On Valentine’s Day 2007 a love of Romeo and Juliet proportions was unveiled in the United States. This love followed the quickest way to one’s heart: via the stomach. February 14, 2007 was the official launch date of Stephen Colbert’s AmeriCone Dream ice cream. The delicious creation has been one of the most popular offerings ever by Vermont’s progressive ice cream purveyor, Ben & Jerry’s.
To celebrate the anniversary, Ben & Jerry’s will spread some peace, love and ice cream in the Big Apple delivering free scoops of AmeriCone Dream including full pints to each of Colbert’s studio audiences during the week of the flavor anniversary.
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I scream, you scream, we all scream for . . . a repeal of Citizens United?
An Election 2012 edition of Stephen Colbert’s Americone Dream is hitting supermarket shelves this week as part of Ben & Jerry’s “Get The Dough out of Politics” campaign. Vermont’s Finest — a self-proclaimed “activist company” — is fed up with the 2010 Supreme Court decision that allows corporations to freely contribute money to elections. Working with Colbert Report star Stephen Colbert, who was first honored with the company’s Americone Dream flavor in 2007 (and who has his own Super PAC), the ice cream makers hope to inspire dessert lovers to speak out against special interests’ undue influence over the American political process.
The TIME article also includes a look at an early sketch of the special-edition carton for the ice cream, with edits by Stephen.
Read the rest: TIME.com
It’s near the end of Jimmy and Stephen’s 6-month eternal feud, and Stephen has a giant Valentine’s Day surprise for Jimmy.
(Thanks to Caroline for the Tip!)
AmeriCone Dream
The TIME article also includes a look at an early sketch of the special-edition carton for the ice cream, with edits by Stephen.
Read the rest: TIME.com
(Thanks to Caroline for the Tip!)