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Everybody watching who's like oh man, I bet they're not even that hot.
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It's fake or it's just it's a plant.
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That's how they get the people to come on the show. Right. No. No, this is burning.
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This is this is it hurts.
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Hey, what's going on everybody?
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From First We Feast, I'm Sean Evans and you're watching Hot Ones.
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It's the show with hot questions and even hotter wings.
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And today I'm joined by the fluffy guy himself, Gabriel Iglesias. The hottest one. Yes.
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He's been a fixture in the stand-up comedy game for 20 years strong, a producer, actor, and a man of a thousand voices.
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But how will he fare in a dance against the hot sauce devil? We'll find out today.
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Gabriel, welcome to the show. Thank you.
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How are you with hot food? Uh, you know what?
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I like the taste of food.
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Every now and then I feel feel a need for a little spice.
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Well, we have the lifelines on deck to the left, the hot sauces to the right, the walls are caving in. You ready to get going? I'm ready to get going.
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Okay, so this is a Humble House? Uh-huh. Out of San Antonio.
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I know that holds a special place in your Okay, very much so. 210, let's do it. Where do you want it?
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I don't want to say too much cuz I know you guys are going to set me on fire later.
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You don't want to get cocky. want to get cocky.
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I don't want to get cocky.
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I just know I see the road right here.
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It's like when I used to run the mile on hot back in school.
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Like yeah, that first woo, it's easy. And yeah, it's uh-huh. Uh-huh.
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Eventually we're going to hit that last lap. Yeah. Okay.
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So for the last few years you've amassed an enormous collection of Volkswagen buses, close to 20 in total.
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Telling fellow car enthusiast Jay Leno, this is what happens when you don't have a coke problem.
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Why does the mini bus hold such a special place in your heart?
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It holds a special place in my heart because it was the first car I I ever had.
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It was a 1968 Volkswagen Transporter bus that my brother helped me get.
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You know, it's just it's just one of those things.
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It's your first car and when I had the opportunity to get my first car back, one turned into two and then it turned into 25.
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The '68 Transporter, is that kind of a cool car to have when you're in high school or is it one of those cars that just pretty much locks it into being a virgin through graduation? Pretty much.
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And then have you ever had a road rage incident behind the wheel of a mini bus and do you find that it undermines your point at all?
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That's one of those cars, it's not like driving a Ferrari.
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People, you know, are like they they give you a thumbs up and they're like, "Wow, cool. Where'd you get that?"
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They want to talk to you.
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They don't call you a dick while they're, you know, circling going to Dunkin' Donuts.
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Okay, so from San Antonio we're going to Louisiana. Louisiana, okay.
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When I watch the show, like you just see the wings out here but you don't see no steam or anything coming off them.
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I want to let everybody know the wings are a good temperature.
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You know, I was afraid they're going to be like, "Oh, it's freaking cold." No, they're good. Thank you. I appreciate that. No.
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So on your show, Fluffy's Food Adventures, you travel across the country exploring some of the more indulgent sides of American cuisine, like how to make bacon-wrapped bacon or crispy maple chicken donuts.
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Of all the over-the-top restaurants that you've visited, which one is the most memorable?
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Ooh, that would have to be this restaurant in North Carolina, Cowfish.
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Everything in there's hybrid.
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So they combine the the best of both worlds and I ate a thing called a bergushi, which is basically a burger and sushi combined. Which is pretty awesome.
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And then you visited that place, the Heart Attack Grill in Vegas, which is an interesting place.
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You know, they'll have you wear a hospital gown.
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I think they've had two spokespeople go down with heart attacks.
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The beauty of the Heart Attack Grill is that they don't hide anything.
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If you're over 350 lb, you get to eat for free.
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But we get to put you on display and make fun of you in front of the whole crowd.
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And you'd be amazed how many people want to go up there and be like, "Hey, look at me." Okay, yeah.
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I almost got a little bit more. Question. Sure.
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Do fans give you a hard time if you don't finish the wings?
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I think that most people are What are you talking about the YouTube world? That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying.
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Most people are reasonable, but then there are other people that are like, "If you don't finish the wings, don't bother showing up."
