Exploding Whale 50th Anniversary, Remastered!

The infamous KATU Exploding Whale video has remastered!
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the infamous beached whale incident that took place in Florence, Oregon on November 12th 1970, the Oregon Historical Society arranged for a 4K transfer of the original raw film footage from their archive. KATU has re-edited the package from the new high resolution video. Enjoy!
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[@aus3492]

That's the most American thing ever.

[@Sychonut]

Poor bastards mistook whale oil for crude.

[@giovannifosella4239]

Really, they have literally to bomb everything down.

[@jeffray4091]

U know that beach fucking smelt rad 4 like 5 years

[@provarcisempre]

They managed to damage their own cars. I love America.

[@ruschancegaming5550]

i was planning to travel to america when i grow up...but oh well

[@rossington-x6031]

I thought the whale was going to unexpectedly explode a bit from gases, I wasn't expecting them to blast the crap out of it.

[@UnfitToLive]

Yeah, same here. Who'd have thought it could have gotten so much better!?

[@Bubba084]

SleepingAgent I’m kinda happy it took the turn it took not gonna lie

[@Cosmic.Cupcake]

Me too 😭

[@punxOiOi13]

@@UnfitToLive idk man, I think it’d be cooler if it just exploded on it’s own. Like that’s just a thing whale carcasses do. Lol

[@pramodacharya2571]

Me too

[@tomgreenleaf1918]

"It couldn't be cut up because nobody wanted to cut it up" that part kills me every time

[@austingray1359]

i missed this part because i just skipped forward to the blast. I read your comment and wanted to go back to hear him say that. So I clicked back and i kid you not i clicked RIGHT on the correct spot/second to hear it! What are the odds..

[@jaywhy3178]

@@austingray1359 About 1 in 204.

[@matthewcaughey8898]

Well it sure wasn’t butch cassiday, he certainly would have used enough dynamite

[@ShenavianBurns2024]

😂😂😂

[@SolidSonicTH]

Well now you know the price of not putting on your big boy pants and doing things the right way.

[@nintendude7cubed]

“With a blast blasting blubber beyond all believable bounds” has to be one of the finest lines in TV news.

[@meowal1192]

bbbbbb

[@beetlebg3759]

Alliteration be like!

[@ideasonscribe]

"The blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds." Give that man a raise.

[@treacherousviper]

A for alliteration :)

[@Vingul]

@@treacherousviper ye olde Germanic poetry come alive in the modern age

[@keirfarnum6811]

The only thing that would have made it better, “...big blast blasted blubber beyond believable bounds, bigly.”

[@PZ54395]

@@keirfarnum6811 big blast bombastically blasted blubber beyond believable bounds

[@DaedalusYoung]

Best line in reporting history.

[@powderedwater67]

"The blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds." Now that's journalism.

[@3ekaust]

Such a great sentence

[@j0nnyism]

Yeah journalistic alliteration isn’t what it used to be

[@SnowEspeon]

That’s one heck of a bar.

[@cavemanlovesmoke4394]

Old school journalism. Sucks that MSM has become puppets

[@HOPOUTBOYSEXCLUSIVE]

lmmfao ayeooo i thought i was the only one crying at that lmmfao

[@RadagonTheRed]

3:04 - “no respectable seagull” I love the thought that there are seagulls who are completely undeserving of respect.

[@nathanwahl9224]

All seagulls are completely undeserving of respect. What a blight on our locality. Winged rats is all they are.

[@victoriadeville1255]

I love thought that there's seagulls out there they consider respectable.

[@supremebuffalo6322]

The final line is so funny. "If it happens in future, not only will they remember what to do, they will also remember what _not_ to do"

[@nobody.of.importance]

To be fair, as an Oregonian we're still talking about it fifty years later :p

[@chasnami]

@@nobody.of.importance i came here due to hearing about this and i understand there is another whale situation going on right now.

[@nobody.of.importance]

@@chasnami Yeah, we get around six beached whales a year. Most of the time, they're in an area where nobody goes or it'd be just too expensive and difficult to move, so they get left to let nature take it's course. Thankfully nobody's planning on ever using explosives on a dead whale again!

[@randysetzer8771]

“It couldn’t be cut up, because no body wanted to cut it up” Pure poetry

[@danklies9606]

poetic poetry.

[@hexagonalawareness3584]

"Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up."

[@aleembaksh1880]

@@hexagonalawareness3584 *Holocaust go brrr*

[@monkadelic13]

the answer 50 years ago was dynamite for everything

[@quinnlucas4345]

666 likes lol

[@MixRedo]

This feels like a Monty Python sketch, it's so surreal.

