-Jimmy, thank you so much for having me back.
I'm excited to be here again and honored, Alex,
that you're joining us for this very special
social distancing-friendly "Hot Ones" experience.
And for those of you who aren't familiar with the game,
it's pretty simple here.
It's an interview over extremely spicy wings.
And as Jimmy knows,
it gets pretty spicy pretty quick here
on "The Tonight Show." -Yeah.
This is -- we're only doing four wings this time.
I will say, by the way, you are doing this online, right?
The quarantine for -- on your local --
on your normal First We Feast channel?
-Yeah, we just dropped a special quarantine edition.
We'll see, 'cause now we just finished the season.
But, you know, still "Hot Ones: The Game Show" on TruTV.
Still putting -- -Congrats on that, by the way!
-Thank you so much, Jimmy.
-What night is that on again on TruTV?
-Tuesday nights, 10:00/9:00 Central.
-Congrats on that. You deserve it, buddy.
It's a great show. -Thank you.
-This is Alex's first time doing this.
I didn't want to tell him too much.
I won't tell him that much.
This will just be another bonding experience
that we've had. -Yeah, that's how it goes.
And the good thing is, here on "The Tonight Show,"
we only do four wings.
Typically, we do ten wings on the show.
Just four here, that's the good news.
The bad news is it gets pretty hot pretty quickly.
And this first wing,
Los Calientes Rojo,
is our midway mark.
So we're already starting halfway up the mountain here.
-All right, and I know how much sauce is on there,
'cause I did this myself. -Wow.
-You can see it. I mean, I coated mine.
I went for it.
All right, so this one is just Los Calientes Rojo.
All right, here we go.
Cheers. -Cheers.
-Cheers.
-I like this a lot.
This is like a good smoky flavor. I'm in.
-Not bad. -Beautiful.
-All right, Alex, I'm going to start with you.
You've obviously had an amazing baseball career,
but you haven't stopped putting numbers on the board
in your second phase at A-Rod Corp.
What's one piece of business advice
or something you picked up on
having spent so much time around legendary Yankees' owner
George Steinbrenner?
-Surround yourself with great people.
-Wow, that's good.
That's good advice. -This is really good.
-Wow! You're going down to the bone!
Dude, me too. I tried.
-All right. Whole gang jumped in.
-By the way, I asked my wife
for some water for this,
and this is what she brought me.
[ Laughter ] It's a tiny -- it's like --
-I asked Jennifer for some water.
She said, "Get up and get it yourself."
[ Laughter ] -It's like a shot glass.
-I love it.
-Well, that's actually a rather poetic segue to this next wing
and this next question.
Here we're cranking things up a little bit.
It's a green Thai chili sauce,
but it's been doused in Carolina Reaper,
one of the hottest peppers in the world.
-Mm.
-Definitely a little bit more.
-Mm. -Like, your heat.
And then the Reaper comes in.
-It's tasty.
I'm going to put a little more on.
-Real story, Jennifer's behind you
giving me instructions on how to eat the wings.
[ Laughter ]
-Really?
She's like, "No, honey, do it this way."
-"Pace yourself."
-All right, Jimmy, that talk about the shot glass
that you have, it's a rather poetic segue,
because with you guys doing the "Tonight Show Home Edition,"
you've had to turn your wife into your director
and camera operator.
And your kids, they're like the graphics department now.
-Yeah. -Has there been a moment
that you've forgotten that they're family
and felt annoyed that they're not doing their jobs right?
-[ Laughs ] I could -- no, no.
I could never do that. I mean, my wife is a rock star.
You know what she did? She did, like, do this
with her neck as she was filming once.
And I thought she was just bored with what I was doing.
So, I was like, "Honey, what?" And she's like, "What?"
I go, "You can't roll your head or roll your eyes
while I'm doing a thing, because it looks like
what I'm saying is boring."
But that was, like, the only thing.
My graphics department, they're kind of --
sometimes they phone it in. [ Laughter ]
Like, this is not -- that's pretty bad.
That's pretty awful. So -- but they're my kids so --
Yeah, they're not here right now, so I'd say, yeah.
Do a better job. This is a little --
that's a little -- they didn't care as much.
The first couple logos were great.
And now we're -- you know, we're at week seven now,
so that's happening.
Ooh, I'm feeling a little heat.
-Well, if you're feeling a little heat now,
wait till you get to this next one.
Jimmy, I know you love Da Bomb,
but here we brought the Brain Burner along.
It's a sauce that's been smokin' guests out
on "Hot Ones: The Game Show."
So, this one's a new one for you.
-All right, ready? Alex, go for it.
-Here we go.
-Ugh, that one you feel -- -Wow.
-You start feeling it in your muscles.
[ Groaning ]
-Everybody -- -Uhh!
-Work it, shoulders over here. Whew.
