Exploding Whale 50th Anniversary, Remastered!

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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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@randysetzer8771 3 года назад

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

@danklies9606 3 года назад

poetic poetry.

@hexagonalawareness3584 3 года назад

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

@aleembaksh1880 3 года назад

@@hexagonalawareness3584 *Holocaust go brrr*

@monkadelic13 3 года назад

the answer 50 years ago was dynamite for everything

@quinnlucas4345 3 года назад

666 likes lol

@ideasonscribe 3 года назад

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

@treacherousviper 3 года назад

A for alliteration :)

@Vingul 3 года назад

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

@keirfarnum6811 3 года назад

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

@PZ54395 3 года назад

@@keirfarnum6811 big blast bombastically blasted blubber beyond believable bounds

@DaedalusYoung 3 года назад

Best line in reporting history.

@tomgreenleaf1918 7 месяцев назад

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

@austingray1359 3 месяца назад

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 3 месяца назад

@@austingray1359 About 1 in 204.

@matthewcaughey8898 3 месяца назад

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

@ShenavianBurns2024 3 месяца назад

😂😂😂

@SolidSonicTH 3 месяца назад

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

@nintendude7cubed 4 месяца назад

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

@meowal1192 Месяц назад

bbbbbb

@spacekrill 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

And don’t forget the little kid just hanging around

@adrianmetzler2523 2 года назад

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

@Shimon24 2 года назад

Haha sprinkled, good one

@cheapcraftygirlsweepstakes2338 2 года назад

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

@lj8983 2 года назад

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

@rossington-x6031 3 года назад

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.

@ThePopeSong 3 года назад

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

@Bubba084 3 года назад

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

@Cosmic.Cupcake 3 года назад

Me too 😭

@punxOiOi13 3 года назад

@@ThePopeSong 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 3 года назад

Me too

@The-Portland-Daily-Blink 7 месяцев назад

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 7 месяцев назад

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 7 месяцев назад

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

@eduardoalfonso4509 6 месяцев назад

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

@caitlins2160 6 месяцев назад

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

@Black.Sabbath 6 месяцев назад

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

@supremebuffalo6322 7 месяцев назад

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 2 месяца назад

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

@powderedwater67 3 года назад

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

@3ekaust 3 года назад

Such a great sentence

@j0nnyism 3 года назад

Yeah journalistic alliteration isn’t what it used to be

@SnowEspeon 3 года назад

That’s one heck of a bar.

@cavemanlovesmoke4394 3 года назад

Old school journalism. Sucks that MSM has become puppets

@HOPOUTBOYSEXCLUSIVE 3 года назад

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

@rossturpin4696 3 года назад

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

@hoangnguyenvuhuy5535 3 года назад

Decompose naturally? I think they will explode eventually.

@lillianfortuin2983 3 года назад

🤣🤣🤣

@jeffn.918 3 года назад

You're killing me Ross!

@itzelmedina7118 3 года назад

Lol yea

@umcaraqualquer3640 3 года назад

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

@jpguthrie6669 8 месяцев назад

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 8 месяцев назад

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 8 месяцев назад

I wonder how long he lived for

@thebigpicture2032 7 месяцев назад

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

@SuperPeterok 7 месяцев назад

@@thebigpicture2032 wow wild

@mzxochitl 7 месяцев назад

Ikr this all plays out like a Monty Python skit

@laslalal8451 6 месяцев назад

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

@Nightmareioo 3 года назад

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

@alfarojulio-araujo8374 3 года назад

Lmaoooo that is funny

@jondoe4667 3 года назад

Or crushes your cadillac in the parking lot.

@official_FoxGaming 3 года назад

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 3 года назад

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

@anyabrown4212 3 года назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@MixRedo 3 года назад

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

@Narutoman771 3 года назад

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

@A-Dubs398 3 года назад

More like 70s Onion News.

@smallsthetimelord4066 3 года назад

I legit wasn't sure if it was or not

@Rasscasse 3 года назад

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

@schoenperkins8210 3 года назад

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

@RadagonTheRed 2 месяца назад

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

@nathanwahl9224 Месяц назад

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

@cindysmith9213 3 месяца назад

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

@matchington1148 3 года назад

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

@spacecruisers 3 года назад

That was my favorite part haha

@RyanSteele92 3 года назад

😂

@fitforfreelance 3 года назад

That's not my job!

