"Oh, you go to Hell, Sean."

June 10, 2016 7:33 PM

Actors have to go through a lot of repetitive interviews when they're out promoting a film. So you would imagine they would welcome something totally unique. At least, that's the theory when Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key stopped by the First We Feast YouTube channel several months ago to promote their movie Keanu, discuss their careers... and consume the spiciest chicken wings known to man.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI (31 comments total)

"I know 357,000 Scoville has something to do with how fucked up my mouth feels."
posted by Anonymous at 7:48 PM on June 10, 2016

This was hilarious and one of the most entertaining celebrity interviews I've seen in a while. Though it doesnt hurt that I love Key and Peele and I could honestly watch them all day anyways.
posted by littlesq at 8:00 PM on June 10, 2016 [6 favorites]

That left me in tears.
posted by Stonestock Relentless at 8:32 PM on June 10, 2016 [1 favorite]

The sound of chewing and people talking with their mouths full is like nails on a chalkboard to me. I made it to 1:50.
posted by retrograde at 8:48 PM on June 10, 2016 [5 favorites]

I got the head sweats just from watching that.
posted by jenkinsEar at 9:05 PM on June 10, 2016

^Thank you for the warning.

I think Key and Peele are hilarious but if I watch that with all the chewing I would have to destroy what remains of civilization.
posted by louche mustachio at 9:06 PM on June 10, 2016 [1 favorite]

JUST, LIKE, LET THEM DRINK THE MILK AT SOME POINT

we don't even get the payoff of them drinking it at the end and no longer being in pain
posted by savetheclocktower at 9:44 PM on June 10, 2016 [1 favorite]

I love these interviews. TJ Miller's is hilarious. Coolio is great too. I have been a vegetarian for about 20 years, but I'd make an exception of I could go on Hot Ones.
posted by twjordan at 10:02 PM on June 10, 2016 [5 favorites]

The recent episode, where Eddie Huang decided to reverse the order and start at the spiciest wing, is pure gold. Eddie is fearless even though he admits to suffering from IBS.

Also pure gold is the Ja Rule episode. Amazing stories about DMX being DMX, and his safe work is MUR-DUR
posted by thecjm at 10:15 PM on June 10, 2016 [3 favorites]

I've had to light more of these interview days than I care to think about in my life in showbiz, and they're most often the very height of boring. This was fucking hilarious, and I'm going to show it to everyone where I work. I can't wait to watch the rest.

(Dat chewing sound tho...murder)
posted by nevercalm at 6:04 AM on June 11, 2016

I really want to see that water sketch they mentioned
posted by beerperson at 6:27 AM on June 11, 2016

I just think if you go into a show featuring the consumption of spicy comestibles then you know what you're letting yourself in for as far as horrible sloppy chewing sounds go (Billy Connolly once described it as listening to someone walking through a swamp with his wellies full of vomit, which has stayed with me).

This was a sensational interview. Thumbs up! 600,000 on the comedy gold scale.
posted by h00py at 6:29 AM on June 11, 2016 [1 favorite]

This video made me go out to get wings at, like, 11pm, last night. It was great when I was driving to get them, it was great when I was eating them, but the moment I finished, I was all "man, this was such a bad idea ... "
posted by jpolchlopek at 8:20 AM on June 11, 2016 [7 favorites]

JUST, LIKE, LET THEM DRINK THE MILK AT SOME POINT

whenever I use milk to offset spiciness I am reminded that milk is a lie because it only provides relief during the, like, two seconds that I'm drinking it before I am attacked again
posted by Anonymous at 9:04 AM on June 11, 2016

Yeah it was too late last night after I watched this to get wings, but today I totally had wings for lunch (they weren't the greatest though boo).
posted by littlesq at 9:44 AM on June 11, 2016 [1 favorite]

milk is a lie. sour cream works better.
posted by ivan ivanych samovar at 9:55 AM on June 11, 2016 [2 favorites]

wait, the bomb is their MEDIUM hot sauce? Jesus, that was how I learned about the importance of sour cream. 357 sounds like a hazing ritual.
posted by ivan ivanych samovar at 10:12 AM on June 11, 2016 [1 favorite]

Ice cream...after reapers. Double whammy. K&P are Da Bomb.
posted by sfts2 at 10:34 AM on June 11, 2016

It really is such a great idea for an interview show, even better that he actually has interesting questions prepared compared to the usual phoned in defaults. Watching people eat hot things is always hilarious, it's like Jackass without all the stupid body and property damage.

