Death: A User's Manual[]
"Death can be a real hoot, as long as you're not the one dying. You'll bust a gut at the guy who goes belly-up after his belly blows up. How about the two texters who get their signals crossed? In golf, a birdie's good, but a rat? Bad. Then there's the clown who's more boozer than bozo. It's all about laughing in the face of death on 1000 Ways to Die."
"1000 Ways to Die" Episode 11.
Originally aired March 29, 2009.
"An overeater goes belly up; a body builder juices and loses. A young couple text themselves – to death; a golfer has a ‘rough’ round. A car thief gets left hanging and a drunk clown pops his own balloon."
-- This is the Original Episode --
Gut Busted[]
Way to Die #117
Dave "The Egg" Vespucci
On February 20, 1998, at Bucket-O-Wings, in Naperville, NV. An obese man starts belching constantly while on a date due to numerous peptic ulcers lining his stomach. Thinking the belching is simply due to gas, he asks his date to punch him in the stomach to stop it. Instead, the impact causes his stomach to burst, leaking acid into his abdomen.
Alt names - Ab-Domination
Trivia: This segment has also been used for "Top 100 Deaths".
Destroid[]
Way to Die #417
Mike
On October 24, 2003, at Gould's Gym, in Seattle, WA. A body builder who uses anabolic steroids and human growth hormones on a daily basis dies of a heart attack due to cardiomyopathy caused by the steroids.
"Coming up: These two texters never got the message. Watch out! And... A golfer has a rough time of it and has a stroke."
Text Dead[]
Way to Die #78
Tricia
On August 19, 2005, at Rigfield Plaza, in Irvine, CA. A man is texting his girlfriend while driving, asking about where she should be picked up. Unaware that the two's paths are about to meet, the man accidentally runs over his girlfriend in his pickup truck when she unknowingly steps out in front of it.
Alt names - Dead Message
Pissed Off[]
Way to Die #210
Golfer Patty
On July 3, 1992, at Cross River Links, in Monrovia, CA. An Irishman on a golf course in the United States is recovering his ball from the rough when a rat runs up his pants leg, scratches his leg, and urinates on him. The urine seeps into the scratch, causing leptospirosis, which kills him a week later.
Trivia: This segment has also been used for "Top 100 Deaths".
"Next up: A thief goes to great lengths to steal a car. Just not far enough. And... A clown hits the hooch and then runs into a hitch."
Car Jacked[]
Way to Die #222
"The Dangler"
On June 5, 2004, in Manatee, FL. A car thief attempts to steal a muscle car by descending from the garage ceiling by a rope. His leg becomes tangled in his rope, leaving him suspended upside down. Unable to free himself, the thief eventually dies from rising blood pressure and multiple strokes caused by the venous hemorrhaging in his skull after 48 hours.
Alt names - Dangling Out
Blown Job[]
Way to Die #201
Fred Garfield
On August 11, 2007, in Miami, OH. A disgruntled, alcoholic clown, who ironically was coulrophobic as a child, drives to a birthday party for his next job. When he stops short in front of the party, a canister of CO2 rolls up against his seat, inflating a giant balloon while he is still in the car. He is too drunk to sense the danger until it is too late, and dies when the balloon presses him against the windshield and he suffocates him.
Alt names - Blown Away
Paintful Death[]
Way to Die #192
On July 24, 2005, at Avon Estates, in Mobile, AL. A boxing trainer was using a paint sprayer to paint the walls as ordered by his boss. He hadn't read the directions for using the paint sprayer, so it stopped working while he was still painting the walls. The man believed that shaking it would make it function again, but when it did, he accidentally aimed it toward his left leg, causing the paint to swell his leg, sever his femoral artery, and enter his bloodstream, killing him after the chemicals in the paint injured his brain.
Alt names - T.K.O. Whacked
(This death is absent from the US version)
"When we come back, a TV producer captures a grisly scene of carnage."
Escape Death Segment 11[]
See the chart about Escaped Deaths.
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