"Bad Hair Day", Way to Die #300, is the second death to be featured in "Death Watch", which aired on January 27, 2010.
Plot[]
A woman named Betty on a double date with Suzy refuses to let her boyfriend, Joe make out with her, fearing her beehive hairstyle will be ruined. Finally, he gets frustrated with her and the two step outside to smoke cigarettes, with Joe lighting hers for her cigarette. Only one problem: back in the 1950's, hairspray contained alcohol and other flammable substances, causing Betty's hair to burn hotter as pizza oven and longer. The flame from his lighter sets fire to her hair, saturated with hairspray. Betty dies when the fire spreads to her scalp, burning her brain and cooking her skull.
"In an instant, Betty's hair became a towering inferno."
Transcript[]
Narrator: In an instant, Betty's hair became a towering inferno.
Narrator: Betty wouldn't give it up and then she lit it up. All because of her killer hair.
Interviewees[]
- Dr. Pavel Bindra - Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Quotes[]
"Come on, baby, I'm about to blow!" -Joe beginning to get tired of not getting any action from Betty. "You got another one of those?" -Betty asking Joe for a cigarette, right before her hair is set ablaze.
Trivia[]
- This death takes place exactly 46 years before Mail Order Fried and 52 years before Jersey Gore.
- Betty's death is similar to Cub's injury in Happy Tree Friends TV episode, "As You Wish", Giggles' death in Happy Tree Friends web series episode, "Stealing the Spotlight", Flaky's death in Happy Tree Friends web series episode, "This is Your Knife", and Pop's death in Happy Tree Friends TV episode, "Every Litter Bit Hurts".
Segment Nicknames[]
- Hair-Don't
- Inferno'd
- Hair-Y Death
- Burning Hair
- Flaming Hair
- Hair on Fire
Foreign Names[]
- Mal Día para el Cabello (Bad Hair Day) - Latin American dub