The Tournament of Roses Parade Roundup: Your Annual Bob Eubanks Fix

As I write this, KTLA is in the middle of its all-day broadcast, re-broadcast, re-broadcast, and re-broadcast again of the Tournament of Roses Parade. Watching on KTLA still beats sleeping on Colorado Boulevard on New Year's Eve in order to catch "Up With People" live in person. (Although, I've never done it -- any of you past or present parade spectators beg to differ?)

Some highlights from this morning's telecast:


Sorry, Stephanie Edwards fans, she was nowhere to be seen again this year. Once again, Bob Eubanks was joined by "KTLA Morning Show" anchor Michaela Periera in the parade announcing booth.


Chef Emeril Lagasse was grand marshal of this year's parade. Seriously. He kicked off the festivites by screaming, "WE'RE GONNA KICK THINGS UP A NOTCH! BAM!" Seriously. Here he is in mid "BAM."


When we hear the roar of the Marine F/A-18 Hornets overhead here in Glendale, we know the Tournament of Roses Parade is about to begin. Here they are over the 134.


The televised start of the parade, in front of the Norton Simon Museum on Colorado


My fave (and Blogger Toddler's, too) float of the parade: Honda's cool transformer-style car, which flipped into a futuristic space ship, complete with belching flames in the back. (Another view below.)



After years of embarrassing floats, Glendale finally gets it right. Our fair city came up with a replica of the Grand Central Terminal, which once upon a time was the region's main airport (pre-WWII). Yep, when people flew into Los Angeles back in the day, they flew into Glendale. The old terminal building still exists, and is now on Disney property. (We wrote about it here in 2005.)


Some quality TV time for the Impeach Bush/Impeach Cheney crowd. (Also saw a big Kucinich banner, next to someone holding an "Impeach" sign. The result: It looked like someone was pushing to "IMPEACH KUCINICH." Huh?)


The Rose Bowl court