Exploding Whale 50th Anniversary, Remastered!
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
- 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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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.
Yeah, same here. Who'd have thought it could have gotten so much better!?
SleepingAgent I’m kinda happy it took the turn it took not gonna lie
Me too 😭
@@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
Me too
“It couldn’t be cut up, because no body wanted to cut it up”
Pure poetry
poetic poetry.
"Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up."
@@hexagonalawareness3584
*Holocaust go brrr*
the answer 50 years ago was dynamite for everything
666 likes lol
Imagine just casually walking by and a piece of whale just slaps you unconscious.
Lmaoooo that is funny
Or crushes your cadillac in the parking lot.
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
@@jondoe4667 this is reason I watch what my calorie intake.. I don't want to end up a land whale..🐋lol
🤣🤣🤣🤣
"It couldn't be cut up because nobody wanted to cut it up" that part kills me every time
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..
@@austingray1359 About 1 in 204.
Well it sure wasn’t butch cassiday, he certainly would have used enough dynamite
😂😂😂
Well now you know the price of not putting on your big boy pants and doing things the right way.
"The blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds."
Give that man a raise.
A for alliteration :)
@@treacherousviper ye olde Germanic poetry come alive in the modern age
The only thing that would have made it better, “...big blast blasted blubber beyond believable bounds, bigly.”
@@keirfarnum6811 big blast bombastically blasted blubber beyond believable bounds
Best line in reporting history.
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.
And don’t forget the little kid just hanging around
@@nykka3 I was waiting for him to turn around and say, god bless us everyone.
Haha sprinkled, good one
WKRP. “I swear I thought turkeys could fly”.
Thats why i clicked on the vid, thinking it was monty python XDDD
This feels like a Monty Python sketch, it's so surreal.
Having it upscaled makes it so much more unbelievable, looks like a skit from The Onion
More like 70s Onion News.
I legit wasn't sure if it was or not
Yes!! It so does. I’m not sure that that reporter has any idea how funny he actually is!
Wait, you mean to tell me its NOT?!?
“With a blast blasting blubber beyond all believable bounds” has to be one of the finest lines in TV news.
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Alliteration be like!
Wuow
Always amazing and aptly alliterative.
"The blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds." Now that's journalism.
Such a great sentence
Yeah journalistic alliteration isn’t what it used to be
That’s one heck of a bar.
Old school journalism. Sucks that MSM has become puppets
lmmfao ayeooo i thought i was the only one crying at that lmmfao
Junior ecologist: “Should we let this whale decompose naturally?”
Guy who retires tomorrow: “I think I saw some dynamite in the shed..”
Decompose naturally? I think they will explode eventually.
🤣🤣🤣
You're killing me Ross!
Lol yea
It would explode anyways. Whales don't decompose normally.
They've just accelerated the proccess.
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.
Pp0p+p+lp++pP
Also, what happened to the option of dragging it out at low tide and letting the ocean get rid of it?
AMERICA, FUCK YEAH.
@@nickedmonds4486 what are they gonna do with all that dynamite then?
Is this how fish in a can was thought of.?
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.
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.."
@@svenimal-art He was 24, and wrote the story himself. HILARIOUS!!
I am 55 and I look younger. I assume it's his hair style and clothes.
@@svenimal-art>i>die 😮😮😮die sind die sind die 😮😮😮8i😊88😅99 99😊
I didn't believe it until I looked him up and he's still alive!
That's the most American thing ever.
Poor bastards mistook whale oil for crude.
Really, they have literally to bomb everything down.
U know that beach fucking smelt rad 4 like 5 years
They managed to damage their own cars. I love America.
i was planning to travel to america when i grow up...but oh well
As Gomez Addams said: "Just because it's a bad idea doesn't mean it won't be fun."
Rico Ludovici! Yes. Absolutely! TeeHee! I knew I liked that Gomez Addams for a reason. 🐋 Good memory you have!
For the love of God ..... I hope they never did this again 😢
@@poodtang2104 Next time with more precision.
@@ricoludovici2825 That's a relief.
Sometimes the worst ideas possible are also the most fun.
"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
Not something you hear everyday, is it?
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
I would've been the only black guy out there standing under an umbrella. Lol.
For sure
@@yishaithegift9953 haha good one
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"
To be fair, as an Oregonian we're still talking about it fifty years later :p
@@nobody.of.importance i came here due to hearing about this and i understand there is another whale situation going on right now.
@@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!
That final line made it into a Wikipedia article its legendary!