[@Narutoman771]

Having it upscaled makes it so much more unbelievable, looks like a skit from The Onion

[@A-Dubs398]

More like 70s Onion News.

[@smallsthetimelord4066]

I legit wasn't sure if it was or not

[@Rasscasse]

Yes!! It so does. I’m not sure that that reporter has any idea how funny he actually is!

[@schoenperkins8210]

Wait, you mean to tell me its NOT?!?

[@The-Portland-Daily-Blink]

Paul Linnman was only 24 here. He wrote the whole thing and did a great job. It's so funny, and his writing was perfect... timeless classic in journalism.

[@svenimal-art]

This man is a legend. I'm traveling from Lyon to Amsterdam by train now, almost in Amsterdam still tears coming out of my eyes. " No respectable seagull..." and "sure know hot NOT to do it next time.."

[@The-Portland-Daily-Blink]

@@svenimal-art He was 24, and wrote the story himself. HILARIOUS!!

[@eduardoalfonso4509]

I am 55 and I look younger. I assume it's his hair style and clothes.

[@caitlins2160]

​@@svenimal-art>i>die 😮😮😮die sind die sind die 😮😮😮8i😊88😅99 99😊

[@Black.Sabbath]

I didn't believe it until I looked him up and he's still alive!

[@jpguthrie6669]

Nothing I have seen on late night comedy talk shows for the last 20 years has been as well-written, ironic, or funny as this news report. This guy deserves at least an Emmy.

[@teefarox92]

He even pronounces it Hwhale. The extra H he puts in front of every Wh word is fantastic. That in itself is worthy of an Emmy.

[@SuperPeterok]

I wonder how long he lived for

[@thebigpicture2032]

@@SuperPeterok he’s still alive. Same age as Trump.

[@SuperPeterok]

@@thebigpicture2032 wow wild

[@mzxochitl]

Ikr this all plays out like a Monty Python skit

[@dragons_red]

This is as close to producing a Monty Python sketch as America ever got.

[@matthewdavis6403]

😂

[@anttitheinternetguy3213]

Reminds me More of "The Day today" sketches of The early 90's, which was a caricature of British news program. Great watch and you can find full Episodes of it on KZbin

[@paulessdot2]

😂😂😂😂

[@bassethound6457]

Maybe not❗ Biden just gave away billions of dollars of American military equipment to a bunch of illiterate mountain hillbillies in Afghanistan. And pulled our military out BEFORE pulling out our civilians; therefore leaving thousands of unarmed Americans stranded and at the mercy of a terrorist organization. Monty Python had humor as it's target. Biden has no target. His dementia is precisely the reason that he was selected by the Socialists pulling his strings. You meant to be lighthearted, I know❗ In the face of the news of the day; humor is eluding me right now. I could use a couple of episodes of M.P.‼️

[@anttitheinternetguy3213]

@@bassethound6457 jesus. How about you forget about politics and rather just watch some comedy

[@rossturpin4696]

Junior ecologist: “Should we let this whale decompose naturally?” Guy who retires tomorrow: “I think I saw some dynamite in the shed..”

[@hoangnguyenvuhuy5535]

Decompose naturally? I think they will explode eventually.

[@lillianfortuin2983]

🤣🤣🤣

[@jeffn.918]

You're killing me Ross!

[@itzelmedina7118]

Lol yea

[@umcaraqualquer3640]

It would explode anyways. Whales don't decompose normally. They've just accelerated the proccess.

[@laslalal8451]

It's not often you see a news clip get a 4K remaster, I'm so happy it's this one

[@opalishmoth8591]

I’ve watched this a few dozen times and only now did I process the fact it was the Oregon State Highway Division that was tasked with dealing with the whale. I was too distracted by the “whale explosion” bit and the top-tier reporting to notice the detail about which government agency was responsible for the mess. But my word, it’s my favorite detail now. They didn’t call a government agency that worked with animals or on the coast / ocean. No, this matter clearly falls into the scope of highway division

[@leechowning8728]

In Oregon, in the early 1910s, they used the beaches as highways... so much so that the governor at the time declared the beaches were property of the state, to this day.

[@Nightmareioo]

Imagine just casually walking by and a piece of whale just slaps you unconscious.

[@alfarojulio-araujo8374]

Lmaoooo that is funny

[@jondoe4667]

Or crushes your cadillac in the parking lot.

