Add selling cars to his list of powers.

From the Washington Post:

They have spawned parodies from “Ellen” to “South Park” to “Saturday Night Live,” but Lincoln is laughing all the way to the bank thanks to its commercials starring Matthew McConaughey.
There was more from the Hollywood Reporter: “Lincoln announced that its overall sales were up 25 percent last month, the strongest October for the beleaguered marque since 2007. … Sales of the MKC have increased every month since the SUV launched last May but took a big leap — from 1,763 units in September to 2,197 in October — after the McConaughey commercials and their multiple parodies began airing.”

(Bold mine.)

Also, today is the man’s birthday, which is nice.

— Michael R. Strain is a resident scholar and economist at the American Enterprise Institute. You can follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/MichaelRStrain.