Kumail Nanjiani Sweats Intensely While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot Ones

I realized it's terrible, don't make the things you love work anyway, my favorite writer on the show, Darrin Morgan, said to me: Do you want to do this show? I told him yes. Of course, I was really terrified and that was the last day of filming. I thought once he was done I would ask him for a photo and the reason he was smiling like that is because David Duchovny was blowing in my ear. before that, all good, the X-Files talk is a beautiful transition to the next wing, what is this Hellfire? Did you know? When you eat something

spicy

, there is the spice and then there is another flavor.

Impossible to describe something metallic appears and that is the first time I feel it and I have never been able to articulate there is something there, there is like another ghost floating around there and it just appeared. I'll take one more bite there. Go, dad, savor that flavor. I like it, although I like how it is. Dave. The same. There's something about the

spicy

thing that appears mm-hmm that's like fluttering. It's like hey. I'm going to be here for a

while

. Make yourself at home. Yeah, okay, by all accounts you're one of the biggest The . What is your opinion? the infamous homemade episode.

Oh, there's a lot of mythology. I love that episode, it's one of my favorite episodes. People remember it. It obviously has a very intense episode because it has some graphic violence, but it's also one of the best written as the world turns. more modern is homogenized so all these weird towns are disappearing because on the internet or because corporations are moving in instead of some weird restaurant it's now Applebee's and this episode is really about one of those weird little towns that rejects the invasion of modern civilization, so I think I want to talk about this episode for a long time so I can put off what's coming next and then know what you're doing on the podcast.

One of the ways you would prepare is by reviewing old message boards. you could see what fans were saying about the episodes when they actually aired. Yeah, in doing so, did you see any difference in Internet discourse in the mid-nineties versus today? So The was extending. I saw the first like appear away from the keyboard. I saw the first like emoji. appears, which was like you know the smiley face, which is the colon with parentheses, it appeared for the first time and I saw it go from being a lovely place to talk to to you're an idiot when it happened so quickly, but I saw it happen Through people talking about the X-Files episodes, it was amazing, so for me this is probably the limit of what I would eat and consider enjoyable as I would.

If I had a plate of chicken strips with that sauce, I'd be like we maxed it out, this is fun, but no more, one, two, three, four, at this point I want to know I'm

eating

a bite big enough to so that people at home don't think that I'm not doing that. that's enough for more that's enough that's enough so you've worked alongside directors with some of the biggest cult follo

wings

in Hollywood, from Jordan Peele to Judd Apatow to Mike Judge and then I know they're all unique in their own way, but Do you see a character trait that runs through them all?

Yeah, yeah, I see you're not the only one who's put in a lot of effort here. I can make it difficult. Yes, there is a common character trait. Next question. I think they're everything other than obviously being very smart and good at what they do, I'm sw

eating

a little bit, but you know, come on, I said some crazy things, what if you decide? He laughs, people spit in buckets, he screams, he paces back and forth, he sneaks off to take a break for a little I've seen it all, it's okay, there are no rules here, you know, it's okay, yeah, I could say what the Wild West is here, presto, there's a picture of a nuclear bomb in this one, there's something extra special about it.

I will say the first. The time the ghost appeared was here and then this one, you know, for example in terms of spice, I'll bring it back to video games. I remember when it went from NES to Super Nintendo, it was a big jump, then PlayStation 2 and PlayStation. 3 wasn't that big nor the place to be president wasn't that big this feels like a Super Nintendo for a PlayStation show like we're in the big leagues now for real this is real so I understand that your nickname in one The point was Kemal biryani. Can you explain biryani to the people who are watching it now?

In your opinion, it is one of the best dishes of all time. There's a show on Netflix called Chef's Table and there's an episode that I'm going to get through. There's an episode about us, my fan, who owns a restaurant in London and there's a forty-second episode where she's making the honey beer and she opens it and takes it out and I cried. It looks so good I cried because I know. that feeling of being in my grandmother's house but you know reality is there but you don't smell it because it's sealed when she opens it and you smell it and all the colors of the rice in the meat come out and I just start Crying is her Pakistani dish which is hard to find in the US that you think could really flourish as a main menu item.

I would say the role of kebab. Katia's role could be around every corner and I think it's like a good entry point for most people. I have to blow my nose. Do people do this? mm-hmm everyone. Close your eyes pause the cameras Hold it God I think it's really gross Hold down ivory Look at my phone and see what my face looks Sometime I turn on my phone We could talk about movie star Yeah, now I've felt less like a movie star in my life and I have never felt like a movie star, but now I have felt less like one.

I admire your Drive, man, do you know what sucks about these people? some state at first they are like it's not that bad. well, it looks like a guest and then a few minutes later they're on your couch, like no, they're not advertised as horrible, it's just when you're like, I'm going to go get it right now. Seeing this coming around the corner, I knew they were all going to be horrible, but like this one and the last one, the immediate feeling is not oh wow, that was really intense, it really builds, which is a bigger accomplishment. to be named.

One of the hundred most influential people is being reviewed with her name on a danger trail. The most influential time was funny because people were upset that Putin wasn't in it and they were like Kumail is in it but Putin isn't in it and I'm like, I guess. The Jeopardy one is better because my parents were very impressed, they were very excited about Jeopardy, the danger. Wow, speaking of your parents being proud, it was your dad, who I understand is a jeans aficionado, proud to see you in the lines, the best dressed man of the morning.

I'm supposed to ignore what's happening. This is the last touch. We call it the last touch because it's tradition around here to put a little extra on the last shape. You do not have to do it. Are you doing it to him? I am not going to do it. It's in mine like I have you, get out there, go, what's going on, wait, let me see it, make sure my face is okay before we're done, this last one, wait, I have to check it. It seems like I'm currently being waterboarded. I think you see yourself. cool, I think you look cool Wow, let's imagine you good, good pose, wow, really okay here we go here we go classic gap classic damn cutting a corner, so okay here we are in the final stage of the hot

ones

, the final boss we get We talk a lot about your nerd cred, spanning from The to mention. with a 10 wing pop quiz about one of your most specific off-piste obsessions and that's He-Man, so if you can ask three pub trivia questions about He-Man under these circumstances, I think the internet will be very impressed.

Okay, first question is True or False, the He-Man action figures actually predate the comics and cartoon series, um, yeah, right, that's true, yeah, they made them and then they made the dra

wings

. animated, as I received publicity from who voiced He-man in the 1987 film Masters of the Universe. how long do you long for Bruce Willis or Dolph Lundgren Dolph Lundgren is Dolph Lundgren yeah ding ding ding ding ding what color is evil Linds' hair is black or is it dark blue or is it white the cap is black her hair is white her hair is white she The hair is white, but you know what we're talking about, seriously, look it up, go ahead, expect two out of three on He-Man's pop quiz, nothing to sneeze at that hair, white hair, that little white guy, I don't know, only it's not black, it certainly isn't. no one has ever seen how you find them now there's nothing left to do but roll out the red carpet even the man threatens because this camera this camera in this camera let people know what's going on inside you there's a little picture that I can find out why he has white hair and I don't know if that's canon, okay, stupor comes out in theaters July 12.

Me, Dave Bautista, Betty Gilpin, Natalie Morales, your ego ace Sorvino, who is an amazing action star, go see this movie, just a flashback to my dad's great-grandmother. funeral so thanks for that hey what's going on dear fans? This is Sean Evans, calling to say thank you so much for watching today's episode, but I have a stern warning for those of you who have been watching for nine years. seasons and I haven't subscribed yet this is your final warning subscribe or else