It's like a line out of a Christopher Guest film. Legendary.
Imagine the guy who owned that car having to tell the insurance company that it was hit by a flying chunk of whale meat.
"Sorry sir, but your policy doesn't cover flying whale parts."
@@vincepurpura8905, certainly doesn’t fall under the “Acts of God” clause.
Lol
Yeah so um, it got hit by a whale
Back then hardly anyone had car insurance.
"The Seagulls who were supposed to clean up the mess--"
Meanwhile the Seagulls: I didn't know I had a job
🤗🤣
Seagulls: This wasn’t in the contract.
Some Seagull: this is my resignation letter
Ended up getting 30+ likes on that reply
I wouldve eat that whale instead
@@chadangeles3856 are you okay?
@Dr Hackenbush ..funniest comment ever!!!😂😂😂
" The remaining chunks were of such a size that no respectable seagull would attempt to tackle anyway" lol
I fucking love 50's and 40's narrators
@@temporalmentetonto they were savage without realizing it
Oh boy, they knew, they knew damn well
That guy is under estimating the seagulls. Once the flesh is open, they'll go to town on it like a flock of vultures.
@@rpurdy4821
Seagulls: Vultures of the coast.
3:04 - “no respectable seagull”
I love the thought that there are seagulls who are completely undeserving of respect.
All seagulls are completely undeserving of respect. What a blight on our locality. Winged rats is all they are.
I love thought that there's seagulls out there they consider respectable.
Which is the majority of the little flying bastards
That's most seagulls tbf
He could have been making a joke but was likely using a different definition of the word.. referring to the size of the seagull. People used to speak better.
This is as close to producing a Monty Python sketch as America ever got.
😂
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 RUclips
😂😂😂😂
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.‼️
@@bassethound6457 jesus. How about you forget about politics and rather just watch some comedy
“And they couldn’t cut it up, because nobody wanted to.”
Lmao
That was my favorite part haha
😂
That's not my job!
We've tried nothing, and we're out of ideas!
So let’s blow it up, because someone obviously wanted to
Probably the most American way to dispose of a dead animal.
The fun way
Nah! Should have nuked it.
Stupid way
Edit: but funny way, I'm glad it happened for my entertainment now 😊
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.
@@SkilexGroup gotta nuke somethin'...
It's not often you see a news clip get a 4K remaster, I'm so happy it's this one
Insurance company- 'So let me get this straight. Your car was hit by an exploding dead whale?'
Car owner: 'Yep'
LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOO
WE KNOW A THING OR TWO BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN A THING OR TWO
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?"
@@crazebamm AAAYYYYY ROFLMAOOOOL
Hope he had an insurance for whale damage
Am I the only one who thought the whale was going to spontaneously explode on its own?
Me too.
The whale was not a team player
Me too lol
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.
I did. But I wacthed anyway when they talked about dynamite.
"no respectable seagull" I've never heard someone refer to a seagull as respectable before.
The only respectable seagull I’ve known is Steven-
As someone who lives near the coast in the UK, those little bastards are SO FUCKING LOUD!
@@alittlekittycat21 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😅
Seagulls prefer swallowing whole rabbits and rats.
Respectable Seagulls is a great band name.
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
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.
"Let's just blow it up"
“The seagulls who were supposed to clean things up”
This video is a treasure
Lol yeah
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
lmao
Seagulls were like. We dont work for Free
Back in the days when the mexican were just seagulls.
I loved how they thought exploding a whale with dynamite with parents and children watching would be a good idea.. the good old days.
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.
@@jonduggan7433 We've lost SOOO MUCH since those times....
Why isn't it?
Hhhhhhwhale*
They should of just buried it in the first place lol
"The remaining chuncks were of such a size, that no respectable seagull would tackle it anyway" lost it at that!
I read this at the exact time he said it
@Ms. 357 cock
Rude
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
@Ms. 357 :(
The writers really enjoyed their job that day.
Day after day boring news and then this gem comes along their desk.
“Fortunately, no human was hit as badly as the car”
"That's a shame"
-me
"That's a shame"
-me
"That's a shame"
-me
"That's a shame"
-me
"That's a shame"
-me
"the remaining chunks were of such a size that no respectable seagull would attempt to tackle anyway" oh my god
So many good parts, this was definitely top 3.lolll😂😂😂😂
What about the seagulls that are disrespected?
@@sockmon1 they have nothing to lose
@@HarrisChoudhry we call them crackgulls, zero inhibition
@@sockmon1 "y'all got anymore of that whale"
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.
