#573 - Becoming Conductors

26:37You know what would be fire? If there were, like, glasses that you could wear, and then there was, like, actually you could Pokemon battle, and, like, they appear, like, on the street. You know what I'm saying? Like, we're in a park, and, like, we look insane to everyone else. Well, so, like, that kind of already exists with Pokemon Go. So, like, you can turn on, like, it's, like, I don't know what the toggle is called, but basically, if we're sitting here and we find that there's a Pokemon in this room and you turn it on, you have to, with your phone, look around and you'll see the Pikachu hop up on the desk.

27:10AR. Is it AR? Yeah. What's AR? Augmented reality. Oh. So it kind of already exists like that. And there are games like on the meta quest where like you could put it on and it'll scan your room. And your room will like look like someone is like an alien is like taking the roof off your house. And you have to like shoot shit like that. I don't know if I like that. How do we not have a Yu-Gi-Oh! duel thing yet where we put a card down and a hologram comes up? I could play Pot of Greed. Yeah, what happened to holograms? That was so like awesome like in Star Wars where like you could send a message.

27:44I'm letting you know right now. You guys We are at a really cool part of the conversation I'm so happy we're talking about this About holograms? I'm just saying Like in terms of like video games And shit like that Where I could I But it would also not be good for my marriage You know what I mean? For holograms Cause like if Becca is like Walking up the stairs And I go It's time to Duh duh duh duh duh Yeah that'd be so sick And she'll walk up And she'll be like You're 34 Yeah yeah Stop talking about dark magician You know what I mean? Like that would probably Babe Set an extra plate Blue-Eyes White Dragon's having dinner with us tonight Oh my god Babe, Kaiba's here Or like you're getting a phone call You should be like, hold on Professor Oak's calling me That should be cool as fuck I can't go Professor Oak is calling me We have a call later Babe, you understand I gotta work call it too It's Professor Oak It's not like it's wrong Can you just google the closest Pokemon Center for me you know Nurse Joy needs to see Weepinbell if I don't get there first I don't get my new Pokemon yeah dude let's bring back I had like recently downloaded a Yu-Gi-Oh!

28:53game and was playing with Josh like he had downloaded it too really? Duel Links? yes god it's so good it's so good is that a phone? it's an app it is I will say it's kind of passed us by a little bit like now it gets a little intense with some of the things where it's like you need to use special proto monsters to Duel Links zoom monsters and I'm like, what happened to the old stuff? I just want to hit attack. I just want to hit attack and defense. I've lost in one turn. I want to snap my phone in half. The game's like that now. We went back to cards, me and Chaz. It's just fun. Do you want to do it?

29:27We do the whole, like, God, please, heart of the cards, please. Sometimes you need it. Sometimes you need it. You do need the heart of the cards. I'll tell you right now, once you throw down your first blue eyes, white dragon, you ain't going back, baby. Dude, when I opened a pack of Yu-Gi-Oh cards and got a Blue Eyes by a Dragon, I was like, yo, this is the fucking best moment of my life. And then you got the Blue Eyes Ultimate, and you summoned the Blue Eyes Ultimate by sacrificing, what do they call it? Is it sacrificing? You summon a new monster, but you have to give your other ones for tribute.

29:59Yeah, sacrifice for tribute. Remember Obelisk? This is getting real nerdy. Yeah. Obelisk the Tormentor, do you remember him? No. The guy was fucking jacked. I remember Gate Guardian. that was a good card golden wing of raw you gave me for my birthday one year you gave me the arm thing with exodia all the arm all the pieces of exodia and I was like oh this is cool I was fucking I remember when we had tournaments in like fifth grade at lunch and there was this kid who had pieces of exodia and he's like but they're not real they're Asian and I was like what well there was that place by our school that like they sold packs and you were just like oh sick and then you go but they were like the the packs from japan yeah so like you'd get the card and you wouldn't be able to read anything or know what it did and it's before the internet so you just had to make shit up and i remember there was always like i would just be like oh you could see like the numbers for like attack and defense but like it'll be like the special effect is like you have to forever give me your card you just make stuff yeah just make shit up 100 man oh those are the days those are Where are the days?

