Napolean. Traffic was too messed up to get to other spot, anchor
says. OK.
We hear anchor live, before they are on cam.
Paradecam is on the roof still.
She throws to Camille. Behind the scenes of live tv...
Parade doesn't look ready but who knows when it will start.
(6:15 NY time) Two motorcycle cops just went by and I see some
blinking lights and hear more sirens, but now that's stopped... Oh
well.
More sirens. Here we go. Lots or people in wheelchairs here. We may
be near a hospital. Sirens stopped. Now started again. Now stopped.
(6:19 NY time) Paradecam switches to the street level. No host yet.
(Paradecam has audio hum...)
DSU cam will be AHEAD of the Paradecam...
Crowd on DSU cam cheers.
Anchor says some bands are still unloading, so will be more delays.
(6:25 NY time)
Meredith of nola.com comes on. "We're excited about Hulk Hogan." Un hunh. lol.
DSU cam goes blue screen but is ok shortly after.
Marching band. Marines probably, playing the Marine Hymn. 1st float
is going by. DSU cam is not changing position.
See some flambeaux. Now DSU cam moves. Nice shot of masked riders
moving closer.
Paradecam is going to the roof but little do they know the parade is
on it's way.
There's Hulk. Dad by ladder does Hulk poses!! Hulk throwing casually.
People might be booing! He definitely wasn't into it.
Paradecam is blue screen, now ok.
Lots of flambeaux!! These flambeaux carriers have propane containers
on their backs!!
Nothing has reached the Paradecam yet. (6:43 NY time)
Nice marching band on DSU cam. St Aug? Purple Knights so yes.
"Beads crushing under your feet are like fall leaves..." Meredith.
Sort of. If your leaves are real crunchy.
Meredith wonders if they sleep in the big cop van when they're on
stakeouts. Another guy points out that having Police written in big
letters on the van probably eliminates that idea.
People waving to the cops. Angola Prison rodeo...
Some nice close-ups on the DSU cam. Some guy on the Bacchus float
signing throws.
DSU audio cuts out. (6:53 pm NY time) but comes back soon. The parade
has stopped. Guy is signing a shirt now.
Meredith is a roller girl. (Her audio is a little low now, compared
to everyone on this cam being really loud normally. She was loud
earlier so I guess someone turned her down.)
Hulk hasn't rounded the corner by the Paradecam yet.
Here we go.
Nice dancers going by, in black. Band behind them. Good audio from
DSU cam. 7 pm NY time
Confetti! Two tigers. Louie Louie! Unmasked riders on this float. LSU
float. National champs in something.
How many toes have been run over by police cars trying to clear
people from the street. 1st float, riderless, is for Harry Lee. They
really worshipped him down there. I don't know why. Black bunting on
the float.
DSU stream looks nice. A little jerky but nice. 7:06 pm NY time
Paradecam guy catches a miniature Harry Lee magnets. Very weird!
We see some marchers turn onto Napolean on DSU cam. Floats come up Napolean.
Nice band! Red outfits.
Wow, a big white French Quarter float, the 4-parter?! Hey Pocky Way
plays! Then Going To The Mardi Gras.
This is like watching two different parades. Where's Hulk on the
Parardecam?! 7:12 pm NY time
Here he is. Meredith goes nuts. Paradecam miss him by not pointing
high enough up.
Meredith discovers making flirty eye contact gets her throws.
Statue of Liberty float. Some cowboy types in the middle and a ladies
leg on the back. Not sure what the theme was there.
St Aug parade leaders walk backwards!
Nice effect to see the confetti and the searchlights.
Peace sign on this float!
Beautiful red float coming up. Big heart and hearts all over. Cupid
ready to shoot his arrow. That is a well designed float. Hearts like
strawberries.
Great band beat! O Perry Walker. Bravo! (Maybe this is on the DSU
cam though so I don't know who the band is there.)
Cool dancing on the Paradecam. O Perry Walker there.
Budget truck. Somebody moving in the middle of the parade?
Guy just got 4 bags of beads! His old boss.
Star Wars float.
Nice band, 7:56 NY time. Thundering drums. Then Led Zeppelin
dirigible on float. Bee Gees on the end. WTF?
Band with straw hats! St Paul's High school.
Star Wars float reaches the Paradecam 8:15 pm NY time. Spectacular
dinosaur on the DSU cam!
I rejoin things after dinner 8:30 NY time
Bands conveniently stop in front of either cam. Great sound from the DSU feed.
Beautiful alligator float on the DSU cam.
We have smart hosts on the Paradecam for a change. Not that I think
Jeff isn't smart but compared to the other usual hosts, Meredith and
friends are a pleasant change.
DSU cam goes blue screen suddenly, losing audio too. (8:38 NY time) I
miss it...
What a scream! As the Bachussuarus passes by. (Took 1/2 an hour to
get to the Paradecam.)
DSU cam is back but now is a high overhead shot with static for audio
(and some on the video). They are probably almost done with their
feed though there is still plenty of parade by them. Getting some
cool effects from the searchlights maxing out the camera... Kind of
like the aurora around the sun.
DSU cam is black cuz the lighting is so low. We see only a light or two.
Nice overhead shot from the Paradecam too. Still getting audio from
them. Now we're back to street level. There goes the gator. Saw that
about 20 minutes ago on the DSU cam.
No audio from the Paradecam now. 9:01 pm NY time. (Seeing street
level view.) The DSU cam has a truck on it. Done for them?
Audio is coming back, but breaking up, on the Paradecam. Here we go.
Yeah, those are the street cleaners on the DSU cam. Audio is ok on
Paradecam now.
Misimpression is only a word while Bush is president. Hopefully after
that we go back to reality as we used to know it.
Ick. The Spice Girls. The hum comes back.
I stop the DSU cam
Guy they are interviewing, 'I know where the adult fun can be found.
He feels good about the country that families can have fun like
this.' We know how you feel bro.
Float 25 out of 31 here. A beautiful woman.
Cool, throwing beads into the exhaust pipes of the Mardi Gras tow
truck! Nice diesel horn. Other woman host needs a doorbell like that.
CSI float. Ick. "Lust" written after it.
It's done. See you tomorrow.
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