 No one can resist Pete Schweddy's balls. The seasonal treat was first made iconic in the Saturday Night Live skit by Ana Gasteyer and Molly Shannon as hosts of NPR's fictional program "Delicious Dish," and Alec Baldwin as guest Pete Schweddy – the owner of holiday confectionary company Season's Eatings that specialized in spherical sweets. Now, after thirteen years, you too can be a sucker for Mr. Schweddy's misshapen, glistening balls - so long as you don't mind them frozen. “For a long time, I thought that ‘Here Lies Pete Schweddy’ would end up on my tombstone,” said Baldwin. “Now, thanks to Ben & Jerry's, the goodness of the Schweddy family recipe won't go with me to the great beyond.” So what exactly will this variation of Schweddy Balls taste like? Ben & Jerry's said each pint will have a rum-spiked vanilla ice cream base with fudge-covered rum and malt balls aplenty mixed in. Mmm, good times. |
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Thank you for some other great article. Where else could anybody get that kind of information in such an ideal manner of writing? I have a presentation next week, and I'm on the look for such info.
Where can I find it in MA. Want to bring it to a Halloween Partyh (adult party)
the only people worried about this are pearl clutching, attention w0reing, Gladys who are so desperate to be victims, they will complain about anything. not getting enough attention seeking material peeking in windows or looking over fences? the internet will save you!!! now you and your unloved hen pack can band together and lick each others imagined wounds! you hand wringing ladies can join one million moms and create a mega group, the BBOA (busy bodies of america) and take turns catching each other as you swoon and pretend to faint over every perceived offense! schweddy balls? karamel sutra? for the love of god won't anyone think of the children!!!!! stop the ice cream monstrosity now!!!
I'm nuts about Scweddy Balls!
If you are uncomfortable with the name of this ice cream, think twice before taking your kids to see the new movie Puss in Boots.
People take offense to this and yet they voted for Geroge BUSH and DICK Cheney.
What's next? "Ben's Back Hair"? (Letterman cracked a joke about that years ago. Who knew it would be prophetic?)
Think they'll make a flavor for me?
Ha Ha Ha God I hope not!
Sounds delicious and I expect everyone to run for it once it hits the store. Meanwhile if you want something to grump about here it is. Icecream lovers happy, Ben & Jerry's happy, Grumpy happy. Problem solved.
Hello, it is a fantastic article, and great concept.
Up next super colon blow flavored ice cream
I really think a flavor based on the Colonel Angus skit is in order. Mmmmm.
The fact that so many people believe that because they think this is funny means that it is not a sign of the dumbing down of America IS the sign that it’s the dumbing down of America. When an off-color, juvenile joke makes the main stream media and so many people defend it, how can it be argued that our culture is not being degraded? Another sign is when the same people who find this humorous are so often unable to express a grammatically correct and coherent thought. They often go further and tell the person who informs them of the fact that their education and/or intelligence is somewhat lacking that correct language is not important, anyway. If you need more evidence of the lowering of our culture, just read any comments section after any news story on any site. Yes, yes, I know, I’m commenting, too...
Rested your case twice huh? Good thing. We're so degraded as a society that we need people like you to tell us what's write and rong.
I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking that you must be alone and angry at the world, and clearly lack a sense of humor. All this was meant to be was funny, nothing more or less. Us "simple minded" folk will laugh at it while you find something else to be mad at.
It seems someone here has not had any balls in their mouth for quite some time.
The fact that so many people believe that because they think this is funny means that it is not a sign of the dumbing down of America IS the sign that it’s the dumbing down of America. When an off-color, juvenile joke makes the mainstream media and so many people defend it, how can it be argued that our culture is not being degraded? Another sign is when the same people who find this humorous are so often unable to express a grammatically correct and coherent thought. They often go further and tell the person who informs them of the fact that their education and/or intelligence is somewhat lacking that correct language is not important, anyway. If you need more evidence of the lowering of our culture, just read any comments section after any news story on any site. Yes, yes, I know, I’m commenting, too...
"...how can it be argued that our culture is not being degraded?"
During hard times, it's human nature to seek humor wherever it may lurk. This particular post is so innocuous that it doesn't warrant the upbraiding you are trying so poorly to deliver. It's about the name of a new ice cream based on a SNL skit. It's light-hearted and funny to various walks of life.
Very sorry they canceled your appointment to get that hair out removed from your azz. You should definitely reschedule – soon.
And I rest my case.
Sooooooo you're saying that because this is funny, we're stupid? That's BS!
"You don't have to be smart to laugh at fart jokes, but you'd be stupid not to." – Louis CK
I:m waiting to see if the make Cork-Soaker next!
Cuz it's Sofa-King good!!
I'm 54, educated and have a good sense of humor. I like "off color" humor as long as it isn't just plain right mean. I thought the original script on SNL was funny because it was just plain stupid but I laughed. It's just a funny play on words. I think it's great that Ben and Jerry came up with such a flavor and named it Schweddy Balls. Lighten up people. You didn't have to read the article once you read it was titled "Schweddy Balls."
I'm 48 and I remember the schweddy balls skit. It was very funny, not only for the play on words, but how the ladies acted it out. Baldwin, of course thinks he is Lawrence Olivier, is an actor only in his own mind.
