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[clapper board clacks]
[sighs]
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[crunching]
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It's hot.
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Anyone, anyone wanna try it?
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Oh, we got a brave soul here.
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NARRATOR: As we film
this documentary project...
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This, this is a scorpion pepper.
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Scorpion pepper?
AUREA DE GUZMAN: Yeah.
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NARRATOR: ...it wasn't long
before our crew was pulled
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into the fire.
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INTERVIEWER:
You understand the risks associated?
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I do understand the risks
that's associated
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with eating a superhot.
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If I don't make it, just let
my mom know that I love her.
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NARRATOR:
The longer we revolved in their orbit,
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the stronger the gravitational pull
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and the deeper we went.
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Oh my-- [sighs]
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[chuckling] It's so hot.
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Whose chili is this?
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INTERVIEWER:
This was grown by Bobby McFadden.
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AUREA: This was grown by--
- Bobby.
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AUREA:
Yeah. The Mighty Mustache.
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[sighs] We're not friends anymore.
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[slurping]
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AUREA:
You should have called your mommy.
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Oh, God. [sniffles]
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AUREA:
Look at all the chili peppers in here.
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BOBBY MCFADDEN:
Oh, my God.
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NARRATOR:
We learned firsthand and first mouth
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just how hot
Bobby McFadden's superhots can be.
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But while Bobby grows scorchers,
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he's still just learning
about the Filipino-inspired heat
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Aurea de Guzman has mastered.
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BOBBY: Smells good.
AUREA: Yeah.
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There's jujubes, there's goji berries.
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BOBBY: There's so many ingredients
that I have never had.
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What kind of-- Do you know which--
They're just basic chili peppers?
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I think these are just
regular Thai peppers.
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Thai peppers?
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Well, there's a first
for everything I suppose.
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Alright.
AUREA: Ready?
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Yeah.
AUREA: Cheers.
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Mm.
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NARRATOR: Bobby and Aurea
always talk spice,
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but today it's with a purpose.
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So I have peppers for you.
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[Aurea gasps]
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NARRATOR:
The two are eager to hatch a plan
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to make new hot sauces together
that combine their efforts.
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AUREA:
Which ones did you bring me?
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I think I brought you
some Golden Reapers.
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Um, Chocolate Primotalii for you.
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A couple Orange Gushers.
The big ones.
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Awesome.
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And, uh, I think going down
to North Carolina,
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I think it'll help us kind of further
our journey here
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and what we're doing.
- Mm-hmm.
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Johnny's gonna be down
in North Carolina.
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Troy's gonna be visiting us.
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It's gonna be really awesome,
especially meeting Vic down there.
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NARRATOR:
Next weekend in North Carolina,
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there's an event that's fueling
the rush to cook up a new hot sauce.
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It's a small batch hot sauce showcase
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that will draw big names,
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hosted by an industry legend
named Vic Clinco,
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owner of the world's largest
hot sauce collection.
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If you ask anyone
who enjoys hot sauces,
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they will know who Vic Clinco is.
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He's that big of a legend.
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I don't know if he knows who, who I am,
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but I know who he is.
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BOBBY:
This is so good.
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Yes, the spice is starting
to get to my nose and stuff.
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I need a new napkin, though.
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Oh, my goodness.
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♪ dramatic theme playing ♪
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[flames crackling]
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[bubbling]
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[flames sizzling]
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♪ dramatic music playing ♪
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BOBBY: I'm really excited
about making hot sauce with you.
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We're trying to do
about 30 bottles each,
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just to kind of give people a taste.
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It's a bit nipply in here.
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AUREA:
It's a bit cold.
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BOBBY: I'm ready. Let's start going.
AUREA: Okay.
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Get going.
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We got a lot of work
here today for sure.
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NARRATOR:
After years of being BFFs online,
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Aurea and Bobby are finally
in the kitchen together
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in real life.
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In preparation for Vic's
hot sauce showcase,
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they're crafting two new sauces
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that combine Aurea's Filipino spices
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with Bobby's superhots.
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AUREA:
I can't wait for people to try it,
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'cause I think, I think
my hot sauce is good.
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He thinks his hot sauce is great.
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It would be nice to get some validation
from other people.
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[blender whirring]
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BOBBY:
That's 12 ounces of apricots
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and 14 ounces of raspberries.
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You wanna try this?
AUREA: Yeah.
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BOBBY:
Here, it's just a base.
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Let me know if it's sweet enough.
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Yeah.
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So imagine that with some heat
and air and a little--
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I don't think it needs any more sugar.
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Now I just need to figure out
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how many peppers I want to use.
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AUREA: A lot!
- And then I just got
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to duplicate this a bunch of times.
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[Aurea chuckles]
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So with the tropical
fruity kind of a hot sauce,
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I want it to kind of come
at a different angle
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than I thought everyone else would.
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Have you seen an apricot raspberry,
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you know,
superhot ice cream hot sauce?
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Yes. Hot sauce
and ice cream is delicious.
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Uh, you get that sweet flavor first
and you get the mild tingle.
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The little spiciness
at the back of it, yeah.
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INTERVIEWER: Wow.
- It's good.
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AUREA: How do you feel
about 50 grams of the pepper?
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Oof. [sputters]
AUREA: Oy vey!
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That's gonna be a spicy boy!
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NARRATOR:
Both of the sauces they're crafting
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are a little risky.
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There are very few
dessert sauces out there.
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AUREA:
Smell the turmeric.
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BOBBY: That's interesting.
AUREA: Yeah.
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BOBBY:
It has that rooty smell to it.
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Yep.
