I always wondered if there was a relationship between this and the Oregon exploding whale in 1970 ? https://www.google.com/search?q=whale+explosion+oregon

Evidently it's from a true story. Luckily not actually thrown from a helicopter!

https://classictvhistory.wordpress.com/2012/11/21/turkeys-aw...

CLARKE BROWN: The turkey drop was actually a real incident. ... Although the turkeys were thrown off the back of a truck, as opposed to how it was depicted on the [show].