Macy's Thanksgiving Parade: Must-Discuss Moments

This year's parade kicked off with a classic American nightmare: Clowns in the subway!

How did no one think to mention that this was Noah Galvin's TV debut as the new star of Dear Evan Hansen? Like, he just took over the role from Ben Platt earlier this week.

Then Al Roker showed up to get things started. Question for the group:

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Also... When did Matthew Modine become the CEO of Macy's?

I've never felt older than when I heard the NBC announcer refer to the Goo Goo Dolls as a "classic rock band."

During his interview with Colin Donnell, Al Roker accidentally referred to Chicago Med as Chicago ED, which is embarrassing and unacceptable — but it gave us an excuse to run this photo, so it's all good.

Giant neurotic children will never go out of style.

Direct from Russia, it's... the Trolls!

Pokémon has been around for 21 years and we're still pronouncing it "Po-kee-mon"? Get it together, Guthrie.

I was surprised to see "TV PG" in the corner of the screen during this Sesame Street segment, but it made sense once Big Bird launched into his jaunty cover of The Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up."

I'm picturing these two giant turkeys bumping into each other in the bathroom for the parade and being like, "Well, one of us is going to have to change."

Will the real SpongeBob SquarePants please stand up?

You'd think this would be the one day of the year where Red wouldn't be angry. Like, he's not the bird everybody's eating.

I don't know what surprises me more: that it took this long for the Macy's parade to get a Grinch balloon... or that there's another Grinch movie coming to theaters.

Why is Lucy smiling? When is she ever happy?

Not pictured: Girl Meets World's Sabrina Carpenter getting booted mid-song upon the arrival of the Pillsbury Doughboy.

I leave you with this glorious shot of Santa Claus. And his reindeer. And his elves. And his Angels.