BEST. HOT ONES. EVER. It’s Cate.
October 27, 2022 4:13 PM Subscribe
Hot Ones with Cate Blanchett. As charming as one could imagine. As interesting and engaging as one could hope. Too much editorializing? Or just cold hard facts? You decide.
Admittedly there have been some great ones:
Key and Peele previously
Padma Lakshmi, to date the coolest cucumber on the show, hands down.
Billie Eilish
Lorde
First Gordon Ramsay
… and more!
(Sorry for not doing the other links- iPad %$^@!)
I was sure there were more previouslies but couldn’t find any.
Admittedly there have been some great ones:
Key and Peele previously
Padma Lakshmi, to date the coolest cucumber on the show, hands down.
Billie Eilish
Lorde
First Gordon Ramsay
… and more!
(Sorry for not doing the other links- iPad %$^@!)
I was sure there were more previouslies but couldn’t find any.
Look at us.
posted by glaucon at 4:57 PM on October 27, 2022 [7 favorites]
posted by glaucon at 4:57 PM on October 27, 2022 [7 favorites]
Hilarious and conceivable that Cate Blanchett may have done Hot Ones and The Criterion Closet in the very same day/outfit
posted by little onion at 5:07 PM on October 27, 2022 [9 favorites]
posted by little onion at 5:07 PM on October 27, 2022 [9 favorites]
The reverb on her belch at ~11:44 was a nice touch.
posted by Greg_Ace at 5:56 PM on October 27, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by Greg_Ace at 5:56 PM on October 27, 2022 [3 favorites]
Galadriel is unphased by these human spices..l
posted by Windopaene at 6:06 PM on October 27, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by Windopaene at 6:06 PM on October 27, 2022 [2 favorites]
Three Wings for the Elven-kings under the sky.
posted by ActingTheGoat at 6:10 PM on October 27, 2022 [13 favorites]
posted by ActingTheGoat at 6:10 PM on October 27, 2022 [13 favorites]
Padma Lakshmi, to date the coolest cucumber on the show, hands down.
Kristen Bell was also pretty chill, as I recall.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 6:11 PM on October 27, 2022 [2 favorites]
Kristen Bell was also pretty chill, as I recall.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 6:11 PM on October 27, 2022 [2 favorites]
Just saw this for the first time today, the David Blaine episode. So many Scovilles!!
posted by billsaysthis at 6:25 PM on October 27, 2022
posted by billsaysthis at 6:25 PM on October 27, 2022
Shaq holding a milk jug like a coffee cup has had me chuckle a few times.
posted by NoThisIsPatrick at 6:37 PM on October 27, 2022
posted by NoThisIsPatrick at 6:37 PM on October 27, 2022
"iPad %$^@!"
I have had to give up Metafilter on iPad. A few months ago I stopped being able to copy/paste text from this site on iPad. Something changed and it is only metafilter, as far as I have experienced.
posted by bz at 6:49 PM on October 27, 2022 [3 favorites]
I have had to give up Metafilter on iPad. A few months ago I stopped being able to copy/paste text from this site on iPad. Something changed and it is only metafilter, as far as I have experienced.
posted by bz at 6:49 PM on October 27, 2022 [3 favorites]
Cate Blanchett's kitchen dance scene in Bandits (2001) was marvellous indeed
posted by scruss at 8:20 PM on October 27, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by scruss at 8:20 PM on October 27, 2022 [3 favorites]
What a good one; used to watch them all but it’s been a while now. Absolute respect for shitting on leaf blowers.
posted by supercres at 8:29 PM on October 27, 2022 [4 favorites]
posted by supercres at 8:29 PM on October 27, 2022 [4 favorites]
Find her an absolutely fascinating screen presence. Almost always I feel like there's something impenetrable/icy in her performance. I would blame about 90% of that on Galadriel, but look at her in Nightmare Alley. This felt warm and open.
Loved watching how much she turned the tables and asked questions of Sean and really seemed to be studying him - not in a mean way, just in the way of someone who is fascinated in what makes people work.
And just how far has this little chicken wing show come? From odd soundcloud rappers to A-listers.
posted by drewbage1847 at 8:35 PM on October 27, 2022 [7 favorites]
Loved watching how much she turned the tables and asked questions of Sean and really seemed to be studying him - not in a mean way, just in the way of someone who is fascinated in what makes people work.
And just how far has this little chicken wing show come? From odd soundcloud rappers to A-listers.
posted by drewbage1847 at 8:35 PM on October 27, 2022 [7 favorites]
What are they eating? Not chicken wings.
