Marcello Hernández Goes Into Fight or Flight While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot Ones

This is your job you do this for a living you watch people suffer Hey, what's going on everybody for first we feast I'm Sean Evans and you're watching hot ones It's the show with hot questions and even hotter wings. And today we're joined by Marcelo Hernandez He's a stand-up comedian actor and staple cast member on Saturday Night Live Check out his debut comedy special American Boy Which is currently streaming on Netflix and while you're at it visit Marcelo dot live for show and tour dates near you Marcelo Hernandez, welcome to the show. Thank you. How would you describe your relationship with spicy food before we get started? I have heard you say that you think a meal should be peaceful. Yes, I would say my relationship with spicy food is broken I just think some people I understand. I understand why people love it I understand people are like, you know, I mean what if food was also a roller coaster? But I get it. It's like makes it fun and exciting and it clears your sinuses out But I prefer a lunch breakfast or dinner with no mucus, you know, or no sweat, you know So that's just a couple of the reasons why me and spicy food have a complicated relationship I'm gonna do the first one with no performance enhancers. Okay Hmm That first one is I've watched the show. The first one's easy You know me the first one it lulls you into a sense of comfort ability That is later going to be destroyed by the rest of it, you know too much. Yes. That was good. That was fun So a lot of your special American boy centers on growing up around women, you know There's a lot of material about body suits and beauty appointments and Brazilian waxes What if anything did that environment growing up actually teach you about women that most men your age don't know? It just maybe gave me a little bit more patience and understanding with women, you know I think sometimes guys they go through a lot with women where they're like, she's complicated or she's you know Difficult to deal with or whatever, you know men say that sometimes about women and I think it gave me a little bit more of a Patient attitude because I know that they're going through a lot Imagine like before the date not only did you get ready for three hours? But you talk to your boys for like four hours about this person. You're like, I'm excited for this thing It might be a cool thing I met him like this and this was what happened and then this happened in this and you'd explain this date and why it's important For you to go on it to your friends for hours And then you get there you prepared for three hours your whole friend group knows about it's an event it's an event and then you show up and then the person is like, you know, I mean, I live with my mom and It just hits harder like whoa What a waste of time and money and emotional energy That bite was bigger than it should have been Okay, copper gene Nice to meet you What's it like to have the banger sketch that night on Saturday night live? Like when you really shine on the show on Saturday, does that make going into work on Monday any easier? Um, no Monday does feel like a blank slate, but it does make the party on after the show feel cool and fun, you know Because it's hard to celebrate When nothing has really happened. Mmm, but when you have a good sketch and you're like with the writers and you're like man We did it can soak in the glory. Oh, yeah, we did it this week. It's so exciting I'm gonna do a performance enhancer just because of the color. I'm racially profiling this wing make no apologies Do what you got to do over here. How does she do it? She like licked her ASA, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, she licked it like it was a little bump a little bump of this Immediately after mm-hmm and then hit it the etch-a-sketch. Yeah, shake it clean. Mm-hmm Wow That's good Wow What's the secret to a perfect Cuban croqueta like from filling to crunch? What are you looking for in one? That's elite. It's gotta be hot, you know a cold croquette up Okay All right, man. Welcome to the show Marcelo Definitely crunch on the outside the inside it should be Soft but also textured Food from the Dominican Republic. It doesn't really get its flowers Yeah The way that Cuban food does is there an underrated dish from the DR that you think people are sleeping on? Mungu mungu mungu. I also love a Sangocho you want to say that one time sangocho? Yeah. Nice. There's Um, I like some culture quite a bit to let that company. Yeah Do you have a go-to colada order and is there a right or wrong way to drink a cafecito? When I was younger my abuela julieta my grandmother she would make me a cafe con leche, which is coffee with milk and some sugar and then you grab a Toast Cuban toast Cuban bread and you dip it Frank. You know, I mean, I know exactly what you Frank Yeah, bite that take that for a spin dude at 7 in the morning Turbocharged turbocharged dude go to school make someone's meet someone meet someone hate their job This color is also unsettling You get some sugar Yeah, you got a whole process now. Yeah, they're making a mess but Lord anything to survive Mm-hmm. I like the way these guys are looking at me No, I get it Mm-hmm Yeah, there's a moment of tension. Mm-hmm. Yeah after each bite in this room Chasing it with the sugar What kind of culture shock did you experience moving from Miami to then go to college and suburban Cleveland? Like did you have any sort of defining? We're not in Kansas anymore moments First time I got I went out in Cleveland and I'm getting ready to go out and I put on a little button-down little tight Pants, you know me a little button-down little white sneakers, Miami. Yeah, right a button-down little tight pants So white sneakers little jacket cuz it's gonna be cold outside and then I go I'm like, all right boys I'm gonna meet up with you guys. Where you guys at? We're over here We're on Meadowbrook, you know, and then I go to Meadowbrook and it's all just like like hoodies with hockey jerseys over it I'm like who let you do this? In