Nickelodeon to Debut Brand-New SpongeBob SquarePants Balloon & Blue’s Clues & You! Float at the 93rd Annual Macy’s Thanks...
October 24 2019 - 12:09PM
Business Wire
PAW Patrol Balloon, Rise of the Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles and Shimmer and Shine Floats To Reprise Appearances
at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Nickelodeon is celebrating 20 years of its iconic SpongeBob
SquarePants series with a brand-new high-flying balloon at the 93rd
Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade®. The new balloon features
everyone’s favorite subaquatic sponge and his beloved pet snail
Gary. The nationally televised holiday spectacle will also feature
a brand-new float inspired by the network’s highly anticipated
preschool series Blue’s Clues &You!, a remake of the
groundbreaking interactive series, Blue’s Clues, which premieres on
Nov. 11, at 1 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon.
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Brand-New SpongeBob SquarePants Balloon
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“The Macy’s Parade is thrilled to welcome back two fan favorites
with the return of our porous pal SpongeBob SquarePants for his
15th flight down the streets of Manhattan, this year with his
beloved pet snail Gary along for the ride; and the iconic pup Blue
returning to the Parade line-up after more than a decade with a
brand-new float celebrating the upcoming series Blue’s Clues &
You!,” said Jordan Dabby, producer of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day
Parade. “Nickelodeon and the Macy’s Parade are synonymous with
great family entertainment and we are thrilled to extend that
long-time partnership with the new additions of these two beloved
characters to the Thanksgiving celebration.”
“The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is an annual event that
delights the millions of viewers who line the streets of New York
City and millions of families who watch the awe-inspiring spectacle
at home,” said Charlotte Castillo, Senior Vice President, Global
Franchise Planning, Viacom Nickelodeon Consumer Products. “This
year, kids of all ages will be on the receiving end of a double
dose of Nickelodeon nostalgia as two of our most iconic characters
make a return to the Parade route, with a brand-new SpongeBob
SquarePants balloon and a Blue’s Clues & You! float.”
SpongeBob SquarePants, will make his 15th appearance in the
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. In 2004, SpongeBob made history as
the Parade’s first-ever square balloon and this year, he will take
to the sky with his pet snail Gary in tow, as he makes his way
through the Big Apple on his Thanksgiving hiatus from Bikini
Bottom. The brand-new SpongeBob balloon, which stands at 44-feet
high, 36-feet wide and 46-feet long takes on his unique shape with
the help of more than 800 internal tie-lines that pull the single
chamber sphere balloon into a square.
Nickelodeon’s playful pup Blue, will be making a return to the
annual holiday spectacle on a brand-new float that will showcase a
22-foot tall Blue, inspired by the look and feel of the new series
Blue’s Clues & You!, a remake of the groundbreaking interactive
series, Blue’s Clues. Covered in 13 pounds of glitter, Blue will
shine down the Parade route as she greets fans of all ages. Making
an appearance alongside Blue will be the new live-action host of
Blue’s Clues & You! Joshua Dela Cruz.
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will also feature three
fan-favorite returning Nickelodeon elements: from their underground
lair to the streets of New York City, Nickelodeon’s Heroes in a
Half-Shell will take fans on a wild ride to 34th street on a
one-of-a-kind Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles float; PAW
Patrol’s Chase character balloon will show the citizens of New York
City that “no job is too big, no pup is too small;” and the Shimmer
and Shine float will transport spectators to the whimsical world of
Zahramay Falls with twin genies-in-training Shimmer and Shine.
The 93rd Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade airs nationwide
on NBC-TV, on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019 from 9 a.m.– Noon; in all
time zones.
A new generation of preschoolers will be searching for clues
with beloved puppy Blue in Nickelodeon’s Blue’s Clues & You!,
which will feature a new live-action host, Josh (played by Joshua
Dela Cruz), and brand-new elements alongside refreshed iconic items
from the original series. Blue’s Clues & You! premieres Monday,
Nov. 11, at 1 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon.
About the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
With more than 50 million viewers across the country and more
than 3.5 million spectators lining up along the streets of New York
City each year, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is a national
icon that has grown into a world-famous holiday event. Since 1924,
the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has marked the official start of
the holiday season. Growing in size and scale, the Parade proudly
marches down a more than 2-mile route in New York City with more
than 8,000 participants in tow including Macy’s colleagues, their
families, celebrities, athletes, clowns and dance groups, all
spreading holiday cheer. Featuring fabulous floats and America’s
best marching bands, the signature of the Parade continues to be
the world-famous helium balloons. For more information on the
Macy’s Parade please visit macys.com/parade.
About Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon, now in its 40th year, is the number-one
entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global
business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company
includes television programming and production in the United States
and around the world, plus consumer products, digital, recreation,
books and feature films. For more information or artwork, visit
http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon and all related titles,
characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA,
VIAB).
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Christine Olver Nealon, Macy’s Media Relations 646-429-5713;
christine.nealon@macys.com
Thamar Romero, Nickelodeon 212-846-7491;
thamar.romero@nick.com
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