@ClandestineSnowman 3 года назад

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

@anntrim5132 3 года назад

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

@dragons_red 2 года назад

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

@matthewdavis6403 2 года назад

😂

@anttitheinternetguy3213 2 года назад

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 RU-vid

@paulessdot2 2 года назад

😂😂😂😂

@bassethound6457 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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

@opalishmoth8591 3 месяца назад

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

@gumdokim 7 месяцев назад

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

@vicko1978 4 месяца назад

Hell yeah, a space whale

@lucascunha4465 3 года назад

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 3 года назад

Pp0p+p+lp++pP

@nickedmonds4486 3 года назад

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

@nickedmonds4486 3 года назад

AMERICA, FUCK YEAH.

@colinmoriarty 3 года назад

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

@mattlord2906 3 года назад

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

@Himeko-wv7fu 3 года назад

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

@alexiswilliamsinc 3 года назад

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

@rajatshukla8588 3 года назад

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

@chadangeles3856 3 года назад

I wouldve eat that whale instead

@bdawg1118 3 года назад

@@chadangeles3856 are you okay?

@florever3156 3 года назад

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

@brettlong1995 8 месяцев назад

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.

@Reub3 6 месяцев назад

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

@mykalhildebrand5727 5 месяцев назад

Amen!

@Coffee17990 5 месяцев назад

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

@nonya3146 3 года назад

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

@joetable663 3 года назад

🤣🤣

@neboknenim9429 3 года назад

Goes 2 show who the real smart ones were

@kazech5225 3 года назад

Lol

@pakistanzucks 3 года назад

LMFAO

@JayElectric05 3 года назад

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

@aus3492 3 года назад

That's the most American thing ever.

@Sychonut 3 года назад

Poor bastards mistook whale oil for crude.

@giovannifosella4239 3 года назад

Really, they have literally to bomb everything down.

@jeffray4091 3 года назад

U know that beach fucking smelt rad 4 like 5 years

@provarcisempre 3 года назад

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

@ruschancegaming5550 3 года назад

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

@marfedame 7 месяцев назад

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

@JustFamilyThings Месяц назад

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 😂

@MountainBeastMysteries 2 года назад

This is exactly what the internet was meant for.

@shareem1779 2 года назад

28 likes for 2hours LEGEND COMMENT.

@saintnick1952 2 года назад

Today I’m thankful this was in my recommended

@dance-ms5zq 2 года назад

wtf why is this so recent HHAHHAH

@dance-ms5zq 2 года назад

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

@bl8388 2 года назад

Ah yeaaah!

@tmoney24138 3 года назад

"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 3 года назад

Not something you hear everyday, is it?

@tsan_jey 3 года назад

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 3 года назад

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

@eligebrown8998 3 года назад

For sure

@BP-fx3qc 3 года назад

@@yishaithegift9953 haha good one

@mykalhildebrand5727 5 месяцев назад

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

@JoeyP946 5 месяцев назад

It might be the best thing I ever watched

@bighand1530 5 месяцев назад

18,736,165 views now

@willmoore7582 7 месяцев назад

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

@sebastianmonk1584 3 года назад

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 3 года назад

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

@ELCADAROSA 3 года назад

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

@adamaldonado739 3 года назад

Lol

@shintyty 3 года назад

Yeah so um, it got hit by a whale

@taelermoore5060 3 года назад

Back then hardly anyone had car insurance.

@barnesnplebian6462 2 года назад

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

@Just1American1966 2 года назад

'Murica..!

@FredrickTesla 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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

@injailoutsoon7289 2 года назад

@VM-431 😐

@lilywoodrow7881 2 года назад

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

@trentweston8306 6 дней назад

Thank you for remastering this.

@Brave_Sir_Robin Месяц назад

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

@solidust573 2 года назад

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

@crazebamm 2 года назад

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOO

@hahasamian8010 2 года назад

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

@Gingster2max 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

@@crazebamm AAAYYYYY ROFLMAOOOOL

@adisahmetasevic7452 2 года назад

Hope he had an insurance for whale damage

@endomine6317 2 года назад

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

@temporalmentetonto 2 года назад

I fucking love 50's and 40's narrators

@tartarsauce2654 2 года назад

@@temporalmentetonto they were savage without realizing it

@temporalmentetonto 2 года назад

Oh boy, they knew, they knew damn well

@rpurdy4821 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

@@rpurdy4821 Seagulls: Vultures of the coast.