31:09And now we're old, and we're talking about going on walks. Yeah, what's wrong with me? There was a time. I mean, when you gave me the Game Boy, I was ripping that a lot. Yeah, you never finished it, did you? I didn't, but... Your Charizard is in there, and he's just pissed off at you right now. He is good. He's my strongest one. Don't have a Zapdos. Pissed. I don't know if I've ever completed a Pokemon game. That's outrageous. That's great. I mean, completed in one sentence. Caught all the Pokemon? Never. Or made it Is there an end? Like made it to I mean there's an end To beat the elite eight I don't think I ever Got past Snorlax I was like this is dumb That is the beginning Of the game sister That's like midway through And then I just walked around It's also like Such a cool part of the game Cause like you Use this Pokeflute And this thing wakes up And you're like Holy fuck This strong ass Fucking fat Fucking Pokemon Also I fuck with the I always got scared By Lavender Town I don't fuck with it I really don't fuck With that at all I really don't fuck with that type of music at all, no.

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32:48Because he has a Gatling gun, but it just looks like he's giving a really hard thumbs up. No, I haven't seen that. That's funny. But in that scene, yeah, you can pull up the meme.

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39:45I did something recently. Like, I, I, I bought a bag. Yeah. Oh. Like a purse. Oh. Oh, like a man purse? What are you doing? Like the, like the ones that go around like like a fatty pack that you kind of put around your like you're my father no it's it's like a bag oh like a handbag kind of good for you a nurse good it's a it's like technically it's a tote bag how short are the the hoops though that's what really makes the big difference i think there's both can we see this bag oh you don't want to pull it up because you want to show us i'm gonna gatekeep it for now you're gonna gatekeep that can we just see how it has to be held um you can strap okay like a cross you could oh it's like a bag i'm confused as to what like you're teeing this you're keying this up because there's something about the bag that we need to know about is it just because it's like a purse i think that yeah cool i think that i'm making i'm i'm breaking down not me i'm no no you absolutely are but i'm like for me am breaking down gender norms.

40:58Exactly what my fucking, what those people were screaming about into the airwaves. First Harry Styles wears a dress, now you're buying a purse. Now I'm buying a purse. Now you're buying a purse. But I was thinking about it because I had like, I've had laptop bags and like, they're nice, but like, I can only put my laptop in this. So now, so what's the idea with this purse now? Are you going to be - I can put my laptop in it, but I can also have a bunch of other stuff in it. Oh, so like, I love, So like you'll throw your keys in there Yeah You'll throw your wallet in there Maybe not Wallet always stays on my body Phone That also stays on my body But keys So just keys in your laptop Headphones Maybe a moisturizer Which fit Oh okay So alright Now I'm getting it Maybe like an extra charger Just always be prepared for whatever may come And this is what purses are What's going on What's the size?

41:52The size is like, I don't have it yet, but I ordered it. But it's like. Well, what was that? Did they show like a picture of it on a person? Yeah. And? What was it? What's the question? Give us a good general size. Oh, I would say that it's probably like. That's not a purse. I mean, brother. Bro, it's big. He's getting there. Don't you say my purse is not a purse. That's not a purse. Honestly, I don't like the way that you're talking about his purse. First of all. That's my purse. Well, I'll be honest with you. I was like, I think that, I was like, yo, I want to get a purse. Was that, so like, what was that?

42:25Yo, I'm saying it like that. Yo, I want to get a purse. And I bought something, and then I was like, it was too big. I'm like, this is too crazy. Too much of a purse. It was just like a giant bag that I'm like, I could literally probably fit. Did you have to kind of like find a middle ground between like what is not enough of a purse and what is too much of a purse? I definitely wanted it to be. Hold up that basement yard tote bag. Right there behind you so we can show off the new merch and we can talk about it. Actually, no, that one's not coming out until holiday. Not that one. Yeah, it's a different tote.

42:55I cleaned up for reasons. Is it the second one? I have a feeling you bought the second one. Right. Yeah, that's one. That? No, I did not buy the money. That's$5 ,000? Joey, I'll be honest with you. If I saw you out with that, unironically, I might hit you. What the? I'm not doing this. Come on. Oh, here we go. Oh, oh. That is insane. A money bag crystal clutch. This is more of a clutch. I mean, that's also a clutch. That's a clutch. Yeah. It's not a purse. But you see what I'm talking about? The purse, I'm picturing purse size tiny purse. Yeah. No, no, no. It's not a handbag. The people that wear purses are listening to this right now, and they're about to scream because there's definitely a word for the size at which you - It's a tote.

