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You just feel it all over your tongue.
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You feel it all over your tongue, you feel in the back of your throat.
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That doesn't even sound right.
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Um Hey, what's going on everybody?
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For 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 we deliver you another Hot Ones reunion special brought to you by Pringles with Gabriel Iglesias back in the hot seat.
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Today we not only have some new hot sauces on the table for you to try, but also some of our very own limited edition Hot Ones Pringles flavors.
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They're the go-to snack of summer and a dream come true for our little chicken wing talk show.
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Gabriel Iglesias, welcome back to Hot Ones.
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What's going through your mind as you prepare to take on the gauntlet for a second time?
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Uh well, first of all, man, it's been a long time since I've been here.
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And clearly uh you guys have a budget now. Thanks.
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Thanks for the dressing room and the snacks. I You're snacking today. Moving on up. Moving on up.
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When I saw you cuz before that the last The last time it was just a vending machine.
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But now it's like whatever you want. I go, "You sure?"
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Cuz last time like, "Yeah, it's It's a It's a different game."
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But uh thanks for having me back. I'm excited.
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We'll start at the classic and then we also have a classic Hot Ones Pringle.
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You can get these exclusively at Circle K stores.
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So it's basically like a chicken wing chaser.
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Yeah, we got a chicken wing chaser.
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We got the the crisp with the chicken wing chaser over here.
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Okay, so we're going to start with this.
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We're going to start with the crisp and chase it with the wing. Here we go. Chase it with the wing. Okay. Yeah.
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That's actually pretty good. I got you.
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So, I want to start by congratulating you on your recent historic sold-out performance at Dodger Stadium.
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As someone who respects comics who play to the back of the room, how is your approach as a performer different when you're playing a huge baseball stadium versus a small intimate comedy club?
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Um I think the pacing of it.
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Um you definitely need to slow down and you need to take in what's happening.
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Whereas at a comedy club, you're everybody's so close to you that you have to just, you know, throw it out there.
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You know immediately if you're doing good and you know immediately if you're sucking balls. Uh can I say that? Sucking balls.
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So, uh in a uh in a situation like Dodger Stadium, you know, the material I've been working on this set for like 3 years now.
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And so, I was very uh very very uh comfortable with it.
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You got to savor it a little bit.
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Like the flavor over here, you know? It's sexy. See what he did there?
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Yeah, like cuz I'm not done with this one. Mm. Adobo loco?
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Kind of a little island vibe.
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something on it or it's already been pre- Already already sauced. Okay, ready. Here we go. Mm. Mm, that's sweet. Mhm. That's sweet. I like that.
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It comes from Hawaii and has that island vibe to it.
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Yeah, I'm reading adobo, so I something told me that maybe this is like a Philip something from the Philippines, but you're saying it's from Hawaii. Oh, there's a kick. There's a kick. It's slow. It's slow.
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You should call this the fluffy cuz it you know, you're like, nah, it's not going to get and then eventually it hits and you're like, oh [ __ ] Yeah, he was there all along. Mhm.
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So, during your 2020 appearance on First We Feast the Burger Show, you took us inside your Fluffy Museum to show off what has to be one of the largest privately owned Volkswagen bus collections in the entire world.
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Is there something that you're proud to have added to the showroom in the time since we spoke to you last? A new toy, something. Hold on a second. Yeah, take your time. Call it the lagger.
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My friend Alfred bought me a book so I can think.
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It almost looks military.
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And the windshield goes down and it's like a convertible, but then it's like it's a challenge to get in.
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They only made it for a couple years.
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But everybody that sees it goes, "That's freaking cool." cuz it's so different.
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So I had one of those and I also I added a Volkswagen Bug, a '67 So that's the red one? Yes.
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Oh man, that that's nice. That's nice.
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It was actually intended for someone else and they wound up not going for it and I did and now it's mine. So yeah, my my win.
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What's special about that car?
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Like what draws you to some of these toys?
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Um first of all, I have to feel comfortable in it.