I've tried to eat a raw bird's eye, and it was at a level that felt like it completely maxed out the sensation. I can't even imagine what something five times hotter would feel like.
posted by lucidium at 12:48 PM on June 11, 2016 [2 favorites]

Great. Now I have to figure out how to get wings. It's 10PM in Copenhagen. Ideas?
posted by nat at 1:09 PM on June 11, 2016 [1 favorite]

it's like Jackass without all the stupid body and property damage.

tell that to their butts

and the toilets
posted by Anonymous at 1:36 PM on June 11, 2016

TJ Miller's abrasive, absurdist comic persona is literally perfect for this show.

Sean: "Do you have any advice for the show?"
TJ: ...long pause..."Advice for wha?"
Sean: "the show."
TJ: "Yeah, don't do this. Stop doing this show, that's my advice" ...coughing... "this is very hot, this is a problem."

Also, he called out DJ Khaled within the first 2 minutes of the show.
posted by midmarch snowman at 2:54 PM on June 11, 2016 [2 favorites]

25 years ago I went to the Yucatan with a cute guy I didn't know too well. This was well before Scoville and x-treme hot sauces were well-known, but guidebooks did make sure to warn people about the local pepper, the habanero. Well, cute guy turned out to be the worst example of the obnoxious American tourist. One day we went out to eat, and they brought out chips and salsa. He dunked the chip in and scooped out about a tablespoon of the bright orange sauce. I tried to warn him that it was the dreaded habanero, but he waved me off. His reaction was completely predictable, almost comical. I would have felt sorry for him but it finally got him to stop reclining with his feet on another chair.

I can't eat anything remotely spicy anymore (we're talking zero flames at Chipotle) but I love the vicarious pain/pleasure I get from watching people eat super spicy food. It will hard to top this one but the whole series looks great.
posted by Room 641-A at 2:57 PM on June 11, 2016 [1 favorite]

"whenever I use milk to offset spiciness I am reminded that milk is a lie because it only provides relief during the, like, two seconds that I'm drinking it before I am attacked again"

Milk works better than water because capsaicin is fat-soluble, not water-soluble. People think of water because of the burning feeling, but water doesn't work that well. Things with fat work much better, thus milk. But if you really need relief, keep a bit of olive oil nearby.
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 5:24 PM on June 11, 2016

Been watching these for a while. Have to give props to Sean Evens who is a surprisingly good interviewer and obviously has a mouth/oesophagus/stomach of iron.
posted by greenhornet at 5:35 PM on June 11, 2016

Milk works better than water because capsaicin is fat-soluble, not water-soluble.

Oh, I know, but that is why it is a lie. People claim it's more effective because of the fat-solubility, but my mouth still burns.

My worst spicy experience was in Baltimore, when a group of friends and I went to a hot wings place that required you to sign a contract to buy their hottest wings. I am not good with spicy food at all, but when we took our order back to our place I decided to touch my tongue to a dab of the sauce.

Me and the one friend who actually at a whole wing finished off all the milk, all the sour cream, and then started in on the peanut butter and still found no relief. He ended up shitting green for the next day or two.
posted by Anonymous at 6:34 PM on June 11, 2016

That was hilarious.

"Genghis Khan just rode through my ton-seels."

"Sean, I'm having a stroke."
posted by bologna on wry at 7:56 PM on June 11, 2016 [1 favorite]

Pretty much every episode of this show is worth watching. Some for the interesting and funny interview moments, some because it's fun to watch and hope that the person taps out.

I used to be a major chilehead. I remember one party* at a friend's house where another guest had just visited the hot sauce store in the Great Mall of the Bay Area (sadly no longer in existence, afaik). Several of us wound up sitting in a circle on the living room floor, each with a spoon in hand, passing the bottles around as we tasted them. "Ooh, that one's nice. This one is based on… carrot? Really? …kinda salty. Hey, stop bogarting that bottle."

Also: Sean and Chili Klaus eat Carolina Reapers.

*It was a party of BDSM folks. As I remember, the folks in the circle were a mix of tops and bottoms. Capsaicin crosses kink lines, IME…
posted by Lexica at 8:57 PM on June 11, 2016

I CAN'T STOP WATCHING THESE. Unbelievably stupid premise with GOLDEN results. A+ will watch again.
posted by eamondaly at 8:58 AM on June 12, 2016

This was great. Kind of reminds me of Hot Pepper Gaming. (My favorite is the Monster Hunter 3 review.)
posted by xedrik at 7:18 AM on June 13, 2016

My worst spicy experience was in Baltimore, when a group of friends and I went to a hot wings place that required you to sign a contract to buy their hottest wings.

Baltimoron here. You MUST tell me the name of this place. STAT.
posted by CommonSense at 8:56 PM on June 17, 2016 [1 favorite]