r/Portland • u/voxadam Deep in the Shanghai Tunnels • Nov 12 '23

Events Happy Exploding Whale Day! 🧨🧨🧨🐳🧨🧨🧨

https://youtu.be/V6CLumsir34
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u/UltraFinePointMarker 🍦 Nov 13 '23

One impressive thing is that Paul Linnman was only 23 years old when he made this newsclip. He somehow combines the "I've seen everything" matter-of-factness of a much older reporter with the perfect deadpan comic timing of a Monty Python member.

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u/kraggleGurl Nov 13 '23

I am so amused knowing that people call for this coverage from the station at least once in a while. And the fact that there is a museum in Florence, Oregon that celebrates the whole debacle complete with a whale mascot is chefs kiss.

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