[@official_FoxGaming]

Lol and then you go to the hospital and your parents ask how did you get hurt and then you say I got hit by a pieces of dead whale mom

[@joeadler5379]

@@jondoe4667 this is reason I watch what my calorie intake.. I don't want to end up a land whale..🐋lol

[@anyabrown4212]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@scottshanahan3827]

Am I the only one who thought the whale was going to spontaneously explode on its own?

[@flyingumbreons]

Me too.

[@susanzoeckler4926]

The whale was not a team player

[@lorenzodeg.2000]

Me too lol

[@hngdman]

Yes, I thought it would blow up because of gas from decomposition or something like that. I knew this story but never watched this video.

[@tegoblue]

I did. But I wacthed anyway when they talked about dynamite.

[@cindysmith9213]

The writers really enjoyed their job that day. Day after day boring news and then this gem comes along their desk.

[@gumdokim]

I know it's been 52 years but I hope you're swimming in the cosmos majestic whale, rip.

[@vicko1978]

Hell yeah, a space whale

[@klyderain8817]

Probably the most American way to dispose of a dead animal.

[@anonymousmobster2444]

The fun way

[@SkilexGroup]

Nah! Should have nuked it.

[@DaveA7]

Stupid way Edit: but funny way, I'm glad it happened for my entertainment now 😊

[@scribe53]

It's a throwback, for sure! I felt like I was watching the neighborhood "gang" - led by the biggest/oldest kid who has no clue - play "war" and end up with mud on their faces.

[@kingv911]

@@SkilexGroup gotta nuke somethin'...

[@bastian_72]

This might be the most American solution I’ve ever seen.

[@SparkleDeath]

I WAS THINKING THAT TOO!

[@pesto1730]

*welcome to America*

[@NayaA-Ri]

They must've learned it from cccp

[@maddoggt6145]

Sounds like something a Georgian would do.

[@seanjohnisee]

It is VERY rare for Oregon to legally do anything violent. It's mostly the riots that do this stuff, not the government.

[@brettlong1995]

The exploding whale video will always have a special place in my heart. It was the very first video I watched on the internet back in the 90s at University.

[@pastel_magi]

Elliot & Ricky really made me look this up to realize they nailed the voices, truly goats

[@MountainBeastMysteries]

This is exactly what the internet was meant for.

[@shareem1779]

28 likes for 2hours LEGEND COMMENT.

[@saintnick1952]

Today I’m thankful this was in my recommended

[@dance-ms5zq]

wtf why is this so recent HHAHHAH

[@dance-ms5zq]

@@saintnick1952 this wasn't even recommended to me i legit just searched exploding whale

[@bl8388]

Ah yeaaah!

[@lucascunha4465]

I love the way he says “it can’t be buried, can’t be cut and can’t be burned, so dynamite it is” as if it’s the most common thing ever.

[@lydzz3265]

Pp0p+p+lp++pP

[@nickedmonds4486]

Also, what happened to the option of dragging it out at low tide and letting the ocean get rid of it?

[@nickedmonds4486]

AMERICA, FUCK YEAH.

[@colinmoriarty]

@@nickedmonds4486 what are they gonna do with all that dynamite then?

[@mattlord2906]

Is this how fish in a can was thought of.?

[@Reub3]

I wish we still had news like this nowadays. I'd watch it everyday if they were this good.

[@mykalhildebrand5727]

Amen!

[@Coffee17990]

Sadly it’s all full of drones who have no personality and just rushing stories and trying to get as much bullshit as possible out there and half the time don’t fact checking thing or don’t care about what they do post or cover

[@dak434]

Came here from Internet Today.... Thanks Eliot & Ricky 😮

[@WorthyBuzz]

He nailed the cadence

[@sebastianmonk1584]

Imagine the guy who owned that car having to tell the insurance company that it was hit by a flying chunk of whale meat.

[@vincepurpura8905]

"Sorry sir, but your policy doesn't cover flying whale parts."

[@ELCADAROSA]

@@vincepurpura8905, certainly doesn’t fall under the “Acts of God” clause.

[@adamaldonado739]

Lol

[@shintyty]

Yeah so um, it got hit by a whale

[@taelermoore5060]

Back then hardly anyone had car insurance.

[@tmoney24138]

"Fortunately no human was hit as badly as the car, however everyone on the scene was covered with small particles of dead whale." What a report

[@robertlewis9510]

Not something you hear everyday, is it?

[@tsan_jey]

I think, when they said "hit badly as the car," they were referring to the scenario that no human was crushed as much as the car. Jk

[@yishaithegift9953]

I would've been the only black guy out there standing under an umbrella. Lol.

