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Wow Don. That was quite the pumpkin smashing with the monster truck!!! Great!

10/31/2009 12:09:07 AM

Massillon, Ohio

too cool !!!

10/31/2009 12:11:00 AM

Liberal Ks.

nice real nice

10/31/2009 12:12:53 AM

Pemberton, BC

To cool Don!! Looks like you had a good time, Grave Digger and giant pumpkins, for people who like BIG things it doesn't get much better than that! Looked like Dennis Anderson enjoyed it too.

10/31/2009 12:20:36 AM

Mn

Make sure conan didn't take any seeds lol.

10/31/2009 12:22:24 AM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

AMEN it just woke me up and I watched his segment. KEWL...

10/31/2009 12:23:17 AM

Buffalo, New York

yup, pretty neat.........enjoy the fame!!!!!!!!!

10/31/2009 12:35:59 AM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Great job Don!!! Poor Don hasn't even seen it yet. We just hung up the phone. It's only 9:30 there so he won't see the broadcast for another 3 hours. The producers painted it orange! LOL. He gave Anderson, the driver of grave digger some seeds & a copy of Don Langevin's book. He's all kinds of sorry he forgot to name the 1288 Wallace as the mother. No matter. The whole segment was good for our hobby. The average viewer wouldn't appreciate the details we all look for.

Great show Don! Thanks!

10/31/2009 12:54:47 AM

Alberta

Awesome Don...I hope ya had a blast!

10/31/2009 12:58:31 AM

Sort of Sunny Sometimes, WA

Don, you were terrific! Probably having nightmares . . ."My seeds! My seeds! Conan save my seeds!"

10/31/2009 1:34:28 AM

Ham Lake, Minnesota

Did you see that rat run out the back just before the truck the pumpkin....amazing....did he eat all the seeds?

10/31/2009 2:04:47 AM

Nikiski, Alaska 99635

Now that was a great show Don!!! Congrats again on a stellar year.

10/31/2009 3:25:17 AM

Anamosa, IA BPIowegian@aol.com

Smashing end to a great season. Good job Don!

10/31/2009 4:23:51 AM

Gold Hill, Oregon

wow!!! thats one way to compost! that pumpkin sure made the front end of gravedigger raise up the second time he went over it.

10/31/2009 5:03:49 AM

Long Island,New York

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSmc51fg82c

10/31/2009 7:43:11 AM

Massillon, Ohio

don did great!!! it was exciting and good publicity!!!! (and i was probably the only one who really cared about them stated about 15 times that they were smashing the biggest pumpkin in the WHOLLLLLLLLLE WORLDDDDDDDDDDDDDD. grrrr).

10/31/2009 8:43:44 AM

Riverton, WY

That was GRRREAT!!!
I haven't watched the youtube vidio yet, but here's the interview with Don

http://www.tonightshowwithconanobrien.com/video/clips/pumpkin-champ-don-young-103009/1171256/

And here's the new seed retrieval strategy.....lol

http://www.tonightshowwithconanobrien.com/video/clips/smashing-pumpkins-with-grave-digger-103009/1171287/?__cid=thefilter

10/31/2009 9:06:31 AM

Williamsburg,KY

I woke up just in time to see the smash...how cool was that! Then Conan running to get a seed.
Christy, I heard what they said, but we all know who holds the World Record..you do!!! Stevann

10/31/2009 9:08:29 AM

Corbin, KY

The show was a smashing success! Don did an excellent job. Congratulations again Don on a fantastic year!!!!!

Tim

10/31/2009 9:16:04 AM

Joliet, IL

that was fun!!!! i like fun!!!!

10/31/2009 9:55:43 AM

Mt.Pleasant,Iowa

Man that was great! Lasted a long time also.Yes Christy I heard them say largest pumpkin in the world also then they said west of the Mississippi.First thing I saw was they painted it also but thats Ok.Christy I was talking to over 100 people about you and your pumpkin the other day you need not worry about what the media says at times(we know)

10/31/2009 10:13:58 AM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Christy, Don corrected Conan elsewhere in the broadcast stating the 1658 was the biggest grown west of the Mississippi. Like all broadcasters, Conan has selective hearing. It's an MSNBC trademark.

Bad hair too. Yikes.

10/31/2009 10:59:22 AM

Anchorage, Alaska

I think Conan was disappointed when Don said he wasn't emotionally attached to the pumpkin. It would have been great for ratings if Don had fell to his knees and began sobbing when the smashing took place!

