But somehow, a couple friends of mine got involved in a casting call for a print ad for Bushmills Irish Whiskey. Good friends/great comics Sean Donnelly and Dan St. Germain got in touch with me about an ad that supposedly wanted "real friends" for their campaign. Dan said that because of that, we probably wouldn't be going up against a bunch of real handsome, model types for the ad.

Then, we got a call back, ended up at a giant loft in Chelsea with a famous photographer who goes by Platon, and every dude there looked like Johnny Depp or Andre 3000. Even the girls working reception clearly were off-duty supermodels.

So, obviously, we (which also included the very funny/talented/actually Irish Colin Dempsey) figured we weren't booking our first and only print modeling gig.

While we were waiting for our turn to shoot, the very nice advertising people offered us free finger food, and free Bushmills whiskey. Assuming we weren't going to end up getting picked for this thing, the food was where we thought we would make our money. So, we proceeded to be possibly the only models ever to inhale a plate full of pigs-in-a-blanket BEFORE having our photos taken. Donnelly and I proceeded to get a buzz on with free whiskey, as well. Models probably do that from time to time, though I assume drugs are more popular.

So, we finished up shooting, went home, and figured, "that was fun, we'll never hear from them again." And we didn't.

Until 3 months later, when we all received letters telling us we were selected for the campaign, and that they would be flying us all to Ireland to kick off the campaign.

Now, you may be asking yourself, is this ad in America right now? No it is not. Where is it? It's in Northern Ireland, England, and, where all the biggest and best print ads are featured, Bulgaria.

And, right here: