crew-approved sneak peak of Foster's float!

[girl_named_goo]

FYI you guys-- tomorrow at 8 am, The Today Show will be featuring a sneak peak of all the new floats and balloons in the Thanksgiving parade---including Foster's!! :bloogrin If you're around a TV in the morning, check it out!! -Lauren

[Thornwhistle]

Too bad I won't be able to see that,because I'll already be at work at that time. :(

[Carlaz]

:) Woo hoo - will do!

[Sparky]

8 am?? :wiltshock:

Lol, I'll try to. Thanks for telling us, that was nice! :)

I will *try* to capture it and upload it somewhere, or at least do screenshots.

[pitbulllady]

Darn it! Somebody PLEASE make a screen cap of this, since I'll be at work, with no access to a television at that time, and I really would love to see the float! I am very likely to sleep until 11 or so on Thanksgiving Day(we have a rather late Thanksgiving dinner with our family, though it better not be TOO late, since I have a pressing engagement at 7:00 pm), so I'll probably miss the parade itself, sorry. Hey, I have to get up at 5 am every weekday, and I'm so not a morning person, so don't take it personally!

pitbulllady

[DoubleLatte]

Cool. I'll be up by then, so no problems there. I don't have class tomorrow until 10.

[One Radical Dude]

Thanks for letting us know, Lauren. We appreciate that. :)

[CG]

Somebody, watch and take pics! If possible, record? Sneak peeks are welcome to those who aren't in the USofA.

[BabyElephant]

Wait, wait, wait...there's an "8:00 in the morning", you say? And people do things such as viewing television programs at this bizarre time? Intriguing... :o

[LaBlooGirl]

Wait, wait, wait...there's an "8:00 in the morning", you say? And people do things such as viewing television programs at this bizarre time? Intriguing... :o

LOL I'm with you on that one!

[Sparky]

I'm taping the show right now - they haven't gotten to the floats yet. :terrsmile:

edit: they just showed a preview of the segment. Wilt! :D

[Sparky]

Okay the segment is over - I honestly don't think uploading a video is necessary because the camera never moved, so there's only one shot of the float anyways. However, the guy stood beside the Foster's float the entire segment, so it got some GOOD airtime for the Today show. It's the House, with Wilt standing in front (and that's all we could see). I'll get a screencap in a minute.

[Cassini90125]

I expected Eduardo for some reason but I'll happily settle for the house. Did the Today crew say anything interesting about the show?

[Sparky]

I expected Eduardo for some reason but I'll happily settle for the house. Did the Today crew say anything interesting about the show?

Well the guy DID "introduce" the float to the other reporters, by describing what the show was about, which is great press. Anyways I'm sure there will be more characters, they didn't show the entire float.

Okay there were two more shots than I thought I would get - from the abovementioned segment preview, when they did a closeup of Wilt. So here's all three:

The farthest-back shot (http://www.fosters-home.com/forum/myimages/floatprev3.jpg)

The reporter standing beside the float (http://www.fosters-home.com/forum/myimages/floatprev.jpg)

The closeup (http://www.fosters-home.com/forum/myimages/floatprev2.jpg)

Maybe they didn't want to make Wilt smile because of the tough time he's going to have in the movie airing the same day as the float. ;) It looks like he's listening to something.

(If these pics do anything evil to my bandwidth I'll have to move them to Imageshack or something. I dunno how many ppl are going to come here to look at them.)

[Cassini90125]

Looks pretty good, can't wait to see it in the parade! :)

[Howard]

Very nice. I do like the close-up of Wilt!:D

[taranchula]

If anyone does want to see a video of the segment, they have it up on the:MSNBC Website (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032633/)

(They'll probably have the video up for just the remainder of today though, so be quick.)

Just select "Today Show Video" and then click the link: "Turkey Day Parade Celebrates 80'th anniversary."

[Imaginary Light]

The float looks amazing from what I can see in the pictures. I can't wait to actually see it floating down the streets of New York City!

[CG]

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaang. Wilt looks amazing!

[One Radical Dude]

Good stuff. Wilt looks like maybe he's got butterflies in his stomach or something, eh? :wiltshock: I cannot wait to see this thing in action. ;)

["C" the Dragon]

8 AM?!? I HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL BY THEN!!!:wiltshock: Can someone *please* put it on tape when they have the chance?!

[Cassini90125]

Someone did; see post #17 in this thread.

["C" the Dragon]

Someone did; see post #17 in this thread.

Whew, thank goodness.

EDIT: I like it! Am I glad that I live in Michigan! Whoo Hoo!!

[Invader Bloo]

Ooh real Wilt! I hope Frankie & Cheese are on it.

[CG]

Maybe they'll have someone pose as a real life Frankie for the float?

