Exploding Whale 50th Anniversary, Remastered! [VINTAGE]

https://youtu.be/V6CLumsir34

Coming up on the 54 year anniversary.

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8 Comments

Emperor@feddit.uk · 10 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Now there's a blast from the past - I remember this doing the rounds back in the day when you had to figure out the right codecs to watch something.

sploosh@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

I was born after the event, but when I was in cub scouts, long before the internet, one of my fellow scouts' parents worked for the news station that shot this piece and brought a VHS of it to a meeting once. It became a legend at our school to the extent that the parent later gave a copy to the school to show to kids so they wouldn't be left out of the fun.

crawancon@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 2y (2 replies)

well that was SOO worth it. thank you.

when the guy questioned how much explosive it would take I started giggling pretty good. like who the fuuuuck thought THIS was the best idea? lmao

crawancon@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Dat aftermath

Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y

Dat smell too

rolaulten@startrek.website · 5 pts · 2y

You know someone pitched the idea as a bullshit excuse to use a bunch of dynamite and everyone jumped on the bandwagon. For anyone who does not know, Florence OR is this little seaside town with not that much going on.

wesker@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 2y

Hwhale.

Etterra@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Yes my favorite example of "unusual problems require unusual solutions.*"

*Your mileage may vary.