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NARRATOR:
And almost none
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that incorporate the Filipino flavors
Aurea's adding
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to the mix.
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[blender whirring]
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I think it needs more spice.
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BOBBY: More spice?
- Yeah.
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With his peppers,
my knowledge of flavors,
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I think that could work well
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and we can create something great.
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NARRATOR: Bringing something
like this to the market
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is a roll of the dice
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but one that could make oodles
and oodles of money
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if it all goes to plan.
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And now you can taste it.
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BOBBY:
That's a perfect hot sauce.
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♪ dramatic music playing ♪
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♪
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NARRATOR: While some look
to figure out where they fit
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in the world of superhot,
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there are just
a few pepper personalities
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who can do whatever they want.
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And Johnny Scoville
does whatever he wants.
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JOHNNY SCOVILLE: I'll show you guys
what I brush my teeth with.
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It's hot all the time.
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This is ghost pepper
infused toothpaste, no joke.
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NARRATOR:
Johnny's a jack of many trades.
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So long as all of those trades
involve superhots.
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His time is spent reviewing peppers
on his YouTube channel.
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My ears are burning.
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NARRATOR: Searching for
the hottest peppers on the planet.
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The JP Piranha, that's a contender.
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NARRATOR:
And then from time to time...
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ANNOUNCER:
Representing the USA,
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Johnny "Chase the Heat" Scoville!
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NARRATOR:
...stepping into the arena
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to eat peppers competitively.
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First and foremost,
I'm a pepper junkie.
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That's what I do.
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Birds fly, fish swim, I eat hot peppers,
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and that's kind of it.
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I've been fortunate enough
to be in pepper contests
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in five or six different countries
all over the world.
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Um, so that's a thrill for me.
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I-- you know, I used to run marathons
and the first step,
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the gun goes off, and the first step
of a marathon is terrifying,
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'cause you've taken one step
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and you've got 26.2 miles
ahead of you.
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And it's the same feeling
when you sit down
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at a pepper contest and you got--
they give you the first pepper.
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It's like, it is just the start,
it's gonna be brutal.
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But I love that.
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That is the chemical formula
for capsaicin.
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And if you use your imagination
just a little bit,
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can't you see the name Johnny in that?
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For real.
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Got your J, your O,
your N, your H, and then Y.
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NARRATOR:
Tonight, he's returning
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to the competitive eating ring.
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And this is no local bar night
for chiliheads.
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It is a mega pepper-eating event
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that the entire chili world is waiting for
with bated breath.
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A one-on-one
League of Fire main event
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against the undefeated
UK Chili Queen Shahina Waseem.
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Now I've competed
against her three times already,
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once in London.
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Right to the end, I was pepper for pepper.
I was as tough as she was.
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And then the last round
is this speed round,
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where they bring you
a platter of peppers.
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Now even a-- Look,
a speed round would be bad
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if you haven't already consumed
a lot of peppers.
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It's still a nightmare.
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ANNOUNCER:
Yeah! We have a winner!
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[audience cheering]
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JOHNNY: So I met her the second time
in Sacramento, the rematch.
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That was my best performance
with her, we tied.
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At one point, I leaned over
and I said something to her,
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and what I said to her is,
"I eat one more pepper,
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I'm spraying pepper in front
of the first five rows."
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And she couldn't eat any more.
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So we both tapped at the same time.
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[announcer exclaims]
[audience cheers]
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It wasn't something we planned.
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As much as people think
we did, we didn't.
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The third match, we flew to Belgium
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and I was really close
to doing it in Belgium but didn't.
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She beat me in Belgium,
speed round again.
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I'm done.
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[audience cheering]
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Well, number one, I don't like losing.
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Somehow, she always edges me out
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and, and it-- [stammering]
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it's mind boggling,
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It really-- I can't keep--
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I feel today's my day,
I'm gonna beat her.
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That's it. I feel it.
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I want to see her go,
"I can't, Johnny,
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I can't take any more."
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Showtime, people.
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♪ dramatic music playing ♪
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♪ suspenseful music playing ♪
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NARRATOR:
It's been said
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that life is a series of failures
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punctuated by brief successes.
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So you better be ready
for the setbacks,
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because sure as a pepper
is hot, they're a-comin'.
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This week, those setbacks
have come one after another
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for veteran grower Jimmy Pickles.
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JIMMY PICKLES:
This time of the year,
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the deer will get, uh,
extremely hungry.
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They're starving,
so they will do anything at any cost.
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So what-what's happened is a buck
came here with its antlers,
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clips it in here, walks backwards,
and rips it out.
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NARRATOR: With autumn
in full swing in Pennsylvania,
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there are only a few weeks left
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before cold weather ends
the pepper growing season.
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So every pod is precious
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as he plans to convert
his harvest into cash,
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which is why he can't afford
to lose as many as he has.
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Doesn't take long
for a deer to come out
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and just top off plants.
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NARRATOR:
Bethel Park, Pennsylvania is overrun
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by white-tailed deer.
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And as of late,
they've been ravaging Jimmy's crop.
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It's worth mentioning,
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birds don't have capsaicin receptors,
but mammals do.
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So when these deer eat superhot,
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capsaicin melts their antlers
and lights their eyes on fire.
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An example, it could come up
to a plant like this
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and just top it like that.
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Now you gotta spend three months
growing it all back
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when you could have just put up
a simple fence.
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Okay, I'm-I'm pretty much done.
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NARRATOR: Jimmy's doing all he can
to fend off the deer
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and save his superhots.
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But animals aren't the only ones
he's watching out for.
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Fearful of seed ninjas and rival growers
getting their hands on his Piranha,
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Jimmy is not taking any chances.
