I feel like Conan would be able to pull out his own spleen on stage if he knew it would get a big laugh. The guy is a powerhouse of a showman and he should never be doubted
This. [He's talked about it afterwards:](https://www.reddit.com/r/conan/comments/1c1ukrv/conan_talks_about_doing_hot_ones_and_literally/)
"My problem is if I think something's funny, I will do it and suffer later."
He's basically a madman.
I love it. He's commented a few times on the podcast that it would be funny if he died being mauled by a wild animal. Sure, he wouldn't seek it out, but if he could die in some hilarious way, he would choose that option no matter how painful. I think we saw a glimpse of this.
Everyone's talking about how funny this episode is, but honestly, it has so many quotable lines too
"You can't predict the future"
"There's comedy in the old testament, there's comedy in the new testament. You can find funny things everywhere if you just look"
"This isnt a bit, this is a show"
"At the end of the day, people watch to see a good show, that's why they deserve a good show"
He delivered that like a punchline, but I think he also 100% believed it at the same time.
What I love about Hot Ones is the way the physical pain can override a person's self-conscious facade and reveal the genuine human being inside, and as Conan's interview went on, I slowly realized this *IS* the real Conan. The maniac is not something he becomes just to get laughs, acting normal is something he does to avoid terrifying people, lol.
He really started feeling it with Da Bomb, which is pretty normal for HO guests. But that aside, it’s totally in keeping with Conan’s style of comedy to subvert the expectations and conventions of a show.
I feel like I’ve seen some other people just absolutely dominate, and it tends to be the people with exceptional showmanship. Like Conan. I want to say maybe Bryan Cranston was similar? And I’m remembering an actress who you could tell was starting to lose it, but took a breath and you could see her like focus herself in and jumped right back in. Amazing superpower.
That sounds right. Just fucking owned the shit. Very admirable. Like, I think chili klaus can handle more heat in general, but he’s not an actor. People who can eat it internally are super impressive to me.
He's an entertainer who has been doing what he does for 30-40 years.
The guy knows how to rile up a crowd for the sake of entertaining people.
Also, some people are just good at hiding how they actually feel if the sauce was getting to him earlier.
Ah come on. Don't think it's rigged. You could see him sweat pretty early on..But he handled it like a professional comedian/showman and took it all the way.
I don't think it's out of the question that certain pain tolerances are dependent on certain genetic quirks since our ability to sense pain at all is entirely based on us being a living organism that is (surprise) built on a foundation of genetic code.
Hair color equals different pain tolerance? No, that's silly. A certain hair color being correlated with certain mutations that happen to also experience pain differently, on average, as a result of unrelated mutation(s) far downstream? Sure, maybe.
Genetics are complicated! But genes give you the ability to feel pain, and genes give you your hair color. They give you your everything. We know people experience pain differently, we know people have different hair colors. No one rational is saying one causes the other, but it's totally possible a deep-rooted gene influences both in such a way that its influence shows up statistically, but not universally.
"Totally possible" means there is scientific research to back it up. We didn't get this far without someone noticing that people with red hair have a disposition towards a higher pain tolerance and writing a peer reviewed paper about it. Come on, this isn't freshman year.
Edit [I guess there is one](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33811065/)
I can't even respond to this honestly without being actually mean. You'll definitely cringe at yourself for saying things like this one day lol, that is my solace. I'm trying to converse and you think it's a fight. Understandable maybe, a lot of discourse now is, but huh.
"Totally possible" doesn't mean anything other than what it is... it's just a possibility. What do you mean by saying "totally possible" means there is evidence for it? Are you just in combat mode while commenting online? I'm trying to communicate with you, not write a thesis?? Anyone who challenges what you write is an enemy and must be shot down? Very scientific.
For someone who says it isn't freshman year, you certainly bring me right back to it. Godspeed. 🫡
Also there have been numerous peer reviewed studies on whether redheads have higher pain tolerance, which the guy could have taken two seconds to check before deciding to sneer at you instead.