@greatoutdoors6318 7 месяцев назад

This is one of the best RU-vid videos of all time

@kaboulscabal4816 6 месяцев назад

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.

@scottshanahan3827 3 года назад

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

@flyingumbreons 3 года назад

Me too.

@susanzoeckler4926 3 года назад

The whale was not a team player

@lorenzodeg.2000 3 года назад

Me too lol

@charlotte_sometimes_ 3 года назад

Lmao yeah I clicked on the video thinking that

@hngdman 3 года назад

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.

@bastian_72 3 года назад

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

@SparkleDeath 3 года назад

I WAS THINKING THAT TOO!

@pesto1730 3 года назад

*welcome to America*

@NayaA-Ri 3 года назад

They must've learned it from cccp

@maddoggt6145 3 года назад

Sounds like something a Georgian would do.

@seanjohnisee 3 года назад

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

@CurtHowland 3 месяца назад

Thank you for keeping this important moment in history alive.

@russkohr8549 7 месяцев назад

“Think ya used enough dynamite there Butch?”

@ricoludovici2825 3 года назад

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

@amandawilcox9638 3 года назад

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

@poodtang2104 3 года назад

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

@ricoludovici2825 3 года назад

@@poodtang2104 Next time with more precision.

@poodtang2104 3 года назад

@@ricoludovici2825 That's a relief.

@griggscodin1508 3 года назад

Sometimes the worst ideas possible are also the most fun.

@canucklehead1937 2 года назад

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

@alittlekittycat21 2 года назад

The only respectable seagull I’ve known is Steven-

@joeogle7729 2 года назад

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

@EJK2099 2 года назад

@@alittlekittycat21 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😅

@praszu 2 года назад

Seagulls prefer swallowing whole rabbits and rats.

@mperrotti76 2 года назад

Respectable Seagulls is a great band name.

@cjt7479 2 месяца назад

Man news reporting was so good back in the day

@brandenhuffmen8259 8 месяцев назад

This is top tier journalism.

@leighfoulkes7297 3 года назад

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

@kyliepechler 3 года назад

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 3 года назад

Same

@macdofglasgow772 3 года назад

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

@chaz-e 3 года назад

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

@camothebest7862 3 года назад

I thought the same thing.

@greypaw101 3 года назад

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

@christopherscollege5181 3 года назад

Lol yeah

@sdsd2e2321 3 года назад

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 3 года назад

lmao

@piratesmurf4251 3 года назад

Seagulls were like. We dont work for Free

@2911Delta 3 года назад

Back in the days when the mexican were just seagulls.

@-You-Tube- 8 месяцев назад

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

@bigrigJim 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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

@joejohnson3798 2 года назад

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

@campo1018 2 года назад

@ Joe Johnson well said!

@rachit5762 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

@@rachit5762 pull it with boat(s)?

@s3archX 3 года назад

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

@jgatkinson744 3 года назад

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 3 года назад

That sentence is so painfully American, I love it.

@Xixu.co.6 3 года назад

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

@KevinGuitarLessons 3 года назад

Murica

@cheapmusicgear 3 года назад

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.

@FearZoo 7 месяцев назад

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

@RolfSchreiter 3 месяца назад

really good quality of sound and picture. Thank you!

@kalanaherath3076 3 года назад

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

@scottnicholls2523 3 года назад

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

@rossprohaska6263 3 года назад

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

@davisdf3064 3 года назад

Nah, they are just enjoying the free food

@stevenalvarez487 3 года назад

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

@cheruml 3 года назад

Yah yah yah think so hahahaha

@sailorchiaki 3 года назад

“Any respectable seagull” this guy is hilarious

@carlwilliams6977 3 года назад

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 3 года назад

Omg, i laughed so hard. Lol

@karlerasure 3 года назад

😁👍

@junior.von.claire 3 года назад

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

@can_you_guess_my_new_username 3 года назад

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

@SteveThomasPatel Месяц назад

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

@rebeccamorgan4255 5 месяцев назад

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

@klyderain8817 3 года назад

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

@anonymousmobster2444 3 года назад

The fun way

@SkilexGroup 3 года назад

Nah! Should have nuked it.