[@eligebrown8998]

For sure

[@BP-fx3qc]

@@yishaithegift9953 haha good one

[@Brave_Sir_Robin]

“All right Fred, you can take your hands out of your ears” I have no idea why but this always sends me 😂

[@mathematicalfelony]

My high school physics teacher played this for us in class one day, presumably for educational purposes, and it became an instat hit among my friend group. We still quote "and so dynamite it was" 4 years later

[@byHexted]

Oh I thought “exploding whale” implied it was like spontaneous and nobody was expecting it

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

Same here. A carcass can have a great deal of gas build up inside it and I thought we were going to see it suddenly burst on its own.

[@mdubbs9377]

I thought the same.

[@Jason75913]

same here

[@THESHOWBOAT]

Same

[@billyjoejimbob75]

I was just hoping there were people nearby when it happened. Guess they took care of that with the explosives.

[@ricoludovici2825]

As Gomez Addams said: "Just because it's a bad idea doesn't mean it won't be fun."

[@amandawilcox9638]

Rico Ludovici! Yes. Absolutely! TeeHee! I knew I liked that Gomez Addams for a reason. 🐋 Good memory you have!

[@poodtang2104]

For the love of God ..... I hope they never did this again 😢

[@ricoludovici2825]

@@poodtang2104 Next time with more precision.

[@poodtang2104]

@@ricoludovici2825 That's a relief.

[@GriggsDeMagus]

Sometimes the worst ideas possible are also the most fun.

[@ficialintelligence1869]

Who is here from "Internet Today" (Eliot and Ricky)?

[@leechowning8728]

Or from the Fat Electrician and his video on this.

[@Synergy108]

Here from Internet Today!!!

[@s3archX]

“No one wanted to cut it. It couldn’t be burned. So dynamite it was.”

[@jgatkinson744]

There’s not a whole lot you can do with the fish the size of a school bus I know I wouldn’t want to cut it up

[@Epochal_Enigmas]

That sentence is so painfully American, I love it.

[@Xixu.co.6]

Me walking to the back yard with the thanksgiving turkey and 20 bottle rockets

[@KevinGuitarLessons]

Murica

[@cheapmusicgear]

It was either this or they invent a large particle destroyer that vaporizes it on the spot. The city didn’t have the budget for this. They also considered the idea of making it mandatory for everyone in the town to gather together at the same time on the same day to charge at the whale and push it back into the sea. There were actually many other ideas they came up with, but this one ultimately seemed like the best option.

[@Himeko-wv7fu]

"The Seagulls who were supposed to clean up the mess--" Meanwhile the Seagulls: I didn't know I had a job

[@alexiswilliamsinc]

🤗🤣 Seagulls: This wasn’t in the contract.

[@rajatshukla8588]

Some Seagull: this is my resignation letter Ended up getting 30+ likes on that reply

[@chadangeles3856]

I wouldve eat that whale instead

[@bdawg1118]

@@chadangeles3856 are you okay?

[@florever3156]

@Dr Hackenbush ..funniest comment ever!!!😂😂😂

[@Hawaiian80882]

My Cuzn letterally lives like a few blocks of blubber away!!....From Ground ZERO!!....I was a kid when I first watched this on the evening News...the whole family laughed our ass's off....and here I am now 62 yrs old, 11:30 in the evening laughing my ass off....This will never get old!

[@JustFamilyThings]

Beautifully remastered, thank you! This segment truly deserves to be immortalized. I remember trying to read Dave Barry’s description of this video to my parents in 1990. I was laughing too hard to breathe, much less speak. Now my parents live in Florence, OR, and walk their dog at Exploding Whale Memorial Park. Good times 😂

[@opedromagico]

I loved how they thought exploding a whale with dynamite with parents and children watching would be a good idea.. the good old days.

[@jonduggan7433]

Well...... Back in the day, public hangings were cause for a picnic with family and friends. A good time for [ almost ] all. GOD, ...... I miss the old days.

[@stephinepaul7483]

@@jonduggan7433 We've lost SOOO MUCH since those times....

[@phutureproof]

Why isn't it?

[@danl1983]

Hhhhhhwhale*

[@johnnyringo5411]

They should of just buried it in the first place lol

[@matchington1148]

“And they couldn’t cut it up, because nobody wanted to.” Lmao

[@spacecruisers]

That was my favorite part haha

[@RyanSteele92]

😂

[@fitforfreelance]

That's not my job!