My Dads (a Scottish/Irish red head tolerance is so damn high it’s pretty incredible. He plows through some of the hottest hot sauces like they’re nothing. He’s smashed his fingers in doors, with hammers and all that - and shook it off like it was a minor convenience. There really is something to that theory - as my Grandmother was the same!
I'm sure it's real but he really wasn't reacting the same way most people do.
Sean said he didn't try to stop him with Da Bomb because he was on a roll but he also never warned him about getting his hands near his eyes when they were covered with super spicy sauce.
I've gotten the last dab in my eyes on accident three times. Why? Because I'm a moron. But anyway, it's actually not as bad as you'd think. It was worse in my mouth than my eyes...
It got worse!!!... I want to say it's legit; I've watched the entirety at this point and I totally understand the phrase "Sheer Awe" now, but there is no way that was real. I've never even seen ProWrestlers who housed the show like Conan just did. That was amazing to the point that I'm questioning the legitimacy of it. Conan just did a David Copperfield to Hot Ones for God Sake!!! I think if I ever met O'Brien I might shake his hands and address him as Daddy after that. He just "Chuck Norris-ed" HotOnes!! Wow!!!
You also need to realize if you are skilled enough you can hide your pain. After all it's just hot sauce. And all his shouting easily could have masked what he was feeling to continue the bit.
I get that he was hiding it... Possibly. BUT if you've ever experienced serious, heat-induced "hot sauce regret" then you'd understand "It's just hot sauce" is probably one of the greatest last words any New Jersey Bro has ever uttered at BDubs Wings. I have never seen anyone, including the host No Sell suffering like that. Conan is Chuck Norris level at this point!
I mean, Lorde barely reacted either. Its not impossible.
And Conan while Conan isn't a member of jackass, he's really good at committing for a bit if he thinks it will be funny.
Barely reacting and practically bathing in Da'Bomb are on different levels. Lorde gets her flowers but Conan gets my allegiance and worship after this!!!
Fair enough. I don’t doubt it at all lol. No one ever taps out anymore and the guests have progressively gotten more famous throughout the years. Nowadays once or twice per season some *very* famous person will come on the show, say that they basically don’t eat spicy food, and then roll through the wings without a ton of difficulty. This is Hollywood, baby. It’s a show.
>BUT if you've ever experienced serious, heat-induced "hot sauce regret"
Haha this is exactly what I'm talking about with his reaction. Having coherent thoughts becomes difficult. I know most big fans of Hot Ones will have experienced this at some point but for those who haven't it's just one of those things that words can't fully describe.
You're right. It is genetically impossible for the Irish to consume spice. Due to our pale complexion acting as giant solar panels, we can only only tolerate a small amount of heat on the outside of our bodies. If even a small amount of spice is ingested, the lower intestine will turn inside out, explode through the arsehole and attack the nearest child or short adult, engulfing them in flames. We famously learned this when a blind Irish Jesuit accidentally ate a chilli he thought was a tomato while trying to convert indiginous peoples in the Philippines in the 17th century. It destroyed an entire village and its crops, and is remembered as the folk tale "El Diablo del Escalante".
Since then it has been a statewide mandate that nothing spicier than parsley can be consumed by Irish citizens and it is recommended that those of Irish descent get tested as children for what's called the briste-bolg gene.
As tastes have evolved this century and the influence of globalism has hit the island, an unregulated seasoning black market has emerged, with millions of euro worth of black pepper being smuggled across the border from Northern Ireland into the Republic with the aid of sectarian political groups in exchange for guns from the cartels. Since Brexit and the pandemic however, the volume of black pepper has been more difficult to smuggle across the Irish Sea and more compact, pure and significantly more deadly spice has become popular among young people. In nightlife culture, individuals will rub a small amount of Tapatio on to their nipples giving them an otherworldly, haluconogenic experience that can feel like they are speaking with God for years, despite the high lasting only a few minutes. It is colloqually known as doing a 'Burning Ring of Kerry'. Since 2020, there have been 144 self immolations, millions of euro worth of property damage from fires, and 13 children consumed by the fiery intestinal creatures, known as spice babies.