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And they take it like very seriously, and they get really worked up.
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I try not to like play to them too much cuz I feel like it's, you know, you give a mouse a cookie.
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You know, I don't want to inch it towards that direction, you know, and just turn this into some weird YouTube chicken wing challenge show.
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But to answer your question, yes, some of them take it a little bit too seriously.
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Stop taking this all freaking serious.
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Okay, let's have some fun with the show.
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As someone who's been the victim of multiple online death hoaxes, is that really as surreal as it would seem to be?
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The first time someone said that I had died online, it it looked legit because it even had a news like they did all the Photoshop things right.
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So, it looked totally legit, and I'm like, "What?"
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It it it freaked me out, and then people started sending me text messages.
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You know, "Hey, you alive?" Yeah.
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Now that you know the inner workings of a fake death, have you ever thought about masterminding your own and to what end?
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Uh you know, the thought was there.
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There came a point where I just felt very overwhelmed with everything that was happening around in my life and my career where I was like, "Man, I wish I could just get away."
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You know, the little There was a little fantasy of like, "Man, it would be cool to fake my own death."
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But, you know, then you're an [ __ ] when you come back. You know what I mean?
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"We thought you were dead."
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And I'm like, "No, we wish you really were."
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I definitely taste a difference from this one and the last one.
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But still in a manageable place. Mhm.
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I know that fans, they were bringing you chocolate cake for so long.
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What's the next most popular item that your fans gift you? Uh racist gift baskets. Oh, okay.
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I told a joke many years ago about a friend of mine named G Reilly and how we played this practical joke on him, and we made him a racist gift basket that had all kinds of stuff in it.
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Freaking fried chicken, watermelon, you know, malt liquor.
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I mean, it was totally freaking like we went off the deep end with it.
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Before I knew it, people started bringing me Mexican racist gift baskets that had a lot of hot sauce and candles of the Virgin Mary, masa panes, freaking Vicente Fernandez CDs, Mexican Elvis.
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One guy brought me an application for US citizenship.
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The best one was a guy gave me a lawnmower, a straight-up lawnmower and he's like, "Hey, this guy this right here for you, man."
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I'm like, "That's a nice lawnmower."
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And then I I kept it and he got mad that I kept it.
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But I'm like, "Dude, you gave it to me."
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What what the hell are you going to do with a lawnmower?
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I'm Maybe cut grass, I don't know.
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What's the most difficult thing about touring with your Chihuahuas? Ah.
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Whenever I got to go to work, I have to leave them in a green room.
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Just like right now, my dogs are currently in the green room.
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Where are hosting your dogs?
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You're hosting my dogs right now, so thank you. Uh sorry for the pee. Ham and jam, here we go. Okay. I feel some ham and jam.
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Hi Gabriel, so we have a recurring segment on our show called Explain That Graham.
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We do a deep dive on our guest's Instagram, pull interesting pictures that need more context.
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So I'll bust out the laptop, I'll show you the pictures and then you just tell me the bigger story. Does that sound good? That sounds good. HAM AND JAM.
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FIRST THINGS FIRST, Stone Cold Steve Austin. That was awesome.
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I got to get drunk with my favorite wrestler of all time.
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I got to do his podcast and I didn't want to show up empty-handed, so I came in with a couple bottles, a bottle of Jack and a bottle of tequila and some wussy shot glasses that he didn't like.
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And he checked you on the shot glasses.
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me on the shot glasses and before I know it, we're drinking out of his personal skull shot glasses.
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I manned up a little bit that day and it was it was pretty awesome. This is interesting. Jay and Papa John.
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Yeah, we taped an episode of Leno's Garage and he showed up at the door with Papa John.
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He had his own like a Papa John cards and so they're like $10 $15 pizza cards.
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He's like, "Hey man, how you doing?
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Papa John here, have a have a pizza card." And I'll go, "Just one?"
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cuz I saw the stack he had.
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I'm sorry, you know, I can afford pizza but I'm still ghetto.
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So when I looked at the stack I'm like, "Maybe maybe like one more?" He goes, "Here."