Miami if you want to date a girl you go. Hey, let's go Let's go eat sushi and then let's go to Mary's and let's live this adult romantic experience in Cleveland They're like, you know, you asked a girl good. Do you want to go with me to Chipotle? We're gonna walk Can't stand romance, you know what I mean? Yeah, you're gonna tell me to bite again And you're at the halfway mark which is nothing to sneeze at I know dude, I'm proud of myself I know it's gonna get violent. I know it is but so far so far so good feet, man And your eyes are always the same. We'll see you're always looking at me with those eyes brother. Here we go Mm-hmm. Oh My god and find your spot find your place. There it is You know, it is, you know, this was a real one, huh centered you go. This just got started Beat on the ground. Well, let's get this show started Okay, so yeah, go ahead. Yeah, you shot your special at Olympia Theatre in front of a hometown crowd How would you describe Miami as a comedy city? Like does it have a distinctive sense of humor? You sick puppy Miami is more like a hustler economy for a comedy the improv theaters There's a couple in Miami There's just a money and just a funny and villain theater and you go used to I used to go there all the time I'm gonna hit you man this guy. He's just smiling young. So yeah Young soon young sue Man Yes, it's hustler it's hustler I used to go on time There's this guy named Manny that does a bunch of shows down there and he just does very random little spots you know, there's have-nots comedy club there's What makes Mary's coin laundry a quintessential Miami experience, yes, brother I'm just trying to say their name as much as possible So they don't go out of business because it's my favorite place on earth and it's a coin laundry and a cafeteria So I can't tell which one makes the money But oh I did the face yeah, that was close that was really close It's funny because you you bring somebody into a panic and then you tell them not what to do with their hands So Mary's coin laundry is just it's a quintessential experience everybody goes I really don't want it to get packed with like tourists because I know there's so many locals that go there to get their Morning coffee, you know such a quintessential experience in Miami people are going there before work after work Five more actually But you saw how long it took me to recover from the last one Whoa little bite, but I hate it when people don't bite at all You know what? I mean that pisses me off when I'm watching the show and someone who has So, you know what we're coming we're committing kamikaze feel embarrassed about my eating station I've seen way worse on this show What you just said reminds me of something. Mm-hmm You said I've seen worse on the show right break and that's supposed to be a compliment for me That's how you meant to say right so when I was in Elementary school my mom was like I want to go mom. I want to go to this party this weekend My mom goes, okay, you want to go to this party this weekend? You got to get a note from your teacher at the end of the week telling me how you behave that week Okay, and I go great fantastic. So every day, you know, I'm doing my best Not perfect But I'm doing my best. You know, I mean, I'm going less than usual At the end of the week I go up to the teacher out of nowhere at the end of class. I go. Hey Miss Hutton, can you please write a note to my mom about how I behave this week? It's the only way she can let me out of the house and she goes. Well, I thought it was average and I go Okay, cool. Just write it down That's I think that's gonna work and then she wrote she wrote down. Hello mrs. Hernandez your son's behavior this week was mediocre Love miss Hutton and I read it and I go yes, you know I mean, I'm excited because I but they there was an O and I said mediocre because that's a bad word It's worse than average. Exactly. Yeah, exactly man and She got so offended by that. She was like mediocre She said you were mediocre. My son is mediocre and in English It's like it doesn't sound as aggressive but listen to this ready. Well me who is so mediocre Sounds dark it does. Yeah that has a knife's edge. Yes So she said that to me a few times and safe to say I did not go out I was that's what was my father when you said you've seen worse I go even if miss Hutton would have wrote I've there was worse behavior I had a class my mom still I didn't mean to trigger this event, okay This one is called eight dragon. You better not tell me what it's called Okay, so your MLB weekend update bit it made you basically famous overnight Do you have any sort of working theory as to why the Dominican Republic despite being a relatively small country? Produces an incomprehensible number of elite baseball players. I think the Dominican Republic is like the Brazil of baseball Right Brazil is obviously bigger country. But when you think about Brazil you go, okay the best players of all time in soccer Have been people that came from nothing What's the game that people are playing in this country as the way out of their situation for the Dominican Republic? That's baseball It's an emotional experience, you know Latin baseball players when they you know You think about American guys that maybe they come from a nice home in the suburbia and they work their butt off and they made it To the MLB, right? They hit a home run they go That's fine. I did that. That's fine when you come from a small village in the Dominican Republic and you made it and you took you got out of there and You gave your mom a house and you finally put you know Gave your family some more stability and you are the reason you are the ticket for your family to make it out of a difficult Situation when you hit a home run brother Let that thing fly row that bad as far as you can You know what? I mean, you talk to Jesus for an hour when you finish because it's just such a big thing This next one is da bomb beyond insanity Okay, I'm the eighth spot. You're doing great. Yeah, okay some turbulence along the way It's just a sinister laugh back there, okay You're saying this is gonna be bumpy Yeah, it's