[Invader Bloo]

Meh, that'll be cool. If they pick someone who looks like a real version of her.

[Cassini90125]

Well, now I've got a reason to tune in! :frankiesmile:

[CG]

They do that in Disneyland don't they? Find young women who look like the fairy princesses 'n dress em up all nice. I'm sure they could find a Frankie somewhere.

[Cassini90125]

Not as pretty as the original, but they could find someone.

[Kzinistzerg]

Wow, i'm...14 hours off... Very nice though! It's fosters! Wheee!

[bloonuggets]

Two things to tell "C" The Dragon:

1) There's no school on Thanksgiving, and
2) If you live in Detroit, forget about seeing the parade on WDIV-TV there.

[Chaos Wielder]

Wow, those are some nice pics, Sparky! Thanks a bunch for posting them up! I can't wait to see the float going down the street during the parade! XD

[Carlaz]

Nice work! Thanks Sparky. :D

[GrimTheLost]

Thanks Sparky for showing the pics. It made me smile.

[waynekaa]

Thanks for posting the pics!

[swarlock]

FYI you guys-- tomorrow at 8 am, The Today Show will be featuring a sneak peak of all the new floats and balloons in the Thanksgiving parade---including Foster's!! :bloogrin If you're around a TV in the morning, check it out!! -Lauren

Arrrgh! I missed it. :(

But the photo of Wilt looks sweet.

["C" the Dragon]

Two things to tell "C" The Dragon:

1) There's no school on Thanksgiving, and
2) If you live in Detroit, forget about seeing the parade on WDIV-TV there.

I know. I'm planning to go to the parade to see the real deal!

[kaytea]

wow that float is amazing
I wish I could see it in action but im going down to Cali for thanksgiving and my grandpa will be watching football all day

I wont be able to watch the Tv movie D= premire
*hopes they show it again the day after thanksgiving*

[One Radical Dude]

I'm sure someone will record it, for those that miss it or have no access to watch the parade anywhere. Lauren mentioned on her Galaxy Girls blog that she would be viewing the parade in New York City, so she gets to see it up close. :)

[bloonuggets]

And when they get to Macy*s, they're going to be "singing" "With a Little Help from My (Imaginary) Friends."

[Sparky]

I must be a party pooper because that made me groan aloud. :P See, *that's* the kind of thing that makes me steer clear of the MDP. I don't tolerate (that kind of) corn very well. :jk: Oh well, publicity is publicity, and this will become a childhood memory of our nation's future leaders, lol.

[CG]

You're not the only one who groaned at that news, Sparky.

[bloonuggets]

What I mean by that is, the tracks have already been recorded by the voice cast, and the live actors who'll be playing Mac and Frankie will be lip synching to the music. You know how they sing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl? That stuff's pre-recorded.

[taranchula]

Eh, this can't be as cheesy as some of the stuff they did during the parades in the 1980's. You haven't lived until you've seen a person in a Scooby Doo costume...break dancing.

[HappyFoppy]

Taran: "*trip, fall* I'm okay. ^^" repeated 100 times? :)

Another reason not to come to Europe, America. XD
Someone _is_ taping the real Foster's float on Thanksgiving, right? :/

[One Radical Dude]

Eh, this can't be as cheesy as some of the stuff they did during the parades in the 1980's. You haven't lived until you've seen a person in a Scooby Doo costume...break dancing.

A break dancing Scooby-Doo? Haha, I don't remember that. 8D I don't expect this to be the cheesiest thing at the parade. :gooblab:

[Imaginary Light]

I must be a party pooper because that made me groan aloud. :P See, *that's* the kind of thing that makes me steer clear of the MDP. I don't tolerate (that kind of) corn very well. :jk: Oh well, publicity is publicity, and this will become a childhood memory of our nation's future leaders, lol.


I groaned too. Somehow, I'm not really looking foward to that particular part. Oh well. Should be interesting nonetheless.

["C" the Dragon]

And when they get to Macy*s, they're going to be "singing" "With a Little Help from My (Imaginary) Friends."

I don't know what to groan about, but I think it sound pretty cool!:D You may never know. You may actually like it.

[Sparky]

Someone _is_ taping the real Foster's float on Thanksgiving, right? :/

I am going to TRY to get it one way or the other. I also want to record the Foster's marathon on CN, but if you saw the "Craig Draws Wilt" bumper I uploaded you'll see how crappy my VCR has decided to become. My brother says he can get the marathon on his TiVo, and I'll designate my Media Center PC to get the parade (or perhaps we'll just do it the other way around) - that way I don't have to use my VCR at all. *Hopefully* I'll get everything I need that way.

[KazooBloo]

The floats were awesome.