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Smurf balloon debuts in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
| November 27, 2008
Link: Is it Lazy or Dreamy Smurf?
| November 27, 2008

In honor of the 50th Anniversary for The Smurfs, a 47-foot tall Smurf balloon joined Buzz Lightyear and Horton as the newcomers in the 82nd annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The blue Smurf also had the company of Smurfette and Papa Smurf on a decked out Smurfs float.
Below is a video showing the Macy's team testing the new Smurf balloon much earlier:
Link: Is it Lazy or Dreamy Smurf?
Tags: characters
Topic: Character Design
Creative Dialogue
3 Comments |[ Add Comment ]
| Henry Sene Yee
on November 30, 2008 “I was expecting a giant Karen Horton balloon float” |
| Cathleen Elliott
on November 30, 2008 “Um, I believe that's lazy. That is if I know my smurfs as well as I think I do.” |
| Transit Media
on December 03, 2008 “This is great, the smurfs have been popping back up a lot lately, I guess literally too. thanks again for these” |