Alec Baldwin is a fabulous actor. Olivier was a great actor. Different times, different styles. Watch Olivier's "Hamlet" film if you want to see a reallt stinky acting job.
AB has always delivered as an actor.
ha-ha. schweddy balls. Now all junior high kids can repeat this and feel as if they are getting away with something.
And the name will get media attention. ha-ha. We can say schweddy balls and get away with it!
Schweddy balls! Schweddy balls!
Ben and jerry's concocts something silly and they sell the product on a junior highism. And the media laps it up.
I wonder if the ice cream is any good.
Anyway, media, pls dont feel the need to trumpet something based on a vulgarism. You should know better. But, um, maybe you do not and B&J knows that.
Ben and Jerry's is fan-tab-ulous. Seriously, I live in MA and the only thing that stops me from eating it everyday is how bad it is for you. Packed with calories. the best is half baked, its half cookie dough ice cream and half brownie batter
You would have made a great member of the aristocracy, burning them at the stake. This kind of humor has been around for centuries, but of course you probably wouldn't know it from your white-walled room.
Oh, well. I suppose a failing nation that responds to the world like a bullying adolescent would find ugly adolescent humor funny. Enjoy the last days of your dying empire. Bet the Chinese and Indians are spending their time on something useful.
Their time and money.
Ut oh, Mr Sad pants needs somethig to sweeten him up. Have some Pralenes and DICK.
bwhahahaha! +1 internetz to you!
It's just ice cream. Lighten up.
Yuuuuuummmmm Ruummmmm!!!!!
I want a flavor mixed in a "Bass-O-Matic!
Everybody needs to get a grip!!! It's not that serious. It has nothing to do with dumbing down America or insulting the intelligence of their consumers. It's a FREAKIN joke, people!!! Stop getting your panties in a twist and have a sense of humor. After being bombarded all day with all the images we have to relive year and year of 9/11, it's nice to have something to simply laugh at. It's a marketing ploy with a play on words and it accomplished what it was set out to do...cause a controversy!! Suckers, you just played into! Now for all of you who are so tightly bent out of shape about it and are not going to buy this product, there will be a hundred more people who will buy it just to piss you off...LOL!
You are exactly correct. If we lose our sense of humor, we have really lost everything. LAUGH America, it's good for the soul.
I'd laugh at that . . . but I have been out of junior high for such a long time. I guess I have lost my "sense of humor."
And if that tickles your funny body (the name of the ice cream) maybe you should be in home room right now.
Jeez, pierce, way to rain on everyone's parade. I can't stand people like you who think your brand of humor is so above everyone else's that you feel the need to flaunt your supposed superiority. FYI....turd monger...I graduated valedictorian of my high school class and graduated from a highly-rate private college with a 3.692 GPA and I found the Schweddy Balls skit hilarious the first time I saw it. I also find fart, poop, and sex jokes funny. You're just upset because people like me can find humor in life and you obviously are incapable of expressing joy and happiness. I'm sorry you are not happy. Perhaps a mouthful of Schweddy balls would perk you up.....
Well said!! Come on people...lighten up and laugh, for crying out loud! It's a joke!!! Jeez!!
I don't want any Schweddy Balls, I have 2 already.
small enough to have sex with a shower head
Anyone who thinks that this ice cream, named after a dirty joke from a late-night skit, is showing the downfall of society needs to go back and reread their Shakespeare (and then, just for more shocks, read the lyrics of "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" from the musical "Kiss Me, Kate" and realize that that was written in 1949). Of course, those people will then probably insist that we remove Shakespeare from public schools. All this does, really, is shows how materialistic society has gotten, which, depending on who you are, might show more clearly how our society will fall.
Hopefully, this will kick off a series of SNL-themed flavors. I predict the next flavor will be called Colonel Angus.
Somethin' fishy about that flavor.
Theodoric of York "leech and blood-letting flavored"!
Roseanne Rosanadana banana
Tracy Morgans career (available only for a limited time)
Jake & Elwood Bluesberry
how about Lord and Lady Douchebag?!
Apparently, I am even more disconnected from society than I originally thought. After reading the negative comments, I am truly amazed. Can't everyone just have a little fun? This was a very entertaining and clever skit, and for B&J to create an ice cream flavor from it just enhances the fun of it all. I feel sorry for the people making serious, disapproving comments about this article. There are plenty of issues to take seriously today; this is not one of them!
I think that all of Ben and Jerry's names for ice cream are fun. I love this Schweddy Balls though. I can hardly wait to see it in my supermarket. I will definitely buy it.
I haven't bought ice cream in a grocery store for nearly 10 years, but you can bet I'll be running out to get some Schweddy Balls. One of the best skits ever, plus it sounds pretty good... I love rum.
I can't tell you the hysterics I was in when I saw that skit. All three of them had such stone solid faces never broke a laugh once. I think I may have peed my pants.
fantastic!
To go with your Schweddy Balls, the newest flavor in the line-up – Sweet Santorum – riverlets of marshmallow fluff and chocolate fudge in a sweet cream ice cream.
+1 +1 +1 for "Sweet Santorum"
I bet Alec Baldwin doesn't get in on the mega-dollar cross marketing deal.
Work for hire, all intellectual rights owned by SNL and licensed out for all perpetuity of intergalactic futures and schwit.
You know, it's ironic that all of these conservatives are getting their panties in a bunch over this, considering the original sketch is MAKING FUN OF NPR.