turbulent. I Do love a white pilot You know what? It doesn't even taste like food It's almost like a poison. Yeah, your body kind of rejects it And then same wavelength throw it on the fire Lips lighting up. Yeah Did that help you shut your mouth So you're gonna ask me a question I know But it's got a nice long white wind up to it. Uh-huh. So you have some time to recover? But you know before Saturday Night Live and Netflix specials, you did a tick-tock show called only in Dade Yeah, which reported on news and cultural updates out of Miami-Dade County So what I want to do is bounce some headlines off of you. Okay. No, some of them are from Miami Oh others are from other parts of the country and I'm just wondering as a Self-appointed journalist of record for South Florida if you can spot which is which okay Lawyers pants erupt in flames during arson trial in court. Was that out of Miami? No someplace else somewhere else It was actually out of Miami Attorney Steven Gutierrez Fled the court and later returned unharmed with a single pocket blaming a faulty battery and his e-cigar Up next monkey in high chair bites boy at Italian restaurant. No, not in Miami Actually, it is in Miami a nine-month-old Capuchin monkey named Jojo was eating dinner at Carrabba's when it bit an eight-year-old boy trying to pet the animal in its high chair Ending a weekly tradition known as monkey Mondays. Would you like some ice cream? Yeah. All right, we can make that happen incoming You were ready, huh? Why did she not come in? Why did she wait just finding that moment finding that pocket? Woman gets jail after unleashing swarm of bees on sheriff's deputies during an eviction Unleashed a swarm of bees on sheriff's deputies during an eviction in Miami or not in Miami Could be in Miami. It is Miami coded, but that's actually out of Longmeadow, Massachusetts Oh, yeah, I've been there very nice town Man faces up to 20 years in prison for allegedly trying to smuggle birds in his pants Miami it doesn't matter It is Miami Miami Customs officials at Miami International Airport found 16 Cuban bull finches that had been sewn into the interior of the elderly man's trousers Go ahead. Take a lap and I have to say for someone who came in, you know With almost no spice experience you're in rarefied air Listen I'll tell you this man. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Let me know this. I love you, man I love you right back. I think you're a good guy. You're people a platform Not without a price no No, there's a caveat. There's a catch but you give people a platform, you know, you made this thing I'm not getting emotional. I just it's I understand back But it's nice what you do, you know for artists and under and entertainers and you give them a Platform to promote their stuff and it's nice, you know, I don't know if you know, you get that type of gratitude, you know I appreciate you employing a lot of people a very diverse group of people There's very few white guys We got a couple. We got a very few. Yeah, very few and I will not be doing the last dab I don't care what you say. I just had a full experience Okay Not a walk in the park. Not easy, but after the last one I'm looking back at the last one. I'm getting like anxiety Was I crazy? Was I a little crazy with the last one? No, no this guy said yes Bill bill bill looks like he could be Latino. Are you Latino bill? No Okay. Well siento Or a photographer actually though is Miami Cubano actually Take your hat off for a second. Oh my god Guys come on Guys Guys which one of these guys is Cuban the guy wearing a crewneck or the guy wearing a silk shirt You could be Cuban, that's the proof Wow, that's awesome. He's dressed like a Cuban guy Wow And now it's hot in there oh God, okay. Oh God, I want to destroy. What if I start this destroying stuff? I'll keep the cameras cool, but I'll knock over all yeah Yeah, cameras are expensive. All right, that's the last time brother and with that Marcello Hernandez the wings of death are behind us and to close things out, you know as we've learned today your comedy your perspective Largely shaped by the women you grew up around What would a protective mom say about the experience of doing hot ones? Do you think it's possible you're scolded for eating to bomb on camera after this? Well, my mom's hey mom has gotten cool she's gotten cool, but Cuz she knows this is good for my career, you know She sees the big picture, yeah, but if this was like recreational she'd be like don't do that Don't do that. Don't eat that You're gonna feel bad But you know what? You have to feel good right now taking on the wings of death living to tell the tale now There's nothing left to do but roll out the red carpet for you this camera this camera this camera Let the people know what you have going on in your life. I I uh, I did a movie. I did a movie over the summer with Kevin Hart comes out in July My special still available on Netflix American boy, uh Shout out to my mom My mom my dad my stepdad my sister I deal by beetle You Get people into like, uh, it's a trippy experience. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, and I just try to be like a shaman through it all It's horrible. Where you going with that? And then there's nowhere to run You know who's behind here probably all the people from squid games Some rich guy sitting there with masks on yes, dude, you keep Keep taking the stuff dude these guys they want to clean up Where am I doing? I'm just happy to not be on the receiving end fight it off You gotta put that in somewhere I don't know where it's a funny bit and I did it Here at hot ones we take spice and flavor very seriously and now we're cranking up the heat on barbecue with our brand new Line of hot ones barbecue sauces hot ones barbecue sauces are made with real ingredients like tomato Molasses lime honey, and of course real chili peppers like chipotle and serrano for a hit of fire Get ready to dip drizzle slather glaze Everything from nuggets to fries pulled pork sandwiches and slow smoked ribs Find new hot ones spicy barbecue flavors at select retailers near you or order on mine at hot ones comm