"Greased Is The Word", Way to Die #89, is the fifth death to be featured in "Up With Death", which aired on December 16, 2009.
Plot[]
Gomer was a small-time thief whose head lived in another place, he had no brain but he did have a gun, so he was someone dangerous to himself, it was a special day for Gomer, he had just gotten out of prison after his last attempt at robbery, he was planning to rob a jewelry store, he put a ridiculous fishing net on his head, took his gun and entered by mistake... in a gun store, Gomer shouted that it was a robbery and without realizing it he got into the worst possible situation, customers and employees took their weapons and shot him, this subject was hit by a hail of bullets in which he received 7 shots, of which 1 managed to kill him, through the heart, his last assault being his last act in the Earth, sending him to Hell and making him famous on the internet with the gun shop security camera video.
Transcript[]
(British Street Death is playing, everybody shoots Gomer)
Narrator: Gomer's last stick-up was his last act on Earth, but his fame lives on. On the internet, the gun shop security cam video has two million hits and counting.
Cast and Interviewees[]
- T. Ryan Mooney - Gomer (Lead: Intended victim)
- Carey Fox - Gun Shop Owner
- Mike Tristano - Himself (Weapons and Firearms Expert)
- Dr. Steven Burstein - Himself (Interventional Cardiologist)
- Joana Green - Clerk (lead)
Goofs[]
- Anachronism: Although this is set in 2001, a large shop displays the Blu-Ray sign, which wouldn't have existed until 2006.
Trivia[]
- David Zaback died the same way except he didn't put a pantyhose over his head and he wanted to rob the gun store. David's death happened in Washington state in the year of 1990.
- When this way to die was filmed, they used a paintball gun, and the actor who played Gomer (T. Ryan Mooney) danced while the gun fired. This is known as the "Paintball Dance".
- In the German Version of "Up with Death", this Segment is not featured and is instead replaced with Way to Die #162 Laced Up.
- In real life, if people who work at gun stores are about to be robbed, they're going to be armed with their defense items they have in stock.
Segment Nicknames[]
- The Gunfire of Blindness (Spike TV)
- Robbed
- 21 Gun Shots
- Blindsided
Foreign Names[]
- Equivocación Fatal (Fatal Mistake) - Latin American Spanish dub
- Acribillado por Metepatas (Gunned for being a Moron) - European Spanish dub
- Armado e Acabado (Armed and Finished) - Brazilian Portuguese dub
- Pahongin matarang sa pistola (Mistaken Parts of Gun) - Lazoran dub
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