New Years Eve Shows.

[Mitchell]

I know that with it being a worldwide forum, it is already 2021 in some parts of the world.

Happy New Year to people in those places.

For those places where it is still 2020. Such as here in NYC.

Ryan Seacrests New Years Rockin Eve starts at 8 pm Eastern.

I will probably watch some of it, and of course will watch the ball drop at midnight.

When I first started watching Dick Clark's New Years Rockin Eve in my pre teen years.

I remember it being on from only about 11 30 pm to 1 or 130 am Eastern.

They would have a half hour of entertainment leading up to it, drop the ball, have 60 to 90 minutes of entertainment after midnight, and the show would be over.

Now, as those who watch the show are aware.

It is six hours long.

I cant watch it for six hours. It just seems too.. long.

I figure I will tune it throughout the night. Turn it on about maybe 1130 Eastern, watch the ball drop of course, and then see.

I vaguely remember watching Guy Lombardo's New Years Eve show when I was maybe 5 or 6.

Usually I had to go to sleep. Either my parents or grandparents would wake me up to watch the ball, or I would be allowed to stay up and watch it, and then it was back to sleep.

Do most forum members watch Ryan Seacreast? I guess it depends on the year.

I've only failed to watch the ball drop two years in the late 1990s.

I was in the movies with a friend at midnight.

We would go in before midnight, see a late movie, and come out around 1 or 2 am, and it would be the New Year.

Do most people watch the ball drop, say, on a regular year that is not 2020?

Thoughts on the New Years Eve shows?

 

[FrenzyTickles]

That's a good question. It's more of a habit, seeing the ball drop on TV, I may have missed it once or twice -- I am not crazy enough to stand for hours crammed like a sardine in the freezing cold or whatever with no bathroom in sight (much less a couch...) dodging pickpockets & *real perverts... (The grabby kind....)
So I'd often watch a movie with friends in the comfort of one of our homes with snacks until it was close to midnight and we'd find the least annoying hosts with the best music. No one specific.

This year I just loved the Stephen Colbert sendoff, with his beautifully animated satirical piece, but changed channels briefly to see the ball drop (not that I really care so much about that, but especially this year it was nice, like seeing a sort of booting off of 2020, the ball drop gave a sense of finality!).

Hope 2021 is happy & healthy, stay well! 😀

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