Michael Che Gs Up While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot Ones

right now i feel like i'm in uh my childhood you know back in the womb hot in there [Music] hey what's going on everybody for first week feast i'm shawn evans and you're watching hot ones it's the show with hot questions and even hotter wings and today we're joined by michael che he's a stand-up comedian and actor who's received five emmy nominations for his work as head writer and cast member on saturday night live also be sure to check out his new sketch comedy show that damn michael che which is currently streaming on hbo max michael che welcome to the show thank you it's so weird to hear people say that out loud you know i can't believe i'm here how are you around spicy food i don't i've never seen any of these at my local bodega but um i like spicy food i think i like spicy food that might all change tonight [Music] i'm like nervous but i'm eating uh fish sticks by the way first first uh fish stick guys yeah i just didn't want to eat chicken on camera that's not [ __ ] [Music] can i say whatever i want yes let it fly i killed the man in 1972. wait not that one not that one so for what it's worth i watched that damn michael che in one sitting it really is like the perfect canvas for you to explore concepts that are maybe darker than the things you can talk about on network television you liked it you watched the whole thing i did i did blows my mind you want to know my favorite sketch yeah what i like the uh billy porter superhero one yeah that i just thought it'd be fun you know what i i got that actually from a very unhelpful tsa agent but now yeah that was a fun one too billy porter is amazing isn't he it made me wonder like does the idea of that come first or does billy porter come first and then you write for billy porter because it did have like a really nice connection it was the idea and then we were like oh man billy porter you know billy porter is so good that he's like if you're not if you're not using him you're using a billy porter type you know like oh billy porter would kill this and he actually said yes a lot of the casting on it was uh first choices so i was really lucky that they said yes and that's just like a funny concept the idea of like a superhero that never really gets around to saving the day because they're just serving out that attitude it was great he made his own costume he cares more about the costume and his entrance [Laughter] i've had hot ice cream i'm gonna kill this [ __ ] so naturally i have to ask you about the hot ones saturday night live sketch with a sweat soaked my rudolph playing the role of beyonce and then mikey day playing the role of this show's incessant bald host he nailed you mikey's such a good like i used to write with him sometimes you know on sketches and you'd be in a room and he's always in his head and trying to get everything perfect i don't think anybody approaches it as thoroughly as mike is he's so good so like he probably watched hours of footage to make sure he got that right but yeah he's he's amazing i could tell uh what can you tell us bts on how that sketch came to be and do you remember how it played at the table read it was it to me it was the funniest sketch of the episode it was we knew it was going to be funny because first of all it's maya and she nails beyonce all the time and until it was just like a fun i got have you asked beyonce to do this no but i do imagine that were it to go down like that it would it would be similar to the sketch my favorite part is when she had to get the wig off to the ice cubes but ice cubes in the wig i was so funny she probably hated it [Music] yeah i'm gonna taste the thing okay this one's got like um a little bit yeah it keeps going yes it's uh very peppery this one mm-hmm but it's still nothing there we go it's still nothing so i'm very interested in the chapter of your life before comedy when you were training to be a painter and then selling t-shirts with the acrylic still going a little bit it just yeah it keeps rolling it rallies through that's just a train it's a spice train that's going to keep rolling hey [ __ ] though and you were selling t-shirts with your acrylic portraits printed on them from a folding table on the corner of prince street and wooster yeah what's the most memorable transaction that you ever made on the sidewalk there oh man i met so many people i met um conan o'brien billy crystal i met um tommy hilfiger i met andre 3000 andre how did you know that yeah i met 100 3 000. he bought he bought a little like jimi hendrix shirt from me i painted a jimmy hendrix shirt oh man yeah that's great i wasn't that good to be honest with you i think it was just more people wanting to be supportive i'm just saying man um i'm unimpressed [Laughter] i think this i think i'm going to get through all of this i might just go back for seconds hell yeah be our guest we're just here to feed you michael it tastes like uh like pineapple like as sweet as a pineapple oh this is gonna suck man i already know it because like that i just realized we got like six more that's right that's right and they get hotter it's a marathon yeah what's the difference between bombing on