Edited sentence: But under the leadership of talented and dedicated people such as Robin Hall, Bob Rutan, Bill Schermerhorn, John Piper, Amy Kule, Susan Babb and the entire Annual Events Team the future looks even more joyful and exciting.CBS has been telecasting the parade in recent years and the opinion of many is their telecast is better than that of NBC's, in fact fans feel the NBC coverage has become a bit tired and too heavily commercial laden with a commercial break every six minutes and being a shill for NBC shows which are usually canceled before the November Sweeps are over.Grippo and Christopher Hoskins was published by Arcadia Publishing.In 2004 "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade" by Robert M.Many fans have voiced their hopes that such legendary artists as Billy Joel, Neil Diamond, Bette Midler and Darlene Love would make appearances in the future.Many fondly remember such classic performances by Barry Manilow, Diana Ross, The Oak Ridge Boys, Kenny Rogers and the late Sammy Davis Jr.Matt Lauer and Al Roker if the pattern continues should be joined by Meredith Vieira which does not hold much of a promise for an informative and entertaining broadcast but for the usual terribly written script that in recent years has seemed a bit off color for a family broadcast.NBC's trio of Matt Lauer, Al Roker and Katie Couric were no match for the great team of Lorne Greene and Betty White during the 1960's.Now in 2006 and the parade getting ready to celebrate its 80th Anniversary it has weathered two balloon accidents and September 11th, 2001 when many thought the parade would be canceled.Over the last few years the parade also gave many breakout stars a worldwide stage for the first time including "The Backstreet Boys" and "N'Sync.The book featured wonderfully rare archive images from the New York Daily News and Macy's and took seven years to research.The book is considered the "definitive" history of the parade