[@ClandestineSnowman]

We've tried nothing, and we're out of ideas!

[@anntrim5132]

So let’s blow it up, because someone obviously wanted to

[@langleymneely]

Who’s here because of Ricky & Eliot!? #WeeklyWeirdNews

[@marfedame]

It's going to be difficult to convince the insurance company that a piece of flying whale crushed your car.

[@spacekrill]

This feels like a Monty Python sketch. The absurd premise, the matter-of-fact delivery of the lines, and the bits of dry humor sprinkled throughout. Magnificent.

[@nykka3]

And don’t forget the little kid just hanging around

[@adrianmetzler2523]

@@nykka3 I was waiting for him to turn around and say, god bless us everyone.

[@Shimon24]

Haha sprinkled, good one

[@cheapcraftygirlsweepstakes2338]

WKRP. “I swear I thought turkeys could fly”.

[@lj8983]

Thats why i clicked on the vid, thinking it was monty python XDDD

[@solidust573]

Insurance company- 'So let me get this straight. Your car was hit by an exploding dead whale?' Car owner: 'Yep'

[@crazebamm]

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@hahasamian8010]

WE KNOW A THING OR TWO BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN A THING OR TWO

[@Gingster2max]

Insurance Company: "Sorry but exploding whale chunks is only protected in the platinum level and above. Would you like to upgrade incase this happens again?"

[@khabibmcgregor3592]

@@crazebamm AAAYYYYY ROFLMAOOOOL

[@adisahmetasevic7452]

Hope he had an insurance for whale damage

[@ficialintelligence1869]

Who is here from Eliot and Ricky?

[@swingyohips]

This guy

[@SasquatchMelee]

I'm here because of Internet Today.

[@bigrigJim]

my uncle was there that day , he is in his mid 80's now and still talks about it being the craziest and stupidest thing he ever witnessed.

[@dom4591]

The stupidity of this video and the people involved is extremely entertaining lol

[@joejohnson3798]

I'll be saying those exact words to my grandchildren...but replacing an exploding whale with a Joe Biden speech

[@campo1018]

@ Joe Johnson well said!

[@rachit5762]

Most of the people here are just partially seeing the thing, and not using their brain. They are not thinking, that how can this much heavy weight Whale could be moved from that beach. The people in that time didn't had the machinery to do the work, so they had no other choice, but to explode that thing, and the leftovers could be thrown back into water. Just Think About It...

[@BloomingHeathers]

@@rachit5762 pull it with boat(s)?

[@barnesnplebian6462]

This is one of the most American things I've ever seen lmao. Solving problems with explosives.

[@Just1American1966]

'Murica..!

[@FredrickTesla]

I guarantee that the phrase "When do you think we're going to get this chance again? We gotta do it." Was said at some point during the decision making.

[@sarahdee374]

explosives, caulk or duck tape will solve any household problem.

[@injailoutsoon7289]

@VM-431 😐

[@lilywoodrow7881]

Most original joke here Now to go tell sixteen other people the same thing

[@mykalhildebrand5727]

I will NEVER tire of viewing this clip... Thank you for the remastering!🎉

[@JoeyP946]

It might be the best thing I ever watched

[@bighand1530]

18,736,165 views now

[@trentweston8306]

Thank you for remastering this.

[@endomine6317]

" The remaining chunks were of such a size that no respectable seagull would attempt to tackle anyway" lol

[@temporalmentetonto]

I fucking love 50's and 40's narrators

[@tartarsauce2654]

@@temporalmentetonto they were savage without realizing it

[@temporalmentetonto]

Oh boy, they knew, they knew damn well

[@rpurdy4821]

That guy is under estimating the seagulls. Once the flesh is open, they'll go to town on it like a flock of vultures.

[@beastmaster0934]

@@rpurdy4821 Seagulls: Vultures of the coast.

[@nonya3146]

"The seagulls was suppose to clean things up" he was talking as if they made a deal with the birds lmao

[@joetable663]

🤣🤣

[@neboknenim9429]

Goes 2 show who the real smart ones were

[@kazech5225]

Lol

[@pakistanzucks]

LMFAO

[@JayElectric05]

The seagulls did not sign the contract. The bid was too low.

[@willmoore7582]

This is as classic a piece of reporting/film as Jaws the movie! Sheer quality and pure visual gold!! Thanks again 🥸

[@cjt7479]

Man news reporting was so good back in the day

[@CatOfTheYearuWu]

“Well we couldn’t do this horrible idea, or this other horrible idea, so we’re gonna do this even more horrible idea.