43:36It's a tote. It's a leather tote. Can we look up male leather tote bags? We don't know if he bought that one. I mean, I'm not saying we just need to get an idea as to like the general - Well, you're putting purse. Oh, did you get that second one? Who told me purse? I just said tote. Did you? Now we're getting somewhere. It looks more like this. So you see the first picture, that brown one? Nope. Oh, that was the first one, but I know which one you're talking about. Yeah, this one, it looks kind of similar. That's just a purse. Yeah, yeah. I mean, this one has like a strap. Is that a purse? What is it then?

44:06I don't know. I mean, it's not a purse. I'm saying purse, so we have an idea of what we're talking about. It's kind of a handbag. Yeah, but this one has a strap. So at what point do you stop? Are you going to have like different ones? like you'll have a black leather one you'll have a brown leather one you'll i just got black leather or pleather i'm trying it out i actually don't know if it's real leather and i have no idea joey i'm serious i'm sure you got the real leather it's all right it wasn't that crazy how much do you think i spent on it um 200 bucks it was a little bit more than that 270 no it was like three something 340 but like some of them like there's there's like thousands dollars of bags.

44:43So this is honestly you have just made my job so much easier when it comes to your birthday and the holidays. Getting me purses? Now I can just get you like a Louis Vuitton bag. No I don't want that. I can get you like a coach bag. Nope. At what point do you just go to full on clutches? I actually go full on clutches? No I'm not doing that. Oh that dog one though. I don't know. Here's the thing. If I saw someone with this I would be mad. Yeah. Outside of like Paris Hilton I can't see anyone you know using this. How much is this? $3 ,000. What are you putting there? Oh, it has a little dog collar.

45:16Oh, I don't care. That better be solid gold. The collar's not the part of it that's annoying. It's the dog. No, I don't even know if I can pull off a bag. But I'm like, you know what? I want something that I can put my laptop in with a couple of other things. I love when he does this. Throw it on my shoulder and get a little cool. I love when he does this. Yeah, I love when he does this. They're going to be like a fucking gay slash feminist icon, Joe Santagato. He absolutely can. You and Harry Styles, baby. All right. Let's chill. There are a couple different parallels. We both did shows at the MSG.

45:49Don't ask how many. We both did them, though. Technically. We both did shows at MSG. We did the same places. We did the same places. Yeah. We, you know, you're now wearing bags. You're now wearing bags. Well, I haven't worn it yet. But I'll come here with the bag. Yeah. I actually, I went for a run, and I ran over the Williamsburg Bridge. Have you seen the videos of Harry Styles going to soundcheck? No. I think he lives in Brooklyn. Or maybe Zoe Kravitz lives in Brooklyn. But he's been walking over the Williamsburg Bridge to go to the Soundtrack. Why does it matter where Zoe Kravitz lives? I'm just saying he's walking from Brooklyn to Manhattan.

46:23Zoe Kravitz lives in Brooklyn together. They're together, yeah. Oh, I didn't know that. Well, context clues would help a little. Yeah, I don't know why. I assumed he knew that. So he's been walking over. I don't know if he's been doing it, but he was walking over to go to Soundtrack. Well, I saw when he hosted SNL, he walked every day. Right. So I ran over the bridge not too long ago, like last week. And in the middle of the bridge, there's paparazzi waiting. Oh, for him? Yeah. And I'm like, that's insane. Probably take a different route now. Yeah, I don't know. I mean, I imagine. Or he just go through it.

47:04Like, all right, so let's do something here. Just as an experiment. Google things that Harry Styles does. Come on. And I want to see. What do you think is going to pop up? I don't know, but if there is a list, I imagine there are people that keep tabs on him. What are you expecting to pop up? I'm just, I want to see if there are parallels between your life and his life to the point where we could say, Joe Santagato, Harry Styles. We can make a safe assumption here that no. You act like Google is this magic wand. He does. My guy. But I'll tell you what. And also the vagueness. Look at things Harry Styles does.

47:41I'll tell you this. He likes cold water swimming. No, you don't like that. Where are you getting that? Meditation. He's not there yet. It's a matter of time. I have done it. Learning languages and skills. He does like that. You do like that. Let me answer for you. Okay. Clubbing and electronic music. No, he does not. I don't think you. That's all I got. Only in Europe. Probably. Oh, he runs marathons Well, now we're getting warmer He runs marathons I don't know that we would classify He's like a legit runner We're getting warmer now He broke a three hour marathon He's Harry Styles It's fast, it's shit He's also wearing Women's clothing At a certain point, do you think that you will Make the transition into wearing Dresses and stuff like that And I'm not saying that in a judgmental way I am legitimately asking.