The stupidity of this video and the people involved is extremely entertaining lol
I'll be saying those exact words to my grandchildren...but replacing an exploding whale with a Joe Biden speech
@ Joe Johnson well said!
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...
@@rachit5762 pull it with boat(s)?
I know it's been 52 years but I hope you're swimming in the cosmos majestic whale, rip.
Hell yeah, a space whale
Parts of it may well be...
Nice comment. I hadn't thought of that before, but yeah, this whale is actually what made it possible for everyone to enjoy this video. RIP gentle giant. See you on the other side.
“Well we couldn’t do this horrible idea, or this other horrible idea, so we’re gonna do this even more horrible idea.
Americas answer to everything blow it up
Just hook it to a ship and drop it somewhere ez
@@d1ssolv3r nah it's too dangerous it'll explode in no time by the time got gushed by winds
I forgot to close brackets. I must be pelted with rotten tomatoes
With style
"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"
Yikes 😬
"Dude fuck math, just use all of it!"
😂😂
We shoulda brought 40 goddamnit Jerry!
The craziest part is that 20 cases wasn't enough.
"The humor of the entire situation suddenly gave way to our run for survival as huge chunks of whale blubber fell everywhere..." Downright hilarious
i know man im fucking dying watch this. It almost feels like a sketch
@@OhhSlash lol same
That would be both a sad and hilarious way to die--hit by whale blubber! 😅
That's some Monty Python shit right there.
haha funny whale die and explode much funny so hilarious
It's going to be difficult to convince the insurance company that a piece of flying whale crushed your car.
“No one wanted to cut it. It couldn’t be burned. So dynamite it was.”
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
That sentence is so painfully American, I love it.
Me walking to the back yard with the thanksgiving turkey and 20 bottle rockets
Murica
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.
"Indeed the seagulls had been standing nearby all day"
*slowly zooms in on some pixels vaguely recognizable as seagulls*
Being a millenial when sometimes i find myself watching videos like this but with a 90s tv show for kids i wonder how was i able to see something bc the definition looks that bad. Maybe the 70 tvs could made up something better unlike our hd definition with what they had. Or people simply were a used to it and had a trained view. What I want to say is that 70s people maybe were able to see the seagulls
@@mrpurple11 we get used, I remember that I watched tons of shows in VHS and TV before 2008(when I consider that the quality of image increased a lot) and now I can easily see if something is earlier than 2008 with audio and image, it's very curious (I'm gen Z) and sometimes seeing again things with "less" definition I remember when I thought that only that was enough
🤣
😂😂😂
@@mrpurple11
Because back then the resolution wasn't too high but CRT screeens have _excellent_ video quality. And any footage looks great on a screen running its native resolution.
Imagine getting an insurance claim about someone’s car being smashed by dead whale meat that fell from the sky
This is the face of the insurance agent 😵😵😵
@@lupodelupis3672 was he standing to close to the explosion?
@@NI771-_ I don't know that.
" Here at Farmers, we've seen a thing or two..."
IA: I might have to ask this guy for his supplier!
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.
"Everyone on the scene was covered with small particles of dead whale." Now there's a story to tell the grandkids.
Only in lockdown part 3 (2021) can i find thesw videps in middle of night
They would have stunk for days!
Excuse you, but it's *"Hwale."*
Still funny even now
I literally read that as he said it
Imagine a news report: “Florida man found dead after being hit by a large chunk of whale blubber.”
wouldn't be surprised if it reached Florida tbh
Omg😂
Florida man Florida man, does what no man in another state can. Takes some whale, to the head, blubbered all night and I think he’s dead
Whale pieces flew to the other end of the country
Only in the USA
The seagulls are just probably standing there thinking _"damn, humans are weird"_
This is why they are in a panic to get there before the humans arrive
Or they we’re vaporized considering they probably we’re behind the damn thing!
Nah, they are just enjoying the free food
The seagulls are probably like eww are the humans really gonna eat that?
Yah yah yah think so hahahaha
“All right Fred, you can take your hands out of your ears” I have no idea why but this always sends me 😂
I bet he used those hands to cover his nose after that 😂
This is the single greatest piece of journalism ever covered.
This guy - 50 years ago - was a hell of a lot more professional (and entertaining) than any of the "on the scene" reporters in my market.
I remember it on the news hr. Great laugh at dinner time! Especially the self repeatable seagulls part. The damage to the landship, "Buick " was good too!