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And he handed me the whole stack of Papa John cards. Yeah. So, thank you Papa John. What a day. All right, Karma Sauce. Let's see here. Okay, Karma Sauce. Oh, yeah. Wow. Yeah. Okay.
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I can I can officially say that now now it's starting to really uh you know No more sandbox games. It's getting real. No, getting real. It's getting real.
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What do you remember about performing in biker bars early on in your career?
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Do you ever catch a bottle in the middle of your set?
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Um I used to perform at a um I used to perform at a THE SHIT'S GOING TO HIT THE FAN. YEAH.
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I used to perform at a at a biker bar in Montebello called Wild Coyote.
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And I had no idea that there was an element of danger there.
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I was 21 years old and I was just happy to get on stage and I'd make fun of anybody and everything and the fact that these guys didn't kill me said a lot because there was a couple of shootouts there and there was a couple people that actually died in the in the parking lot or in the alley, whatever you want to call it.
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The best part was I'm feeling it now.
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The best part is that uh across the street there was a hospital, the Beverly Hospital.
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So if you got banged up, you'd be in ER really quick. Very convenient. Very convenient. It's the Dawson's.
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It doesn't sound very threatening.
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Try your Dawson's hot sauce. It's the premiere.
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Yeah, it's got the little rope.
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I guess that you hang yourself from when you're done freaking setting yourself on fire. Sauce picante.
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Oh, you put Spanish anytime you put Spanish in the hot sauce it's it's legit.
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Yeah, but all the stuff on the back is in English. We get it. All right, here we go. So, Dawson's hot sauce. So, let me guess.
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You've gone all the way every single time, right? Yeah, I think I have to.
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So, when it comes to voice acting you're really in rarefied air and we've experienced even some of that today.
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When is the last time you used one of these voices in everyday life? Oh, man.
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Um Well, you're making it harder to think.
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Probably a a drive-thru just to mess with them.
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And then I would always do that girl voice and freak them out like, "Hello, sir. Can I get an order?"
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Like, "Uh" cuz it started off like a guy and then it ended like a girl.
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And then I get to the drive-thru and then of course they see that it's just me in the car. That's funny.
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I feel I feel air leaving.
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Like I ran out of breath on that one. All right, Dawson.
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At what point am I allowed to drink something?
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Listen, there's no rules.
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Okay, but if you drink something are you officially over? Did you lose?
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There's no It's not like the Olympics.
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a This is not a competition.
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There's no There's no money on this.
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Unless you want to put some on it.
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Has anyone ever gone through and not drink anything?
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It has happened a couple of times.
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It has happened a couple of times.
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What's never happened on the show as far as the the eating of the wings?
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You want to set a record of some sort.
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Well, you know, hey man, you got me out here and and I feel like I can contribute something to this show and I want to leave a lasting impression and uh I just want to know what that is.
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Dax Shepard brought out an extra wing one time on the last wing, but no one's ever brought out two extra wings on the last wing.
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Well, let's let's cross that bridge when we get to it.
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I still see three wings and I'm still I'm a little too brave right now.
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All right, you've already eaten the bomb? Yeah. Mhm. Wow. Ah. Wow.
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That that's that's really Ah, it's really painful. It's pretty obnoxious. Yeah. Ah.
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So throughout your career you've boldly mixed Aloha shirts and jean shorts.
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Yeah, I will not be that one uh who does not drink.
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Uh even read one report that you have what, like 700 Hawaiian shirts? 700? I think it's Oh. Mhm.
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Ah, I think it's closer to 50 now.
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I've gotten a lot All you [ __ ] Ah, ah, yeah, it's about 50. Closer to 50.
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What do you think about high-end designer Hawaiian shirts?
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Like would you pay $920 for a Louis Vuitton Hawaiian shirt? Never. It would not fit right.
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I guarantee you Louis Vuitton don't care about big people.
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What about couples wearing matching Hawaiian shirts?
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Do you give that a pass or does that make you want to puke? It depends on all there.
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If you're in Hawaii together, I guess it's cute.
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If you're not in Hawaii, Fascinating stuff.
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Can I just Can I set some straight?