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JIMMY: Um, I've put a little bit
of a booby trap to keep people out,
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and my business plan is
to actually get outta this property,
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get one with a, uh, seven-foot,
eight-foot privacy fence.
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And, uh, you know, if the JP Piranha
ends up being the world's hottest,
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I could always get security guards.
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NARRATOR:
All of this might just be paranoia.
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But just the other day,
that paranoia was fueled
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by an unexpected intruder.
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That's a fun story
I, uh, I'd love to tell y'all,
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is, uh, it wasn't, it wasn't anybody
in the chili community,
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but it was a neighbor.
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Uh, the parents were out of town.
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It was like the high school football team
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and the cheerleaders
all hanging out.
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It must have been after a game.
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I wake up.
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There's, uh, some guy,
I think a football player,
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laying in my backyard, throwing up,
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and just sweating profusely
and sick.
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I found him there and he's like,
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"Dude, what are you gonna do to me?
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You're not gonna call
the cops, are you?"
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I said, "No, your punishment's
going through right now."
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I said, "Dude, did that get you far
with the cheerleaders?
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"No, that got you sick, and now they're,
now they're probably hitting
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on your friends."
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I should have thrown
a business card on him
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when, when he was laying
there suffering.
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"For the love of God," throwing up,
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and I can just freaking
business card right at him.
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NARRATOR: Jimmy Pickles is focused
only on his crop
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and all who threaten it.
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But outside his Bethel Park fortress,
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all attention is on Johnny Scoville,
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as he threatens to end Shahina Waseem's
epic winning streak.
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In only a few hours,
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the chili world will come
to a standstill
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to witness two pepper heavyweights
lock horns.
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♪ dramatic music plays ♪
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PAUL OURO: A duel between you
and Johnny in a boxing ring.
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[Shahina chuckles]
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PAUL:
Doesn't get bigger than this.
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I always think there's
a big analogy with boxing
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because I've always loved boxing.
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With this event, you know, like,
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I remember this movie
called Rocky, right?
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I'm saying that as if
no one's heard of it.
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Everyone knows what that is.
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And it always fascinated me
how Apollo Creed and Rocky,
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they kind of became friends
but had this kind of respect
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for each other, but it was like
when no one--
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they didn't care
about people seeing,
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they just wanted the two
of them just to duke it out
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in a ring, just the two of them,
just to,
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just to, just to battle each other
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and see, like, who is really
the best, you know?
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It's fantastic.
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Oh, there he is.
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SHAHINA WASEEM:
Oh, my goodness.
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[laughs] Hi, Johnny.
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PAUL: [laughs] I don't know whether
to run and give you a hug or--
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I like it.
[Paul laughs]
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SHAHINA:
How are you?
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Oh, so good to see you.
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So good to see you.
PAUL: There he is.
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I went back last night,
and I watched the event in London.
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And I watched the, the Sacramento one,
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and I watched one in Belgium.
SHAHINA: Yeah. Yeah.
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I just have a plan.
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- You have a game plan today?
- I absolutely do.
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I never did before.
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SHAHINA:
I'm like, "Oh, my God, what is this?"
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Every competition that I go into,
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I think I'm going to lose,
I'm never confident.
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I never get complacent,
and I don't have any superpowers,
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except I think
my mental strength.
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And that is what gets me through.
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And that is what drives me.
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And then obviously with this pressure
of, um, trying to get to 100,
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I've got this goal.
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The pressure is immense.
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NARRATOR:
Shahina is undefeated as a chili eater
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in League of Fire recognized bouts.
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Now closing in
on 100 consecutive wins.
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In about one hour,
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they'll unfold the next chapter
in their rivalry.
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PAUL:
These two fighters.
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It's not a regular
chili-eating contest, okay?
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This is the pinnacle,
the way we see it.
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- Oh, I see.
- Alright. Now look at each other.
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Okay.
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PAUL:
Three, two, one.
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♪ dramatic music playing ♪
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[bell rings]
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♪ upbeat music playing ♪
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NARRATOR:
Whether it's a fire-eating monster,
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howling wolf,
or flaming woodpecker,
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the hot sauce label is everything.
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♪
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I was in a band,
uh, called Santeria.
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We were like this
southern rock and roll,
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kind of like a stoner rock.
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When we put out albums,
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it was always equally important
to have a great piece
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of album art to go along
with the music.
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It almost made the album sound better.
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VIC CLINCO: So if you think about
the hot sauce shop, right?
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That may have
a thousand different sauces,
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you know, across their walls,
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what's gonna make someone, right?
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A-A customer out of all of those
thousand bottles come right, boop,
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right to your sauce.
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For me, the first thing I look at,
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the thing that catches
my eye is the color
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of the sauce inside,
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the label, the artwork.
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The design, the letters pop,
it just kind of speaks to you,
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and then behind that label
is the beautiful color
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of whatever sauce that is.
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It's gotta, like, stand out for sure.
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NARRATOR: Well, now is Bobby
and Aurea's chance
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to make theirs pop.
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After crafting a new signature hot sauce
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in anticipation of a big event
next weekend,
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they've called in a graphic designer
to create a label so interesting,
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you'll be talking about it
for the rest of your life.
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So, tell me about your products.
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It's gonna be superhot.
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00:16:52,806 --> 00:16:55,517
Well, we're gonna make,
uh, a couple different hot sauces.
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00:16:55,517 --> 00:16:56,351
BOBBY:
Yeah.
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AUREA: Um, and we want a label
for each one of them.