stage as a stand-up and then having a sketch bomb on live tv like is one more gut wrenching than the other yes there's nothing worse than bombing on live tv because um there's no exit strategy see if i'm bombing on stage doing stand-up i could change the subject i can make fun of me bombing there's always a way to relate to the people like stand up the number one rule is uh just be present if people see that something awkward has happened call it out and then people will be like yeah that is what's happening just the truth always kind of gets you back on track in a sketch sometimes if it starts bombing in the first 30 40 seconds and we know what's coming next there's no typo you got to actually do the words the audience is checked out the only thing that is better about bombing in the sketch though is that everyone knows it's bombing so it's a little bit of camaraderie on set right you know like if it's bombing and sometimes you just take a look at keenan's face and then it makes you laugh and then everyone realizes they're seeing something bad so a lot of sketches you'll see when they do make fun of us for breaking or whatever a lot of times breaking is just because we know what's coming next and how bad it's going and then it becomes fun so sometimes i could save the sketch so but i would definitely take bombing in the sketch uh overbombing on stage oh ginger i love ginger i love goat too this is easy wow you have medics right yeah actually we do it's kind of a new here you development just yeah that makes sense but also i won't need them crushing it crushing it i don't know all right michael we have a recurring segment on our show called explain that graham we're doing deep dive on our guest instagram pull interesting pictures that need more context so we'll put the picture up on the monitor you just tell us the bigger story that's me at wrestlemania 35 you can't tell by the shirt but yeah that's where i was wrestlemania 35 in the andre the giant battle royal looking down the at braun strowman that was the most fun i've ever had it was metlife stadium 80 000 people all booing me and colin it was awesome all i've ever wanted was to be a bad guy wrestler and these people genuinely hated me it was fantastic yeah you used to watch wrestling with your grandfather right what the [ __ ] did you know that yes yeah he couldn't have told you he's been dead for 10 years but no yeah i used to watch it i think like it's how i learned how to talk honestly you know what one thing that i notice those ropes are not rope it's like bridge cables you see the guys they're so good at it that it looks easy and simple but like the mat is a wood plank and the ropes are hurt when you run against the ropes they got welts on their back from just doing the easiest simple things and the ring is loud and the crowd is deafening it was so exciting to to do it look my face it didn't scare him one bit believe it or not but he was such a nice guy and and uh he punched me and i dropped and i was so scared cause you know i'm an older guy and delicate i didn't think i was gonna be able to take it but i did you did and then he told me i didn't really punch you but whatever no no it was uh it was great it was a lot of fun all right up next i'm always curious about the comedian's perspective when it comes to hosting award shows like how would you distill the experience of playing ringmaster at the emmys bad i can't i don't know if i could say that is that okay to say that i didn't want to host the enemies and i did we're cool with it no i i i was like i didn't want to do it i always feel like yeah i just like doing comedy in a tuxedo just feels i look like i'm giving dinner specials i think it was ellen gave me the best advice she was like get all the comedy done in the beginning because the longer the show goes uh the more losers are in the audience like literally people have lost in their nothing's funny to them anymore so you kind of have to do all the comedy up front and then the rest of it is keeping the show moving i don't know i think that's that self-deprecating comedian inside of me that's like i shouldn't be hosting i should be in the back making fun of the host a lot of people take this very serious so i was just like i don't want to mess up your party you know it's like giving a toast at a wedding and you don't know the couple right it just feels out of place a little bit but hindsight it was fun [Music] a little bit oh that was good i was good you know i like about that one that one's not hot is this where people start to fall apart i'm witnessing grace witnessing greatness no this is easy all right that one is the hottest one that's that's how it'll go going forward here but it's no problem i can see it it's no problem no there's no problem it's not a it's not a problem so a few months back you put together a slideshow talking about how you don't want to do any more interviews with a few exceptions and lucky for us one of those exceptions was hot ones is your disdain and doing press is that something that you've had since day one of your career or is it kind of developed over time uh no i i love press again like i said you do this this is true no it's you know why you know what here's my