David Spade revisits Joe Dirt’s fireworks scene 23 years after donning a mullet wig as the lovable janitor.
David Spade is embracing the occasion in the manner his dear Joe Dirt persona would have approved of.
Monday the actor posted a video on Instagram showing him visiting a Kentucky fireworks stand getting ready for the Fourth of July.
Inspired by his 2001 comedy, Spade faithfully reproduced the memorable scene in which Joe Dirt reels out an array of fireworks.
Using hashtags like #joedirt, #snakesandspaklers, #theconsumer, and # july 4th, Spade captioned the photo from Kentucky, needing #fireworks to stand.
Spade deftly weaves his camera footage between scenes from the original motion picture in the video.
The salesperson looks amused and “starstruck,” as he quotes his mullet-wearing, muscle-car-loving character.
With a sarcastic inquiry, “You’re going to stand there… do a lot of people say that?” Spade asks before zooming in on a real Donkey Balls firework and sarcastically says, “You ain’t got no donkey balls?” Spade replies, “You think I have that kind of money?” the salesman asks when trying to sell him a big fireworks pack known as the Godfather. He keeps in character, detailing all the pyrotechnics on the show and making jokes about gasoline can being “a little quicker.”
Originally written and starring in Joe Dirt 23 years ago, Spade portrayed a janitor with a mullet wig surgically grafted to his head owing to a missing piece of his skull.
The film follows Joe Dirt as he searches for his parents, running across new friends including failing fireworks merchant Kickin’ Wing (Adam Beach).
Along with Christopher Walken, Jaime Pressly, Kid Rock, Rosanna Arquette, and Fred Ward, the film also included
Joe Dirt became a cult classic even though it was only somewhat successful at the box office and derided critically.
Even Spade tried to develop an animated TV series spinoff on TBS, which never got off.
He did create a sequel, Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser, which debuted on Crackle in 2015, though.
Promised as “the first made-for-digital sequel to a major motion picture,” the sequel tracks Joe Dirt as he negotiates married life before being whisked back in time and must find his way to the present.
“I’ve always liked the movie a lot,” Spade previously told EW. “After ten years of people still wondering about a sequel, we at last figured out a decent approach.