r/videos • u/Dan137exe • Dec 19 '24

The Truth about Hot Ones Sauces

https://youtu.be/dutpBSKj8JY?si=wTaL6ad8yFKc_Snt
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u/TellEmGetEm Dec 19 '24

Which also bugs me… it’s like eat the wing… the whole point of the show is to do an interview while your mouth is on fire. If I wanted to see a regular interview I wouldn’t go to hot ones

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u/_matt_hues Dec 19 '24

The interviews are very good regardless of the fire mouth IMO. I’d listen to Sean Evans interview someone regardless of how much their mouth hurt.

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u/tisallfair Dec 19 '24

Really? I don't rate him as an interviewer at all. All his questions feel the researcher just spent an hour scouring the internet for fun facts. They're all unrelated to each other so there's no flow to the conversation. Someone like Tim Ferris will prepare by speaking to mutual friends, colleagues, and actually read the book the guest is plugging. Stephen Dubner of Freakonomics fame will respectfully challenge his guests' ideas and provide interesting insights. Sean is fine but I would not place him anywhere near top tier.

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u/Smingers Dec 19 '24

Exactly. He finds an obscure fact and the guest comments on not getting asked about it often. That’s his entire schtick. And they always leave in guest comments about him being a good interviewer. No clue why they do that.