Americone Dream news on No Fact Zone Click Here! No Fact Zone gets the scoop – Breaking the Americone Dream story The original exclusive story was given to us anonymously by a ‘Colbert Report’/Stephen Colbert fan who just happened to work for Whole Foods corporate and had to share the good news with the fans. [...]
Preview: The actual Ben and Jerry to be on TCR on Monday
February 28, 2007 By
From the “Chunk Mail” mailer from the Ben & Jerry’s site: What does Stephen Colbert of Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report have in common with 60′s musician Jerry Garcia, rockers Dave Mathews Band, & clown-emcee of Woodstock – Wavy Gravy? Ideologically – not much (or maybe everything?) except taste – as Colbert is now a [...]
Marketing strategies behind celebrity ice cream
February 22, 2007 By
I found this very interesting article today that talks about ice cream sales, and the benefits reaped by naming an ice cream after a celebrity. I don’t say this often, but I’d highly recommend clicking over and reading the entire article, seeing how naming ice creams after celebrities started and the sales of said ice [...]
A Fair and Balanced Freezer Section – B&J Press Release
February 16, 2007 By
Sean Greenwood, PR Rep from Ben and Jerry’s, sent me the press release for the new “AmeriCone Dream”, so I thought I’d go ahead and print it in its entirety for your enjoyment. There’s an interesting bit in here about the charities that this ice cream will support that was left out of the AP [...]
WE CALLED IT! “Stephen Colbert’s Americone Dream”
February 14, 2007 By
As reported in our previous No Fact Zone scoops (see, e.g., here and here), Ben & Jerry’s is dishing up a tasty helping of Stephen Colbert. The story has hit the wires, and there’s no “Wikiality” involved this time. From msn.com (emphasis mine): New Ice Cream Named for Stephen Colbert Feb 14, 2:05 PM EST [...]
Ben and Jerry’s Speaks!
February 6, 2007 By
Here’s a letter we just received from Sean Greenwood, Public Relations at Ben & Jerry’s: Hey, DB. Thanks for the note. Sorry if my SPAM filter blocked out the last one… it stops any incoming mail from users identified as a hard-core, right-wing Colbert fans. I had to – after a flurry of emails from [...]
And the cherry on top of the Colbert ice cream scoop? Pics!
February 2, 2007 By
Editor’s Note: This is the post that is linked to most often in outside news reports, so I have been adding new information as it is acquired into this post. The original exclusive story was given to us anonymously by a ‘Colbert Report’/Stephen Colbert fan who just happened to work for Whole Foods corporate and [...]
More info on the Stephen Colbert-themed ice cream
February 1, 2007 By
For those of you just joining us: A few months ago, we published a crazy rumor we heard on the internet about Stephen Colbert themed ice cream. Yesterday, we got verification (via a comment from a natural food store corporate office IP) that the tasty Ben & Jerry’s concoction was in fact real and we [...]
Dishing on the Colbert Ice Cream Scoop
January 31, 2007 By
For those of you still wondering about those crazy Stephen Colbert-themed ice cream rumors, we got a very interesting comment from someone from a very famous natural food store’s IP (and from their corporate headquarter city, no less): It is true. Just saw it today. The Colbert ice cream is vanilla with fudge covered waffle [...]
Ben & Jerry to Colbert fans: Eat me!
January 7, 2007 By
There’s an insane rumor going around (and insane is my very favorite kind) that Ben & Jerry’s ice cream is developing a Stephen Colbert ice cream flavor! Did I miss some kind of vote for this?! Maybe it’s the new 2006 flavor “American Pie“, renamed? Remember folks, you heard it here second! Oh, and if [...]