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Squigglenob Donating Member (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-08-11 01:30 AM
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At last, you too can savor Schweddy Balls!
We thought it would never happen. When we reported that comedian Ana Gasteyer had spilled the beans on a new Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavor based on a Saturday Night Live skit that pokes fun at NPR, we thought it would never happen.

But we were wrong. Ben & Jerry's announced today that "Schweddy Balls" ice cream is on its way to store shelves across the country.

As we explained in June, "in case you don't get the reference, the skit is a hilarious commentary on NPR's, um, uniquely soothing sound. Baldwin plays Pete Schweddy, a guest on a fake NPR show called Delicious Dish. Pete makes holiday treats like cheese balls, popcorn balls, rum balls and his famous Schweddy balls. The skit is an exercise in double entendres."

We talked to Ben & Jerry's spokesman Sean Greenwood and asked him, "What are you guys thinking?" We were imagining someone who's never seen the skit walking the grocery aisles and stumbling on the flavor.

Greenwood laughed.

"We've always been a company that...

Read rest at link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/09/07/140266537/yes-its-true-ben-jerrys-introduces-schweddy-balls-ice-cream-flavor
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lob1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-08-11 01:41 AM
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1. I'm glad Ben & Jerry's had the balls to do it.
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dddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-11 07:03 AM
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4. The Schweddy Balls, that is!
I laughed all day yesterday thinking about this!
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silverweb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-08-11 01:58 AM
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2. Courtesy of YouTube ...
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Owlet Donating Member (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-08-11 06:10 AM
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3. Cherry Garcia!
..with New York Super Fudge Chunk a close second.
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