Conan O'Brien on Hot Ones

About

Conan O'Brien on Hot Ones refers to an episode of the YouTube talk show and interview series Hot Ones featuring comedian and late-night show host Conan O'Brien as a guest. Released in mid-April 2024, the episode achieved virality on social media due to its many memorable moments, such as Conan O'Brien screaming "I'm fine," drinking hot sauce directly from a bottle and spurting out milk while talking about his new show.

Origin

On April 11th, 2024, episode 12 "Conan O'Brien Needs a Doctor While Eating Spicy Wings" of the YouTube^[1] talk show series Hot Ones premiered. The episode (shown below), which featured comedian and late-night show host Conan O'Brien as a guest, garnered over 2.3 million views in one day.

In the episode, Conan O'Brien did several bits, most notably pretending to be unaffected by the spiciness and pouring large quantities of sauce over his chicken wings and even licking hot sauces from his hands and drinking them directly from the bottle.

I'm fine. I'm perfectly fucking fine.

Spread

Starting on the same day, April 11th, 2024, clips from the episode received viral spread online as users commended Conan on his comedy, with some users ranking the Hot Ones episode as the "best ever."

For example, on April 11th, X^[2] user @isxrel posted a clip of Conan pouring sauce over a chicken wing and eating it, and then taking a sip from the bottle of the hot sauce, all while mocking the show's crew over being concerned for Conan. The video (shown below) received over 1,100 reposts and 18,000 likes in one day.

I love Conan on Hot Ones bc you can tell he immediately regretted it but kept it going for the bit pic.twitter.com/7R59gN7hcn

— RELAMPAGO (@isxrel) April 11, 2024

"Waaah! What's gonna happen?" What's wrong with you people? You don't know what real danger looks like anymore!

Later on April 11th, 2024, X^[3] user @PoorOldRoloTony shared another clip that gained over 3,100 reposts and 38,000 likes in one day (shown below).

There are entire Twitter accounts dedicated to sharing epic clips of comedians being about half as funny as the guy you chill with at the bar after work while Conan continues to be one of the funniest guys in show business doing the silliest shit. pic.twitter.com/PVGyohlt41

— Rolo Tony (@PoorOldRoloTony) April 11, 2024

Later that day, X^[4] user @fakejakebrowne then made a thread of memorable clips from the episode for future use as reaction videos (shown below).

Thread of Conan Hot Ones gifs I will be using until the internet stops working: pic.twitter.com/790TjAo1LD

— Jake Browne (@fakejakebrowne) April 11, 2024

In addition to multiple clips from the episode going viral, it also inspired discussions about Conan O'Brien's GOAT status and fan art.

Various Examples

conan has a new show on max, calls it hbo max, realizes his mistake, calls it max and then can’t get past it being a dumb name, he’s so goated pic.twitter.com/L3QZdeUXl5

— Chris Alsikkan ™ (@AlsikkanTV) April 11, 2024

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