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This year it did not disappoint. >> they expected 3.5 million people out there. throngs of parade-goers got an up close look at more than a dozen giant balloons, floats. clowns, marching bands from across the country. a 40-foot julius the sock monkey made its debut. sonic the hedgehog returned, actually after 18 year absence. >> i didn't know that. i didn't know that. estimated 3.5 million people lined the parade route. 50 million more watched on tv. >> give a shout out, 610 stompers, from new orleans in the parade. few friends up here doing that. sure they're at home now trying to sober up. s...

>> yes, we actually have about five new balloons. and they're various ones. we've got sonic the hedgehog, who has been a balloon in the parade before, but this is a new balloon. and it's the 20th anniversary of sonic. we've got paul frank's sock monkey that's going to fly. his name is julius. we've got the aflac duck in the parade this year. and the great director tim burton designed a balloon that's going to fly in the parade this year, and that balloon's name is b. and he's really kind of awkward-looking, very sweet-looking and he has stitches all over the place because he's made from old pa...

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