@DaveA7 3 года назад

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

@scribe53 3 года назад

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 3 года назад

@@SkilexGroup gotta nuke somethin'...

@akzarma 3 года назад

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

@Anonymous-wy5dc 3 года назад

"That's a shame" -me

@ZuX88 3 года назад

"That's a shame" -me

@reyawesome123 3 года назад

"That's a shame" -me

@akshy471 3 года назад

"That's a shame" -me

@niruniruniru2904 3 года назад

"That's a shame" -me

@mortalexo103 6 месяцев назад

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

@mathematicalfelony Месяц назад

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

@williegaga 2 года назад

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

@davejlh4988 2 года назад

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

@Solitude11-11 2 года назад

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

@thefog7067 2 года назад

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

@mikehunt1528 2 года назад

@@thefog7067 😂😂😂

@arkenflare7336 2 года назад

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

@Androly_San 3 года назад

The commentary by the reporter is absolute gold!

@mandomcck 3 года назад

Hes hilarious!

@harbinger1016 3 года назад

"no respectable seagull" !!! pure gold indeed!

@Androly_San 3 года назад

@Yosael Cortes hahahahabba

@enlightendbel 3 года назад

There's points where he's almost failing to contain his laughter.

@EternamDoov 3 года назад

Except when he spoiled that and how it would go wrong

@oldmanandthesea3384 7 месяцев назад

This never gets old.

@AlistairKiwi 7 месяцев назад

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

@byHexted 2 года назад

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

@palaceofwisdom9448 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

I thought the same.

@Jason75913 2 года назад

same here

@THESHOWBOAT 2 года назад

Same

@billyjoejimbob75 2 года назад

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

@223sushi 3 года назад

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

@WalterEKurtz-kp2jf 3 года назад

I read this at the exact time he said it

@WalterEKurtz-kp2jf 3 года назад

@Ms. 357 cock

@WalterEKurtz-kp2jf 3 года назад

Rude

@m.b.82 3 года назад

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 3 года назад

@Ms. 357 :(

@mikethompson5804 8 месяцев назад

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

@PolarRed 7 месяцев назад

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

@ecs222 3 года назад

This is the single greatest piece of journalism ever covered.

@gritsnsand 3 года назад

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.

@lancecaldwell3874 3 года назад

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!

@tomm.4742 3 года назад

In 1979 I ran studio camera for his show Open Line, he could make anything sound interesting

@worlddomination4840 3 года назад

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.

@austiniscoolduh 3 года назад

Back when journalism was actually a thing. Nowadays the news would be finding a way to twist this into being Trump’s fault

@traskforge 3 года назад

"Indeed the seagulls had been standing nearby all day" *slowly zooms in on some pixels vaguely recognizable as seagulls*

@mrpurple11 3 года назад

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

@justacutie. 3 года назад

@@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

@ascendantrobin3230 3 года назад

🤣

@diamondd83 3 года назад

😂😂😂

@DinnerForkTongue 3 года назад

@@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.

@warknight-ed3se Месяц назад

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

@kevinstogner9477 4 месяца назад

What a great reporting job !!

@CatOfTheYearuWu 3 года назад

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

@bongo526 3 года назад

Americas answer to everything blow it up

@1dog915 3 года назад

Just hook it to a ship and drop it somewhere ez

@billy007ization 3 года назад

@@1dog915 nah it's too dangerous it'll explode in no time by the time got gushed by winds

@CatOfTheYearuWu 3 года назад

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

@ericfitka3056 3 года назад

With style

@Plazman 3 года назад

"It couldn't be cut up…because nobody wanted to cut it up." LMFAO

@fireboltaz 3 года назад

No shit Sherlock

@kenharty6016 3 года назад

Thats what i laughed at lol pay some flunkies to do it. Lol

@dr.vannostrand9636 3 года назад

They just want to play with dynamite instead LOL.

@Ashes2Ashes_Blush2Blush 3 года назад

LMAO I miss d style reportage

@kenzirae3766 3 года назад

RIGHT that made me howl

@Cyraxior 7 месяцев назад

My high school geography teacher showed us this video like decades ago. Still just as cool.

@_hunter_hunter1048 5 месяцев назад

The reporting makes it a timeles classic

@opedromagico 3 года назад

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 3 года назад

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 3 года назад

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

@phutureproof 3 года назад

Why isn't it?

