"Red, White and Blew", Way to Die #77, is the first death to be featured in "Cure for the Common Death, Part I", which aired on March 22, 2009.
Plot[]
Bernie and his buddies celebrate the 4th of July by getting drunk.
Bernie has been planning the mother of all banners for weeks: A homemade firework launcher and a crudely made bomb. Bernie had supplied enough cherry bombs to equal the explosive power of a stick of dynamite.
When it fails to work, Bernie looks down the barrel of the launcher, and the firework explodes in his face, much to the amusement of his friends, who are unaware of his death.
Transcript[]
Narrator: He clearly was not aware of the reason why there was a federal law banning homemade bombs since 1966.
Narrator: Every 4th of July, fireworks accidents filled emergency rooms around the country. Bernie managed to skip that part.... and went straight to the morgue.
Cast and Interviewees[]
- Shawn Gnandt - Bernie (lead: intended victim)
- Ted Reis - Redneck
- Adam Edgar - Bernie's Friend (uncredited)
- Dr. Khyber Zaffarkhan - Physical Medicine & Rehab
Trivia[]
- There's a Wilhelm scream in this segment.
- It is based on this Darwin award from the year 2000 even though the segment taking place 17 years earlier in the show.
- This death takes place exactly 21 years before Jaw Boned, Ironically both involve the victim dying by explosion.
- Also, this death takes place 116(Or a century, a decade and six years) years after Rebel Without A Pulse, and 24 years before Spit-ill.
- The RV is the same as in Trailer Trashed, it is possible that after the events in Trailer Trashed Chuck's family sold the RV and it ended up in Bernie's hands. Most likely after the events in Red, White and Blew the RV was probably sold to an unknown person or scraped.
- Later on in 2015, a Gaston actor died the same way.
Segment Nickname[]
- Death on the Fourth of July
- United Deaths Of America
- Frantic Firecracker
- AmeriCan't
Foreign Names[]
- Rojo, Blanco y Exploazul (Red, White and Exploblue) - Latin American Spanish dub
- Rojo, Blanco y Pum (Red, White and Boom) - European Spanish dub and Mexican Spanish dub
- Voll in die Röhre geguckt (Fully looked into the Tube) - German dub
- Fajerwerki (Fireworks) - Polish voice-over
- Sunahak Barriyo (Barrel Sparked) - Lazoran dub
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