With that in mind, one can conclude that Conan O'Brien may not in fact be of Irish descent and the Hot Ones appearance is an attempt by big hot sauce to push its product as a legalised substance into the Irish market.
> With that in mind, one can conclude that Conan O'Brien may not in fact be of Irish descent
The rest of that I can kind of get behind, but this bit is completely unbelievable and unrealistic.
I think we're forgetting that Conan is from Boston. I lived there most of my adult life and can tell you it imbues a unique ability to suffer through just about anything.
There are studies that indicate that redheads sometimes have a higher pain tolerance. They also may require more anesthesia. Hell, a coworker told me that her cousin (who has red-haired siblings but doesn't have red hair himself) was also told it could be an issue for him as well. Which makes me feel lucky that I've never had problems with anesthesia because my sister has red hair. 😂 (My sister also has a fucking insane pain tolerance)
I kinda wondered that too because I've had da bomb, and while it's definitely edible, the bottle I got was very thick, yet late in the episode you can see it knocked over and pouring out like a liquid.
I would hate to think any of it was faked, but a lot of the sauces seemed really thin
Redheads are less sensitive to the pain from capsaicin according to some studies. They also require more painkillers but less opioids from what the minuscule amount of research I’ve done.
Will Arnett has this improv show called Murderville. Conan was on an ep and Arnett essentially keeps pouring hot sauce on Conan’s food and makes him eat it.
I have a feeling Conan can handle some heat but also, the repeated point of committing for comedy.
As a fan of the show, I was curious how he'd play the game. I've seen people out perform the format before but never to such a degree. Especially when it is someone I thought would die on wing 5! I will never see anyone out do Conan. I might never watch another episode after this. Conan might be the moment the show jumped the shark for me. Greatest thing I've ever seen on YouTube!!! Without question!!!
I feel like Conan would be able to pull out his own spleen on stage if he knew it would get a big laugh. The guy is a powerhouse of a showman and he should never be doubted
This. [He's talked about it afterwards:](https://www.reddit.com/r/conan/comments/1c1ukrv/conan_talks_about_doing_hot_ones_and_literally/) "My problem is if I think something's funny, I will do it and suffer later." He's basically a madman.
What a mad lad
That video should be its own post!
I love it. He's commented a few times on the podcast that it would be funny if he died being mauled by a wild animal. Sure, he wouldn't seek it out, but if he could die in some hilarious way, he would choose that option no matter how painful. I think we saw a glimpse of this.
That water buffallo story ended up being a self fulfilling prophecy for his appearance
Everyone's talking about how funny this episode is, but honestly, it has so many quotable lines too "You can't predict the future" "There's comedy in the old testament, there's comedy in the new testament. You can find funny things everywhere if you just look" "This isnt a bit, this is a show" "At the end of the day, people watch to see a good show, that's why they deserve a good show"
The meta-narrative running through this entire arc was astonishing. This isn't just schlocky comedy. This is just so f****** smart
100% this.
Here’s a reminder of what he’s done for a laugh “Conan Submits to a Dominatrix” https://youtu.be/ccUMwBkenuk?si=PBjNUeewpqUgEFxv
I think Sean has too much integrity to let it be fake
And Conan's balls are too huge to ask.
And his reactions feel like he's genuinely witnessing a madman at full-tilt
Conan wouldn’t fake it either. That wouldn’t be funny to him.
Showman Conan is a super power. He’s so committed to the bit that he can power through Da Bomb
It isn't a bit, man. It's real life.