here's why i don't like yeah it's because i never feel like they're on the side of the artist they're always seemed to be on the side of what's the headline you know so why would i like it if i was a headline maybe i'd like it more but they always kind of want the the juicy juicy thing and also i don't like talking about myself i always feel weird and arrogant talking about myself constantly this actually that was hot like but then it goes away just in time for the next wing are you ready to dive in let's do it let's go to the [ __ ] loony bin let's do it i see now i get it now i get the point of this game hmm this one's more sweet than hot i think it's when right when you start talking you know just like the last one it'll build a little bit i get emotional sometimes so you're a native new yorker which is different from a lot of comedians who come to this city because they want to pursue a career in acting they move here rather than you who grew up and was born in the lower east side yeah is there any special reason that you chose naz's new york state of mind to be your walkout song when you performed at letterman for the first time there's no more beautiful song than being a project kid um listen to new york state of mind back in 1994 uh as soon as you turn on omatic and that you know after the genesis and the new york state of mind that beat it's primo it's nas it it felt like he was talking directly to us like he made an album directly for us and new york state of mind is it brings me back to that moment of being a kid you're just ready to take charge it was like his moment i feel so when i'm once when i'm coming on stage i like to feel that i still play it everywhere i play it when i'm doing warm-up fast you know played it for letterman i play when i'm on tour it just feels right dude i don't know if you notice but i am unaffected this is like when are we gonna do the the hot ones funny you mentioned that is this hot that was good glad i i like that one where can i get these can i go can i these you can take home with you we'll pack them up for you these honestly this that one that you just said with the hottest one is honestly not that hard so we sent a lot of hot sauce like i just mentioned to 30 rock after the beyonce hot one sketch and then we got a quick request to re-up on it his hot sauce helped the creative process at all or is it just writers kind of keeled over after eating the bomb like we just did i'm sorry i um i'm trying to remember something that's not sure how about how to ice cream that's good that is a good sauce no um i i think i think there was a few cast members and writers uh i'm sorry i'm just i i think i um when are we gonna do the hot ones that's an interesting question i'm just trying to give you the right answer yeah yeah i remember a lot of uh is this where people start to fall apart i don't i don't remember i don't remember i don't remember do you have a favorite reaction from a host to a sketch that you've pitched well sometimes people who come in with an idea of the show and what they want to do on the show uh they might they might not really know what they're talking about or if that you know it might not even be possible because they don't do this show you know so i will pitch something they were like well that guy's crazy then i could write whatever i want by myself not on the hook you don't want them to be like oh he's [ __ ] hilarious hey can you write my unicycle idea no no but so you know i try to like pretend to be bad at my job so that i could be good at my job does that make sense thinking it's reverse psychology but then backwards all right michael jay how are we doing sniffing is not good but um other than that i'm good i'm fine this next one is the scorpion disco why they call it that all right it's more salty yeah and maybe a kind of uh kind of a reprieve after the last one so before making it in comedy what was the most common buyer complaint that you ever got working as a customer service representative at toyota what the [ __ ] do you know that a lot of people will write me checks for a car knowing they don't got the money uh for that car in their account and then make it seem like i took the money somehow and i remember that was always like the funniest complaint is as you're as you're making a transaction you're like well but the check should clear i'm like well it's not the bank doesn't know you and uh that was always the worst because the salesman is always on the side of the customer so they make it seem like you know you're messing it up but usually it was just because they couldn't yell and they just find the person to yell at you're the first line of complaints that's the worst part of it you know what i mean do you have any uh insider trade secrets when it comes to not getting ripped off at the dealership no they're gonna rip you off they're gonna rip you off because cars are not that valuable so anything you're paying it ain't worth it all right michael che man this was so much fun i want to thank you i tell you what shawn i tell you what i raise you uh oh i raise you okay i don't know if anyone's done this before but i say we put a dab of all of them on one wing has anyone done that before paul rudd and