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New Ben & Jerry’s flavor sparks boycott
OneMillionMoms, an organization affiliated with the American Family Association, announced a boycott of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream over a new flavor called “Schweddy Balls.” The group said Friday on its website: “The vulgar new flavor has turned something as innocent as ice cream into something repulsive. Not exactly what you want a child asking for at the supermarket.”
The idea for the ice cream flavor’s name came from a 1998 Saturday Night Live comedy segment featuring Alec Baldwin, Molly Shannon, and Ana Gasteyer. In the sketch Baldwin plays Pete Schweddy, a baker who brings his best-selling holiday treat to share with two public radio hosts. “No one can resist my Schweddy balls,” Baldwin famously said in character.
The new Ben & Jerry’s flavor consists of vanilla ice cream with a hint of rum flavor, mixed with fudge-covered rum and milk chocolate malt balls.
The AFA-affiliated boycott group objects to the Vermont ice cream company’s use of the “Schweddy balls” name and its sexually suggestive pun. “It seems that offending customers has become an annual tradition for Ben & Jerry’s,” the organization added on its website.
Ben & Jerry’s has a history of embracing political activism, including an ice cream flavor — ‘Hubby Hubby’ — that serves as an endorsement of same-sex marriage.
“The name is irreverent,” said Ben & Jerry’s spokesman Sean Greenwood of his company’s “Schweddy” flavor. “But we’ve always been about having some irreverence and having some fun … We’re not trying to offend people. Our fans get the humor.”
OneMillionMoms, an organization affiliated with the American Family Association, announced a boycott of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream over a new flavor called “Schweddy Balls.” The group said Friday on its website: “The vulgar new flavor has turned something as innocent as ice cream into something repulsive. Not exactly what you want a child asking for at the supermarket.”
The idea for the ice cream flavor’s name came from a 1998 Saturday Night Live comedy segment featuring Alec Baldwin, Molly Shannon, and Ana Gasteyer. In the sketch Baldwin plays Pete Schweddy, a baker who brings his best-selling holiday treat to share with two public radio hosts. “No one can resist my Schweddy balls,” Baldwin famously said in character.
The new Ben & Jerry’s flavor consists of vanilla ice cream with a hint of rum flavor, mixed with fudge-covered rum and milk chocolate malt balls.
The AFA-affiliated boycott group objects to the Vermont ice cream company’s use of the “Schweddy balls” name and its sexually suggestive pun. “It seems that offending customers has become an annual tradition for Ben & Jerry’s,” the organization added on its website.
Ben & Jerry’s has a history of embracing political activism, including an ice cream flavor — ‘Hubby Hubby’ — that serves as an endorsement of same-sex marriage.
“The name is irreverent,” said Ben & Jerry’s spokesman Sean Greenwood of his company’s “Schweddy” flavor. “But we’ve always been about having some irreverence and having some fun … We’re not trying to offend people. Our fans get the humor.”
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The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill
A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
They do have a point about "Not exactly what you want a child asking for at the supermarket”. If I had a son or daughter I wouldn't want them asking me for some Schweddy Balls. But I don't have kids, and I really have no opinion on whether they should get rid of it or not. Even though I think these parent groups can be annoying and meddlesome, I do kind of see where they're coming from with this one.
But having said that, it sounds like good ice cream. It's "vanilla ice cream with a hint of rum flavor, mixed with fudge-covered rum and milk chocolate malt balls". I can't wait to get my mouth around those balls.
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I never saw the skit until I read this article
"Shweddy balls aisle 5"
The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill
A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
Salty or Schweddy ?
The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill
A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
You've never seen that? It's classic. Pretty old sketch though, sometime from the late 90's. Either '98 or '99.
Nope..not that one
I have seen the sketch before with the 2 women doing their show though
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The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill
A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
Honestly, the name is kind of gross, and while the skit was funny, it probably has no place on an ice cream name, but if it humors some, who gives a crap. No kids are going to grow up with psychological damage or something. This stuff was funny to me as a kid. Farts, poop, pee pee, balls, sweddy balls, god help us. :roll: My parents taught me about the birds and bees when I was 5 years old.
I didn't say any kids were going to get hurt, and I said I had no opinion on whether it should stay or go. I just said this is one of the few times I can kind of see where that side of the debate is coming from. These people freak out about everything, and usually I think "Oh, shut up", but this time I thought "OK, I can see that one". I think it sounds like awesome ice cream though, so I'm totally getting some.
I honestly think their Late Night Snack makes me have dirtier thoughts and laughs than Schweddy Balls.
"haha, dad, you have schweddy balls in your freezer! haha!!!"
yeah, I think there are more important things to worry about when raising kids.
I wouldn't really....he can have a fucking shower first!
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I mean there are homeless people on the street, children going hungry, gangs, drugs and other things we are all aware of but god fucking forbid if an ice cream has a play on words that is raunchy humor. Oh god no this just won't stand. Billy hasn't eaten in weeks but hold on, this ice cream has to be stopped first!!
Hopefully the parent will be smart enough to say 'no' to their child because of the rum flavoring and not the funny name.
They could at least make it available just around Christmastime. :roll:
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I do get what they are saying about kids asking for that in the store... :shock: but I totally love the humour in it....may they should be sold at "certain" stores only
Great idea. The Ben & Jerry's Porn store. Fulfilling all your erotic ice cream needs! Will be appropriately named: BJ's. (They'll have to buy out the name of the wholesale store by the same name, so it'll take a little while before you start seeing them pop up.) First one will be a section of the Ben & Jerry's museum in Vermont. 18+ only. Get your id's ready.
Or is that too simple? :roll:
I love me some Ben & Jerry's, but I prefer my ice cream to be free from chunks of anything, including malted milk balls or, actually, spherical objects of any type.
Except of course strawberry, which should always have blood clot-like gobs of mashed fruit.
Couldn't agree with you more brother.
I'm not thrilled with the name, but the ice cream sounds pretty frigging good.
and I've seen that skit a million times, I can't believe the OP never saw it before.