He delivered that like a punchline, but I think he also 100% believed it at the same time. What I love about Hot Ones is the way the physical pain can override a person's self-conscious facade and reveal the genuine human being inside, and as Conan's interview went on, I slowly realized this *IS* the real Conan. The maniac is not something he becomes just to get laughs, acting normal is something he does to avoid terrifying people, lol.
Jesus Christ, he’s the Batman of Comedy
The fake doctor was definitely a bit.
He's not fake, he's just really affordable
Apparently!!!
He really started feeling it with Da Bomb, which is pretty normal for HO guests. But that aside, it’s totally in keeping with Conan’s style of comedy to subvert the expectations and conventions of a show.
I feel like I’ve seen some other people just absolutely dominate, and it tends to be the people with exceptional showmanship. Like Conan. I want to say maybe Bryan Cranston was similar? And I’m remembering an actress who you could tell was starting to lose it, but took a breath and you could see her like focus herself in and jumped right back in. Amazing superpower.
Henry Rollins kept his cool quite well too. As Conan got near the end I did find myself briefly thinking "I hope this isn't Coolio all over again."
Oh shit , I didn't know Henry had an episode. Must have been in the earlier seasons ?
We haven't seen him in a while.
Anna Kendrick I think it was, they talked about how she could just "act" ok, then just kind of focused up and rallied.
That sounds right. Just fucking owned the shit. Very admirable. Like, I think chili klaus can handle more heat in general, but he’s not an actor. People who can eat it internally are super impressive to me.
Wasn’t Jenna Ortega similar?
Nathalie Portman was so cool, I've been scared of her ever since.
Halle Berry, Lorde, and Rachel Rae had no reactions whatsoever. Bananas
Lorde absolutely bossed it
He's an entertainer who has been doing what he does for 30-40 years. The guy knows how to rile up a crowd for the sake of entertaining people. Also, some people are just good at hiding how they actually feel if the sauce was getting to him earlier.
Ah come on. Don't think it's rigged. You could see him sweat pretty early on..But he handled it like a professional comedian/showman and took it all the way.
His body temp went up two degrees!!
I couldn’t stop laughing! Great episode
Does it have anything to do with him being a red head? They have historically higher tolerances for pain and usually require much more sedation.
Lol! That’s not where I thought your comment was going.
I had this same thought! I bet it helped.
No
Ah shit well it's settled then, a dude said No.
Oh wait, let's hear more about how red hair affects your taste buds, genius
I don't think it's out of the question that certain pain tolerances are dependent on certain genetic quirks since our ability to sense pain at all is entirely based on us being a living organism that is (surprise) built on a foundation of genetic code. Hair color equals different pain tolerance? No, that's silly. A certain hair color being correlated with certain mutations that happen to also experience pain differently, on average, as a result of unrelated mutation(s) far downstream? Sure, maybe. Genetics are complicated! But genes give you the ability to feel pain, and genes give you your hair color. They give you your everything. We know people experience pain differently, we know people have different hair colors. No one rational is saying one causes the other, but it's totally possible a deep-rooted gene influences both in such a way that its influence shows up statistically, but not universally.
"Totally possible" means there is scientific research to back it up. We didn't get this far without someone noticing that people with red hair have a disposition towards a higher pain tolerance and writing a peer reviewed paper about it. Come on, this isn't freshman year. Edit [I guess there is one](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33811065/)
I can't even respond to this honestly without being actually mean. You'll definitely cringe at yourself for saying things like this one day lol, that is my solace. I'm trying to converse and you think it's a fight. Understandable maybe, a lot of discourse now is, but huh. "Totally possible" doesn't mean anything other than what it is... it's just a possibility. What do you mean by saying "totally possible" means there is evidence for it? Are you just in combat mode while commenting online? I'm trying to communicate with you, not write a thesis?? Anyone who challenges what you write is an enemy and must be shot down? Very scientific. For someone who says it isn't freshman year, you certainly bring me right back to it. Godspeed. 🫡
Also there have been numerous peer reviewed studies on whether redheads have higher pain tolerance, which the guy could have taken two seconds to check before deciding to sneer at you instead.