In 1979 I ran studio camera for his show Open Line, he could make anything sound interesting
The past is so interesting...I think it’s because less was known back then so crazier things occurred. Anyone now knows that it’s common sense to not detonate explosives next to a crowd, but back then the consequences was just an after thought.
Back when journalism was actually a thing. Nowadays the news would be finding a way to twist this into being Trump’s fault
This is one of the most American things I've ever seen lmao. Solving problems with explosives.
'Murica..!
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.
explosives, caulk or duck tape will solve any household problem.
@VM-431 😐
Most original joke here
Now to go tell sixteen other people the same thing
"Seagulls who were supposed to clean things up,were nowhere in sight"
😂😂😂
“The remaining chunks of whale were so large that no respectable seagull would attempt to tackle anyway”
Well, they just saw someone get blown up… 😂🪶
"No respectable seagull is going to hang around waiting to be blown up"
@@thefog7067 😂😂😂
Did you see what a chunk did to a car? Imagine what they did to the seagulls flying by
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
This might be the most American solution I’ve ever seen.
I WAS THINKING THAT TOO!
*welcome to America*
They must've learned it from cccp
Sounds like something a Georgian would do.
It is VERY rare for Oregon to legally do anything violent. It's mostly the riots that do this stuff, not the government.
Back when news crews were dropping bombshell jokes and actually cared about their jobs
you're asking for Ron Burgundy
"The blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds." lmao
They can’t these days b/c people get too offended by everything.
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.
@@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?
The Highway Division was straight up just like: “Yeah burying it is cool and all, but how goddamn rad would it be to just blow it up”
KAPOW! "Now THAT'S a use of Taxpayer money!"
@@XxShadow101xX I'd pay money to see this up close!
Pushed you up to 1k likes! 😅👍
@@AncientRe The Highway Division
Whale carcasses will blow up on their own from gas buildup
Who is here from "Internet Today" (Eliot and Ricky)?
Or from the Fat Electrician and his video on this.
"The blast blasted blubber beyond all beleviable bounds" He should have got a promotion for that one.
Timestamp is 1:41
Everyone on the scene should get a promotion for wanton risk to human life.
Lol for sure. This reporter had like 3 or 4 great quotes
Sounds like one of the intros on Letterkenny.
@Mickey Merzon what's what?
Did the whale explode and died?
This is exactly what the internet was meant for.
28 likes for 2hours
LEGEND COMMENT.
Today I’m thankful this was in my recommended
wtf why is this so recent HHAHHAH
@@saintnick1952 this wasn't even recommended to me i legit just searched exploding whale
Ah yeaaah!
This sounds so much like a news story from the Onion but it's actually real
LMFAO
Lol. Yea
Exactly
Guts gone everywhere!
IT'S TOTALLY NOT THE ONION, BRUH!
Elliot & Ricky really made me look this up to realize they nailed the voices, truly goats
Something tells me that “dynamite“ was this guys answer to everything.
"Mary-Beth, the boy misbehaved again"
Overflowing orphanage? Don't call this guy.
“John, I want a divorce!”
“Well Beth, how about instead of a divorce I give you some nice dynamite”
*Lights Match
Kaboom? Yes Rico, Kaboom.
I’d hate to see what would happen if his wife cheated on him
The deadpan delivery makes this absolutely hysterical.
Haha I lost it at the "no respectable seagull" part.
I’m glad you said that because I was just getting ready to comment “this sounds like satire”
When reporters were reporters.......just the facts. "You" decide the rest. "You" were also given enough credit for the brains to make your own decision.
Oh hah in what reality is blowing up the whale the best an only option. Fm smh. These were professionals or hobbyists. Who were maybe in the army once. But who still needed that fix of blowing sht up.😲
I love how he, once again in the most deadpan way, basicly said: "So no-one really thought too far ahead on this idea. As gravity did what it does best, we all ran away screaming, as we all tryed to not be crushed by flyling whale bits!"
Blowing up a whale has got to be the most 70s idea ever.
70s and 80s. Thinking about now, but absolutely no thoughts about the future or long-term effects. Ex: Balloonfest '86.
50s would have literally nuked it...
well yes but, whales explode by themselves
@Ben Wilmot I hope it goes better than this most of the time XD
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.
Came here from Internet Today.... Thanks Eliot & Ricky 😮
He nailed the cadence
The commentary by the reporter is absolute gold!
Hes hilarious!
"no respectable seagull" !!!
pure gold indeed!
@Yosael Cortes hahahahabba
There's points where he's almost failing to contain his laughter.