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DESIGNER: And so is there
anything personal to your life that, like,
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00:17:02,148 --> 00:17:05,402
you know, you have
some kind of connection on,
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00:17:05,402 --> 00:17:06,903
both of you in a sense?
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AUREA:
We both love plants.
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00:17:08,071 --> 00:17:08,989
Okay.
BOBBY: Yeah.
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00:17:08,989 --> 00:17:10,031
We love gardening--
DESIGNER: Yeah,
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'cause that's what brought you
together originally.
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- Hot sauce.
- And, and you love your dog.
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00:17:13,952 --> 00:17:15,745
[Bobby laughs]
- I love my dog very much. I mean--
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I love her dog, too.
He's such a sweet dog.
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Oh, hi, my Chewch, hello.
He's come to join us.
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00:17:22,168 --> 00:17:23,003
[dog snorts]
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00:17:24,337 --> 00:17:26,548
This is my son, my youngest boy.
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This is Chewie Vuitton.
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That's his full name.
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He's a troublemaker,
as you can see.
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He has been my companion
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when I'm out in the garden
working on my plants.
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I've actually taught him how
to harvest peppers for me.
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He has to, you know, earn his living.
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[Chewie growls]
[Aurea laughs]
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DESIGNER: Oh, my gosh,
he has a personality. Yeah.
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Like, look, he's taking selfies
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and he likes putting on clothes.
[laughter]
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DESIGNER:
Okay.
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And you dress him
better than most humans.
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[all laugh]
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00:17:59,998 --> 00:18:02,918
The label is the clickbait of the bottle.
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DESIGNER:
Here's Chewie.
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He's just a cute, lovable dog.
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00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:10,717
And people love dogs,
and why not put him on a bottle?
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00:18:10,717 --> 00:18:12,135
I think it would be a good thing.
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00:18:12,135 --> 00:18:15,513
Give him some kind of, um, wings
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00:18:15,513 --> 00:18:17,432
of some sort, you know?
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00:18:17,432 --> 00:18:19,809
Um, and, uh, this is getting--
- Oh, my gosh,
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00:18:19,809 --> 00:18:21,811
that's going so awesome.
[Bobby and Aurea laugh]
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00:18:21,811 --> 00:18:23,396
Uh, add a--
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BOBBY:
With everything I've seen,
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we're definitely moving forward
on some sort of hot sauce brand.
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00:18:27,192 --> 00:18:29,236
We have a lot of big plans together.
442
00:18:29,736 --> 00:18:32,989
Can't believe Chewie's gonna be
on a hot sauce label. [laughing]
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♪ energetic music playing ♪
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BOBBY:
That's funny.
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♪ dramatic music playing ♪
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PAUL: Are you ready?
SHAHINA: Wow.
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00:18:40,330 --> 00:18:41,498
PAUL:
Champion goes first.
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NARRATOR:
In the world of peppers,
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both friendships and divisions
are formed online.
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Tonight, it will also be
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where a legendary rivalry writes
its next chapter,
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as Shahina puts
her 95-match win streak on the line
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against Johnny Scoville
in a League of Fire main event.
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PAUL: Good luck, guys.
See you on the other side.
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00:19:03,478 --> 00:19:04,479
SHAHINA:
Thank you.
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00:19:04,479 --> 00:19:05,564
PAUL:
You'll have 10 rounds.
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00:19:06,147 --> 00:19:08,275
Now if at the end of that 10 rounds,
they're still there,
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then we're gonna have
to throw down a load of peppers,
459
00:19:11,903 --> 00:19:14,447
and then it's a matter
of "Three, two, one, go."
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And then they have to eat 'em
as quick as they can.
461
00:19:16,616 --> 00:19:19,160
And then whoever eats them quickest
is your winner.
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NARRATOR:
As with all League of Fire events,
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if either vomits or drinks milk,
they're out.
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But beyond that,
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there's nothing ordinary
about this bout.
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These two will be pushed to the limit
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with more superhots per round
than ever before.
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00:19:36,344 --> 00:19:37,596
[bell rings]
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00:19:40,265 --> 00:19:45,478
♪ dramatic music playing ♪
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PAUL:
Okay, it's round one.
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[bell rings]
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♪ upbeat music plays ♪
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JOHNNY:
Hot right away, right?
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Oh, my God.
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00:19:54,070 --> 00:19:55,780
♪
476
00:19:55,780 --> 00:19:57,157
[drumming fingernails]
477
00:19:57,157 --> 00:19:59,034
Wow, you're quick, Johnny.
478
00:20:00,118 --> 00:20:02,662
I had my first pepper
and I looked up at Johnny
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00:20:02,662 --> 00:20:03,955
and he finished the three,
480
00:20:03,955 --> 00:20:06,666
and he just had one left on his plate,
I had three more.
481
00:20:06,666 --> 00:20:07,792
How did he do it so fast?
482
00:20:07,792 --> 00:20:10,128
And I'm still struggling
to finish my first one.
483
00:20:10,587 --> 00:20:11,963
Going for your throat already, right?
484
00:20:12,505 --> 00:20:14,049
Is it getting the sides
of your mouth, too?
485
00:20:14,799 --> 00:20:17,219
You're not going to your happy place,
Shan, not letting you.
486
00:20:18,553 --> 00:20:21,014
Her strategy is just that
she has an extra gear.
487
00:20:21,014 --> 00:20:22,933
That gear is,
"I'm gonna die today
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00:20:22,933 --> 00:20:24,559
before I tap out and lose to you."
489
00:20:24,559 --> 00:20:25,727
I don't have that gear.
490
00:20:26,102 --> 00:20:29,481
So what I-- My goal is just
to get in her head.
