Among those in the parade Saturday was Rebecca Tuchak, 33, a restaurant manager, who was dressed in Pilgrim garb and riding a float that honored the first Thanksgiving.
But does anyone really want to ride a float commemorating a vicious slave trader who caused 50,000 natives to spontaneously commit suicide?
The co-chairs, all ordinary Americans who have met Mr. Obama during his travels, will participate in Saturday's National Day of Service and ride a float in the inaugural parade.
As in the director Francis Veber's last film, "The Dinner Game," one absurd lie begets another, and before long, the straight antiheroic milquetoast finds himself riding a float in a gay-pride parade and wearing a condom cap.
Creating a stir widely chronicled in the British tabloids, he held a parade of sorts in the West End of London, riding a float on which he surrounded himself with nude models talking on Virgin Mobile phones.
She has appearances on "Larry King Live" under her belt, as well as David Letterman, Ellen DeGeneres and the "Today" show, where she was interviewed in November before riding a float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.
"Ten years ago I was humbled to ride a float dressed as Mrs. Claus, and it was the thrill of a lifetime.
This year's "American Idol" winner was riding a float and setting himself to perform to his hit, "The Trouble With Girls".
Another one of the endearing qualities of "Magic Mike XXL" is how the movie acknowledges the franchise's gay male fan base, as evidenced in a drag queen revue scene in the film and in its marketing campaign, which saw Tatum and Bomer riding a float in L.A.'s gay pride parade two weeks ago.
Riding a floating 7/4 pulse, he created the sensation of a trance.
