This is just one of many Spider-Man balloon videos I’ll bring you this week. This one is my favorite. Willard Scott is broadcasting the parade on NBC. Inside the balloon it has a “Special NBC Camera.” It’s a fun trip down memory lane. Unfortunately the balloon is no longer in the parade, but that could change. A petition was started a few years ago and has over 2000 signatures asking for the balloon to return. Sign it today so we can have a spider-balloon in 2009!
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View articlesBrad created the Crawlspace back in 1998 while attending college at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He’s the webmaster and writes front page news items, and also produces, hosts and edits the podcast. He’s been collecting Spider-Man comics since the age of three and is a life-long fan of the webhead. His website has been featured in USA Today, Entertainment Weekly and on Marvel.com and inside the comics themselves. The Crawlspace is one of the first Spider-Man fan sites to ever hit the internet. Millions of people visit the site every year.
Brad has interviewed several “Spider-Celebrities” over the years including co-creator Stan Lee. He’s also interviewed actors who have portrayed Spider-Man like Paul Soles (Voice Actor from the 67 Spider-Man Cartoon), Dan Gilvezan (Spidey Voice Actor from Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends) ,Yuri Lownthal (Voice Actor from the Spider-Man PlayStation game) and Nicholas Hammond (Spider-Man 1977 Actor).
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Miss this thing… 🙁
John Romita SR. even designed this float, I’m pretty sure. Wish they would bring this back.
signed! i hope they bring it back. i mean spidey is a symbol of NY. they NEED him to be there
I used to make an entire Thanksgiving day of watching the Macy’s parades… god, that’s a good memory. And this was always my favorite of the baloons.