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You know, and and the big question always is people say, "Oh, you really fit in those Volkswagens?" Yeah. What a dick, man.
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I'm a big guy, but the CAR IT'S A CAR, YOU KNOW?
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So yes, I fit and it's very comfortable and it you just feel chill.
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It's such a relaxed ride, you know?
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And it's so old and yeah, you smell gas and yeah, there's no AC and yeah, the dogs are complaining.
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They're back there like, "Hey, where's the Beamer?"
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I'm like, "Sorry, we're we're taking We're we're going to roll in a Volkswagen.
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It's um it's nostalgic even though I wasn't part of that that world way back in the day.
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For me, it's it's just a it's a cool vibe.
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All right, so mes- mescaline? Mescaline. Mescaline, here we go.
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This one's kind of slow like a double.
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But I'm still feeling a double.
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So last time you were on the show, we discussed your love of wrestling and then to brag on your behalf, you did go a perfect 10 for 10 on our wrestling catchphrase quiz that we did to close out the show.
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From your perspective as a comedian, who would you say was the funniest wrestler of all time?
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Ooh, um probably The Rock.
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The Rock always had zingers.
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Um I think that The Rock would have been a really good comedian just because he's so comfortable with the microphone.
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He's very witty, very just he's very likable.
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So, that's the first thing with comedy. Are you likable?
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And he got away with saying some crazy things and no one ever got mad at him.
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You know, he was just The Rock.
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That was just how he was and he was very quick on his feet.
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I remember when he was cutting promos with John Cena.
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Cena was good, but Rock was like, "Wow!"
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And I'm just like, "Oh, I would not want to get into a like a roast battle with The Rock." Yeah.
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though I'm a comic, I still feel like The Rock would be like, "Well, listen, you know, he he he he hit me with something."
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And I'm like, "I can't say nothing. That's The Rock."
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But yeah, The Rock definitely is probably the funniest wrestler.
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Well, if you say it, then it's the truth.
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Are you ready to move on here to number four? Number four. Number four.
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And with number four, we have a Pringles crisp, Los Calientes Verde.
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Can I get Can I get you to say the name again? Los Calientes Verde.
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See how you didn't try to sound Latino?
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You know, he was just like, "I'm white and it's hot sauce." I appreciate that.
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You weren't trying to pull out the high school Spanish, Los Calientes Verde, and then go back to be like, "So, listen, Gabe.
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You know, you kept it real. I appreciate that. Respect. Respect."
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Okay, so this is Los Calientes Verde. Uh scorch in.
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Okay, so this is Okay, this looks impressive. I'm excited.
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For Los Calientes fans, the Verde is available at grocery stores nationwide.
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You can also grab Los Calientes Rojo Pringles exclusively at Walmart.
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Should we do it like we did last time with the crisp and then the wing chaser?
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Crisp and then wing chaser?
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Unless you want to freaking try to do this thing right here. okay. I like that. Yeah, I like this. All right, here we go.
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Hopefully I don't crack a veneer. That's going to happen. Uh Oh, shoot. Uh Mhm. Mhm.
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I've never done that before. Neither have I. Kind of a game changer.
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Let's a really nice flavor.
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It's not too It's not uncomfortable.
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You can feel the spice in it, but it's like, man, I want more.
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From laundromats to bingo nights to the literal back of a truck, what would you say was the strangest comedy venue that you ever performed in early on in your career? Oh, that's easy.
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I performed inside of an empty swimming pool because the owner of the house Yeah, it wasn't always Dodger Stadium.
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I performed in an empty swimming pool that still had like a little bit of water left at the very bottom.
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And the owner's thing, the way he sold it was, "Look, man, we don't have a sound system, so you get in the pool and everyone will just stand on the outside and this way the acoustics of the Natural acoustics.
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acoustics, you know, everyone will hear it and it'll sound like a real big show."
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I was so young in the game, I didn't know what a what a bad gig was, what a good gig was.
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All I knew is they were going to feed me and I had gas money. So, I'm like, "Win."
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And I think it turned out well because I wasn't thinking about the situation.