Is Cate a vegetarian? They looked like tofu sticks.
posted by Windopaene at 10:19 PM on October 27, 2022 [1 favorite]
Is Cate a vegetarian? They looked like tofu sticks.
posted by Windopaene at 10:19 PM on October 27, 2022 [1 favorite]
They do vegan wings if requested by the guest, and Sean has whatever the guest is having.
posted by Glinn at 10:25 PM on October 27, 2022 [4 favorites]
posted by Glinn at 10:25 PM on October 27, 2022 [4 favorites]
And just how far has this little chicken wing show come? From odd soundcloud rappers to A-listers.
That is largely due to just how good an interviewer Sean Evans is. There are about six supercuts by now of guests being blown away by how good his questions are.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 3:39 AM on October 28, 2022 [10 favorites]
That is largely due to just how good an interviewer Sean Evans is. There are about six supercuts by now of guests being blown away by how good his questions are.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 3:39 AM on October 28, 2022 [10 favorites]
An interview show with a really good interviewer, who can make the process feel like a conversation between equals, tends to have no trouble attracting good guests.
posted by Merus at 3:51 AM on October 28, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by Merus at 3:51 AM on October 28, 2022 [2 favorites]
Obligatory Tom Scott: We tried the Hot Ones sauces. It was painful. - YouTube.
I don't watch every Hot Ones, just the guests I recognize in some way or another. But it is a great interview show, Sean does a good job. It was pretty neat that Cate turned the interview around in places. She also drank a bunch of the milk which looked like it had a bit of chocolate in it.
There are many gems down the Hot Ones chain, good questions asked within altered states.
posted by zengargoyle at 4:49 AM on October 28, 2022 [2 favorites]
I don't watch every Hot Ones, just the guests I recognize in some way or another. But it is a great interview show, Sean does a good job. It was pretty neat that Cate turned the interview around in places. She also drank a bunch of the milk which looked like it had a bit of chocolate in it.
There are many gems down the Hot Ones chain, good questions asked within altered states.
posted by zengargoyle at 4:49 AM on October 28, 2022 [2 favorites]
To the best of my admittedly patchy knowledge, Aubrey Plaza is the only guest to have sucked milk up into her nose on purpose.
NPH one recently was pretty good too.
posted by hearthpig at 5:20 AM on October 28, 2022 [2 favorites]
NPH one recently was pretty good too.
posted by hearthpig at 5:20 AM on October 28, 2022 [2 favorites]
Dave Grohl was my favorite guest. He came as a fan of the show. They talked hot sauce and music...
posted by Nanukthedog at 5:41 AM on October 28, 2022 [5 favorites]
posted by Nanukthedog at 5:41 AM on October 28, 2022 [5 favorites]
"I don't understand leaf-blowers and I don't understand golf."
Me, too, Cate -- me, too!
posted by wenestvedt at 6:05 AM on October 28, 2022 [4 favorites]
Me, too, Cate -- me, too!
posted by wenestvedt at 6:05 AM on October 28, 2022 [4 favorites]
What are they eating? Not chicken wings.
CHICKIE NUGGS
--
OK, I hadn't ever heard of this show before, but it's so good -- what a lovely surprise! The gimmick is great, because it puts both of the people in the conversation off-balance. But also, his questions were really good, and covered all sorts of things -- and he was confident enough to let her ask questions, or answer the way she wanted.
I would love to listen to these as a podcast, honestly, and for a full hour.
posted by wenestvedt at 6:19 AM on October 28, 2022 [1 favorite]
CHICKIE NUGGS
--
OK, I hadn't ever heard of this show before, but it's so good -- what a lovely surprise! The gimmick is great, because it puts both of the people in the conversation off-balance. But also, his questions were really good, and covered all sorts of things -- and he was confident enough to let her ask questions, or answer the way she wanted.
I would love to listen to these as a podcast, honestly, and for a full hour.
posted by wenestvedt at 6:19 AM on October 28, 2022 [1 favorite]
I would love, love, love to have a drink with her and hear her reminisce.
posted by tafetta, darling! at 6:26 AM on October 28, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by tafetta, darling! at 6:26 AM on October 28, 2022 [2 favorites]
She also drank a bunch of the milk which looked like it had a bit of chocolate in it.
Just guessing but since she chose vegan wings, it was probably some variety of plant milk, which is often a bit darker than cow's milk. I mean, maybe it had chocolate! But that would be unusual.
posted by Glinn at 6:50 AM on October 28, 2022
Just guessing but since she chose vegan wings, it was probably some variety of plant milk, which is often a bit darker than cow's milk. I mean, maybe it had chocolate! But that would be unusual.
posted by Glinn at 6:50 AM on October 28, 2022
I have a box of the Heatonist sauce collection downstairs that we were meant to use for a hot wings challenge with some family, but family backed out at the last minute. Last Dab is a million Scovilles and I'm not touching it.
posted by emelenjr at 7:42 AM on October 28, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by emelenjr at 7:42 AM on October 28, 2022 [1 favorite]
This was a pretty good one, but as the first 2 comments on this thread indicate, the best Hot Ones is the one with Paul Rudd.