48:35I don't know. Maybe if I get invited to the Met Gala, except get canceled, maybe then that's where I would. That's the pipeline. Yeah. Okay. His birthday's in February. He's a Pisces? I mean. What am I doing? I don't know what the hell that was. Tell me when his birthday is. The first. Oh, well, that ain't you. That's probably not. Well, I would have said that it's on his birthday. That's a different sign, even. You don't even know Joey's birthday. What's my birthday? See? 20. 5th. Wow, you got it. Damn it. Fuck. What time? Oh, God. I'll give you a hint. There's only two digits because one doubles.

49:16What am I? I'm cracking a safe. I mean, I just gave you a... 722. No. 646. 646. See, Frank knew that. I knew that one. He set me up on the second question. His first word was cat. Joey. How are you actually getting this information? I'm texting him. Hey, what was your first word? I think we're seeing some possible parallels between you and Harry Styles. And that's okay. Oh, no. I'm not saying that. I was going to say, oh, no. You're slowly becoming one of the biggest stars in the world. I don't even sing. You could sing. Hannah. What was that? I'm sorry. What the fuck was that? Who are you? I think I tried to stop a laugh and it just said, where did you go?

50:06The throat. Do you think if I purse it up a lot that you guys may be infected with the purse? Ooh, that's how they said that the Harry Styles wearing dresses was going to go. Right, yeah. That's what they were. Everyone was just like, this is an attack on masculinity. It's like, this is one person wearing a dress. Yeah. I mean, I kind of have my laptop bag. I put stuff in. I don't think so But Look what happened With everything else With watches really Yeah I just feel like It makes the most sense To have something Where if you want All your shit with you It just feels like I'm cutting your ass A little bit I think that Whoever said like This incredibly Like Functional Useful thing Is just for women Yeah Come on Yeah nah Throw us guys a bone Make life easier for us Yeah Yeah, especially the straight white ones.

51:00Look at him. Look at him. Straight white. And can I get a break? There's something that is not tailored to you. Figure it out. And everything should be. And everything should be because it already is. Right. And it should be. And that's what I'm used to. So moving forward, that should be the case. And if it's not, take it and call it. Vote against it. Take it and let it politically motivate you. Yes, absolutely. And just forget about anyone else. What else do you even need to know about and think about? I just like the things that affect me and benefit me and just not anyone else. And I don't want to think about it and don't get me started on religion either.

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58:01What? Yeah, exactly. What's your problem? Tell the truth. That is what we are concerned of. Yeah, no, yeah, no. I'm going to go in there. I'm going to poison the whole fucking pool and kill everybody. Exactly. I like that. It's like, what? You're worried that I'm going to start handing out drugs in your establishment and get you guys shut down? Yep. I'm going to make a lot of money here from these people and sell them? Yes, that is exactly what we are worried about. That's why you always need a couple of sock pills. That's what they call them. What? A couple of sock pills. You can't bring in a whole pill bottle just in case.

58:27You've got a couple of sock pills. Also, do you put pills in your socks? No.

58:36Sounds like you put pills in your socks, brother. Cannot confirm nor deny. Wow. I would never do a pill. Also, what pills are you putting in your sock that you can't just take? Like, you're young and in shape. Do a little molly or something? I'm saying you just need sock pills. I don't want to hear about you doing drugs, dude. I like you. I don't. He will not respect you. I like you a lot. I like you a lot. Oh, my God. We completely forgot about the announcement. Well, we told you guys that we did have an announcement earlier in the episode, and we do have an announcement. Sorry. That's not how you sit down.

59:12I wanted to get comfortable. To make the announcement, we have a special guest, so please welcome to the show Mr. Sean Evans of Hot Ones. Thank you all so much. Yes. Thanks for having me, guys. There's a live crowd here. of a billion people. Dude, what's up? Thanks so much for having me. Good to finally meet you guys. Welcome to the show. Thanks for coming. Did Wing Pong have a little adjacent? We thought we would see you in the hallway. That didn't happen, but it's fine. I thought there was a bunch of pictures. We saw you there. It happened when it was supposed to happen. Exactly. On this fateful day.