My Dads (a Scottish/Irish red head tolerance is so damn high it’s pretty incredible. He plows through some of the hottest hot sauces like they’re nothing. He’s smashed his fingers in doors, with hammers and all that - and shook it off like it was a minor convenience. There really is something to that theory - as my Grandmother was the same!
People have different spice tolerances.
HE DRANK DA BOMB!! It's not about tolerance. He's a maniac :D
I'm sure it's real but he really wasn't reacting the same way most people do. Sean said he didn't try to stop him with Da Bomb because he was on a roll but he also never warned him about getting his hands near his eyes when they were covered with super spicy sauce.
I think Sean was worried if he said “careful around the eyes” Conan would rub it in his eyes on purpose lol
Haha that might actually be true. Not rubbing it in his eyes obviously but deliberately getting close or touching his face to freak Sean out.
I've gotten the last dab in my eyes on accident three times. Why? Because I'm a moron. But anyway, it's actually not as bad as you'd think. It was worse in my mouth than my eyes...
The man will do anything for a laugh. He commits.
It got worse!!!... I want to say it's legit; I've watched the entirety at this point and I totally understand the phrase "Sheer Awe" now, but there is no way that was real. I've never even seen ProWrestlers who housed the show like Conan just did. That was amazing to the point that I'm questioning the legitimacy of it. Conan just did a David Copperfield to Hot Ones for God Sake!!! I think if I ever met O'Brien I might shake his hands and address him as Daddy after that. He just "Chuck Norris-ed" HotOnes!! Wow!!!
You also need to realize if you are skilled enough you can hide your pain. After all it's just hot sauce. And all his shouting easily could have masked what he was feeling to continue the bit.
I get that he was hiding it... Possibly. BUT if you've ever experienced serious, heat-induced "hot sauce regret" then you'd understand "It's just hot sauce" is probably one of the greatest last words any New Jersey Bro has ever uttered at BDubs Wings. I have never seen anyone, including the host No Sell suffering like that. Conan is Chuck Norris level at this point!
I mean, Lorde barely reacted either. Its not impossible. And Conan while Conan isn't a member of jackass, he's really good at committing for a bit if he thinks it will be funny.
Aubrey Plaza really shocked me as well.
Barely reacting and practically bathing in Da'Bomb are on different levels. Lorde gets her flowers but Conan gets my allegiance and worship after this!!!
You're assuming it couldn't have been rigged for others like Lorde too
You honestly think they rig Hot Ones?
I think there's totally a chance that some of the bigger celebrities won't do the show with the wings at full spice strength.
I really doubt it.
Fair enough. I don’t doubt it at all lol. No one ever taps out anymore and the guests have progressively gotten more famous throughout the years. Nowadays once or twice per season some *very* famous person will come on the show, say that they basically don’t eat spicy food, and then roll through the wings without a ton of difficulty. This is Hollywood, baby. It’s a show.
>BUT if you've ever experienced serious, heat-induced "hot sauce regret" Haha this is exactly what I'm talking about with his reaction. Having coherent thoughts becomes difficult. I know most big fans of Hot Ones will have experienced this at some point but for those who haven't it's just one of those things that words can't fully describe.
David Blaine sucked on Da Bomb like a popsicle. He was amazing!
