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How an exorcism and Jay Leno's The Tonight Show saved Bizarre Foods

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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

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with Jay Leno. I said, "We just showed

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Jay the clip of the Yacqui, the exorcist

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medicine man

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>> in Ecuador.

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>> And he said, "Jay thought that was the

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best thing he's seen in years. Can you

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be out here tomorrow for the show?" So,

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the show was taped in the afternoon on

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Friday. It aired Friday night. The next

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Monday night's ratings, episode four,

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were through the roof. And [snorts] that

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was it. And by the way, the production

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company had not put the medicine man

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>> going to ask you, did they set that up?

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>> No, there was no, not at all. We're in

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this little mountain town in Ecuador.

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Our driver wants to show me a

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cobblestone area of town. We go down

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there. I see this sign, Brujero. And I'm

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like, "What is that?" I said, "Is that

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witch?" He goes, "Witch doctor." He

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goes, "But it's really an exorcist. This

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this particular [laughter]

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This particular guy is a Yacqui. He's a

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tribal medicine man, and he does

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exorcisms." And I said, "I want one."

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And he said, "Let me see you do it." And

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he said, "Yeah, he'll do it." I went

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running back. I said, "Five minutes."

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And we just filmed this thing, and it

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became one of those sort of iconic TV

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moments.

Interactive Summary

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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