59:46On this fateful day. Yes. There's an exciting announcement. There is an exciting announcement. I don't know what to say. We have a new show called Hot Ones Game Night, and I am thrilled that we have secured the best host in the game. He's in the room right now. Thank you. Very likable guy. Yep. Congratulations, Joe. Let's go. Let's go. Sorry, I know that there's more to announce before I ask my series of questions. Yeah. Good news begets more good news Because appearing on the show Will be Frank There you go Clap dammit Is it the pilot? We don't know but Frank will be there First of all I want to say Thank you for using the word begets on here Because that has never been done before ever In the entire existence I didn't even hear that Well open your ears I was listening to all the compliments at first I was like wow this is going really well Yeah this went really well Anything because you know you said best in the game Hosting it great in terms of guests where do i rank the best one that hot ones game night has ever had that's for sure all right honestly technically not wrong yeah that's true yeah that's gonna be fun congratulations thank you and i'm really excited the game uh is a lot of fun yeah so like me and greg are also like executive executive producers on it and basically i'll be sitting down with a celebrity guest every single week playing a board game there'll be questions there'll be hot wings i will be tortured it will be a fun time and we've recorded some episodes and they're just a ton of fun yeah yeah they they were they were a lot of fun the game was a lot of fun the aftermath might have been something they might have left something to be desired there but i i enjoyed it i mean i'm also like a i like like hot stuff and stuff like that so i'm like yeah i was fucking pumped and shit like i'm sure in your guys's position though that that goes away pretty quickly it's tough i don't know how you do it where you eat that many hot wings in your life well it's interesting to talk to you because i feel like this is a unique experience you're like the only other person on the world that i can talk about you know hosting the show where a prerequisite is that you have to eat extremely spicy wings you shot a few episodes i am curious how has that experience been for you like i feel like i'm hot ones right now he's asking really good questions um throw begets in there again i feel like uh i wasn't really paying attention to that part because once this idea started forming i was like this just sounds like such a fun idea and then once i arrived on set for the first taping i was like oh shit i have to eat these yeah why did i say yes to this yeah and then uh after the first episode i was like i don't know how you do it and i was also like we're never gonna like shoot two in a day right like because i'm dying over here like i i think that uh you know it's it's an honor to be able to work with you know the the first sweet feast company and do this show uh but definitely doesn't come for free what there's a price you pay for doing what was harder for i guess either of you is it the wings or the milk and or dairy that comes as a result well i always tell guests you know like when they're really crushing milk i'm always like hey i know that this sounds insane given the circumstances right now but a milk problem is actually much worse than a hot sauce problem is it really oh i learned that problem first episode that's how the game works yeah absolutely slam these things out are you not a whole milk guy no i mean it's just the volume and the chemistry experiment that's going on in your stomach when you combine those kinds of forces so i always tell people like you know maybe a glass of milk over hot ones but when they keep refilling it i'm always like that's going to be a problem later but i can't talk them out of it when they're just trying to survive the moment That was me.

1:03:43We did Wing Pong. This was our first experience ever eating those wings. The amount of milk I drank was more than I've ever had since, like, 1999. But it was also done out of, like, necessity. If I had not drank that much milk, I would have died, honestly, because those were hot. Those were very, very hot. But you pay for it later. Brother. but here is I think kind of if there is a glass a glass of milk half full take on this okay it's that the more you do it the easier it gets it's kind of car it's kind of like cardio you know like the more you do it the easier it gets the more comfortable you become in the uncomfortable I've started to look at each shoot as kind of a weekly ritual that I work my way up towards and then that makes the whole experience kind of easier for me but that's through many many years in this game yeah you know like you'll learn these lessons and how you take those going forward you'll learn those all firsthand but just in doing baby i cannot imagine the reps because i've done years of cardio and it has not gotten a single second i'll tell you that right now and i love how two fucking like in shape people are just like it's like cardio it's like i hate that maybe there will be an episode that afterwards i don't go to the bathroom to cry a little bit maybe that will be the case also i just get this thing where like five hours later there's just like a fireball sitting right here.