Good point!
Now I'm waiting them to put out a Wayne's World flavor of Praline and Dick.
Thanks for the pertinent news, now my day in complete.
I hope that they've figured out a way for them to glisten! Personally, I think humor on the edge (or slightly over the edge) of decency is quite appropriate for the holiday season. And I know that Alec Baldwin is a professional actor, but I don't know how he remained in character during one of my favorite SNL skits of all time.
The way it was presented can be interpreted innocently enough .. it's YOU that makes it a dirty joke by your own imagination ... kind of Fruedian or Rorschach-ian. So, if you want to complain about it, you need to realize it's your understanding of the subject that makes it dirty.
I would never purchase any product with a name like that.....
What an entirely disgusting and distasteful name. There are a lot of decent older women out there who will be sooo turned off by this name.
Then don't buy it....that simple
Darling, I'm a decent "older" (60) woman and I'd buy just to see the checkout clerk's face. Can't anyone take a joke any more?
Mary, Are you a decent older woman?
yeah, but there's all the indecent women like me who will eat up those Schweddy Balls... ; – )
We all have decent & indecent moments. Who cares either way? To the uptights, pull the hair out and have fun for a change! I'm looking forward to trying the ice cream just for the flavors & the, um "novelty."
Hey, Sister Mary, lighten up. You might be offended by the name, but almost everyone else is having fun with this. You must be some frigid prude.
So, the dumbing of American society continues to be alive and well. Some folks will throw their money at anything. This campaign of sophomoric marketing only reinforces the obvious breakdown of wholesome values and common sense.
It's called "fun".
Your comment is presumably that of one whose chornoligical age is less than a sixth grader.
No, it's from one whose "chornoligical" age has afforded me the experiences of a very full intellectual, spiritual and emotional life, thus allowing me to chuckle at something prurient or base without any guilt or shame.
Yes, many like you are infatuated with and compelled to the feeding of your prurient interests so as to make them seem customary, socially acceptable, familiar or even normal. The fact is, sir or madam, there exists a critical shortage of adults that can offer prudent advice, who demonstrate judgmatic reasoning and who make a conscious effort to preserve some semblance of social intellectualism in our once vigorous and vibrant American culture.
@ reality check: For goodness sakes get over yourself and have some fun in life. If it the ingredients sound tasty (which they do) then the name of it shouldn't matter. I am not a fan of the Grateful Dead, yet I'll get down with some Cherry Garcia. "That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet"
Jess; Dorothy, in the above post, has some words of wisdom that can provide guidance to people with your special needs. In reference to your allusion to Jerry Garcia, he was, and continues to be an icon in the music industry. Your comparison of his cultural contributions to Mr. Baldwin’s distasteful rantings is, quite frankly, inappropriately repugnant. Jerry’s legacy and genius will sustain the test of time, much like the quote that you so ineptly interpret.
@Reality Check:
Wrong. Cherry Garcia, in reference to the post you are interpreting, is a flavor of ice cream also made by Ben & Jerry's. Her entire premise was that, while she did not like the music of the Dead, "Cherry Garcia" is a delicious flavor of ice cream despite the cultural reference of its title, and she presumably purchases ice cream because she enjoys the flavor and texture, and not because of every perceived cultural reference in the title that she could possibly infer. Similarly, whether or not you find the name "Schweddy Balls" funny, "a rum-spiked vanilla ice cream base with fudge-covered rum and malt balls aplenty mixed in" sounds delicious to me.
Or, you can stop being so pedantic. Marketing is an important influence in selling any product, and clearly this product was well marketed if you are writing comments in an online message board dedicated to said product. I loved the skit, and the ice cream flavor sounds delicious; I might just go buy myself a pint. That must make me a moron, right?
SERIOUSLY!!! I didn't know that there were so many "virgins" and puritans in our little blotsphere
What do you consider to be "wholesome values?"
Dear reality check,
I'm normally touting the same spiel as you. I happen to dislike the name as well, and I also agree that in our day and age, we need to be more concerned with upholding our morality, character and general intellectualism. Many factors of today's insatiable society cause our standards to slide. I'm with you on that. But you know what? I don't think you're doing the cause a single benefit by ranting on a CNN message board, accusing people of 'special needs' on rather petty terms. A part of being a mature, upstanding adult is knowing when you keep your mouth shut. Any reasonable point you may have had in your initial argument is clouded by your superior attitude and glazed over arrogance.
Thank-you Mahagar,
Thank-you Mahagar,
I agree that was a poor choice of words considering the American version of the English language is fraught with euphemisms, colloquialisms and re-definitions which can unfortunately be misinterpreted, either spoken or written. My sincere apologies go out to anyone I may have inadvertently offended. I'll be certain to apply a much keener sense of compassion and literary awareness in any of my future postings.
Dear reality check and Mahagar,
Please, I beg you both to read my post to pierce. I do understand it takes myriad types of individuals to make our world complete, but do you honestly have to wave your superiority flags to everyone? In doing so, I sincerely believe you are instead flaunting your insecurities and are wanting us (apparently the sophomoric types) to indulge your desires to be worshipped by the "lessers." I would have thought that such intellectuals as yourselves would have heard the adage "Better to keep quiet and appear ignorant than to speak and remove all doubt."