Except when he spoiled that and how it would go wrong
Oh I thought “exploding whale” implied it was like spontaneous and nobody was expecting it
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.
I thought the same.
same here
Same
I was just hoping there were people nearby when it happened. Guess they took care of that with the explosives.
"The seagulls who were supposed to clean things up were nowhere in sight, scared away by the sound of the explosion or kept away by the smell" 🤣🤣🤣
I thought this was one of the better parts of the commentary. Damn seagulls, they'll steal my chips but won't eat the dead whale!
Lol .. Them Seagulls said.. Fk all this, we out !
I was going post same comment! 😂 that was too funny about the seagulls supposed to clean up remaining carcass 😆
Well, I think they also said that the pieces were simply too big for seagulls to eat.
@@tatinh9885 "the remaining chunks were of such a size that no respectable seagull would attempt to tackle them" :)
I wish we still had news like this nowadays.
I'd watch it everyday if they were this good.
Amen!
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
the savage news reporter:
"those in charge would not only remember what to do, but certainly remember WHAT NOT TO DO!" 😂😂😂
"We are very sorry, but we don't cover damage by falling whale debris."
😂
What was sad it was a brand new 1970 Oldsmobile 98. I would hate to be the insurance adjuster on that one😄😄😄!!
More like act of stupidity isn't covered 🤣
Actually, Farmers covered that one.
He can always sue the government
This is an example of moments where aliens would be extremely confused at our actions
I think they find us very entertaining
More like why they've been avoiding us
Ha
@big lefthook you're thinking of pixies lmao
I am human and I am extremely confused at our actions
Who is here from Eliot and Ricky?
This guy
best part was "no respectable seagull would attempt to tackle it otherwise"
I was just about to say this ! Why is no one addressing this ?!
"The blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds.' Possibly the greatest line ever uttered in a TV news report. You never hear such good alliteration these days. Props to Paul Linnman for his writing in this report.
LOL, where in the broadcast does he say that? I can't find it.
@@steveunderwood7823 1:39 straight after the "Land Lubber Newsmen, shortly to become Land Blubber Newsmen"
"as god is my witness, i thought whales could fly" :D
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It sounds like something I would hear in Bojack Horseman. That narrator is a legend.
“Any respectable seagull” this guy is hilarious
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?!🤣
Omg, i laughed so hard. Lol
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“What happened to your car?”
File THAT insurance claim.
@@junior.von.claire
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha.... Lol
I showed this to my girlfriend and she said “if they left it it would have exploded anyway” and laughed her ass off LMAO
Seagull: "Looks like the humans will cut up the whale for us."
*EXPLOSION*
Seagull: "That's it. I'm out."
You made me laugh out loud -
thanks
I heard that "EXPLOSION" in megumins voice lol
@@calantheshaman imagine just hearing a muffled voice that sounds like it comes from the whale just says that before the whale explodes
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probably killed all the seagulls with explosion
I thought this was just going to be about gases building up in the whales stomach and exploding. Didn't expect this!
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.
Same
Me too. Astounded when it got to the no one wanted to cut or burn so we got out the dynamite bit.
Sam here. Never thought humans would be so innovative to use dynamite to get rid of whale carcass!
I thought the same thing.
FARMERS INSURANCE: “Whalestorm. Seen it. Covered it.”
Baaah dee up bup bup bup baah
Best comment.
We know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two.
Is that anything like a sharknado?
Actually it would be a whalenado😬🤦🏻♂️
I will NEVER tire of viewing this clip... Thank you for the remastering!🎉
It might be the best thing I ever watched
18,736,165 views now
I'm crying at this news anchor. This video is an American treasure.
Zach Byrd Adventure Hour America is going to be a treasure itself in a few years RIP
I bet the drivers insurance was very confused if he had any.
"What did you hit?"
"I didn't hit anything. A whale hit me! From the sky!"
"and when?“
"seconds after the big bang"
"ok dont call us, we'll call you."
I would assume that the idiots that blew up the whale were liable for the car repairs
Lmao, farmers commercial! We’ve seen it all lol
lol
"... sir... were drugs or alcohol involved in this accident?"
Ever since then beached whales began exploding on their own
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.
@@cafenightster4548 exactly the incident I was thinking of XDDDDDD!
They're so intelligent, and mindful of other beings. It really is amazing.
@@meat-hook who? Humans?
@@cafenightster4548 The whales. Humans suck.
