With the warmer weather, we found ourselves thinking of ice cream. Of course, we could always go for Toscanini's or JP Licks, but we've been waiting for a treat to show up in our grocery freezer - the Stephen-Colbert-inspired Ben & Jerry's flavor "AmeriCone Dream." "AmeriCone Dream" was a big deal on the Colbert Report because Stephen Colbert was miffed that Ben & Jerry's dared to release Willie Nelson's Country Peach Cobbler at the same time. This lead to a surreal face-off between Colbert and Nelson, which was mediated by......
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