491
00:20:29,481 --> 00:20:30,899
Is it starting to build
in your throat yet?
492
00:20:30,899 --> 00:20:32,150
Are you thinking about it?
493
00:20:32,150 --> 00:20:34,152
My superpower is being able to talk.
494
00:20:34,569 --> 00:20:37,155
I could be here all day. I'm gonna talk
to you for 10 rounds.
495
00:20:37,155 --> 00:20:39,157
See if I can prevent you
from touching that switch.
496
00:20:39,699 --> 00:20:41,952
It's a pretty strong first round,
don't you think?
497
00:20:42,827 --> 00:20:44,162
It's like eating lava.
498
00:20:44,162 --> 00:20:45,664
♪ dramatic music playing ♪
499
00:20:45,664 --> 00:20:47,123
[bell rings]
PAUL: Round two.
500
00:20:47,707 --> 00:20:51,878
♪ dramatic music continues ♪
501
00:20:52,254 --> 00:20:55,173
Fruitier, attacking your throat.
502
00:20:55,173 --> 00:20:56,341
Is the side of your mouth getting it?
503
00:20:56,341 --> 00:20:57,175
Just your throat?
- Yeah.
504
00:20:57,175 --> 00:20:58,593
I can see it in your eyes.
505
00:20:58,593 --> 00:21:01,263
NARRATOR: If Johnny's power
is talking through the pain...
506
00:21:01,263 --> 00:21:02,681
It's like my tongue's swelling up.
507
00:21:02,973 --> 00:21:05,350
NARRATOR: ... Shahina's is
simply withstanding more pain
508
00:21:05,350 --> 00:21:06,851
than anyone else.
509
00:21:06,851 --> 00:21:11,273
Believe it or not, she has been
medically diagnosed as a supertaster,
510
00:21:11,273 --> 00:21:14,401
which means she has more taste buds
than the average person.
511
00:21:17,779 --> 00:21:19,322
So I am a supertaster,
512
00:21:19,322 --> 00:21:22,284
which means you feel every kind
of flavor of spice,
513
00:21:22,284 --> 00:21:24,494
like when you feel the capsaicin
514
00:21:24,494 --> 00:21:26,204
and all this other stuff
that you're having,
515
00:21:26,204 --> 00:21:28,206
you are feeling it
more than other people.
516
00:21:28,206 --> 00:21:30,625
You have excessive amounts
of taste buds on your tongue.
517
00:21:30,625 --> 00:21:33,795
So you know it's-it's one of those things,
it-- they cripple you.
518
00:21:34,379 --> 00:21:37,007
NARRATOR: Though she tastes more
and feels more than anybody,
519
00:21:37,007 --> 00:21:40,927
she somehow continues on
through sheer superhuman will.
520
00:21:41,636 --> 00:21:42,679
[pepper crunches]
521
00:21:42,679 --> 00:21:44,723
JOHNNY: Keeping you away
from that happy place switch.
522
00:21:45,181 --> 00:21:46,057
I can tell you aren't there.
523
00:21:46,057 --> 00:21:47,601
You're looking like it's bothering you.
524
00:21:49,060 --> 00:21:50,312
Paul, are you ready?
525
00:21:50,312 --> 00:21:52,772
♪ dramatic music playing ♪
526
00:21:52,772 --> 00:21:54,107
[bell rings]
527
00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:57,152
JOHNNY:
See, this is my happy place.
528
00:21:57,485 --> 00:21:58,403
[pepper crunches]
529
00:21:59,571 --> 00:22:00,989
JOHNNY:
That one popped, you hear that?
530
00:22:02,824 --> 00:22:04,618
[crunching]
531
00:22:05,118 --> 00:22:05,952
[Shahina sighs]
532
00:22:05,952 --> 00:22:07,704
They're only gonna get hotter.
What are we working with, Paul?
533
00:22:07,704 --> 00:22:09,497
Come on, man, don't tease me.
What do we got?
534
00:22:09,497 --> 00:22:11,625
♪ dramatic music playing ♪
535
00:22:12,375 --> 00:22:13,376
[pepper crunches]
536
00:22:14,085 --> 00:22:15,295
[pepper crunches]
537
00:22:16,463 --> 00:22:17,964
JOHNNY:
Yeah, just go for your throat.
538
00:22:19,049 --> 00:22:20,675
I hear that whisper
in the back of your head.
539
00:22:20,675 --> 00:22:23,929
You can just stop,
the suffering doesn't need to go on.
540
00:22:24,346 --> 00:22:25,472
Here's what makes her a freak.
541
00:22:25,472 --> 00:22:27,599
She really is just a unique specimen.
542
00:22:27,599 --> 00:22:30,310
She-- I eat peppers for,
not just for a living, it's my passion.
543
00:22:30,310 --> 00:22:32,103
I eat peppers. It's what I do.
544
00:22:32,604 --> 00:22:33,772
She doesn't.
545
00:22:34,439 --> 00:22:35,607
She doesn't like peppers.
546
00:22:36,942 --> 00:22:39,277
Let that one sink in.
She doesn't like peppers.
547
00:22:39,277 --> 00:22:41,321
She only eats them during contests.
548
00:22:41,905 --> 00:22:42,739
It bothers me.
549
00:22:43,782 --> 00:22:45,283
I'm not gonna let you go
to your happy place.
550
00:22:45,283 --> 00:22:46,660
You're staying right here with me.
551
00:22:47,869 --> 00:22:51,456
I like hot sauces, and I only have
a few drops of those.
