"USSR-Dead", Way to Die #617, is the fifth death to be featured in "Putting A Smiley Face On Death", which aired on September 14, 2010.
Plot[]
Ivan, a Ukrainian immigrant fresh off from the boat, seeks to join the Russian mafia. At a meeting at the two mobsters' hideout, they arrange for him to murder some people for not paying their debts. Ivan's weapon of choice is a tire iron. He also aspires to collect on some debts.
After Ivan murders the targets in cold blood without showing any remorse, he returns to the hideout, where he learns that he has one final task. It is the Russian mafia equivalent of a manicure: burning the fingertips using sulfuric acid (H2SO4), so as not to leave any fingerprints. Once the mobsters have burned off Ivan's fingertips, they decide to toast for him joining the mafia with some of their homemade vodka. Suddenly after taking a gulp, they collapse to the ground and die. That was not the vodka that they drank. It turns out that Boris, the mobsters' loyal but senile bartender, poured from the wrong bottle, which contained the acid. Like vodka, sulfuric acid is a colorless liquid. After Ivan and the mobsters drank it, it quickly dissolved and disintegrated their internal tissues, vital organs, and esophagus, killing them instantly and sending them to Ад where they belonged.
Transcript[]
Cast and Interviewees[]
- Richard Lichten - Retired Law Enforcement Lieutenant
- Three unknown actors - Ivan and the mobsters (uncredited: intended victims)
Trivia/Goofs[]
- The three mafia members die because the bartender mixed up the two liquids. However, this could have been avoided if they had labeled the liquids.
- Ivan uses a tire iron to kill the people who did not pay up, but upon closer inspection, they are not actually killed, but just knocked unconscious.
- The mobsters do not like Gay Gary because he is always late on his payments, but there is also an unmentioned second reason they do not like him.
Segment Nickname[]
- Fool's Russian (Spike TV website)
- The boss has anxiety
- Mob-Bitched
- Volka Offed
Foreign Names[]
- Coctel Ruso (Russian Cocktail) - Latin American Spanish dub
- Soviético Sulfurado (Sulphured Soviet) - Spanish dub
- Tödlicher Wodka (Deadly Vodka) - German dub
- Vodmorto (Vodead) - Brazilian Portuguese dub
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