slang "Scotch!" (= great!)

[Gerald Cohen]

   The _NY Times_, May 15, 1999, Sec. A, p.27, col. 2 (part of a col. 1-6
article entitled "How I Kicked The Talk-Show-Guest Habit", by Debbie
Nathan) contains a slang item "Scotch" I had never encountered:

     "A stretch limo! Scotch!"

      Has anyone seen this  use of "Scotch" before?  Does anyone have any
idea about its origin?

******** Here is a bit more of the context in which it appears:

     "...Soon I got an invitation from Sally Jesse Raphael's people.  They
said audiences would appreciate my rational perspective.

   "I should have known better, but I was flattered.  Me, on national TV!
Plus,  I  lived in the boonies, and Sally offered a free trip to the East
Coast.  I got there and a stretch limousine was waiting.  A stretch limo!
Scotch!"

-------Gerald Cohen



gcohen at umr.edu