552
00:22:51,456 --> 00:22:53,750
Like, I have a couple of drops
in my mayonnaise,
553
00:22:53,750 --> 00:22:55,168
mix it up with my food.
554
00:22:56,002 --> 00:22:59,047
But superhots,
I absolutely can't stand it.
555
00:22:59,381 --> 00:23:01,007
NARRATOR:
Considering that the taste and pain
556
00:23:01,007 --> 00:23:03,093
are excruciating for Shahina,
557
00:23:03,093 --> 00:23:05,053
and for Johnny, for that matter,
558
00:23:05,428 --> 00:23:07,681
a familiar question
must be asked:
559
00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:11,351
are these people out
of their fucking minds?!
560
00:23:11,351 --> 00:23:13,812
I mean, seriously!
Are they certifiably insane?
561
00:23:13,812 --> 00:23:15,522
You eat these things,
you shit fire,
562
00:23:15,522 --> 00:23:18,149
you're throwing up acid,
why are you doing it?!
563
00:23:18,149 --> 00:23:19,484
What is going on here?!
564
00:23:21,069 --> 00:23:21,903
You know what?
565
00:23:21,903 --> 00:23:23,738
Let's take a quick break
from the action
566
00:23:23,738 --> 00:23:27,075
for chili-obsessed Zach Goot
to try and explain it.
567
00:23:27,075 --> 00:23:30,537
No matter how deep we dive
into the lives of chiliheads,
568
00:23:30,537 --> 00:23:33,290
same question will always be asked
over and over again.
569
00:23:34,374 --> 00:23:35,208
Why?
570
00:23:35,917 --> 00:23:37,335
Why do we do this?
[pepper crunches]
571
00:23:37,335 --> 00:23:39,421
Why are we so obsessed?
572
00:23:39,796 --> 00:23:42,632
Some people do it
because they like the pain.
573
00:23:42,632 --> 00:23:44,926
Some people do it
for the fame and attention.
574
00:23:45,343 --> 00:23:48,013
The truth is though,
if you gotta ask this question,
575
00:23:48,013 --> 00:23:50,390
you'll probably never understand
the answer.
576
00:23:50,891 --> 00:23:54,144
Why do we climb Mount Everest?
Why do we bungee jump?
577
00:23:54,144 --> 00:23:57,105
It's because we can,
and it makes us feel alive.
578
00:23:57,522 --> 00:24:00,442
♪ upbeat music playing ♪
579
00:24:00,942 --> 00:24:02,527
♪ dramatic music plays ♪
580
00:24:02,527 --> 00:24:04,905
This is round five.
This is a really difficult round.
581
00:24:04,905 --> 00:24:06,615
We've got four Dragon's Breath each.
582
00:24:07,574 --> 00:24:09,117
JOHNNY:
Ah, Dragon's Breath.
583
00:24:09,117 --> 00:24:11,661
Four Dragon's Breath would be
a contest anywhere else.
584
00:24:11,661 --> 00:24:12,996
And that's just a single round here.
585
00:24:12,996 --> 00:24:14,080
[bell rings]
586
00:24:14,497 --> 00:24:15,457
[pepper crunching]
587
00:24:15,457 --> 00:24:18,793
♪ dramatic music playing ♪
588
00:24:18,793 --> 00:24:20,420
It's like a strawberry, huh?
589
00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:22,881
Just warmin' up.
590
00:24:25,508 --> 00:24:26,676
Nothing like a strawberry.
591
00:24:27,302 --> 00:24:29,137
[counter ticking]
592
00:24:30,388 --> 00:24:31,514
How are you doing,
you gonna make it?
593
00:24:32,057 --> 00:24:33,308
Don't think I am.
594
00:24:33,308 --> 00:24:35,727
♪ dramatic music plays ♪
595
00:24:36,519 --> 00:24:38,605
NARRATOR:
As this epic one-on-one unfolds,
596
00:24:38,605 --> 00:24:41,274
round by round,
streaming across the globe,
597
00:24:41,274 --> 00:24:43,526
most chiliheads are glued
to the action.
598
00:24:43,526 --> 00:24:46,238
They watch every wince and tear
as though it's a Super Bowl,
599
00:24:46,238 --> 00:24:47,656
or a Marvel premiere.
600
00:24:48,490 --> 00:24:51,701
[Shahina pants]
♪ dramatic music playing ♪
601
00:24:53,036 --> 00:24:54,246
NARRATOR:
Most are tuned in,
602
00:24:54,246 --> 00:24:57,040
but Jimmy Pickles is fighting
his own battles
603
00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:59,084
in a different corner of the internet.
604
00:24:59,084 --> 00:25:01,086
[notifications popping]
605
00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:03,630
These peppers are [bleep].
606
00:25:03,964 --> 00:25:04,965
I've been trolled,
607
00:25:04,965 --> 00:25:07,384
I've been bashed on every little thing.
608
00:25:07,759 --> 00:25:09,803
NARRATOR: Jimmy's week
has been a constant defense
609
00:25:09,803 --> 00:25:12,556
of his JP Piranha,
from white-tailed deer
610
00:25:12,556 --> 00:25:14,558
to even a high school jock.
611
00:25:14,558 --> 00:25:18,103
But tonight, he's fending off
a different kind of attack.
612
00:25:18,562 --> 00:25:20,981
Online adversaries
have launched a barrage
613
00:25:20,981 --> 00:25:23,066
of insults directly at him.
614
00:25:23,066 --> 00:25:27,737
Uh, this individual who was
getting paid off by a competitor
615
00:25:27,737 --> 00:25:29,239
just tried to slander me.