It's not thowiing money away if you love ice cream, and the ingredients sound like something you'll like. What, you don't buy ice cream for yourself?
This was funny when SNL first aired it - in 1998. By this point it's lost a little relevance.
Apparently they released this earlier than the article states, I located a batch of these at my Walmart on Friday. And I will say, darn tasty! Mmm.. good times.
Hmmm... Better check the 'eat by date'
Yeah, Old Schweddy balls taste terrible!
Better check the 'eat by date'
Apparently, those who are offended by this flavor or who think it's supposed to allude literally to a man's testicles did not see the original skit on SNL. The skit is one double entendre after another. In the skit, Baldwin's character – Pete Schweddy – was literally talking about his dessert balls. Quote: "Over at Season's Eatings, we have balls for every taste – popcorn balls, cheese balls rum balls – you name it." That's where the rum flavor comes from in this ice cream. That's part of the joke, but you're not supposed to think about a man's junk while you're buying the ice cream. Many of you people really need to lighten up. The ice cream obviously will not taste like testes, so the suggestion that a company should put out a flavor that tastes like crap is absurd. And regardless of your opinion of Baldwin's politics, he is a brilliant comedic actor and really made the original sketch work.
And yet, I can't help but think that if this is what grown-ups are like in America now, then the country doesn't have any grown-ups at all–just extremely tall fifth-graders. It's crass, it was intended to be crass, and there's no way you can intellectualize it into not being crass. SNL has been mining under the bottom of the barrel for years, and now Unilever has fallen into the muck with SNL.
Touche.
A significant portion of the U.S. population revels in crudeness and has no clue as to how it speaks of their character.
I think you need to lighten up a bit. Adults have always liked immature and crude humor. Three Stooges, Marx Brothers, Benny Hill. And yet adults crack up at it because it's just plain funny. It's silly and ridiculous. And when you consider how utterly ridiculous our entire world has become, is a double entendre regarding the naming of an ice cream flavor really all that offensive? Wait....isn't that a B&J flavor....Udderly Ridiculous? :D
Then don't buy it. It clearly wasn't marketed to you. Say what you want about the name, the flavor of ice cream sounds delicious, and controversial Ben & Jerry's flavors tend to sell well. Personally, I buy ice cream for the taste and texture, and not the name; but I realize I may be in the minority here.
This is awesome!!!!!!!! I love both SNL and Ben & Jerry's sense of humor. Very cool Ben & Jerry!!!!
Mmm...I could sure go for some schweddy balls right about now. Scrumdiddlyumptious!
This is freakin' awesome!!! The funniest thing to be on SNL in years and now it's an ice cream. I love it! I seriously do not understand why people are so bent out of shape. Have they seen the skit? Hilarious!
I love hairy testicles as much as my neighbor, but I simply don't associate them with food, ice-cream in particular.
Do you need a diagram to comprehend that? It's a business decision, more power to them.
Uptight much Tony? I figured you would say they were grrrrrrrrrrreat!
Who said anything about hairy? I believe they were Schweddy. And who said anything about testicles; balls are merely spherical 3-dimensional objects. And sexual inference you make is conjured by your own imagination. And gee willikers, Schweddy Balls does sound good.
THIS IS DISGUSTING – very poor judgement – it wouldnt surprise me if they started making a flavor called brown butt holes or Zit puss
agreed ^
I heard they also have plans for Lemon Dingleberry, Raspberry Jock Itch and coming this fall: Syphilis Discharge
tisk tisk B&J – are you that stupid?
Yuck
Oh lighten up! The Schweddy balls sketch is a hilarious classic, and I think it's equally hilarious that Ben and Jerry's chose to name their ice cream after it. it shows they've got a sense of humor. But hey, I guess to some people rum flavored vanilla ice cream with malted milk balls is pretty "DISGUSTING" and in "poor judgement".
Agreed.
Big baby...
There's no SNL skit with a cult following called "brown but holes" or "zit puss" but if there was maybe Ben & Jerry's could jump on the band wagon and make a profitable ice flavor based on it. Get over yourself. That skit was hilarious the first time I heard it and the many times I've heard it since. That's why it will go down in history as one of the funniest comic skits ever written and performed. The acting was the timing of the jokes was perfect. That being said.. the Scheddy Balls rum flavored ice cream sounds delicious and I certainly will buy some to try when it comes out at the end of the month!!
There was a skit with zit pus. It was Jon Lovitz, and his character was Annoying Man. He would do all the things that our kids do to drive everyone crazy. He would hum nonstop, he would drum with his fingers on the table. At the end of the skit, he popped a big zit on his face, and all the contents of said zit, hit the camera lens. No, I don't think that B^&J would name an ice cream after this, but I just had a flashback when you said zit pus.
This from a dude with the screen name "the REAL god". Seriously, don't be so, um, serious!
really? really? this is what bothers you? really?
Big Brown Salty Chocolate Balls might be a followup, a tribute to Chef on South Park.
Chocolate Salty Balls – you put 'em in your mouth and you suck 'em!
Poor judgement? This flavor is bound to sell extraordinarily well, and it sounds like it tests good. Seems like good judgement to me, if you are Ben & Jerry's.