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I was just happy to be working and happy to be performing.
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Yeah, that's a weird kind of orange. Okay, here we go. Wish me luck.
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That one had a little something sweetness coming out.
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Yeah, and then sort of like that deeper reaper pepper comes through.
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But so far we're doing good. I'm feeling this. Yeah. Yeah.
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Yeah, this this got a little magic on it, if that's what you want to call it.
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But going in, All right, Fluffy, as you may recall, we have a recurring segment on our show called Explain That Gram, where we do a deep dive on our guest's Instagram, pull interesting pictures that need more context.
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Besides your recent performance at Dodger Stadium, what's your all-time favorite Dodger Stadium memory? I got two. Oh, man.
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You know, and I don't want to sound like a douche, but I got a few good ones.
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Uh throwing out a couple first pitches.
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I got to announce, you know, uh it's now time for Dodger baseball.
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I was there for a a World Series game.
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That was Tommy Lasorda, right? Reaper.
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I got to meet Tommy Lasorda. I met him twice.
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One time it was in passing on the way out.
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And I I I think everybody was trying to meet Tommy, so it was kind of like, you know. Yeah, yeah.
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But the second time he came to came to me, which freaked me out. And he's like, "Hey."
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And I'm like Like, "Oh my god."
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And I'm like, "How are you?"
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It's almost I was geeking out.
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I was geeking out cuz I I knew how, you know, I mean, it was an incredible moment and I got a chance to meet the man.
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And I thought it was it was nice. It was very nice. It was not forced.
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It wasn't like, "Hey Tommy, you got to come meet this guy.
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I got to meet another, you know."
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It was very much he wanted to come say hi, which I thought was really nice. It was really sweet.
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And so, that picture's actually on my wall. I love that. Freaking Reaper.
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Freaking Reaper's ruining this moment. That's so emotional. Um oh, yeah.
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Um that was an interesting day.
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I was invited to be on his show.
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I'm trying to remember the name. Hot Boxing. Excuse me, that's right.
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Hot Boxing with Mike Tyson.
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And so, we get there and I did not know that it was basically a um dispensary.
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You know, that it was a You know, so it's He's got a whole thing going on over there.
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so many random things happening when you get there.
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And I could talk to you about, you know, that day for hours, but that moment right there, I thought that was pretty cool.
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That was after the interview. Uh he was super nice.
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Mike Tyson's one of those people where I feel like he's you know, polar opposites.
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So, either he's like the sweetest, nicest, just very inviting and warm. And how are you feeling? You okay? Can I get you something?
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And then the other side is like, "You're going to die." Yeah. "You're going to die."
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But uh that that was really cool.
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I love the fact that you know, once the show was over he could have just called it a day but he's you know, he stuck around and and and came over and said hey can I take a pic and he's like yeah let's take take some you know, I don't want to do a bad Tyson impression and then have him come looking for me.
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Um but yeah, we we took that picture and that picture is also on my wall.
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So it was a really cool day. Iconic. You have a good wall.
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It sounds like you have a good wall. You're on my wall.
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No, I'm not on your wall. You are on my wall. Are you serious? I got to see this wall. Oh yeah.
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It's big it's A BIG WALL.
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ALL RIGHT, ARE YOU READY TO MOVE on down the lineup back half here?
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I'm going to get a little bit of water so that I can I feel like I need to reset. Yeah, yeah. Take a little pit stop.
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This tastes very different. Yeah. Mhm.
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It has like a collard green vibe to it. Mhm. Um that was good. There we go.
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not uncomfortable at all. That was very pleasant. I would eat that again.
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all down to the bone too.
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Uh Came to throw down on round two.
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Uh yeah, a little delayed on that one.
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I think I'm feeling the ghost.
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I think that this is a good time to point out you've been such a friend to the First We Feast channel doing Tacos Con Todo, the Burger Show, Snack'd, now your second time on Hot Ones.
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And I'm curious, how does the guest experience I'm a lifer.
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I'm in it to win it, man.