616
00:25:29,906 --> 00:25:33,243
Uh, there's a group, all they do
is bash Johnny and myself.
617
00:25:33,243 --> 00:25:35,203
NARRATOR: Ever since
Jimmy Pickles made his name
618
00:25:35,203 --> 00:25:36,454
in the pepper game,
619
00:25:36,454 --> 00:25:39,291
he's felt like the rest were trying
to tear him down.
620
00:25:40,166 --> 00:25:43,670
Of late, that paranoia
has become reality,
621
00:25:43,670 --> 00:25:47,591
and it seems the Piranha
has taken it to extremes.
622
00:25:47,591 --> 00:25:48,800
JIMMY:
Here's one,
623
00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:52,262
"Speech Impediment,"
"Coronary Heart Disease,"
624
00:25:52,262 --> 00:25:54,764
"XXXLarge Costume."
625
00:25:55,223 --> 00:25:57,893
"I hate seeing
Jimmy Pickles' success,
626
00:25:57,893 --> 00:25:59,227
"if that's what you call it.
627
00:25:59,227 --> 00:26:01,980
Built completely on lies
and the works of others."
628
00:26:02,814 --> 00:26:05,734
They attack the big guys.
I guess I'm a big guy now.
629
00:26:06,318 --> 00:26:09,863
♪
630
00:26:09,863 --> 00:26:12,115
[phone rings]
631
00:26:12,115 --> 00:26:14,326
I hate to do this,
but I'm gonna check on this.
632
00:26:14,326 --> 00:26:15,160
Sorry.
633
00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:16,494
[ringing continues]
634
00:26:17,579 --> 00:26:21,458
♪ suspenseful music playing ♪
635
00:26:21,458 --> 00:26:22,918
I'm Pickles, fuck you.
636
00:26:23,543 --> 00:26:24,377
[sighs]
637
00:26:25,754 --> 00:26:28,423
I-I get crank calls
all the time, so, alright.
638
00:26:35,972 --> 00:26:40,560
Uh, with everything going on
from sabotage to death threats,
639
00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:44,522
I created, uh, an intelligent agency
called the PIA.
640
00:26:44,522 --> 00:26:46,399
The Pickles Intelligent Agency.
641
00:26:46,399 --> 00:26:48,985
Uh, seed vendors, among seed vendors.
642
00:26:48,985 --> 00:26:52,072
Basically, a United Nations
643
00:26:52,072 --> 00:26:54,282
of, uh, shared information.
644
00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:57,661
Seventy percent of the community
is very supporting,
645
00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:01,414
and about thirty percent will slit
your throat in a heartbeat.
646
00:27:01,414 --> 00:27:05,043
And it's just a lot of jealousy
in the community.
647
00:27:06,294 --> 00:27:07,921
It's beyond absurd.
648
00:27:07,921 --> 00:27:10,131
[notifications popping]
649
00:27:12,133 --> 00:27:15,011
♪ dramatic music playing ♪
650
00:27:15,804 --> 00:27:16,763
How you doing? You alright?
651
00:27:16,763 --> 00:27:18,056
Gonna get a lot worse.
652
00:27:18,515 --> 00:27:19,766
NARRATOR:
The first five rounds
653
00:27:19,766 --> 00:27:21,560
of this heavyweight bout
are enough
654
00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:23,562
to crumble a normal human.
655
00:27:24,104 --> 00:27:27,983
But Shahina and Johnny
are simply not normal.
656
00:27:28,316 --> 00:27:29,734
♪ dramatic music plays ♪
657
00:27:31,653 --> 00:27:33,446
PAUL: Okay, you guys,
if you wanna carry on,
658
00:27:33,446 --> 00:27:34,906
just hold your pepper up in the air.
659
00:27:37,951 --> 00:27:38,785
[bell rings]
660
00:27:38,785 --> 00:27:40,704
♪ intense music playing ♪
661
00:27:41,037 --> 00:27:43,999
NARRATOR: Shahina Waseem
has spent nearly a decade...
662
00:27:43,999 --> 00:27:46,710
[crowd cheering]
663
00:27:46,710 --> 00:27:50,255
NARRATOR: ... accruing win after win
in competitive chili eating.
664
00:27:50,255 --> 00:27:52,549
ANNOUNCER: We have our winner!
[audience cheers]
665
00:27:52,549 --> 00:27:54,342
NARRATOR:
If she can come out on top today,
666
00:27:54,342 --> 00:27:59,890
she would be only four wins away
from her goal of 100.
667
00:27:59,890 --> 00:28:03,226
The threshold, many believe,
would cement her as the GOAT.
668
00:28:03,226 --> 00:28:04,227
JOHNNY:
Walk in the park.
669
00:28:04,227 --> 00:28:05,312
[Shahina coughs]
670
00:28:07,105 --> 00:28:08,273
Very hot.
671
00:28:08,273 --> 00:28:09,983
[tapping on table]
672
00:28:11,151 --> 00:28:11,985
[bell rings]
673
00:28:11,985 --> 00:28:13,570
JOHNNY: You worried?
- Yeah.
674
00:28:13,570 --> 00:28:14,487
Come on, Shan.
675
00:28:16,156 --> 00:28:17,866
Oh, that Chocolate Parade.
676
00:28:17,866 --> 00:28:19,200
Mm-mm.
677
00:28:19,618 --> 00:28:21,953
That's got an evil burn
to it, doesn't it?
678
00:28:22,829 --> 00:28:25,457
These are hotter than,
way hotter than last round.
679
00:28:26,207 --> 00:28:27,250
How you doing? You alright?
