Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021: The Best, Worst And Weirdest Moments

Baby Yoda. Grogu. "That horny green guy Kyle Mooney plays on Saturday Night Live." Whatever name you want to call him, he was the star of this year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Of course, the Mandalorian mascot's parade debut wasn't the only highlight of the 95th annual broadcast, even if it had Al Roker positively squealing with delight.

From a multigenerational assemblage of Blue's Clues hosts to a wonderfully out-of-context performance from the ladies of Girls5eva, this year's parade gave us plenty to be thankful for.

Read on for some highlights from this year's salute to thankfulness and helium, then drop a comment with your own favorites below.

This parade is as much about colorful balloons as it is about egregious lip syncing, so imagine our surprise when Harry Connick Jr. and Celina Smith kicked things off with what appeared to be a live performance of "I Don't Need Anything But You" from Annie Live!

(That said, if it was pre-recorded, don't tell us. Just let us have this one thing.)

Al Roker may be a national treasure, but he also has his enemies. In 2019, it was Butter Man. This year, it was a rogue firefighter. Here's hoping the two never decide to team up.

Grogu wasn't the only balloon to make its debut this year. In fact, the broadcast began with the introduction of Tip-Toe, who's not only the first inflated puppet to appear in the parade but also the lucky one chosen to lead Santa.

Needless to say, Grogu and Rudolph both left expletive-laden voicemails for their agents this morning. The mouths on those two!

We knew there would be a large police presence at this year's parade, but this feels a little excessive.

Leave it to the man who gave us the Real Housewives franchise to also give us the realest holiday memory:

"My family Thanksgiving tradition is my mom screaming at my father about what a horrible job he's doing carving the turkey. He 'hacks away at it,' as she says. Happy Thanksgiving!" – Andy Cohen

When Hoda Kotb introduced Tom Turkey as the "unofficial mascot" of the parade, we were struck with two thoughts:

1. Considering this is a Thanksgiving parade, shouldn't the giant turkey be the official mascot?

2. What is Tom's secret to getting those gorgeous lashes? It's got to be Latisse.

If you're old enough to know all three of these Blue's Clues hosts, then you're also old enough to play one of the most divisive game of Screw, Marry, Kill we could possibly imagine. Go on, have at it.

We're glad Hoda Kotb clarified that this Millennium Falcon was merely "virtual reality, in case you're wondering what's going on." Because we were.

Wimpy Kid feels like an antivaxxer. No, we will not be elaborating at this time.

We can only imagine what viewers unfamiliar with Peacock's Girls5eva thought about the group's performance of the show's theme song, an ode to champagne and flat stomachs.

We have nothing to say about this one. We just thought Michael Ausiello would be mad if we overlooked Papa Smurf. (You are familiar with The Blue Store, yes?)