(Almost no video footage exists for the 1982 parade.So Far)
Balloons (Bold for new balloons)
- Bullwinkle (Lead/sprang a leak and couldn't finish, Videotape Footage from 1981) - 11th Time
- Kermit the Frog - 6th Time
- Linus the Lionhearted - 18th Time
- Mickey Mouse (Retired) - 11th and last Time
- Aviator Snoopy (Retired) - 4th and last Time
- Olive Oyl - First Time
- Superman - 3rd Time
- Underdog - 17th Time
- Woody Woodpecker (Last Balloon, Lowed to the ground do to a ripped stomach) - First Time
Hosts
- Ed McMahon (Last Time Hosting the Parade)
- Bryant Gumbel (fourth Time Hosting the Parade)
- Sarah Purcell (First Time Hosting the Parade)
Broadway Musicals
A Christmas carol
Floats (Bold for new floats) not in order as we know
- Tom Turkey
- Sesame Street (Retired)
- Showboat
- Doodlebug
- Dragon tales (Retired)
- Disneyland (Retired)
- Strawberry Shortcake
- Jolly polly Pirate Ship
- Rocking snail
- New York Daily News Big Apple
- Gingerbread House (Retired)
- Stepson in America
- cinderella's pumpkin coach
- The clock tower (Retired)
- Rocking turtle
- The Shirt Tales
- Rolls Royce
- Rocking Kangaroo
- The Magic Carousel
- Circus wagon
- Santa's Sleigh
Performers
- Orson Bean
- The Cast of Sesame Street: Up on the Roof: Big Bird, Maria, Windows: (Top: Herry Monster, Ingrid, Grover, Cookie Monster, Count Von Count, Bottom: Bert, Ernie), Oscar's Trash Can: Oscar the Grouch, On the Floor: Barkely, Bob, Gordon, Mr. Hooper, and the Kids
- Milton Berle
- Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear, and The Great Gonzo
- Ed Marinaro
- Larry Hagman
- The Radio City Rockettes
- Ricky Schroder
- Laura Branigan
- Linda Gray
- Willard Scott
- Shelley Bruce
- Sammy Davis Jr.
- Megan Gallagher
- Nickelodeon Pinwheel: Coco as C.C. Loveheart, Ebenezer T. Squint, Aurelia, and Luigi O' Brien
- The Pointer Sisters
- Wayland Flowers