[@bongo526]

Americas answer to everything blow it up

[@exiledg]

Just hook it to a ship and drop it somewhere ez

[@billy007ization]

@@exiledg nah it's too dangerous it'll explode in no time by the time got gushed by winds

[@CatOfTheYearuWu]

I forgot to close brackets. I must be pelted with rotten tomatoes

[@ericfitka3056]

With style

[@canucklehead1937]

"no respectable seagull" I've never heard someone refer to a seagull as respectable before.

[@alittlekittycat21]

The only respectable seagull I’ve known is Steven-

[@joeogle7729]

As someone who lives near the coast in the UK, those little bastards are SO FUCKING LOUD!

[@EJK2099]

@@alittlekittycat21 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😅

[@praszu]

Seagulls prefer swallowing whole rabbits and rats.

[@mperrotti76]

Respectable Seagulls is a great band name.

[@kaboulscabal4816]

Thank you still much for this remaster and upload ... this remains one the greatest things I've ever seen on the internet and never fails to make me laugh every. single. time. I watch it.

[@russkohr8549]

“Think ya used enough dynamite there Butch?”

[@OTownNews]

FARMERS INSURANCE: “Whalestorm. Seen it. Covered it.”

[@reportedstolen3603]

Baaah dee up bup bup bup baah

[@brandenbermudez2412]

Best comment.

[@hbleblanc205]

We know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two.

[@edwardskeva9307]

Is that anything like a sharknado?

[@18echo]

Actually it would be a whalenado😬🤦🏻‍♂️

[@leighfoulkes7297]

I thought this was just going to be about gases building up in the whales stomach and exploding. Didn't expect this!

[@kyliepechler]

Same here. At first I was waiting for it to explode behind the reporter while he was talking, due to a tremendous build up of the gases from it decaying, too.

[@Cristina-lo4ip]

Same

[@macdofglasgow772]

Me too. Astounded when it got to the no one wanted to cut or burn so we got out the dynamite bit.

[@chaz-e]

Sam here. Never thought humans would be so innovative to use dynamite to get rid of whale carcass!

[@camothebest7862]

I thought the same thing.

[@greatoutdoors6318]

This is one of the best KZbin videos of all time

[@brandenhuffmen8259]

This is top tier journalism.

[@codyleslie478]

"The blast blasted blubber beyond all beleviable bounds" He should have got a promotion for that one. Timestamp is 1:41

[@JC-li8kk]

Everyone on the scene should get a promotion for wanton risk to human life.

[@eligebrown8998]

Lol for sure. This reporter had like 3 or 4 great quotes

[@dwightschrute4560]

Sounds like one of the intros on Letterkenny.

[@dwightschrute4560]

@Mickey Merzon what's what?

[@k.m.vimalamanoj6456]

Did the whale explode and died?

[@IBtrollinyoufool]

I’m no engineer but I could’ve told you this was a terrible idea.

[@Magibatproductions]

But it was definitely the most fun idea

[@european-one]

@@Magibatproductions this guy gets it

[@thedownunderverse]

The head engineer is no engineer either

[@atomicbuttocks]

@@Magibatproductions I'll drink to that

[@geraldorodriguew3605]

Where are the animal's rights defenders?? I'm a bit scared cuz I didn't see anyone claiming it was a crime by exploding that whale. And I expected this video to have more dislikes than likes lol

[@CurtHowland]

Thank you for keeping this important moment in history alive.

[@-You-Tube-]

Dang! I wish news coverage was always delivered like this!

[@lilytoonk8]

"the remaining chunks were of such a size that no respectable seagull would attempt to tackle anyway" oh my god

[@NessaFlower3592]

So many good parts, this was definitely top 3.lolll😂😂😂😂

[@sockmon1]

What about the seagulls that are disrespected?

[@HarrisChoudhry]

@@sockmon1 they have nothing to lose

[@sockmon1]

@@HarrisChoudhry we call them crackgulls, zero inhibition

[@HarrisChoudhry]

@@sockmon1 "y'all got anymore of that whale"

[@sailorchiaki]

“Any respectable seagull” this guy is hilarious

[@carlwilliams6977]

Well, I think his network was pretty much telling Paul what they thought of him, when they assigned him to the exploding whale story! Any "respectable seagull" would peck away at the entire whale. Why would they be intimidated by a large chunk?!🤣

[@can_you_guess_my_new_username]

Omg, i laughed so hard. Lol

[@karlerasure]

😁👍

[@junior.von.claire]

“What happened to your car?” File THAT insurance claim.

