"Re-Tired", Way to Die #347, is the third death featured in "Death Gets Busy", which aired on February 22, 2009.
Plot[]
Pornography-addicted tire shop co-owner Phil Harden has a huge collection of porn magazines. One day at work, he reads a new release of one of his favorite porn magazines while inflating a truck tire. Distracted by the magazine, Phil forgets to check on the tire, and the tire starts to become a ticking time bomb. After a while, the tire explodes from over-inflation, lodging pieces of shrapnel from the metal tire rim into his brain and killing him.
"It came down to this: Which would pop first? Phil...or the tire?"
Transcript[]
(Funny And Funky Dance Party is playing, Phil lies on his bed, reading porno magazine)
Phil: Hmm. Hmm.
Narrator: Phil Harden is a stone, cold, smug addict.
(Not only in his house, but he also read it while working)
Narrator: He lives it,
Phil: Hmm.
Narrator: he breathes it,
Phil: Ah, god...
Narrator: he reads it,
Phil: Aah...
Narrator: he needs it.
Phil: Hmm, aah...
(Phil puts his mag in his rear pocket, working on the tire)
Narrator: Phil's got it made. His no skill job at tire shop allows him for work and play at the same time.
(Phil puts the tire down)
Dr. Ava Cadell: What makes somebody a sex addict is... what makes somebody a drug addict or an alcoholic addict... they... overconsumed. It's more important than the family, it's more important than a work, they don't care if they destroy their health, it's all they think about day and night.
(Dreamy and Dark Killing is playing, Phil reads the mag while forklifting the tire)
Narrator: Phil thought his porn obsession was harmless, he wasn't hurting anyone.
(Then he will read it while inflating tire)
Narrator: And then one day he sat down with the new issue of Horndog, and a large truck tire. His foot was upon the air hose but his mind was still down in the gunner.
Phil: Hmm. Hmm...
Bryan Tashjian: Live often said tires are ticking timebomb, if you're not paying attention, you're gonna have a problem. It can be catastrophic. It'll kill you or sumamain you, um, take out an eye, break an arm, break your neck, take piece of your body...
Narrator: It came down to this:
Phil: Ah...
Narrator: Which would pop first? Phil...or the tire?
Phil: Ah... Ah... Ah...
(CGI air hose inflates the tire)
Narrator: The tire and steel rim exploded simultaneously.
(As that, CGI tire explodes)
Narrator: Launching heavy shrapnel at the Phil's forehead...
(The scene fades to Phil, already being killed by the explosion)
Narrator: from less than a yard away.
(Precussive Crime Science is playing)
Dr. Khyber Zaffarkhan: Just a blunt force of large piece of tire hitting... in the head, can cause contusion...
(CGI head gets hit by a piece of the rim)
Dr. Khyber Zaffarkhan: that's strong enough to cause the traumatic brain injury. He had actually pieces at in the skull, lodged in the skull, damages the brain directly. Which innovate itself can cause neurogenic shock, which can cause someone to die as well.
Narrator: You know what they say, porno is bad for you.
Phil: Ah...
(CGI tire explodes)
Narrator: It'll rot your brain.
Trivia[]
- This segment is not to be confused with "Way to Die segment #412 (repeat)".
- Only the CGI graphics show the tire exploding, not the actual feature, likely because the real stunt was too dangerous to do in real life, especially with Tom Matthews (Phil) being way too close to the tire that explodes.
- It is based on this Darwin Award.
- This is the first death of which only the CGI graphics show how the victim dies. The second one is Blades of Gory.
- The man who played Phil was later an interviewee in "Ass Phyxiated".
- This is the first death interviewed by Dr. Ava Cadell.
Segment Nickname[]
- Tire Blast
- The Rocket Tire (Spike TV Website)
Foreign Names[]
- Neumático Mortal (Mortal Tire) - Latin American Spanish dub
- Enllantado (Re-Tired) - Mexican dub
- Con el Cerebro Podrido (With Rotten Brain) - Spanish dub
- Świerszczyk (Cricket) - Polish voice-over
Cast & Interviewees[]
- Tom Matthews - Phil (Lead: Intended victim) (Uncredited)
- Dr. Ava Cadell - Sexologist
- Bryan Tashjian - Owner, Western Tire
Gallery[]
Behind The Scene[]
