On Jimmy Kimmel Live Tuesday night, the comedian hosted the “Jimmy Kimmel Live Spelling Bee” where he faced off with this year’s co-champions of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, 13-year-old Vanya Shivashankar and 14-year-old Gokul Venkatachalam.
“They won the competition by spelling each other’s names correctly,” Kimmel joked. “Winning the spelling bee is a big deal… you get to hear your name mispronounced by every newscaster in America.”
He made sure he was the funniest person in the room even if he came out looking like the worst speller.
Photos: An Inside Look at a Sriracha Factory
Jalapeno peppers, grown in nearby Ventura County, are crushed inside the Huy Fong Foods factory in Irwindale, Calif.Peter Bohler for TIMESriracha sauce is bottled on site and topped with distinctive bright green caps.Peter Bohler for TIMESriracha’s trademarked look includes clear bottles printed with white text.Peter Bohler for TIMEA forklift moves barrels of crushed chilies stores in the on-site warehouse.Peter Bohler for TIMECrushed chilies are eventually mixed with sugar, salt, garlic and vinegar to make Sriracha.Peter Bohler for TIMESugar and powdered garlic are added to the mixture, which is ground again into Sriracha.Peter Bohler for TIMEBottles of Sriracha being filled. When CEO and founder David Tran started making chili sauce in Vietnam, he and his family hand-filled bottles with spoons. Peter Bohler for TIMEFilled and capped bottles of Sriracha move along an assembly line on their way to be boxed and shipped.Peter Bohler for TIMEA machine boxes Sriracha bottles that will end up in restaurants and on grocery store shelves.Peter Bohler for TIMEA worker adds steel supports to a pallet of barrels. The supports allow Huy Fong Foods to stack chili-filled barrels five layers high. Peter Bohler for TIME