1:05:07Yeah, or a cramp. I just want to eat more. Cramps are tough. Yeah. You might need to invest in a bidet of some sort. That helped me quite a bit. I've been ripping Tom. Yeah. Great product. They're not paying me to say that, but great product. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's like, he's like the game. Also, Tom's now is like candy, dude. I don't know what they did. Yeah. I mean, at the office, there's like chalk ones. We got to get the candy. Because the candy ones are good. We got you. If you need a Tom's plug, I'm your guy. Hey, let's get the candy ones in there. No, but those are, yeah. So that's kind of like my thing.

1:05:39My guess was like, I'm going to have a TUM beforehand, and then afterwards I'm going to just get right before what I imagine an OD would be. And then also. Have a TUM, cry a TUM. Yeah, yeah, exactly. But I did hear that there is possibly some adverse effects from just like taking TUMs, which is just like more bloating, but like I'm down to bloat. Yeah. you know any port in a storm yeah exactly yeah yeah have you had to become like the like expert of science in terms of eating certain things like understanding the biology of what's going on in your stomach to be totally honest with you i don't overthink this you know i always like kind of the way that i compartmentalize is i'm like you know what ray lewis played 17 years in the nfl you know like yep you know he stacked those games and did a lot of years you know can be doing can doing hot ones be more of a physical, lifelong liability than playing linebacker in the NFL?

1:06:39I tell myself, no, you know, and like maybe that's just an idiot talking himself into something. But I'm always like, if he can do that, I can do this. But I really don't overthink the prep or even the postgame. Like I kind of just eat light before, rip the show and then go home, turn on the air put on some basketball shorts. It's becoming like a Pavlovian way, a kind of a reward moment of my week that I actually really enjoy. Yeah. You're like, I'm going to go home, put on some loose shorts. Yeah. Yes. And in front of the AC, I'm not on email. I'm not picking up any calls. Like it's become kind of a really lovely part of my week that I look forward to any, any, uh, uh, have you experimented with ice packs?

1:07:24If that helps at all, just like the external temperature, or just kind of cool things down inside? I've only done like a couple cold plunges in my life, but now the wheels are turning. You're welcome. That one's for free, by the way. Next one I will ask you to pay for. Upside down. Thanks, Frank. Head in there first. I think there are worse parts that you might want to throw in there first. And you just did the math on that. So if I'm giving you some tips, you know, we talked about the milk. The other thing is when you're eating these wings, you're going to have sauce on your fingers. Be very careful around the eyes.

1:07:55thoroughly wash your hands after every shoot because you won't think about it. You'll go to take a piss, and then you'll have a problem that's worse than the milk problem. And I don't want you to learn that lesson the hard way. I actually got, I don't know what it was, but something under my fingernail. And then when I have my hand down like this, it's pressing against my nail, and it just feels like I have a wound or something. It's like a hot pepper under my finger. Sometimes I'll take a shower that night or whatever, my whole body will be hot. Yeah, and I'm like, what's going on with my fingers?

1:08:25It was days after, like three days after. And I'm like, I'm showering. I'm doing whatever. I'm trying to get it out. But there's something lodged under my nail. You'll be forever changed on the other side of this. I wash my hands like a fucking surgeon the times I've done it. Like I'm in there and I'm like putting like the arms up like that and stuff like that and walking out like this. You got to be thorough because when I was younger, I had like cooked with a spicy pepper and like didn't wash thoroughly. and it hurt. Like medically, I thought I had a problem, but it was just... Learn every spice problem from first-hand experience.

1:08:58Yeah, you figure it out. It wasn't anything real dangerous or scary. I tried to melt down spicy candy once and I pepper sprayed the whole house. Well, I... What? We did a video where we cooked and I just saw a thing of pepper on the counter and I just used it, but I guess the pepper that it was was... Remember the red pepper when we did the cooking video? it like everyone in there could not breathe yeah it was it was pretty dangerous but oh god well it was fun yeah you'll be all right i'll be a fine we'll see you'll be a fine i'll be a fine just like nervous thinking about it i'll be like six months down the line but i don't know if i could do it fuck well a lot of good news begetting good news there's another beget But unfortunately, I have some bad news.

1:09:49So as part of the initiation into the great fraternity of spice, we did bring some wings over here. Greg's got quite the pep in his step walking with these. Yeah, you smirking, smiley bastard. Do you have a preference? Do you want the flatter to the drum? What is this? I'm trying to think about which one looks not as sauced, but they both look even. I have a feeling that this is just like a good hee-hee-ha-ha. Like they're not actually like hot. And it's just like, we got you. No, I don't think that Greg's going to. They're hot. Are they? I knew it was. Why do I have one? Because what do you mean, why do you have one?

