00:00What's up, everyone? It's Joe Santagato.
00:02You may recognize me from the Basem Yard podcast.
00:04I'm here with a special announcement, and that is that I will be hosting a brand new interview series
00:08right here on First We Feast called Hot Ones Game Night.
00:11Now, what is Hot Ones Game Night?
00:13It's a fantastic question.
00:15Every single week, I'll be sitting down with a celebrity guest,
00:17and we're going to be playing a hot sauce-fueled board game.
00:20We're going to be answering questions, eating wings, competing in minigames,
00:23all in the hopes of reaching the top of Mount Scoville.
00:26I think it's your turn.
00:27I'm going to tell you right now, I will shove that bottle down your throat if you roll another snake,
00:31guys.
00:31I'm feeling it.
00:32It's hot, isn't it?
00:33It feels good.
00:34Why did we create this game?
00:36Well, we wanted to bring to life the experience of going through the gauntlet of Hot Ones with Sean,
00:41and plus, you never really know anybody until you play a board game with them.
00:44My parents were super in love, and then one game of Scrabble, they're separated.
00:50The game has a series of worlds that we're going to pass through.
00:52We're going to start here in the Pepper Playground, where it's nice and easy,
00:55and then make our way into Sriracha Swamp,
00:57and then we're going to head to Habanero Heights,
00:59and eventually pass Reaper Ridge, hopefully getting to the top of Mount Scoville.
01:04And I'm going to be their Sherpa, so instead of competing against each other,
01:07we're going to work together as a team to hopefully win the game.
01:09For a scared dude, that was a huge bite.
01:11I entrusted my Sherpa.
01:13I would dial that back for the other one.
01:15So just to give you a general idea of how you play the game,
01:17you're going to be rolling the dice, and then you're going to move your piece,
01:19and you're going to land on a space, and then that corresponding color will be one of these cards.
01:23The green ones are easy interview questions.
01:25The yellow ones are challenge cards.
01:27And the red cards are hard interview questions that they can either answer or usually eat a death wing.
01:34I'm going to win!
01:36There will also be prizes won along the way.
01:39So every time we enter a new world, they'll unlock another prize.
01:43We have hot one sauces that we're going to give away.
01:45We have a personalized mystery box and a cooling treat.
01:48And if we get to the top, then we get championship rings, which I will be pawning.
01:52We have some incredible episodes coming up.
01:54Our first episode drops September 30th with my good friend, Dr. Mike.
01:58You look like you're thinking about everything you've ever thought about.
02:00I'm just thinking about if I'm going to regret this.
02:02Yeah, I regret taking the job.
02:03We also have episodes coming with Neil deGrasse Tyson.
02:08This is a good one.
02:09Who thought this question?
02:10And my co-host on the basement yard, Frank Alvarez.
02:12Good!
02:13There you go.
02:13You're a drum boy.
02:14Ba-dum-ba-bum-bum!
02:17And much more to come.
02:19I promise you've never seen celebrities in this type of interview before.
02:22Okay, so join us on September 30th.
02:24Come play game night.
02:25I'll see you there.