I have noticed that most of the guests who have handled the heat best have been women. People often say that women have a different relationship to pain than men do, but this show could turn out to be producing actual data on the matter. Kristen Bell, Lorde, Cate Blanchett, and Charlize Theron were all absolute champions.
Gordon Ramsay is so histrionic about it, it’s almost embarrassing. By contrast, Alton Brown is almost unflappable in his thoughtful critiques of the various sauces’ flavor profiles.
It’s a fun show with a great concept.
posted by wabbittwax at 7:55 AM on October 28, 2022 [10 favorites]
I have noticed that most of the guests who have handled the heat best have been women. People often say that women have a different relationship to pain than men do, but this show could turn out to be producing actual data on the matter. Kristen Bell, Lorde, Cate Blanchett, and Charlize Theron were all absolute champions.
Gordon Ramsay is so histrionic about it, it’s almost embarrassing. By contrast, Alton Brown is almost unflappable in his thoughtful critiques of the various sauces’ flavor profiles.
It’s a fun show with a great concept.
posted by wabbittwax at 7:55 AM on October 28, 2022 [10 favorites]
I have noticed that most of the guests who have handled the heat best have been women.
Women have lots of practice behaving smoothly while in various degrees of discomfort and pain (e.g. the very boots Cate wears on the show).
posted by marlys at 8:35 AM on October 28, 2022 [5 favorites]
Women have lots of practice behaving smoothly while in various degrees of discomfort and pain (e.g. the very boots Cate wears on the show).
posted by marlys at 8:35 AM on October 28, 2022 [5 favorites]
This is the best ever: Viola Davis
She's terrific, gives really thoughtful answers about acting and craft, he asks good questions, she's smart funny (the best kind) and she can handle the food all right-- she's often finishing a wing while he's asking a question.
posted by winesong at 8:53 AM on October 28, 2022 [3 favorites]
She's terrific, gives really thoughtful answers about acting and craft, he asks good questions, she's smart funny (the best kind) and she can handle the food all right-- she's often finishing a wing while he's asking a question.
posted by winesong at 8:53 AM on October 28, 2022 [3 favorites]
I'm amazed at how well and how poorly different folks do on the show. I had a good long laugh when Idris Elba "threatened" to kick one of the creator's asses. David Blaine looked like he could have been eating mint chocolate chip ice cream for all of his reaction. Viola Davis was definitely a boss.
There's a ton of things to really appreciate about the show - the questions that they come up with. Sean's willingness to go along with the flow and his mirroring of the guests. The way that Da Bomb inevitably strips away almost everyone's veneer. (that sauce is awful and the fact that they've locked it permanently into the 8 spot is cheeky).
As they've moved up into the A-lister realm for guest stars - people on press junkets, etc - you have to think this show has real reach if they're able to secure these folks for, say, an hour in a press day. I suspect that for a lot of the stars in a press junket this is a real change of pace, which is welcome, minus the pain.
posted by drewbage1847 at 9:10 AM on October 28, 2022 [3 favorites]
There's a ton of things to really appreciate about the show - the questions that they come up with. Sean's willingness to go along with the flow and his mirroring of the guests. The way that Da Bomb inevitably strips away almost everyone's veneer. (that sauce is awful and the fact that they've locked it permanently into the 8 spot is cheeky).
As they've moved up into the A-lister realm for guest stars - people on press junkets, etc - you have to think this show has real reach if they're able to secure these folks for, say, an hour in a press day. I suspect that for a lot of the stars in a press junket this is a real change of pace, which is welcome, minus the pain.
posted by drewbage1847 at 9:10 AM on October 28, 2022 [3 favorites]
I admit I always watch for when people get to Da Bomb. There's another great supercut of "best reactions to Da Bomb", which starts with a clip from when Rob Lowe was on the show; they had just gotten up to Da Bomb, and Lowe is excited by the fact that they're almost done, and announces that "for this wing? I think I'm going to eat the whole thing." There is an immediate bunch of audible gasps from the crew off camera when he says this. "Oh wow, did you hear that?" Lowe says about the gasps. "That was awesome!.....And now I'm rethinking things!"
Sean has also been an occasional guest on late-night TV himself, bringing an abbreviated version of "Hot Ones" to the show. His visit to Stephen Colbert is way fun.
He also sometimes hosts a shorter challenge called "Truth or Dab", where it's a truth-or-dare format - he asks the question, and guests can either answer the question, or eat a "Last-Dab" doused hot wing. Gaten Matarazzo and Caleb McLaughlin did that before the 3rd Season of STRANGER THINGS and it is adorable.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 9:44 AM on October 28, 2022 [2 favorites]
Sean has also been an occasional guest on late-night TV himself, bringing an abbreviated version of "Hot Ones" to the show. His visit to Stephen Colbert is way fun.