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How does the guest experience of doing Hot Ones compare to say doing the Burger Show or Tacos Con Todo?
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Well, clearly I mean in a situation with like the Burger Show, that was fun because we got to make the burgers together. Yeah.
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We're side by side, we're cooking, you smell everything.
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It's like it's the build-up, you know?
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Whereas like here everything's already made.
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Everything's already out.
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We're already in this level versus you know, I think that if we were making the wings together and then we're mixing so it's that build-up to this point.
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And uh with top with the with Trejo, uh we went to a a Mexican restaurant that's in my hood, but it it was different because normally when I'm at home at this uh restaurant, there's normally people coming by left and right, whereas because we had production there, everyone was kept out and we actually just got to enjoy the restaurant by ourselves. Aw.
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And it was nice cuz I'm I'm noticing things on the walls.
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I'm like, "Oh, I never noticed that before cuz I'm always running."
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But a very different experience.
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Right now, I'm I'm my face is starting to feel uh something. Yeah. Yeah, me too.
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We're going through some changes here.
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Physiologically, the walls are closing in on us a little bit, and when that happens, I think the only thing you can do, the only way out is through, as they say.
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Just move on to the next wing.
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I don't know about you, but I'm not I'm not feeling a whole lot.
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I would say that you're lucky because I'm clutching.
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That's the thing with some of these um when I when I see people doing these these hot challenges or you know, it starts off and then they people get very cocky.
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I remember when I was in Europe a few years back, there was a guy in the street who would sell these hot sausages. Now, that was his thing.
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He'd sell these these sausages and he would they would have the scorpion chili and another chili in it and you had to sign a thing and you had to eat it in front of him wearing gloves. Yeah.
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It was this this hot dog.
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And basically, like, you know, I did a challenge with everybody and like, "Hey, oh, I'm feeling that now." Yeah. Oh, yeah.
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Sorry, I messed up my own story.
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But um I forgot what I was going to say. You're in Europe.
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You were eating spicy sausages.
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I mean, Wow, that's um Yeah. That that did it. Oh.
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I don't want to burp on Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Edit that out.
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On the topic of Europe, did you have a favorite sightseeing experience during your most recent Fluffy World Tour?
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It seems like you had a good time at the ruins in Greece.
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You know, I've I've had the the honor of, you know, seeing a lot of really cool things over the years, palaces and just, you know, landmarks.
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But going to Greece, I had always wanted to go to Greece and so much started there.
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And to see these, you know, basically the the part I want to say it right, the Parthenons.
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I hope I'm saying it correctly.
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Now the Greek people call me Just blame it on the sauce.
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If you messed up, blame it on the sauce.
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It was really, really cool because I've seen so many pictures over the years from, you know, from the '50s and '60s and '70s of of other entertainers that have gone to Greece and they all take the same picture.
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And I'm like, "Oh my god, I took the same picture right at the same, you know, like I was watching the George Carlin documentary the other day."
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And there's a part where George Carlin is standing there with his wife and they're right in front of it.
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And I'm like, "Oh, how freaking cool. I was right there."
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Like it was the exact same spot, which I thought was really, really cool.
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This next one is the bomb beyond insanity.
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And this is one that maybe you remember because it was actually around the last time that you were on the show.
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So, the last time I I did the show, this one right here is the one that sent me home to a bottle of Pepsi. Yeah. And um yeah.
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I wasn't as I wasn't feeling this way the last time I got to this point.
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Excuse me, the last time I got to the I'm already hot.
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The last time I got to this point, I was still comfortable.
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Whereas right now, I'm still feeling the edges from the adobo. Yeah.
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And that that that curse I'm feeling.
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So, this I don't think is going to go well. Yeah.
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And like look at the color of this one.
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Can't throw a chip in there, huh?
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Pringles, where are you to save me? Okay. Why? Cheers. I know.
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That is so uncomfortable. I know. It's the worst.
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Do people finish the wing or is it usually one bite? Not usually on this one. For obvious reasons.
