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Another Week, Another Whale Show!

Friday, November 9th, 2007

As previously reported….
Countdown: The Story of the Exploding Whale continues its phenomenally funny run at the Apollo Theater on Wednesday nights at 8pm through the end of November. The hilarious new multi-media, one-man show from writer/comedian Chris Gummert unravels the true story of a beached whale that was disposed of using a half-ton of dynamite [...]

SoCal Whale Disposal Dilemma

Monday, October 8th, 2007

Southern California has recently been confronted with figuring out how best to dispose of a huge, 60-ton blue whale carcass. The rotting hulk was towed into harbor for examination by scientists on September 22, and after being dissected and having several internal organs removed, the whale was towed out to sea. A few days later, [...]

Dead Whale Births Live Show

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

Chris Gummert
The Oregon exploding whale has had quite a life: first, the original news reel followed by endless anniversary pieces… then Dave Barry’s hilarious article… and recently it became the 5th most popular video on the web. Can Broadway be far behind? Not if Chris Gummert has anything to say about it. [...]

Norwegians fear carcass may explode

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

“Well, I wouldn’t exactly call it an explosion, but it can be like an enormous fart. It would be quite unpleasant if the stomach blows up. It’s not very nice to have rotten whale parts showering over you.”
These comments were made by Tore Haug of the Norwegian Marine Research Institute in Bergen as he described [...]

An exploding whale tongue?

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

In this AP photo, the giant, swollen tongue of a dead humpback whale appears close to exploding. Alas, it did not. The ballooning organ did, however, contribute to the whale’s death. While some officials initially said the swollen tongue indicated an infection, experts now believe that a large volume of air may have been forced [...]

USCG Shoots Up Dead Whale

Saturday, March 17th, 2007

A United States Coast Guard crew based on the Big Island of Hawaii attempted to sink a bloated whale carcass found floating outside Hilo Harbor by firing more than 30 rounds into it from an M-16 rifle. It didn’t work. The lieutenant in charge explained that this method “does not appear to have worked very [...]