Who’s here because of Ricky & Eliot!? #WeeklyWeirdNews
"We tried burying it, shredding it, and burning it, but in the end we decided to just give it all away" -SpongeBob
Im getting back in line! -random fish
ouuu the time when they gave away money from selling pretty parties
That's pearls mom
No way I’d get near a blast zone. It’s incredible how close people were allowed. I don’t know the particulars of my impending demise, but “crushed by whale debris” is a long shot! 💥☠️
How they make krabby patties
"It couldn't be cut up…because nobody wanted to cut it up." LMFAO
No shit Sherlock
Thats what i laughed at lol pay some flunkies to do it. Lol
They just want to play with dynamite instead LOL.
LMAO
I miss d style reportage
RIGHT that made me howl
“We can’t cut it up because no one wants to cut it up” sounds like several people wanted to blow it up though!
Can't blame them
It was more like they had already decided to blow it up and they never asked anybody to cut it.
Well If they did cut it coukd have exploaded on the person doing it from all the gasses stored in it's system and would disgusting as well as dangerous
Explosions are way more cooler...said the guy before the piece of meat fell on his car
"We uh don't know how much explosive it'll take to disintegrate this thing"
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!
Insurance company : So let me get this straight, a big chunk of whale meat landed on your car and wrecked it.
Me : .... yeh
Yep, we’ve seen it! We are Farmers, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom!
Such a shit comment haha
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 🍃🍃🍃🐋🐋
We cover it because we've seen it.
"Sorry, your insurance policy does not cover that sort of claim, Mr Jones."
I lived in this part of Oregon for almost 20 years and the exploding whale story is one everyone in the area knows. Good times
Was trying to figure out why the heck this was in my suggested and then seen you commenting here 😂
I live in Australia and i know this story. The teacher at school told us about it in about grade 2
Wait
Wait
Wait
And boom goes the dynamite
Lol, Luckyy commenting on the whalesplosion. Nice prediction on trials cancel btw
Lmfao
I’m no engineer but I could’ve told you this was a terrible idea.
But it was definitely the most fun idea
@@Magibatproductions this guy gets it
The head engineer is no engineer either
@@Magibatproductions I'll drink to that
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
Internet Today, that is all.
''the seagulls the was supposed to clean everything up were nowhere in sight'' lmfao
The blast scared them so bad they went back to californica
Duh
@@1tundra11 huD
Hahahah
This is probably one of the most American thing I have ever seen, using tnt to blow up a freaking whale
Dynamite*
whale carcass**
We're not savages, you know; we have more sophisticated ways of actually killing the whales.
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.
@@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?
@@woopimagpie they should have used illegal fireworks maybe twice as much
"What happened to your car man?"
"A whale fell on it."
In Groucho Marx voice. "So your wife sat on your car."
parts of flying whale hit it and deformed the car roof.
insurance clerk: am I supposed to believe this shit?
This will blow up
@@kannatheweeb8836 It will blow up harder than the whale.
My husband and I remember this, the funniest part to both of us is the car, out of ALL the very things that can happen no one expects a whale carcass to land on their car. But then again ,no one expects the Spanish inquisition either!👺🤣🤣🤣
I am deadly serious, this is an underrated piece of television journalism and I am thrilled to see that it's been remastered. I kept looking for a higher quality version of this years ago. Once in awhile the words "...the Oregon state highway department had a whale of a problem..." pops into my head, but with Rod Serling saying it...
This is where my brain goes when I want to practice my delivery, lol. Thank you for posting this mastepiece!
"Everyone present was covered with small particles of dead whale." This reporter got an award for his coverage here, I hope. 😂
Not from the people who had to clean their equipment
Just imagine how horrid the smell must of been!
He dint say that tho why quote it
Back then, people would wipe the dead whale off themselves and go for ice cream.
@@sandiloumac2778 na get out of here
"It couldn't be cut up, because nobody wanted to cut it up"
Understandable, have a nice day.
We need straight to the point reporting like that now.
"I'm sorry, I can't make it into work today. Why? I really don't want to."
God bless, Jesus loves you
"But HELL YEAH!,we'll just use dynamite!" 🤣
@@evanjanse4038 Go away.
The term “ no respectable seagull” is hilarious
I don't understand why they didn't pull it out to sea and allow the sharks to feast on it? The ocean scavengers would have done a much better job eliminating the whale.
😂
Yes!!! Omg this guys reporting is the best 😂🤣😂🤣
Is there any other KIND?!
Ahahaha I laughed my toys off at that
It was a CLASSIC even before RUclips was born.
Things that must be remembered 🙂