Arts & Entertainment Watch: 2,471-Pound Pumpkin From Minnesota Wins Half Moon Bay's World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off The city of Half Moon Bay was out of its gourd again Monday morning for the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off, and it was a squeaker, as the winning 2,471-pound pumpkin won by a razor-thin margin of just six pounds.
Arts & Entertainment Watch: 2,749-Pound Pumpkin Wins Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival Contest, Sets New World Record The 2,500-pound largest pumpkin ever grown in California still wasn't big enough to win the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival Pumpkin Weigh-Off, as a farmer from Minnesota drove in a pumpkin that won the contest and set a new world record at 2,749 pounds.
Arts & Entertainment Video: A Pumpkin's Eye View As SF Zoo Meerkats Attack There are no fancy production values other than a few edits, in this video, nor are there any cutesy bits of pop-up commentary or bouncy music clips intended to signal that this is,
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Dropping a 1,169lb Pumpkin Onto a Car From High Above Found by the fins folks at Laughing Squid, here's what it looks like when you drop a 1,169lb pumpkin onto a Pontiac. Ta-da.
