The Conical Glass: A big bite of truthiness

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

A big bite of truthiness

I finally tracked down Stephen Colbert's Americone Dream, which I wrote about a couple days ago. The Albertson's near Joe's office had a single pint left yesterday, so I grabbed it. Makes for some tasty eatin' while you're watching "The Colbert Report" -- I can't really imagine eating it when you're not watching "The Colbert Report." You have to taste the truthiness with Stephen on your screen! Also, if you cherish your arteries as much as Stephen cherishes his freedom, you'll share your scoop with a fellow member of the Colbert Nation -- it has 10 grams of saturated fat per serving.

One interesting thing I noticed while perusing the Ben and Jerry's freezer case was that they have several flavors named after pop culture figures and phenomena. Everyone knows about Cherry Garcia, but they also make Dave Matthews Band Magic Brownie, Neapolitan Dynamite, Vermonty Python and Phish Food Surf 'n Turf (chocolate fish and chocolate cows!). Personally, I can't stand the Dave Matthews Band, so I would never buy its namesake ice cream, no matter how tasty it looked. Maybe that's a tad irrational but I think that's the risk a company takes when it looks to real life personages for inspiration. May I suggest the following flavor ideas:

Ann Coulter's Bananas & Nuts
Barack Obama's Chocolate/Vanilla Swirl
Lance Bass's Tunnel o'Fudge
Anna Nicole Smith's Rest in Peach
Barry Bonds' Sweet Cream

Also, not to bring up "The Secret" again, but you know something's gone mainstream when The Onion mocks it.

posted by 125records @ 5:35 PM

2 Comments:

At 10:05 PM, Tom G. said…

"Tunnel o'Fudge" made me laugh out loud. Touché! I also agree on the DMB flavor but they did get me on the Vermonty Python I have to admit. They seem to be trying to put those chocolate cows in as many flavors as they can.
At 10:57 AM, flasshe said…

Oh, you're naughty!

plvgnm! plvgnm!