Clowning Around in Lent

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Episode 205 of This American Life premiered back in 2002, featuring an interview of Cuervo Man, from the tequilla brand, Jose Cuervo. It’s quite the interview, an insight into the life of a man who is paid to party on behalf of a liquor brand. Cuervo Man’s real name was Ryan McDonough, a Princeton English major whose life-of-the-party skills turned out to be more marketable than his degree. At one point in 2002, Ryan McDonough was doing 150 events a year on behalf of the liquor brand around New York City. Ryan would show up at bars with a car trunk full of promotional t-shirts and koozies and host an evening bacchanal with free shots and revelry on the company dime. Cuervo intro…………………………………….