After his retirement from Congress, Whalen authored two books with his wife Barbara, a former columnist for the Dayton Journal Herald and the voice of Elsie the Cow.
A live cow representing Elsie appeared on stage at the Borden's exhibit in the Better Living Pavilion at the 1964–1965 New York World's Fair, in a musical revue with a score by the Broadway composer Kay Swift.
Baby Cow Productions | cow | Poor Cow | Top Cow Productions | Lily Elsie | Elsie Reford | Clarabelle Cow | ''Leucanthemum vulgare'' and a cow in Kyyjärvi | Elsie J. Oxenham | Elsie Janis | Elsie Carlisle | Cow-Cow Boogie | Cow | Where's My Cow? | Vechur cow | Two Cow Garage | Steller's Sea Cow | Sacred Cow (Bob's Burgers) | Red Cow interchange | Molly Moo-Cow | Mary Elsie Moore | Half A Cow | Elsie the Cow | Elsie's River | Elsie Morison | Elsie Maud Wakefield | Elsie Kelly | Elsie-Dee | Elsie Clews Parsons | Elsie Allen |