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I mean, anybody watching who's like, "Oh man, I bet they're not even that hot.
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It's fake or it's just it's a plant.
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That's how they get the people to come on the show." Right.
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No, no, this this burning.
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This is This is It hurts. Mad Dog 357. This is freaky. It's got a bullet. This sauce is very hot. That's all it says. It just repeats itself. Mhm. Mhm.
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Almost like a don't do it type of thing. You want to do it?
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is a 25th 25-year anniversary.
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It's been setting people on fire for for 25 years.
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Real longevity in the game. Mhm. How you feeling? I'm hurting. I'm hurting.
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We got I see the finish line though. There it is. Warrior spirit. Huh?
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So, you've spoken in the past about finessing your way out of tickets, be it by playing the Bad Boys theme during a traffic stop, or by hooking up free Krispy Kreme donuts.
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Can you break down the Gabriel Iglesias masterclass for finagling your way out of a ticket?
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Um the way I get out of tickets now, it's funny.
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I sound like a different I sound like George Lopez up here. Hey.
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Hey, the way I get OUT OF TICKETS THE WAY THE WAY I GET OUT OF tickets is um nowadays, I've probably been stopped four times in the last 2 months.
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But, each time they've come to the window, I've gotten recognized, and it's it's like uh do you know what? Hey.
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And when I hear hey, that means you That means deuces. I'm out.
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Just a politics situation. Totally. Oh god. I see one. I see one left. This is the last dab.
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We call it the last dab because it's tradition around here to put a little extra on the last wing. Oh my god.
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You don't have to if you don't want to. All right. So, the last dab. Mhm. Here we go. How much did you put? Right there. All right.
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And I would like to point out to the viewer at home, this is textbook right here.
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This is as pretty and perfect a last dab as I've ever put on a wing.
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So, if you're ever wondering, what's a dab? What's a dab? What's a dab?
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That's pretty good, right? That's even better. That's a good dab.
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This is This is a real dream team Olympics type of last dab situation. All right, bro. Cheers, my man.
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See you on the other side.
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See you on the other side. Clearing the glass. Yeah. This hurts.
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All right, Gabriel Iglesias, here we are at the finish line.
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I know that you're a huge wrestling fan.
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Some might say an obsessive.
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So, here's what we're going to do.
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We're going to put 30 seconds on the clock.
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I have a bunch of catchphrases from famous wrestlers. I'll hit you with them.
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See how many you can match to the wrestler. Does that sound good? That sounds good. All right.
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The best there is, the best there was, the best there ever will be. Bret "Hitman" Hart.
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Bang, bang, have a nice day. Uh Mankind.
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I'm straight edge, which means I'm better than you. CM Punk. What a slobberknocker. JR. Woo! Ric Flair. Hello, ladies. Val Venis.
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I'm a tower of power, TOO SWEET TO BE SOUR.
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I'M THE TOWER OF POWER, TOO SWEET I ALMOST SOUND LIKE THAT FOR REAL. All right, next one. That's an order, maggot. Sgt. Slaughter. Give me a hell yeah. Uh give me a hell yeah. Freakin' uh Stone Cold.
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How can you dig that, sucka? Um um God dammit. Um Booker T. Booker T. Booker T.
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Ding ding ding ding ding.
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Look at you, Gabriel Iglesias.
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Even with the last dab, the bomb, Mad Dog Corazón threw you, still reaching in and naming some catchphrases, knocking down wings, cleaning bones, so impressive from this side of the table.
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But now there's nothing left to do but roll out the red carpet for you.
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This camera, this camera, or this camera, let the people know what you have going on in your life.
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Oh, right now I have There's a lot of stuff going on in my life.
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Right now it's all like I got a lot going on in my life right now.
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I got my new tour, it's called One Show Fits All.
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Get your tickets at fluffy guy. com.
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And then if if I don't make it past this it was fun. WOO! AH. GOOD JOB. GOOD JOB. OH, YEAH. RIGHT THERE. THANK YOU.
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DUDE, you do this every week? I'm doing this tomorrow. Oh, god. You're gangster, bro.
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Hey, what's going on Hot Ones fans?
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