The CNN program News to Me recently aired a segment on Oregon’s Exploding Whale. In addition to the original KATU video, the piece features clips from interviews with Paul Linnman and Doug Brazil, the reporter and cameraman who in 1970 documented the momentous event.
While the video contains a brief, unattributed screen shot of our [...]

One of the Exploding Whale’s biggest proponents strikes again! Bob Welch, a columnist for the Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), profiles Walter Umenhofer, the gentleman whose brand new Oldsmobile 88 was crushed by a 300-pound piece of dead whale sent skyward when the Oregon Highway Division detonated 20 cases of dynamite underneath a rotting whale carcass (see [...]

On the 37th anniversary of Oregon’s Exploding Whale, radio host and former exploding whale reporter Paul Linnman interviewed Chicago stand-up comic Chris Gummert, whose one-man show on the exploding whale is currently playing at the Apollo Theater in Chicago (as previously reported).
From the interview:
It is equal parts, I think, research project and stand-up. [...]

WikiWorld cartoonist Greg Williams drew a comic about Oregon’s exploding whale, presumably in celebration of the anniversary. I particularly appreciated the facial expression on reporter Paul Linnman’s face in the first pane of the comic. To see Paul’s expression and the rest of strip, click through on the thumbnail or the link below.

WikiWorld comic: “Exploding [...]

On this, the 37th anniversary of Oregon’s Exploding Whale, let us engage in a little thought experiment.
For a moment, just pause and reflect upon all those things in your life that you take way too seriously… that cause you to lose sleep or to sleep too much… that create stress and anxiety in your life. [...]

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 [...]