1:10:28And now you'd be sitting there giggle McGee. Also, what about you back there, bastard? Yeah, go get one now. Oh, you really didn't expect that one. Yeah, go get a wig. Go get a wig. Yeah, you're involved. We're all doing this now. Now you got to be in. You guys want one. He just wants everyone to eat a win. All right. I think we just got a rip dip. Yeah. Congratulations. Thank you. When is the first episode coming out? September 30th. That was a good one. September 30th, the first episode on the First We Feast YouTube channel will be coming out. So look forward to that. No idea what time, but we'll figure it out along the way.

1:11:01But definitely go check it out. These are definitely hot because I sniffed it and it punched me in the back of the fucking uvula. It smells good, honestly. Cheers. Cheers. Here we go, baby. Cheers to you. Let's go. And let us know how our technique is as well. So I like the technique for both of you. It's just very shoot first, ask questions later. Oh, my God. Why do we have to? Oh, no. You can't breathe too much. Because if you breathe and you kick something back, like, into your sinus or something, goodnight. Oh, boy. I love how quick you're learning. You know, I love how you're picking all these things up.

1:11:39I'm trying to like eat while breathing. Holy shit. I'm trying to eat while breathing out. Because there was a time where I was breathing in as I did. Thank you, God in heaven.

1:11:53What is my... Oh, here it is. Oh, man. My hands are shaking. All right. I want to sing like Limp Bizkit. The glasses are fogging up a little bit. There's something wrong. What's going on? Don't get it. Don't do it. Come on. This isn't right. Okay, we're not going to make people throw up here. Do you want milk? What? Help. I want help. If milk is help, I need it. I think I'm... Oh, fart. I'm going to try and do... Do you personally try to be like, I'm not drinking any milk? So what I always do is kind of mirror what the guest does. That way they don't feel like they're being silly or something.

1:12:26You know what I mean? I'm always trying to let them know that no matter what you're going through, no matter how crazy you think you're acting right now, way crazier things have already happened in this show. So if you're going to reach for milk, that's okay I'm reaching to, I'm always kind of giving Whatever energy they're giving to the show I'm always trying to like return it In equal and opposite measure I'm always meeting them halfway Do you find that most people are trying to be like I'm not going to have anything, I'm just going to What I have found You guys are sitting there talking Every time of your life and I'm passing out He's a host, he is understanding the rhythm Of all of this Lock in Just lock in look at this I got this but I think the guests who walk in with humility end up doing the best it's the ones that I think walk in with a kind of a cockiness or swagger about how they're going to do that always backfires every time okay and also one of my very serious questions is I feel like you're regarded as one of the best interviewers that we have in this day and age uh what advice do you have for me for that approach as far as that goes you know what i would say like uh just whatever you're naturally curious about other people will be curious about so kind of let your own impulse and your own instincts let that drive uh how you construct an interview you know like don't try don't try hard yeah you know what i mean just marinate in the life of somebody else try to understand them do a little armchair psychology and then whatever you're naturally curious about like let that shape the interview and then hope for the best man hope for the best yo you how the fuck are you having a normal conversation right now you know i think that he's right in that when you do it and you're just like a little bit more comfortable in the whatever i'm definitely in pain it really feels like a like a scorpion bit my lips like i have like two lines like a vampire like fanged me right here and it's just like a space and i'm gonna pay for that you're very confused by what i'm saying aren't you no you're doing you're drinking an energy drink to try and we got you got the right host you know it's like you're learning all of the lessons and you're either even learning the rhythm of it you know like the way you ate it fast you got it down and then you were on your feet like a cat you know like Ready to feel the question.

1:14:51Ready to react to the rhythm of the show. If there's a pussy over here, it's this guy right here. I'm telling you right now. Well, this is insane. These are great compliments that I'm getting at the moment. Yeah, sweet, guys. I have big shoes to not fill, I guess, but... Fucking God. I have a big... Something. Something. I can't think right now, honestly. There's a lot of stuff firing in my mouth. God, I will say, this is delicious milk. Is this whole milk? He loves whole milk. Oh, I love whole milk. It's the right kind of milk for this situation. If they came over here with skim milk, I was going to throw it in their face.

