ADVISORY/Mickey Mouse Balloon to Lead MACY'S 74th Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade; Disney's Famous Mouse to Make First Parade Appearance in 18 Years.

Entertainment Editors

ADVISORY...for Thursday Nov. 23

--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)

    WHAT:   After an 18-year hiatus, Disney's Mickey Mouse will once
            again float above the streets of New York in the MACY'S
            Thanksgiving Day Parade. The newly designed and created
            Mickey balloon -- standing 40 feet high, 66 feet long and
            35 feet wide -- will be a hard mouse to miss when he opens
            the 74th Annual MACY'S Thanksgiving Day Parade as lead
            balloon.

    PARADE
    BEGINS: 77th Street and Central Park West

    PARADE
    ENDS:   34th Street and 7th Avenue

    WHEN:   Thursday Nov. 23, 2000
            9 a.m. - 12 noon

    VISUALS: -- Mickey Mouse balloon leading Thanksgiving Day
                festivities
             -- Hundreds of colorful balloons, bands and floats
                taking part in this year's parade

    BACKGROUND: Mickey Mouse is Disney's most recognized entertainer
                and made his debut in the 1928 cartoon "Steamboat
                Willie," which premiered in New York City. Disney's
                Mickey Mouse is a global ambassador of goodwill and
                has delighted people of all ages around the world
                for more than 70 years. This year the entertainment
                icon will lead MACY'S 74th Annual Thanksgiving Day
                Parade into the new millennium.

                MACY'S Thanksgiving Day Parade has been an American
                tradition for more than 70 years as New Yorkers and
                people across the country gather together to enjoy the
                annual festivities. Each year since 1927, on
                Thanksgiving Day people from all walks of life take
                part in this most famous of parades down New York's
                Great White Way.