Wednesday, February 07, 2007

This story has since been confirmed after Ben & Jerry's appeared on the Colbert Nation show on March 5, 2007 with the Americone Dream ice cream.

Here is the original story with what where only rumors a month ago:

According to a Colbert fan site, they got a scoop on the Ben and Jerry's carton design claiming it was leaked by a Whole Foods employee.

Ben and Jerry's company spokesman Rob Michalak said: "I can neither confirm nor deny it. But I can say there's been a lot of experimentation with red, white and blue."

The alleged design (shown here) cannot be confirmed. Any Photoshop pro could have put this together as a prank (and if it is a prank, great designer, huh?) because rumors have swirled on the Internet for months about a Colbert ice cream.

Colbert has amassed a large fan base in the less than two years he has been on the air, and has even won a number of prestigious awards and recognitions.

But most people know Colbert from John Stewart's Daily Show, where he was a correspondent for three years, or they know him from the famous 'green-screen challenge' with The Decemberists and other attention-grabbing stunts.

But a whole lot of other folks will get to know Stephen Colbert if it is true that Ben & Jerry's makes a yummy ice cream named for after him.

Let's suppose for the time being, that the leak is not a scoop and just a well-planned prank:

What do you think a Colbert ice cream would look like, consist of, or be named? I already made my suggestion.

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