Wow! I have to agree w/ the person who said Alec Baldwin is a liberal stooge! This does appear to be the blog for a lot of left-wing liberal loons though! And to all you Michelle Bachman and Sarah Palin haters, you're all just jealous that their balls are bigger than yours! I swear you are all TERRIFIED at the prospect that a conservative woman is either more educated or just plain smarter than you! Haven't you nags figured it out yet? The more you cry and whine, the more you empower them! So keep the rude and hateful comments coming, they truly just show your ignorance, as well as your fear! I love it! How a blog about the name of an ice cream turns into a slam on Bachman, that's just priceless! (Although I'd be a bit more tactful about the Palin slams, I here Sarah's a pretty good shot!) LMAO! And to "Lindalou", you are apparently a religious scholar? Dear God, I hope not! The assumption that all republicans are nothing but frumpy, humorless bible thumpers is something an ignorant, uneducated loon would say! To the fool that thinks conservatives don't like B&J "because they donate a lot of money to help people" is hilarious! They don't like them because they are liberal loons too! Maybe you should do your research! This country was built by all those "big, bad, wealthy conservatives" who donated tons of cash to every cause imaginable!
Wait. What? You realize this is a food blog, right?
you're calling him a "loon"? How ironic.
I am so glad I can count on your vote in 2012. Anita always scratches my balls in the morning....it's a Texas thing.
why is anyone hiring Alec Baldloser for anything – now that we all know what a scumbag he is
Chris, you are fine one to call someone a "loony" or a stooge. You do realize how crazy your rant makes you sound, especially considering that this article was about ice cream?!
You do realize this is about ice cream, right? I know you right-wing types have a chemical imbalance and you just can't help yourself – but please, just shut up. No one except for elderly lunatics and racist inbreds in deep South really give a crap.
Hey Chris, it's about ice cream, not idiots!
..should they want to branch out to tea making: "Balzac T Bagger"
Rocky Mountain Oysters, anyone?
warning on the container: "processed in a plant with pubic hairs"
(for those of you allergic to nutsacks)
Idea for next visionary project: ice-cream tribute to the Scatman from the 80s.
We have decided to pull Scweddy Balls from production. It will be replaced with Dripping Vag – A Pink ice cream infused with cream pie filling
"BBC Cream" and "Catholic Creamer" are in the works.
Sounds delicious. Please let me know when it's in post production and ends up on shelves. I do like cream pie.
P.S. bring that ice-cream to work around some hypersensitive females, and tell me how it goes.
I would simply ask them if they'd ever seen the SNL skit, and if not, then I would explain it to them. I would also tell them that the name of the ice cream refers to the character's desserts, not his actual man parts. That's the whole joke of the skit. But it wouldn't stop me from enjoying the ice cream which sounds like it will be delicious.
Idiotic. But then again, this is a country of McDonalds and Starbucks.
Wow you're all over the board tonight on this one. It must have really got your panties in a wad.
Next, I'd like to see "Taint It Creamy!" with a little mix of fudge and extra-whipped cream! Or, even "Pendulous Melon!" made with real breast milk from cloned Chinese cows.
Just sayin'.
There is no more "Ben & Jerry's..........they sold out to a conglomerate and let them keep using their name.........so a Big Corporation who do anything sleazy and trashy to sell a product.
I do agree that if B&J were still the independent VT company, they wouldn't have gotten so racy... an ice cream flavor depicting the Coneheads would've been more up their alley.
Ahhh shucks. You mean they don't still make it right out of their garage? Oh well. All kidding aside.. I don't buy B&J. I find their combinations to be strange and not so tasty for the price they charge. But I will make an exception and buy some Scheddy Balls. But I bet that my local grocery store won't carry it since I live in the Bible belt. The folks around here still don't allow alcohol sales on Sunday, don't ever mention the words "Harry Potter" and many don't celebrate Halloween either. I seriously doubt that they will be on board for trying some Scheddy Balls! Some people just don't know how to live it up and have some fun.
Wow Penny, you really have to move. Come to New York and let your hair down. I could never live amongst the Bible Thumpers you are describing.
So they are a successful company now, employ more workers, produce and sell more products, provide more jobs, and stimulate the economy all to a larger extent than a lemonade stand? They must be evil. Corporate sell-outs.
It's a shame their ice cream is so tasty and well marketed. ;D
Hmm. Seems like it's missing some saltiness.
JOIN THE BOYCOTT. STOP BUYING BEN AND JERRY'S ICE CREAM. FORCE THEM TO SHOW RESPECT FOR THE CHILDREN OF AMERICA.
You should really get your own life rather than trying to run everyone else's. Go back to burning witches and "purifying" innocent people on the rack.
Oh, put a plug in it George. Go hang with the Taliban.
Dude, what the hell are you talking about?! The one company with a mission to support and uphold environmental and humanitarian causes? You sir, are hopelessly f'ed up.
Ohhhhhhhhhh HA HA HA HA HA! Thanks for the laughs. I'm going out to buy as much Ben & Jerry's as my freezer can hold.
good – sounds like you need some sweaty balls in ur mouth – to shut you up
George, Kiss my Schweddy Balls.
Quit YELLING George. We're right here.
Oh, here we go again. How many bullshit laws and regulations have been passed in the interest of protecting "the children of America." This ice cream flavor is NOT going to harm our children. And it has nothing to do with morality. It's comedy. It's a little joke. And if a child asked about it, I'd simply say, "It's named after a dessert that a character made on a comedy show. You'll understand it better when you're older." Which is what it is – named after a dessert. And a child probably wouldn't be looking for a rum-flavored ice cream anyway.
