Minnesota Pumpkin Wins Half Moon Bay: 2,150 Miles, Zero Rest Stops
From the BBN segment “Minnesota grower wins Half Moon Bay pumpkin weigh-off with…”, cut down to under a minute.
The full story and the real reporting behind it (New York Post) →
From the BBN segment “Minnesota grower wins Half Moon Bay pumpkin weigh-off with…”, cut down to under a minute.
The full story and the real reporting behind it (New York Post) →
What BBN said on air. The facts are in the original report: New York Post.
Hank LedgerTonight's story: Minnesota grower Travis Gienger won Half Moon Bay's pumpkin weigh-off with a 2,389-pound giant, and the New York Post says he drove it 2,150 miles for twenty-one thousand five hundred and one dollars.
Hank LedgerDale, your take, and I'm holding the thermometer.
Dale BearmanThat pumpkin got a better road trip than I've had since the Nineties.
Dale BearmanIt sat in the back, never asked for a rest stop, and still beat everyone. Gas alone ate half that prize.
Hank LedgerHalf is a guess. NOT.
Chip DarnellHere's mine, Hank. He didn't win the money, the pumpkin did, and the man is just its driver.
Chip DarnellTwo thousand pounds of champion deserves a salary and a good pillow.
Hank LedgerA pillow. HOT, and I resent it.
Dale BearmanAnd what's your take, Hank?
Hank LedgerThe pumpkin was the calmest one in that truck for twenty-one hundred miles. Give it the anchor chair. Extremely hot.