He also sometimes hosts a shorter challenge called "Truth or Dab", where it's a truth-or-dare format - he asks the question, and guests can either answer the question, or eat a "Last-Dab" doused hot wing. Gaten Matarazzo and Caleb McLaughlin did that before the 3rd Season of STRANGER THINGS and it is adorable.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 9:44 AM on October 28, 2022 [2 favorites]
she's often finishing a wing while he's asking a question
I just re-watched the Key and Peele. I forgot that Key polishes off every bit of every wing, rather than taking one bite (or nibble) and binning the rest like most guests.
Thanks for the rec! I forgot that the Viola Davis one popped up in my feed and I haven't watched it yet.
I do miss when he showed the guest some weird pic from their Instagram and asked them to explain it.
posted by Glinn at 10:38 AM on October 28, 2022
I just re-watched the Key and Peele. I forgot that Key polishes off every bit of every wing, rather than taking one bite (or nibble) and binning the rest like most guests.
Thanks for the rec! I forgot that the Viola Davis one popped up in my feed and I haven't watched it yet.
I do miss when he showed the guest some weird pic from their Instagram and asked them to explain it.
posted by Glinn at 10:38 AM on October 28, 2022
(or maybe he still does that, but not everyone has an IG account)
posted by Glinn at 10:41 AM on October 28, 2022
posted by Glinn at 10:41 AM on October 28, 2022
Dave Grohl was my favorite guest. He came as a fan of the show. They talked hot sauce and music...
Don't forget, Dave also brought shots!
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 12:59 PM on October 28, 2022 [3 favorites]
Don't forget, Dave also brought shots!
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 12:59 PM on October 28, 2022 [3 favorites]
Does the hot sauce cause and physical damage, or is it purely temporary pain (and emotional turmoil)? Obviously you don’t want to get it in your eyes, but if you manage to eat it correctly and ride it out will you be OK the next day?
posted by The corpse in the library at 9:12 PM on October 28, 2022
posted by The corpse in the library at 9:12 PM on October 28, 2022
Anecdotally, it's always the next day that's the worst part for me.
posted by Quack at 9:23 PM on October 28, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by Quack at 9:23 PM on October 28, 2022 [2 favorites]
Does the hot sauce cause an[y] physical damage
WebMD says no except in rare extreme cases. But as Quack said, the aftermath can feel pretty excruciating.
posted by Greg_Ace at 9:35 PM on October 28, 2022
WebMD says no except in rare extreme cases. But as Quack said, the aftermath can feel pretty excruciating.
posted by Greg_Ace at 9:35 PM on October 28, 2022
The current last dab is very nice. It's spicy sure, but really really nice. There's a beautiful fruity flavor. The heat will sneak up on you, so wait a bit if you think it's low voltage. But yeah I mean if you're into spicy things its manageable so long as you're thoughtful about dosage, put it tastes nice which is what sinks da bomb. Tbh I've found Painapple from Pex to be more overwhelming than the last dab.
posted by Carillon at 12:07 AM on October 29, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Carillon at 12:07 AM on October 29, 2022 [1 favorite]
The documentary she mentions passing on to the DocNow team is the lovely and gentle (and hilariously morbid) Three Salons At The Seaside.
posted by Ten Cold Hot Dogs at 7:16 AM on October 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Ten Cold Hot Dogs at 7:16 AM on October 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
I had a second sexual awakening when I saw her in Ocean's 8 and she unzipped the front of her bespoke bedazzled suit just low enough for my brain to go, yes, yes we still like girls, too. Madly in love with her.
posted by The Adventure Begins at 5:07 PM on October 30, 2022
posted by The Adventure Begins at 5:07 PM on October 30, 2022
My favorite Hot Ones is Michael Rapaport, because while discussing reality shows he introduced this phrase to my world: "His fuck style is wild." Which had nothing to do with anything.
posted by goofyfoot at 10:27 PM on October 30, 2022
posted by goofyfoot at 10:27 PM on October 30, 2022
Also I believe that Halle Berry ate everything without batting an eye or a sip of anything.
posted by goofyfoot at 10:29 PM on October 30, 2022
posted by goofyfoot at 10:29 PM on October 30, 2022
Do you think the host is really eating the hot sauce or just pretending?
posted by Coaticass at 1:23 AM on October 31, 2022
posted by Coaticass at 1:23 AM on October 31, 2022
Oh, yeah, he's eating it. He's been accused of faking it before, but when guests comment that he doesn't seem fazed, he points out that he's done a couple hundred of these interviews and knows what to expect.
If nothing else, he's definitely getting some of the hottest sauce, since he puts a little extra on that wing as a Thing.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 4:02 AM on October 31, 2022
If nothing else, he's definitely getting some of the hottest sauce, since he puts a little extra on that wing as a Thing.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 4:02 AM on October 31, 2022
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