[@can_you_guess_my_new_username]

@@junior.von.claire Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha.... Lol

[@RolfSchreiter]

really good quality of sound and picture. Thank you!

[@mortalexo103]

I love the "flopping" sounds of whale bits afterward 😂

[@akzarma]

“Fortunately, no human was hit as badly as the car”

[@Anonymous-wy5dc]

"That's a shame" -me

[@ZoX248]

"That's a shame" -me

[@reyawesome123]

"That's a shame" -me

[@akshy471]

"That's a shame" -me

[@niruniruniru2904]

"That's a shame" -me

[@GenScinmore]

Ever since then beached whales began exploding on their own

[@cafenightster4548]

There was one where they were hauling a bloated carcass through a city and it exploding inside the city. Spilling guts and whale bits all over the town centre.

[@GenScinmore]

@@cafenightster4548 exactly the incident I was thinking of XDDDDDD!

[@meat-hook]

They're so intelligent, and mindful of other beings. It really is amazing.

[@cafenightster4548]

@@meat-hook who? Humans?

[@meat-hook]

@@cafenightster4548 The whales. Humans suck.

[@SteveThomasPatel]

This has to be the most talented reporter of all time.

[@oldmanandthesea3384]

This never gets old.

[@NPC-9361]

This sounds so much like a news story from the Onion but it's actually real

[@AndrewAce.]

LMFAO

[@sibi51811]

Lol. Yea

[@nova3530onyt]

Exactly

[@hippyable]

Guts gone everywhere!

[@andyhogue]

IT'S TOTALLY NOT THE ONION, BRUH!

[@jacobmosovich]

Back when news crews were dropping bombshell jokes and actually cared about their jobs

[@shady6960]

you're asking for Ron Burgundy

[@ideasonscribe]

"The blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds." lmao

[@bassguitarislife3419]

They can’t these days b/c people get too offended by everything.

[@chincemagnet]

The news isn’t news anymore, each network has their own reality TV series they call “News”, and you can’t believe any of it.

[@ideasonscribe]

@@chincemagnet I get the feeling your version of "newsworthy" sources are in the vein of OAN, Breitbart, Rush Limbaugh, The Blaze, Alex Jones, The Daily Wire. Am I warm?

[@AlistairKiwi]

Truly, the best news reporting since the Hindenburg disaster. I guess rotting whales are tougher than they look.

[@FearZoo]

Such a classic. “Where the blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds.”

[@amazuber658]

Insurance company : So let me get this straight, a big chunk of whale meat landed on your car and wrecked it. Me : .... yeh

[@letsgobrandon7966]

Yep, we’ve seen it! We are Farmers, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom!

[@ChristmasTurki]

Such a shit comment haha

[@charliekercher2471]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 🍃🍃🍃🐋🐋

[@adventurouslife4079]

We cover it because we've seen it.

[@anthonyisgro7185]

"Sorry, your insurance policy does not cover that sort of claim, Mr Jones."

[@williegaga]

"Seagulls who were supposed to clean things up,were nowhere in sight" 😂😂😂

[@davejlh4988]

“The remaining chunks of whale were so large that no respectable seagull would attempt to tackle anyway”

[@Solitude11-11]

Well, they just saw someone get blown up… 😂🪶

[@thefog7067]

"No respectable seagull is going to hang around waiting to be blown up"

[@mikehunt1528]

@@thefog7067 😂😂😂

[@arkenflare7336]

Did you see what a chunk did to a car? Imagine what they did to the seagulls flying by

[@wolfsta90]

Lmao! " No respectable seagull" killed me

[@jacobsmith1229]

“THE BLAST BLEW BLUBBER BEYOND ALL BELIEVABLE BOUNDS”. You just don’t get reporting like that anymore.

[@ThomasDoubting5]

Its poetry.

[@gracescherer8162]

Don't sleep on my man Carl Azuz😤🙏

[@vfr492]

Sad but true :)

[@Vanished_Mostly]

Sextuple alliteration, baby!

[@yungchoqquit]

@@gracescherer8162 holy shit it’s been 6 years since i heard of Azuz

[@jimandskittum]

"How much dynamite do you think?" "Probably a case" "This thing weighs 8 tons. Bring 20 cases just to be sure" "If that's what you want, alright"

[@walinton]

Yikes 😬

[@theonefrancis696]

"Dude fuck math, just use all of it!"

[@PerfectlyFreedom]

😂😂

[@jamisonlynch6437]

We shoulda brought 40 goddamnit Jerry!