Thank you for inspiring me to go buy some for my family, including my 9 y/o daughter.
This is about as disgusting as it gets, when what could be an iconic ice cream manufacturer sinks to the lowest level of moral degradation to sell a product. I call for a nationwide boycott of Ben and Jerry's to protest in the name of decency. Please join us in this boycott for the sake of the children and common decency.
George – Go ahead and have your own little boycott. I'm sure Ben and Jerry's wont miss your business. Oh, and don't you have other things to worry about than a friggin ICE CREAM???? Get a new perspective fool.
You are one of the common filth.
dont u have something else to worry about than another mans post?
George – grow up, it's all in good fun. Kids eating the ice cream won't know what that is and if they do, i'm sure they know a lot more than just some shweddy balls. So get over it and worry about things that matter instead of a little joke that was quite funny. I like it and am buying a pint and will enjoy some shweddy balls melting in my mouth
Get a REAL life!
I hope the boycott doesn't start too quick. I CUNT FACE not being able get some before it disappears from the market.
You realize that the sexual inference is in your own mind, right? Schweddy is a last name. Balls are just spheres, used often in sports. In fact the ice cream actually contains balls, since the ingredients list includes "malt balls." I think someone needs to get his mind out of the gutter and go enjoy some Schweddy Balls.
No!
THE CHILDREN EFFING LOVE BEN AND JERRY'S! WHO SAYS THEY HAVE TO OR ARE ABLE TO READ THE DAMN LABEL! Hahahahahahaha.
Tastes like kiwi, with a hint of salt and vinegar.
LOL!!!!! Good s-!
You stay classy, Ben & Jerry.
...and nothing exudes more class than "Chubby Hubby" and "Chunky Monkey". (sarc) Americans are world reknown fat slobs. Retract your pinky and deal with it.
Wow, you are what is known as a "fun vampire." Because you don't suck blood, you just suck.
Hope you didn't waste TOO much time working on that one.
Lean6: feel free to f^ck yourself.
I think the ribald and irreverent humor is fantastic. Why get offended? Just laugh and enjoy them with a wicked gleam in your eye as you serve them after an elegant meal you prepare for friends. Not something to get one's panties in a knot.
I would so serve them with nuts......
Being Vermont's finest maybe some of the proceeds could go to support the restructuring of devastated rural Vermont from hurricane Irene? Easy to say when I am not responsible for the balance sheets.
It might be popular with the guys, but doubt maybe women are going to want to buy this one.
Yeah maybe if they're gay.
That's what I thought but when the women in my office found out about this they went crazy!
I have no idea who the character is, since I haven't watched SNL for years, but there's nothing wrong with rum ice cream. I'd buy it.
u can have my balls in ur mouth – then I'll jack off on ur face – nothing wrong with that either
The gay men may prefer "Hubby Hubby", the B&J ice cream celebrating gay marriage.
I myself as a women would enjoy it that much more.And would by tons of it
This is a FAIL on the part of Ben & Jerry's. Yeah, the skit was funny, but the name of your food should not make me lose any appetite I might have had for it. By the way, Ben & Jerry's abbreviated is BJ.
Actually its B&J...tool, I am sure Ben and Jerry's are bawling at the prospect you will not buy the ice cream- get a sense of humor
Who are you again?
You're kiddin', right? I'm buying a ton of it just because it's so damnable funny. I love you Ben and Jerry. You guys are tooo funny. xxxooo
I think it's awesome!
The ice cream sounds gross and they're just a little bit late to the party, but this still makes me laugh. That sketch is eternal.
Oh Yeah, I can really picture myself pushing my a cart in Central Park, Yelling, LADIES!!! YOU WANT TO TRY MY SCWEDDY BALLS !!! SCWEDDY BALLS anyone !!!
gary
"Yuk....no thanks. That would be like eating a chocolate candy bar named brown shit. no thank you that is stupid. At first people will buy it, but then they wiil not."
Gary is not down with the Schweddy Balls. Got it.
+Rep, not down...at all
Jesus was a fag.
Oh, give me a freaking break, who told you that, perez hilton?
You're probably right, which is why Mary went and slept around and got preggers, then lied about it and said she was a virgin.
Either that or she was just SOOOOO dumb she didn't know the mechanics of how it all works.
Oh, I totally agree. People were so primitive back then they'd believe just about anything you told them. The more fantastic of a story, the more people believed it. I sure wish I could have been around back then, 'cause being a huckster would have been a piece of cake.
Yu gotta be kidding me. We are more naive, ignorant and blind today than we have ever been as a society. Dont confuse knowledge with wisdom, it makes it even easier to be caught with your guard down. The hubris is blinding. Im seriously surprised we havent burned it to the ground yet.
Last time I tried schweddy balls I don't remember any rum, chocolate or malt taste... Huummmmm... :-)
That was my weiner.
Just the creamy filling?
THE FINAL HOUR IS SOON UPON US, AND THIS IS YET ONE MORE SIGN. REPENT SINNERS, FOR YOUR EVIL WILL NO LONGER BE TOLERATED IN THIS OR ANY OTHER REALM........ !
Hail Satan our gracious overlord!