680
00:28:32,172 --> 00:28:33,548
[bell rings]
[pepper crunches]
681
00:28:34,925 --> 00:28:37,510
[Shahina pants]
682
00:28:37,928 --> 00:28:42,390
[pepper crunching]
683
00:28:44,392 --> 00:28:45,852
SHAHINA:
Got the Naga Claw.
684
00:28:46,519 --> 00:28:47,437
JOHNNY:
Uh-oh.
685
00:28:47,938 --> 00:28:50,065
The Naga Claw is setting in, people.
686
00:28:51,066 --> 00:28:52,192
Naga Claw.
687
00:28:52,192 --> 00:28:56,154
When you get overloaded with capsaicin,
your hands begin to cramp,
688
00:28:56,154 --> 00:28:58,281
and your hands get stuck
in a position like this.
689
00:28:58,281 --> 00:28:59,115
[counter clicks]
690
00:28:59,115 --> 00:29:00,116
[Shahina clears throat]
691
00:29:02,911 --> 00:29:03,912
[Johnny exhales]
692
00:29:03,912 --> 00:29:04,788
♪ dramatic music plays ♪
693
00:29:04,788 --> 00:29:05,830
PAUL:
Alright, if you want to carry on,
694
00:29:05,830 --> 00:29:06,957
just hold your pepper up in the air.
695
00:29:07,624 --> 00:29:10,627
♪ dramatic music playing ♪
696
00:29:10,627 --> 00:29:11,545
[Shahina pants]
697
00:29:12,254 --> 00:29:13,088
Hard.
698
00:29:13,588 --> 00:29:14,673
Hard to hold.
699
00:29:15,257 --> 00:29:17,092
Any other person would be like,
"I'm good, I'm all set.
700
00:29:17,092 --> 00:29:19,636
Naga Claw, I'm tapping out
with my claw right here, I'm done."
701
00:29:19,970 --> 00:29:21,680
That's any other person,
but Shahina's like,
702
00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:23,306
"Nah, man, bring it."
That's crazy.
703
00:29:23,848 --> 00:29:25,100
[bell rings]
704
00:29:25,100 --> 00:29:26,309
SHAHINA: Okay.
- Here we go.
705
00:29:27,143 --> 00:29:29,437
[pepper crunching]
706
00:29:29,938 --> 00:29:32,357
You got the Naga Claw
set-setting in pretty hard here.
707
00:29:34,943 --> 00:29:35,777
You alright?
708
00:29:36,736 --> 00:29:38,572
PAUL: Okay, we've got round 10.
[bell rings]
709
00:29:39,322 --> 00:29:41,408
[pepper crunching]
710
00:29:44,619 --> 00:29:46,079
JOHNNY:
These are delicious peppers.
711
00:29:47,122 --> 00:29:50,750
♪
712
00:29:50,750 --> 00:29:53,962
NARRATOR: Johnny and Shahina
have lasted 10 rounds.
713
00:29:53,962 --> 00:29:58,008
They've consumed
an obscene number of superhots.
714
00:29:58,008 --> 00:29:59,885
So many that the capsaicin
715
00:29:59,885 --> 00:30:03,013
in Shahina's body
has disabled her hands.
716
00:30:03,638 --> 00:30:06,725
And yet, neither one
of these legends has blinked.
717
00:30:06,725 --> 00:30:07,851
Okay, for the speed round,
718
00:30:07,851 --> 00:30:09,936
we've got the famous 7 Pot Primo.
719
00:30:09,936 --> 00:30:10,770
JOHNNY:
Oh, no.
720
00:30:11,062 --> 00:30:12,564
PAUL:
Okay, there's gonna be 10 each.
721
00:30:13,231 --> 00:30:15,275
But this race,
Shan has lost the use of her hands.
722
00:30:15,275 --> 00:30:17,903
It's Naga Claw.
Yeah, in our rules, we allow people
723
00:30:17,903 --> 00:30:20,196
to feed peppers to somebody
if they can't use their hands.
724
00:30:20,822 --> 00:30:23,033
So Taylor here will feed her
the peppers.
725
00:30:23,033 --> 00:30:25,827
NARRATOR:
Now it all comes down
726
00:30:25,827 --> 00:30:29,331
to one final speed round.
727
00:30:29,331 --> 00:30:30,290
JOHNNY:
Oh, no.
728
00:30:30,290 --> 00:30:32,000
Okay? There's gonna be 10 each.
729
00:30:34,127 --> 00:30:35,045
JOHNNY:
Are you crazy?
730
00:30:35,462 --> 00:30:36,296
PAUL:
Okay?
731
00:30:38,131 --> 00:30:39,716
Ten in each bag. Okay?
732
00:30:40,133 --> 00:30:41,343
And just hold the stem for Shan
733
00:30:41,343 --> 00:30:42,677
'cause she's lost the use of her hands.
734
00:30:44,471 --> 00:30:46,139
Now this is all about speed, okay?
735
00:30:47,265 --> 00:30:48,600
Alright, now if you're ready,
736
00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:49,809
you hold your peppers up in the air?
737
00:30:49,809 --> 00:30:50,977
Taylor, if you hold that up.
738
00:30:51,269 --> 00:30:53,480
Okay. Three, two, one.
739
00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:54,564
[bell rings]
740
00:30:54,564 --> 00:30:56,191
♪ dramatic music playing ♪
741
00:30:57,359 --> 00:30:58,443
[flames sizzling]
742
00:30:58,443 --> 00:31:02,572
♪ dramatic theme playing ♪
743
00:31:02,572 --> 00:31:06,451
♪
744
00:31:24,928 --> 00:31:26,763
[whistles]