now uh and now you michael j that's what they call me the black pole red oh it's like paste god damn oh there you go there you go is that it that's that's good yeah man you didn't think he was [ __ ] with a gangster did you i knew i was [ __ ] with a gangster yeah well you are [ __ ] a gangster oh [ __ ] well that might be a lot but don't worry about it that's what that's what i want the context people to know is when i'm you see me sweating it looks like i'm maybe even crying it's because i had a rough week yeah you know what i'm saying can you can you play some good montage music to this oh don't yeah don't worry you know what i'm saying in the production truck we will wait till you see how this thing comes together i got dinner reservations too you do where you going tonight oh i don't know um baskin robbins i might be right behind you online basketball paul ryan is the nicest guy he is the nicest guy hey you know who else is super nice who john hamm yeah yeah yeah we gotta get john ham on the show yeah all right michael get that sauce [Music] you know what i'm saying cheers cheers it's like they cancel each other out i think at first it does because we worked in reverse order but when you work your way through that you've got some different notes [Music] michael che hot sauce g i'm going to am i on the short list of g's top of the list top of the list michael and you know thankfully though we've reached and i didn't touch the milk i noticed that no water no milk g not michael j know what i'm saying we've talked about a lot about your life a lot about your career but one blind you don't don't oh don't lick your lips yeah that's good advice that's good advice if you're on this show don't lick your lips smart man michael smart man what did you mean by this quote humor and food are two things rich in a poor community see when you grow up very poor you don't have you can't just go to the toy store get whatever you want you can't just go shopping whenever you want the way we show affection is to cook and to make you laugh and that [ __ ] gets you through oh man i get emotional talk on my past i'm sorry um is that that's a that's supposed to help right yeah yeah but we don't need it we don't need it [Music] it's uh oh man uh looks so good uh it's uh two things of showing love you know [Music] it brings you back to your childhood right now i feel like i'm in my childhood you know back in the womb hot in there this is not how you show love no this wouldn't be the food i would show give to someone that i loved but you know what it's a meal there were laughs i feel the love in the studio and look at you michael che taking on the wings of death even attack last dab and now totally unaffected joe's fake there's nothing left to do but roll out the red carpet for you michael che this camera this camera this camera let the people know what you have going on in your life the show's fake it's a sham all this is this is sweet sauce i got a lot going on guys tomorrow i'm making a visit to my cardiologist we're gonna talk about uh ways to improve upon my lifestyle oh man and don't burp don't burp it's just like uh comes back burps what time is it we did it man we did it i love you guys i couldn't have done this without you and i wouldn't have oh man that's good that was good that was easy did it hurt of course it hurt his hand what the [ __ ] is wrong with you dude oh my god how do you do that well you know most people don't want to pour the last 10 sauces on the last one i thought you challenged me [Laughter] this is actually fun this is so much fun i don't know what i'm talking about anymore quickly we're going to get our intro so it's just you guys sure okay hey what's going on hot ones fans this is shawn evans checking in with a very exciting hot sauce update los calientes barbacoa it's finally here baby this sauce right here evokes all the flavors of barbecue but then with a smoky mix of serrano and habanero chilies perfect for slow roasting meats perfect for slathering on burritos grilling vegetables get your hands on los calientes barbacoa heatness.com heatness.com heatness.com to order all summer long we're having the remix of the remix hot ones barbacoa unofficial official sauce of grilling and chilling

Channel: First We Feast

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Id: B0h52vcXG-0

Length: 24min 37sec (1477 seconds)

Published: Thu Jul 22 2021

Reddit Comments

[u/Kashsters]

It was a great ep! Watching him try to keep his shit together from da'bomb forward was so freakin funny!

[u/j_dubs02]

70s SNL had cocaine, 2020s SNL has hot sauce

[u/ButtCrackFTW]

Oh, you mean black Paul Rudd?

[u/ndg127]

Ah man, I so wish he and Colin had done it together.

[u/Corporation_tshirt]

The way he blew through all those later sauces without even taking a sip of water or milk. Che is goddamn samurai.

[u/pretty-in-pink]

I will say his answer to the strategy of writing bad sketch ideas that the host wants to pitch was pretty insightful

[u/Suavepebble]

"This is like Russian Roullette for nerd?" -- my Russian friend

[u/grizzsaw12]

Now this is HOOPLA

[u/DeCodurr]

Man his sarcasm about the wings was killing me all episode. He did G up at the end tho for sure. Impressed.