1:15:24Does anyone ever ask for almond milk and then you got to break it to them? Yeah, no. I mean, no, we'll give it to them. So I don't, I mean, here's the thing. Like, yes, you can try to explain to an A-list celebrity, like actually whole milk is the thing that you use. But like the thing that I've noticed is like as the show's evolved and guests have gotten more high profile over the years, the kinds of dietary requests are like the riders just get weirder and weirder and weirder and then you have these like nut based milks and you know what i mean you know what i mean so um as that's happened we always just try to be like the most comfortable least comfortable interview show so whatever kind of requests guests have about the lifelines that appear around them we'll always just satisfy them but like yeah you're right whole milk is the way to go but it's actually rare that a guest is just going with whole milk but that that tells me that they know ball when I know ball, Sean Evans.

1:16:14I know fucking ball. Isn't it true that almond milk and those milks don't really help? No, you need... Fat, I think? Yeah, yeah, to cut the heat. But you got to know ball. I'm deep in the... Has anyone ever asked for just fucking butter to rub on their mouth or breast milk or something? You know, I'm trying to think. I remember Gordon Ramsay brought in his own Mary Poppins bag of spice antidotes. That was actually, who did that? That was Mark Rober who brought in. He tried to fight spice with science. I remember Gordon, though, he would have donuts. At one point, he brought a milk fire extinguisher.

1:17:00It was a fire extinguisher, and then he could blast milk out of it from across the studio. He had on every wing something new. but here's another thing that you learn okay is that nothing really totally helps like you kind of just have best luck bitch you kind of just have to surrender to the experience of it all and just try to survive you know people are always like oh what's gonna bring me back to normal like when we're in the middle of the interview and sometimes like you just gotta kind of ride it out yeah one thing too that i was very like aware of is not having chapped lips because i feel like if have chapped lips and I eat a hot wing like I'm just gonna you'll feel it you'll feel it it's gonna be bad has anyone ever swung on you afterwards like yo like fucking square up you son of a bitch Marcelo Hernandez actually like semi-recently you know he was just going through it in like a spice k-hole on the bomb you know like fighting night terrors but like wide awake and then I'm hitting him with what I'm sure for him was just this insufferable game where I'm giving him, you know, like just a stranger than fiction news stories and having him decide if that actually came from Florida or somewhere else.

1:18:08And I don't think he's hearing a word that I'm saying, you know, like as he's trapped in his own hell and I just keep rattling these news stories off. And then he got up, I would think to take a lap around the room and he just kind of squared me up and we did. And he just sent a hook, you know, that, you know, like I was able to, I was able to kind of fake But it like looked Like a really well executed Stunt punch in a movie I will say this He is in movies now Yes he is And thank god you got a voice like silk Because if you were out there And you sounded like fucking Gilbert Gottfried Or someone R.I.P.

1:18:46I guess Or like a Long Island mom Yeah if you sounded like a Long Island medium The Long Island medium She's like let me ask you something Let me talk to you about this That would make this ten times worse but you are very well spoken and it begets me. Did I use it? I've also been begotten from both. You've been begotten from the front and the back. Yeah, exactly. Everything has been getting you. I got begotten over here. Now I'm getting it over here. It's really just a, nevermind. Yeah. I'm not going to say that. It's a, it's a, God. Well, I mean, boy, oh boy. Well, thank you so much for initiating us.

1:19:19We appreciate you taking the time to come on the show and make this announcement. Again, thank you for the advice. and the kind words as well. Thank you for nothing from me. I got nothing. I got nothing here. I got your presence. It's an ever-expanding program flight. I know. I do appreciate that. On the next one, we got you. But, you know, I want to say, been a fan for a long time, so it's awesome to bring you in the fold, and I'm really excited for what you're going to do. And I always think, you know, like the hardest part of these things is finding a host that can rock with it, who the audience is going to love, and I really feel like we did that and I'm excited to see what you do, Joe.

1:20:00That's crazy. I just got a panic attack. Thank you for saying that, though. I appreciate that. But thank you, man. This has been amazing. If you want to check out Sean, go follow him on social media. This camera, this camera, this camera. You know Hot Ones, obviously. They've got a much bigger audience than we've gotten over the years.

1:20:26I almost caught one of those on the eye But thank you guys so much for watching September 30th Go check out Hot Ones Game Night And you'll see when Frank is on that show And Sean, thanks for coming And we'll see you guys next time See you September 30th

1:20:52Thank you.