Have you ever had Schweddy balls with bat wings? Yum.
sorry, but I Heart Evil Grin.....no repenting here. I am true to my evil overlord who is totally gonna kick you in the nuts- actually no, he will get a minion to do it, god only knows where your Schweddy balls have been....or my realistically not been.
HAIL EVIL GRIN!!
Holy catfish anyway.
Jesus Christ.
Yes?
Anybody have a quarter? I need some Schweddy Balls !
LOL
Hey, didn't I see you on a street corner, wearing a dirty robe and sandwich-board sign and yelling at passers-by? I had no idea you had internet access too. I guess everyone has an iPad these days...
*beats everyone in this comment thread to death with a copy of The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing*
PRAISE THE LARD!
I truly didn't know that an icecream flavor could be a sign of the times....thanks for the info–I'll be sure to be more aware of my grocery purchases. I don't want to miss out on the rapture.
In every forum, there's always one...
GO AWAY!!!!
Does this mean that it's not too long before we see Betty White's muffins?
Actually, it would be Betty White's "muffin", singular. Love that you brought it up!!! But the picture it is conjuring in my brain is NOT pretty!!
Yuk....no thanks. That would be like eating a chocolate candy bar named brown shit. no thank you that is stupid. At first people will buy it, but then they wiil not.
From your comparison, I see that you've experienced brown shit candy bars. That doesn't sound to great. Could I be wrong? Pray, tell us.
since it's a limited edition flavor, i think the whole point is that people will buy it and then they will not because they won't be manufacturing it anymore. and the name doesn't refer to pete schweddy's testes. it refers to pete schweddy's dessert balls. it's up to the consumer to choose which association to make.
If the candy bar was made with high quality cocoa beans, sure I'd give it a shot. Then again, I tend to put stock with the products themselves and not the marketing ploys used to sell them.
What next, 'D#*k in the Box' popsicles?
You mean Poopsicles!!!
That would be porksicles, fuppedduck.
Good things.
And Betty White's dry old muffin.
Ahem, that's Dusty Muffin.
And remember Betty's muffin hasn't had a cherry since 1939!!
Good Times.
...any time you meet a payment!
LOVE IT!!! Of course now we have to wait to hear from Michelle Bachmann and her ilk complaining about how "disgusting and morally outrageous" this is. And to those people I say, would you like to lick my schweddy balls?
These are overcooked and need something firm,like a wiener to offset the salt taste.
Love it all you like and Bachman has nothing to do with it, but B&J's will be pulling this before to long. You may love living in a snarky world, but 50% of the country doesn't (me, I don't give a rat's rear-end). Few business are willing to PO a substantial number of their customers.
Really, you predict the flavor will only be offered temporarily? Was the "Limited Batch" sign printed on the ice cream container your first clue when making this genius assessment? Truly insightful, sir.
heh-heh. he said batch. heh-heh.
I think everyone understands that this is a novelty flavor and nothing else. No one expects to pick this up at your neighborhood Walmart.
Good to see the non-snarky ilk can't read, so they should not be offended.
Repugnicans already hate Ben & Jerry's because they give lots of money to charity and help the less fortunate... conservatives find those things unAmerican. They are waiting for Rick Perry's new flavor, "Needle in the Arm"
People will eat this up.
Yeah... and the theme song for the new flavor should be the melody for "a d!ck in a box" performed by Justin Timberlake
The flavor will be introduced early this fall and will be available through December. http://bit.ly/plzdvp
Nice to see 12 year old humour never gets old...
You do thrive on it, don't you?
Ahhh! The classics!
I B thinkin' "Frummunda Cheeze" would be next, given schweddy bawLLz!
I will be looking high and low for this ice cream.
"Balls!" said the Queen. "If I had them I'd be King!"
One of the funniest sketches ever on SNL. I would have lost it doing that sketch and they stayed in character thru the whole thing without even cracking a smile...it's a classic. Even God was laughing at that one.
Lindalou, yours is the best comment on here, I mean, I agree!!
Chefs salty chocolate balls are better.
you ought to know gaylord
Justin – You took the words right out of my mouth! Yummmm....... Chefs salty chocolate ballllllssssssssz
"Suck on my chocolate salty balls. Put 'em in your mouth and suck 'em"
Haven't watched since the 70's doesn't make me cool... Just old :o). But still looking forward to Schweddy Balls YUM
Rats. Schweddy balls aren't gluten-free.
I can get you some gluten free. :-)
I love it – one of the best skits ever on Saturday Night Live!
We should have ourselves a bowl and watch the skit together over and over again
I don't understand what religion or politics has to do with this particular kind of humor, but whatever.
I loved the original sketch, and I love ice cream. Guess I'll have to get my hands on some Schweddy Balls...ice cream, that is.
Darn auto correct. That should be WWJD instead is SAID. LOL!
@LeeAnn it's nice to live in a glass house, isn't it? After all, everyone knows He would be so very concerned about appearances rather than substance, right? I suppose such a pious and devout person as yourself has never laughed at a slightly off colour joke or double entendre and as such must be a perfect person. Oh, wait... You're still here to make comments on a FOOD blog instead of having been translated and taken up to sit at His right hand. I think there are more serious things in this world that He would be concerned with other than the name of an ice cream flavour for pity's sake! There is a religion blog to post your SAID comments on. For myself, I just can't bring myself to eat malt balls. Bring back Wavey Gravey and make me a happy camper, please Ben and Jerry? Lol!