[@joshuakim5240]

The craziest part is that 20 cases wasn't enough.

[@PolarRed]

Reporter is a true master of the art of the low key. A legend.

[@rebeccamorgan4255]

I think of this video often and any time I need a good belly laugh I look it up.

[@rdusuper8]

This is probably one of the most American thing I have ever seen, using tnt to blow up a freaking whale

[@SomeGuy-sj1ly]

Dynamite*

[@SausageFingers420]

whale carcass** We're not savages, you know; we have more sophisticated ways of actually killing the whales.

[@woopimagpie]

Is getting corrected to the right kind of explosive making it even more American? Not only do they revel in blowing stuff up, but they know exact details about the actual substance used to blow stuff up. Lol.

[@woopimagpie]

@@SausageFingers420 LOL! No, savages would have utilised the carcass in a constructive way. You guys just blow it up and make the situation far worse! Heh. Yanks, amirite?

[@stonerclone2616]

@@woopimagpie they should have used illegal fireworks maybe twice as much

[@223sushi]

"The remaining chuncks were of such a size, that no respectable seagull would tackle it anyway" lost it at that!

[@WalterEKurtz-kp2jf]

I read this at the exact time he said it

[@WalterEKurtz-kp2jf]

@Ms. 357 cock

[@WalterEKurtz-kp2jf]

Rude

[@m.b.82]

Those oregon seagulls must be a lot classier than the ones here. Ive never seen a seagull display anything resembling self respect or showing any kind of discretion when it comes to the size or quality of a peice of food

[@Flowing23]

@Ms. 357 :(

[@warknight-ed3se]

"Where the Blast blasted blubble beyond ALL believable bounds" is the most epic line ever said ever

[@kentslocum]

As a resident of Lane County, I can confirm that we have never blasted another bit of blubber since this incident. 😊

[@greypaw101]

“The seagulls who were supposed to clean things up” This video is a treasure

[@christopherscollege5181]

Lol yeah

[@sdsd2e2321]

You always see clever quips and well written monologues in old news clips, on both sides of the Atlantic. I love the old accents as well, especially the British

[@adrianad9292]

lmao

[@piratesmurf4251]

Seagulls were like. We dont work for Free

[@2911Delta]

Back in the days when the mexican were just seagulls.

[@kalanaherath3076]

The seagulls are just probably standing there thinking _"damn, humans are weird"_

[@scottnicholls2523]

This is why they are in a panic to get there before the humans arrive

[@rossprohaska6263]

Or they we’re vaporized considering they probably we’re behind the damn thing!

[@davisdf3064]

Nah, they are just enjoying the free food

[@stevenalvarez487]

The seagulls are probably like eww are the humans really gonna eat that?

[@cheruml]

Yah yah yah think so hahahaha

[@australisborealispolaris477]

Internet Today, that is all.

[@mikethompson5804]

Watched this so many times over the years. As always, laughing and crying uncontrollably.

[@shidbot420]

The only day when it didn't rain cats and dogs...

[@santilambo17]

Just whale

[@psycholyfe]

Yooooo shid's here lesgoooo

[@BlowTorchDrizy1]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Davidpostingshid]

Shiiiid it’s the shidbot

[@nicoletucker11]

😂😂😂

[@KenGsable]

Imagine getting an insurance claim about someone’s car being smashed by dead whale meat that fell from the sky

[@lupodelupis3672]

This is the face of the insurance agent 😵😵😵

[@NI771-_]

@@lupodelupis3672 was he standing to close to the explosion?

[@lupodelupis3672]

@@NI771-_ I don't know that.

[@thetruewolfpack2953]

" Here at Farmers, we've seen a thing or two..."

[@TheShifter1001]

IA: I might have to ask this guy for his supplier!

[@ujustgotpwned2008]

"no respectable seagull" is such an underrated gem, lol

[@kevinstogner9477]

What a great reporting job !!

[@angryox3102]

Blowing up a whale has got to be the most 70s idea ever.

[@azranger7294]

70s and 80s. Thinking about now, but absolutely no thoughts about the future or long-term effects. Ex: Balloonfest '86.

[@101jir]

50s would have literally nuked it...

[@iateabadtaco]

well yes but, whales explode by themselves

[@101jir]

@Ben Wilmot I hope it goes better than this most of the time XD

[@dehavillandcanadatwinotter9621]

The Americans had such a desire to nuke places, and when they realized it was against global law to nuke places they don't like, they just nuked dead whales! What a whale of a time.