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Conan O'Brien's 'Hot Ones' is an unhinged work of comedic brilliance

Conan O'Brien's 'Hot Ones' interview is 25 minutes of controlled chaos that has to rank among the craziest — and best — episodes to date.

Displaying an uncomfortable (for him, or for us) amount of seriousness, O'Brien discusses the worst thing a guest can do on a talk show — turning to the audience and remarking how bad it's going. Evans begins to struggle (and hiccup) with the heat and, finally, his guest is forced to admit, "This one, I'm not gonna lie, I'm feeling it a little bit… it's just starting to peek through." Doubling down on his past mistakes, O'Brien takes the next sauce, bathes his wing with it, then rubs it on his hands, onto his mouth, and on his nipples all over his button-up shirt, exclaiming, "I've never felt so alive!

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