@danl1983 3 года назад

Hhhhhhwhale*

@johnnyringo5411 3 года назад

They should of just buried it in the first place lol

@lilytoonk8 3 года назад

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

@NessaFlower3592 3 года назад

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

@sockmon1 3 года назад

What about the seagulls that are disrespected?

@HarrisChoudhry 3 года назад

@@sockmon1 they have nothing to lose

@sockmon1 3 года назад

@@HarrisChoudhry we call them crackgulls, zero inhibition

@HarrisChoudhry 3 года назад

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

@NGC008 7 месяцев назад

Love it. How did I forget about that after all this time. Guess things have gotten a lot worse since then making it easy to forget. Made me smile though.

@OTownNews 3 года назад

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

@reportedstolen3603 3 года назад

Baaah dee up bup bup bup baah

@brandenbermudez2412 3 года назад

Best comment.

@hbleblanc205 3 года назад

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

@edwardskeva9307 3 года назад

Is that anything like a sharknado?

@18echo 3 года назад

Actually it would be a whalenado😬🤦🏻‍♂️

@shala_shashka 2 года назад

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”

@XxShadow101xX 2 года назад

KAPOW! "Now THAT'S a use of Taxpayer money!"

@kidgold-ju4uf 2 года назад

@@XxShadow101xX I'd pay money to see this up close!

@mypokepop 2 года назад

Pushed you up to 1k likes! 😅👍

@Skia_Woodling 2 года назад

@@AncientRe The Highway Division

@NihongoWakannai 2 года назад

Whale carcasses will blow up on their own from gas buildup

@matthewb5364 9 дней назад

The return of the Oregon Beached Whale was not on my 2024 bingo card.

@bearnakedbull 8 месяцев назад

This is awesome!

@angryox3102 3 года назад

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

@azranger7294 3 года назад

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

@101jir 3 года назад

50s would have literally nuked it...

@iateabadtaco 3 года назад

well yes but, whales explode by themselves

@101jir 3 года назад

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

@dehavillandcanadatwinotter9621 3 года назад

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.

@GenScinmore 3 года назад

Ever since then beached whales began exploding on their own

@cafenightster4548 3 года назад

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 3 года назад

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

@meat-hook 3 года назад

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

@cafenightster4548 3 года назад

@@meat-hook who? Humans?

@meat-hook 3 года назад

@@cafenightster4548 The whales. Humans suck.

@dhersh1386 8 месяцев назад

Every couple months or so I seem to be brought here again.

@wolfsta90 7 месяцев назад

Lmao! " No respectable seagull" killed me

@joonok6325 3 года назад

"The humor of the entire situation suddenly gave way to our run for survival as huge chunks of whale blubber fell everywhere..." Downright hilarious

@OhhSlash 3 года назад

i know man im fucking dying watch this. It almost feels like a sketch

@ameilioracryptos5298 3 года назад

@@OhhSlash lol same

@supertouring1 3 года назад

That would be both a sad and hilarious way to die--hit by whale blubber! 😅

@user-ux7mr8dw8c 3 года назад

That's some Monty Python shit right there.

@TheLionBoss47 3 года назад

haha funny whale die and explode much funny so hilarious

@vyepez500 3 года назад

This is an example of moments where aliens would be extremely confused at our actions

@paulagalore5543 3 года назад

I think they find us very entertaining

@genericweeb7300 3 года назад

More like why they've been avoiding us

@elijahsvrbinge7166 3 года назад

@lizhall4473 3 года назад

@big lefthook you're thinking of pixies lmao

@nh9336 3 года назад

I am human and I am extremely confused at our actions

@k54dhKJFGiht 7 месяцев назад

I'm going to make this my screen saver at work!

@georgelincolnrockwell6248 7 месяцев назад

Thank you Doug Brazil

@jimandskittum 2 года назад

"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 2 года назад

Yikes 😬

@theonefrancis696 2 года назад

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

@PerfectlyFreedom 2 года назад

😂😂

@jamisonlynch6437 2 года назад

We shoulda brought 40 goddamnit Jerry!

@joshuakim5240 2 года назад

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

@jacobmosovich 3 года назад

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

@shady6960 3 года назад

you're asking for Ron Burgundy

@ideasonscribe 3 года назад

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

@bassguitarislife3419 3 года назад

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

@chincemagnet 3 года назад

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 3 года назад

@@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?