How an exorcism and Jay Leno's The Tonight Show saved Bizarre Foods
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Hi, I'm so and so from the Tonight Show
with Jay Leno. I said, "We just showed
Jay the clip of the Yacqui, the exorcist
medicine man
>> in Ecuador.
>> And he said, "Jay thought that was the
best thing he's seen in years. Can you
be out here tomorrow for the show?" So,
the show was taped in the afternoon on
Friday. It aired Friday night. The next
Monday night's ratings, episode four,
were through the roof. And [snorts] that
was it. And by the way, the production
company had not put the medicine man
>> going to ask you, did they set that up?
>> No, there was no, not at all. We're in
this little mountain town in Ecuador.
Our driver wants to show me a
cobblestone area of town. We go down
there. I see this sign, Brujero. And I'm
like, "What is that?" I said, "Is that
witch?" He goes, "Witch doctor." He
goes, "But it's really an exorcist. This
this particular [laughter]
This particular guy is a Yacqui. He's a
tribal medicine man, and he does
exorcisms." And I said, "I want one."
And he said, "Let me see you do it." And
he said, "Yeah, he'll do it." I went
running back. I said, "Five minutes."
And we just filmed this thing, and it
became one of those sort of iconic TV
moments.
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The speaker recounts how an unexpected encounter with an exorcist in Ecuador turned into an iconic moment on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, leading to a significant ratings boost after the footage was aired.
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