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This This hot sauce is There's nothing about it that Mhm.
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You just feel it all over your tongue.
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You feel it all over your tongue.
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You feel it in the back of your throat.
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It doesn't even sound right. Um What show are you on?
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So, earlier this year it was announced that you'd be starring and producing in a Netflix project, I Chihuahua, which combine which combines three of your life's passions and dogs, wrestling, and and cartoons.
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Under these distressing conditions, do you have a mouth rushmore of animated shows, like a top four cartoons of all time? I'm not I'm not acting.
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This is No, this I'm I'm very uncomf- Look at my my Yeah, and be careful. Don't touch them. Don't touch them. Oh, yeah. Toy Story? Coco?
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This guy I'm blanking right now. I know. Ooh.
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That's what it would feel like to eat COVID.
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All right, that That's Yeah.
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If COVID was a wing and a sauce. Right. I'd be right there. What? Dingo Psycho sauce. Australia. All right, Dingo.
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I'll see what you got, mate.
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We're going to go all Dan and Andy here. All right. Huh?
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Um I'm still tasting the bomb.
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Given the venue, I think it's worth mentioning that you reached recently partnered with Tapatio for a limited edition fluffy hot sauce.
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Now that you've been battle tested today by this gauntlet today, what would you say distinguishes like a good hot sauce from a mediocre hot sauce? Lack of pain.
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Uh for example, with Tapatio versus any of the sauces here, um it's a very, very nice flavor.
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I feel like it it makes the food taste better.
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It it enhances the experience of whatever you're eating.
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All right, Gabriel Iglesias. This is the last dab.
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We call it the last dab cuz it's tradition around here to put a little extra on the last wing. Okay, mine is sealed. if you don't want to. Mine is sealed. and collect that. Yeah. You sure?
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Cuz I could just take this one with me.
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If you could sign it, make it out to eBay. I got it. I got it. I got you. I got you. Here, bro. Here. hook me up. Sure. Got you. Hook me up.
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Straight across the table. There you go. All right. There you go.
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Came from the man himself. Straight. It was fun. Oof. Mmm.
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We're closing things out.
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And as we've learned today from humble beginnings to selling out Dodger Stadium, you've scaled the heights of comedy and I know that you have a deep appreciation for those who came before you.
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You've watched Eddie Murphy, Robin Williams, Sam Kinison so many times that you can't even count.
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What's the quality in a stand-up that you admire the most?
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How engaged they are with the people.
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Like the level of connection that they have.
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That's the most important thing because if you can't connect and it's one thing to be entertaining, it's one thing to have a good show, but how connected are you?
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When people leave, how do they feel?
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Was it like, "Oh, it's not a good show."
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or "Man, you know, so-and-so like Dude, we got to come back and see him.
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He was really, you know, that that that one thing when people are talking about what you were doing versus it overall, I think that's that's everything.
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So, having that that connection. Mic drop.
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Gabriel Iglesias for the second time taking on the wings and Pringles of death.
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Hot Ones fans, go to pringles.
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com to find out how you can get your limited edition Pringles and scan the QR code for your chance to win a special edition Last Dab Pringles crisp.
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And now, there's nothing left to do but roll out the red carpet for you, Gabriel Iglesias.
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This camera, this camera, this camera, let the people know what you have going on in your life.
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Uh right now I have heartburn, regret, uh indigestion.
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Uh what do I have going on?
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It uh Uh follow me on Instagram.
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Please, follow me @fluffyguy.
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I'm the easiest person to find on the internet.
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Just Google the word fluffy.
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I challenge you to Google the word fluffy.
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I am the number one thing in the on the world in the world I can't even talk straight.
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I'm the number one fluffy thing that pops up.
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I come up before cats, comforters, quilts, uh fabric softener, um yeah, I'm the number one thing that pops up. I own the word fluffy. Yeah, you do. You own fluffy. fluffy. You own fluffy.
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So, I challenge you to see if I'm wrong. Oh, god. You did it. You did it.
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I'm just here for the free Pringles. Free!