! Will you be watching the Macy’s parade on Thursday? If so, you might want to check out these fascinating old photos and remember a time when lip syncing pop stars were nil and creepy balloons were aplenty. The parade debuted in 1924 as the “Macy’s Christmas Parade,” featuring Macy’s employees in lively costumes and animals from the Central Park Zoo. In 1927, the very first balloon was thrown into the mix, and the rest is history. Did you know that they used to set the balloons free, and whoever found a deflated one could mail it back to Macy’s in exchange for a gift? Crazy stuff. Anyway, check out our selection of vintage Thanksgiving Day parade photographs after the jump, then hit the comments to name your favorites. … Read More

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What’s On at Flavorpill: The Links That Made the Rounds in the Office

By Caroline Stanley on

Today at Flavorpill, we completely freaked out over this brilliant X-Men/Peanuts mashup. We were glad to see that Vulture agrees with us on who the biggest asshole on HBO is. (Hint: He’s on Game of Thrones.) We were surprised by the racy pin-up art that you can find on… Read More

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The 10 Best Songs About Being Green

By Judy Berman on

St. Patrick’s Day can be kind of a bummer holiday: There are the frat brahs getting wasted on green Bud in faux Irish pubs and screaming in the streets. There’s that asshole who uses March 17th as an excuse to pinch anyone who isn’t wearing the color du jour. If someone brings store-bought green cupcakes into work, it may well be the highlight of the day.

Still, we’re determined to get some joy out of St. Pat’s. If we must celebrate all things green, we’re going to do it with music — by counting down the 10 best songs that discuss or evoke the color, with its many meanings and connotations. Use the comments to nominate your favorite green-themed track. … Read More

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What’s on at Flavorpill: Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office

By Heather Schwedel on

Today at Flavorpill, we liked everything, including iconic 20th century photography, better once it’s been reimagined with Legos. We applauded innovative uses for VHS tapes and floppy disks (now if we could only repurpose our Beanie Babies.) We invested in deodorant to evade the Hawaii 5-O. We looked back on a time when bears roamed Manhattan and the whole island cost $12. We shook our heads at Kermit and Miss Piggy’s latest duet — Kermit, you can do so much better! Call us. We felt like we were Facebook friends with Charles Saatchi because he told us 30 things about himself. We totes toted around a tote bag made of a Target billboard. We spreken ze prejudice. We thanked PopCandy for going to the trouble of making us this list of Labor Day weekend TV marathons. Finally, we bore witness to Chris Brown’s bowtie and all the important revelations it made. Hey, bowtie, do you know Aretha Franklin’s crazy… Read More