--- description: The comedian on why the holiday scared me as a kid title: Independence Day Fireworks Makes Dane Cook Nervous image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt991ad8d3c73fe48c/69869a45d0b6f234713051f8/lnh1280x720-12.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Late Night Highlight](/tag/late-night-highlight/) ## Late Night Highlight Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Independence Day Fireworks Make Dane Cook Nervous by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 2, 2014 4:01 PM CUT  by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 2, 2014 4:01 PM CUT Comedian Dane Cook stopped by _Jimmy Kimmel Live_ and talked about how, as a kid, he spent Independence Day worrying about wind advisories and fireworks. “I remember like, you know, walking around and warning neighbors,” he told Kimmel. “I’d be like, ‘Listen, you have some dry brush in your backyard,’ handing out like, goggles. I was very concerned.” Cook was on the show to promote his latest movie, _Planes: Fire & Rescue_, out July 18, where he again takes the role of Dusty Crophopper, an airplane that leaves the glory of the racing world behind to help out a crew of firefighting aircrafts. ### ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2950849/dane-cook-jimmy-kimmel-fireworks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2950849/dane-cook-jimmy-kimmel-fireworks/"},"headline":"Independence Day Fireworks Make Dane Cook Nervous","datePublished":"2014-07-02T16:01:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:56:44.816Z","description":"The comedian said he always wanted to be a firefighter or a policeman growing up, and the potential hazards from fireworks scared him","url":"https://time.com/2950849/dane-cook-jimmy-kimmel-fireworks/","keywords":["Late Night Highlight","Television","Late Night","Jimmy Kimmel"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt991ad8d3c73fe48c/69869a45d0b6f234713051f8/lnh1280x720-12.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt991ad8d3c73fe48c/69869a45d0b6f234713051f8/lnh1280x720-12.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"LNH1280X720 (12)","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/late-night-highlight/","name":"Late Night Highlight"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2950849/dane-cook-jimmy-kimmel-fireworks/","name":"Independence Day Fireworks Make Dane Cook Nervous"}}]}] ```