-Wow, whoo! -Jimmy, believe it or not,
this is now our fourth -- this is now our fourth time
doing "Hot Ones" on "The Tonight Show."
-Whew! -I'm curious,
between past guests Priyanka Chopra,
Selena Gomez, and J.J. Watt,
which guest was most upset with you after the fact
for setting them up?
-Ah! -[ Laughs ]
-Um -- they're all a little mad.
Ooh! This one is so hot, dude!
-Wow.
-Oh, my gosh, my tongue is burning right now.
Uh!
Um -- who was the --
Man, oh, man. I think the more I exhale,
the more it hurts.
So maybe if I talk by inhaling only,
it might be better.
Be easier. And I'll exhale through my nose.
[ Gasps ] That's the secret.
[ Gasps ] So I'd say that, um,
Selena Gomez was probably the most mad.
When I went back into her dressing room,
she was throwing up in a sink.
[ Laughter ]
And she had, like, spit all over her --
from her mouth to the sink.
She was like, "Get the F out of here!"
-Whoo! -And she like, slammed the door.
It was insane, dude. I was like --
I didn't know if she'd ever talk to me ever again.
But she talks to me now. [ Talking over each other ]
-I feel like I'm going to replace Selena Gomez after this.
-Really? You're feelin' it, right?
-Whoo! -Oh, it is --
-A-Rod, does it feel like a set-up to you?
-It does. [ Laughter ]
Oh, man.
-Dude, this is when you start feeling it.
It's like, oh, my gosh.
[ Laughter ] Ugh.
-All right, well, mercifully,
we're on to the last wing.
It's the Last Dab XXX.
And it's tradition around here,
put a little extra on the last wing.
Just like this.
You don't have to if you don't want to.
-I had that on there now.
My -- this is the first time of me actually pouring these ones.
I gotta say, this Last Dab, it's real thick.
-Ooh. -All right, Alex,
you going first?
-Eh. -Yeah.
-All right, you go and then I'll go.
Cheers, guys, good luck. -Cheers.
-Nice to see you guys.
Oh, my gosh.
-Ah.
-Lemony.
A little lemon. Like, citrusy.
You can feel this one hit the back of the throat.
-Ah! -Oh!
-It scratches you -- Alex, how are you doing?
-I don't want to take another bite.
-I got tears coming out.
-All right, guys, here we are at the end of the line
and only one more hurdle to clear.
And in true "Tonight Show" fashion, we want to play
a little game with your brains on fire and your tongues ablaze.
-Whoo! -We have one of the greatest
athletes of all time sitting right here, and Jimmy --
-Thank you very much. -...what I want you to do --
-Oh, you're talking about Alex. [ Laughter ]
-Jimmy, what I want you to do is describe three athletes
without using their names.
And, Alex, it's up to you to guess who Jimmy's describing.
-Who is the guy we were just talking about, the documentary?
-Michael Jordan.
-Good. That's one. Uh -- uh --
The greatest of all time, boxer.
-Muhammad Ali.
-Um, um, my writers
wanted to see if I can get this one out,
threw me a curveball.
He's a golfer from the '80s.
-Tiger Woods, Jack Nicholson, Nicklaus.
-His last name is like an outdoor physical activity
you can play.
You need a lot of wind.
-Oh, Nick Price.
[ Laughter ]
-That doesn't make any sense. -Wait.
-No, no, no, no, no. It's an outdoor event,
you pull on a string with kids.
You run, and it needs to be windy.
-A kite?
-Yes! -Oh, Tom Kite!
-Yes! Thank you. That's it right there.
We got it. We got three, right?
[ Applause ]
-Bang, bang, three in a row,
with a little bit of assist.
And look at you guys, taking down the wings of death
in the comfort of your own homes,
but there's nothing comfortable
about what you guys just went through.
Look at A-Rod, down to the bone.
An MVP experience if I've ever seen one.
-[ Breathing heavily ] Oh, my gosh.
You guys, thank you for this.
Alex, we have another thing that we bonded over.
Sean, you are a maestro. Dude, you are the best at this.
Congrats on the show, on the game show.
TruTV Tuesday nights.
Guys, oh, my gosh, I don't know what I'm going to do
for the rest of the day.
I'm hurting right now.
This is Alex's charity, Feeding America.
Sean, I know you're working with a bunch of charities.
I don't have yours out here, but I love you,
and I'm about to leave this meeting --
Zoom meeting, and I'm going to drink this water
immediately after this, so no one thinks I did it before.
I love you guys, I can't wait to see you in person.
Thank you for this.
Jeez, gosh. I'm freaking out already.
Can you see I'm crying? These are tears.
-[ Laughs ] -This is so real.
Oh, my gosh.
All right, thanks guys, bye. Thank you.
-[ Laughs ] -Bye, Jimmy.
-Oh, my gosh. Bye, bud.