10/31/2009 11:06:22 AM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

I liked the out there when they were waiting for Gravedigger to line up and Conan said the 'I love you and do you love me too' and 'will you take off your teeshirt now' then 'I bet you can't hear anything I'm saying' (or close to those words!) hehehehe

We all know who grew the biggest no matter what Conan thought-yay Christy. Don may have the most media-exposured one this year, that's for sure.

10/31/2009 11:07:32 AM

Coventry RI USA

Great job. Hey who painted the pumpkin Earl Scheib?

10/31/2009 1:48:09 PM

Hamilton Nj

does this mean we will have cheap seeds since digger ran them over i heard 500.00 a seed on the show , so how much did they drop!!! lol!!! pizza

10/31/2009 4:58:44 PM

Antigonish,Nova Scotia,Canada

Great stuff, Don...have already watched it a dozen times.....and saved it to show my grandsons!!1

10/31/2009 5:22:21 PM

im back in iowa thanks everyone.i had to correct them several times when they said world record sorry about that christy, they said they would try and correct it i still havent seen the show i was tired and went to bed- they also did paint job on it to make it more orange, then i was forgetting how i just call pumpkin by name and 1288 wallace i goofed that part up . it was fun for sure i had more things i wanted to get out. alot of things planned in questions dont make final show and conan makes stuff on the go to ask, dennis anderson owner of grave digger did good job he also stuck his arm inside pumpkin as i took out seeds from underneath -he planned on hiting it with tires until he felt how thick it was with one arm in and one on outside he changed plans and thought it would roll the truck and needed trannsmisson or driveline to impact pumpkin

10/31/2009 6:36:46 PM

San Diego, Ca.

Now thats the way to open your pumpkin up. Great job Don and congrats on another great year.
That was right up there with a 700 pounder I saw dropped from a helicopter a few years back.

10/31/2009 7:51:33 PM

Belmont, NH

It was a treat for sure. Good job Don.

Bruce

10/31/2009 7:56:59 PM

So. Maine

Nice job Don , thats the first time I've checked out ( I can't stand Conan ) on The Tonight Show since he took Jay's place . It took a GP to make me look lol . AL

10/31/2009 9:51:15 PM

Littleton, Colo

awezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10/31/2009 11:39:05 PM

Upstate S.C.

O MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!THIS WAS GREAT, I can't imagin being in front of the whole world like that. You did great Don, I could tell Conan was going on the fly. Everytime you tried to answer Conan would crack a Joke. I wondered about the seed count as well. When Conan started talking to Don, and Don couldn't hear I tought I was gonna die LOL, Great Job Don, True Gentleman and Great Grower.

11/1/2009 12:43:41 AM

Minnesota

sURE WAS GREAT SEEING A gIANT PUMPKIN ON PRIME TIME T.V.

11/1/2009 1:20:46 AM

Damariscotta, Maine

Great job Don!!! You have inspired us all in the GIANT PUMPKIN world. Great fun!!!!! Buzz

11/1/2009 6:51:48 AM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

I think Conan had a little man crush on Don there...:)

11/1/2009 9:37:40 AM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

ROFLMAO !!!!!!!! Shannon, you made my month, heheheahahaa!

Don was a class act though!

11/1/2009 12:28:57 PM

Rocky-r@stny.rr.com

Who doesnt have a man crush on Don? He is awesome! Congrats Don, you were truely a rockstar to the world that night, but we get you the rest of the year! Good for us....

11/1/2009 4:47:17 PM

Covington, WA

If that truck wasn't airborne my money would have been on the pumpkin. That was great. What a fun payoff for all your work Don. Congrats!

11/1/2009 5:49:53 PM

Hamilton Nj

finally saw the rat that was funny!!!! lol!!!! pizza

11/1/2009 5:50:05 PM

Ohio

Just saw the vid. Tooo funny, that pumpkin must of been super tuff for that truck to 'have' to come back for a second round with it. LOL, super nice job Don.

11/1/2009 8:02:51 PM

Farmington, Utah

Awesome...totally awesome Don!!!!!!!!!!!

11/1/2009 9:22:39 PM

Somers, CT

We saw it last night online. Incredible. Great job Don! Best quote " Look, a seed."

11/2/2009 10:51:10 AM

ordinary,VA

that was so cool Don!!

11/2/2009 10:58:19 AM

Wi

Anyone have a 1288 Wallace that will throw THAT ORANGE?? Lol.

11/2/2009 2:34:17 PM

Midwest

Nicely done Don and Grave digger! Really cool!

11/4/2009 1:47:34 PM