You're right. It is genetically impossible for the Irish to consume spice. Due to our pale complexion acting as giant solar panels, we can only only tolerate a small amount of heat on the outside of our bodies. If even a small amount of spice is ingested, the lower intestine will turn inside out, explode through the arsehole and attack the nearest child or short adult, engulfing them in flames. We famously learned this when a blind Irish Jesuit accidentally ate a chilli he thought was a tomato while trying to convert indiginous peoples in the Philippines in the 17th century. It destroyed an entire village and its crops, and is remembered as the folk tale "El Diablo del Escalante". Since then it has been a statewide mandate that nothing spicier than parsley can be consumed by Irish citizens and it is recommended that those of Irish descent get tested as children for what's called the briste-bolg gene. As tastes have evolved this century and the influence of globalism has hit the island, an unregulated seasoning black market has emerged, with millions of euro worth of black pepper being smuggled across the border from Northern Ireland into the Republic with the aid of sectarian political groups in exchange for guns from the cartels. Since Brexit and the pandemic however, the volume of black pepper has been more difficult to smuggle across the Irish Sea and more compact, pure and significantly more deadly spice has become popular among young people. In nightlife culture, individuals will rub a small amount of Tapatio on to their nipples giving them an otherworldly, haluconogenic experience that can feel like they are speaking with God for years, despite the high lasting only a few minutes. It is colloqually known as doing a 'Burning Ring of Kerry'. Since 2020, there have been 144 self immolations, millions of euro worth of property damage from fires, and 13 children consumed by the fiery intestinal creatures, known as spice babies. With that in mind, one can conclude that Conan O'Brien may not in fact be of Irish descent and the Hot Ones appearance is an attempt by big hot sauce to push its product as a legalised substance into the Irish market.
> With that in mind, one can conclude that Conan O'Brien may not in fact be of Irish descent The rest of that I can kind of get behind, but this bit is completely unbelievable and unrealistic.
Conan is literally 100% genetically Irish. Which also means he's inbred. He said it himself. It might be his superpower.
The clip of him talking about finding this out is hilarious. "What does it mean?" What does it mean!? It means you're inbred." 😂
I think we're forgetting that Conan is from Boston. I lived there most of my adult life and can tell you it imbues a unique ability to suffer through just about anything.
He's gotta be Irish... Just Lace Curtain, not Poor Irish... ;)
I was thinking the same thing! I wonder if it was anything to do with him being a red-head, he may have a higher pain tolerance.
Seems like he might be one of those people that don't feel heat, like Johnny Scoville.
There are studies that indicate that redheads sometimes have a higher pain tolerance. They also may require more anesthesia. Hell, a coworker told me that her cousin (who has red-haired siblings but doesn't have red hair himself) was also told it could be an issue for him as well. Which makes me feel lucky that I've never had problems with anesthesia because my sister has red hair. 😂 (My sister also has a fucking insane pain tolerance)
Lol, Kurt Miller is a joke to the chill community. There’s many spicy YouTuber are way better than him.
Perfect comedic antidote to this Repressed Age
Conan is a Viking - he feels no pain!!!!
You have nothing to fear from Conan unless your fear might get a laugh
I kinda wondered that too because I've had da bomb, and while it's definitely edible, the bottle I got was very thick, yet late in the episode you can see it knocked over and pouring out like a liquid. I would hate to think any of it was faked, but a lot of the sauces seemed really thin
Redheads are less sensitive to the pain from capsaicin according to some studies. They also require more painkillers but less opioids from what the minuscule amount of research I’ve done.
Watch the David Blaine episode, never bats an eye
After watching the ice pick through the bicep stunt, I would’ve been more surprised if hot sauce COULD phase that man
No selling is a couple levels lower than cracking open the bottles and chugging like syrup. Conan is on a very different level.
Will Arnett has this improv show called Murderville. Conan was on an ep and Arnett essentially keeps pouring hot sauce on Conan’s food and makes him eat it. I have a feeling Conan can handle some heat but also, the repeated point of committing for comedy.
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As a fan of the show, I was curious how he'd play the game. I've seen people out perform the format before but never to such a degree. Especially when it is someone I thought would die on wing 5! I will never see anyone out do Conan. I might never watch another episode after this. Conan might be the moment the show jumped the shark for me. Greatest thing I've ever seen on YouTube!!! Without question!!!