David Spade hilariously recreates iconic Joe Dirt fireworks scene for Fourth of July

David Spade revisits Joe Dirt’s fireworks scene 23 years after playing the lovable janitor with a mullet wig.


Pop Culture & Art July 04, 2024
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David Spade is embracing the holiday spirit in a way that his beloved Joe Dirt character would approve of.

On Monday, the actor shared a video on Instagram, showing him visiting a fireworks stand in Kentucky in preparation for the Fourth of July.

In a nod to his 2001 comedy, Spade recreated the memorable scene where Joe Dirt lists off an array of fireworks.

"I was in Kentucky and had to find a #fireworks stand," Spade captioned the post, using hashtags like #joedirt, #snakesandspaklers, #theconsumer, and #july4th.

In the video, Spade cleverly intersperses footage from the original movie scene with his own camera footage.

As he quotes his mullet-wearing, muscle-car-loving character, the salesperson looks amused and "starstruck."

Spade humorously asks, "You're going to stand there ... do a lot of people say that?" before zooming in on an actual Donkey Balls firework and laughingly quoting, "You ain't got no donkey balls?"

When the salesperson attempts to sell him a large fireworks pack called the Godfather, Spade quips, "You think I've got that kind of money?" He continues to stay in character, listing all the fireworks on display and joking that a can of gasoline would be "a little quicker."

Spade, who wrote and starred in Joe Dirt 23 years ago, played a janitor with a mullet wig surgically attached to his head as a baby due to a missing part of his skull.

The film follows Joe Dirt on his quest to find his parents, meeting new friends along the way, including Kickin' Wing (Adam Beach), a struggling fireworks salesman.

The movie also featured Christopher Walken, Jaime Pressly, Kid Rock, Rosanna Arquette, and Fred Ward.

Though it was a moderate box office success and critically panned, Joe Dirt became a cult favorite.

Spade even attempted to create an animated TV series spinoff on TBS, which ultimately didn't take off.

However, he did produce a sequel, Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser, which premiered on Crackle in 2015.

The sequel, billed as "the first made-for-digital sequel to a major motion picture," follows Joe Dirt as he navigates married life before being transported back in time and needing to find his way to the present.

"I’ve always liked the movie a lot," Spade previously told EW. "After 10 years of people still asking about a sequel, we finally found a good way to do it.

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