I think the word you were looking for was "ascended" (into heaven). Translated doesn't really make sense. Otherwise, good post!
'Translate' is a mathematical term. It works.
I want some schweddy balls
You all can lick my cow balls...they are not as salty.
cows don't have balls
That's why they're not as salty.
My husband took a flat of pint sized shweddy balls to work today – everyone loves my husband's schweddy balls.
Stop looking at my bum! Just enjoy the ice cream, people!
Scott, Right on! The first time I saw that skit I wasn't drinking anything, but my stomach hurt I laughed so hard (and couldn't quit crying!). I can't stand malt balls but will probably buy a pint anyway, just 'cause. Thanks for the Schweddy Balls!
It wasn't that funny. Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls on South Park was funnier. Chef even had a music video for his song. When does he get a Ben and Jerry's flavor?
oh, no, it wasn't.
I blew diet coke out of my nose the first time I saw this skit (glad I wasn't drinking hot coffee). I don't know if I'll try any of Pete Schweddy's spherical confections, but good on B&J for producing them!!! As for all of the idiots who brought politics and religion into a discussion about a SNL skit turned into a real product... LIGHTEN UP!!! And, if you are offended by this skit or product... DON'T WATCH IT... DON'T BUY IT...
SNL is such a bad show now – wonder how long before they pull the plug. I guess when you are on at 1130 on Sat you dont have to worry about ratings.
been on since 72 I think. watched the original.
75
Typical no thought reguired SNL low brow humor gone corporate.
Agreed.
Sound your name should be Mr. Dumb @ss. You make fun of the story and yet, here you are reading and posting a comment. Go try to be faux "Mr. Sophisticated" somewhere else.
Disagree. Mr.NiceGuy did not say that it was an uninteresting story unworthy of a few minutes to read and comment. What he did say (at least as I interpret his comment), is that it is a sad commentary on society when such thoughtless, unsophisticad, vulgar humor is adopted on such a grand scale.
They're a lot bigger than I expected. Just look at the way they glisten.
Ooh! Shiny!
perhaps the humor is lost on anyone who didn't see it.... This sketch was hilarious and I think it's awesome that Ben & Jerry's is introducing this ice cream. Can't wait to try Pete's Schweddy Balls!!
Jesus IS on South Park !! You know ...
@TX4UREXKARLENE Loved their Christmas show several years back when Jesus got killed in a gun fire battle!
Yeah, but he reincarnated so no loss no foul.
So is Moohamed but you have to look for him under a rock.
Start with the Comedy channel – South Park , Reno 911 , Family Guy , & The Office !
This is a disgrace! People think the crudest, basest things are funny. Always ask yourself, "what would Jesus do?"
He would probably recommend you get your humorectomy reversed and take some time to heal in the stfu cafe.
OMG....perfect reply....I literally did LOL!
Excellent response!
I have tears in my eyes I'm laughing so hard.
That is the most appropriate, funniest come-back I have read all day! Excellent! Wish I'd thought of it myself.
Oooh, you need a big dose of Schweddy Balls to get that nasty out of your mouth. Swallow, don't spit, swallow.
Happy Omnivore is right...That's exactly what I would do.
That's my line!
Lighten up Francis!
What would Jesus do? Seriously?! Get a grip! Christianity doesn't belong in the ice cream discussion.
Right! Thank God for ice cream!
Sweaty balls that have been to Hell & back
hmm speaking of jesus – lets crucify Ben & Jerry
I think Jesus would have suggested that they call it "Schweddy Matzo Ballz."
hahahahahaaha
Get a life you moron. Religious idiots like you are the down fall of society!
He'd give away everything he owns and try to bring peace on earth through lessons on humility. He certainly wouldn't be on the internet worrying about the names of ice cream flavors. So you perhaps should hesitate before throwing stones.
How do you know that? Did He speak to you? Tell you His plans?
I thought not.
what a square
I think Jesus would say, "Would you like to try my Scheddy Balls?"
i think jesus would love those schweddy balls
I've never met Jesus...and I'm assuming since he is a fictional character you have never met him either... BUT you can always make an educated guess!! Mine is that he would buy a pint of Schweddy Balls and eat the whoel g0ddamn thing.
Sorry, but there is all kinds of historical proof. Check out Wikipedia page on Pontius Pilate and the crucifixion.
"The discovery of the Pilate Stone in 1961 confirmed his historicity as a Prefect and added to the credence of the Gospel accounts."
Perhaps YOU are just a fictional character?
You do realize that Wikipedia is user-edited, right? It has never been considered a reliable source for anything. I can literally go in and change little details everywhere and have 98% of it overlooked and uncorrected for years. As the mass majority of people are aware. Welcome to the internet, I will be your guide.
Not to mention that proof of Pilate's existence (which wasn't in doubt in the first place) does not prove the existence of Jesus of Nazareth. And it certainly doesn't prove that the pretty myths in the Christian story book are true.
Jesus speaks to me daily-and he says to get a life and lighten up. He also said to stop trying to speak for him.
Please feel free to take Happy O's advice and have a seat in the STFU Cafe and savor some of these here SCHWEDDY BALLS...YEAH!
Why ask "What would Jesus do"??? That is arbitrary don't you think. Why not ask instead "What would George Carlin do?"
Or Scarey Wailin.
Or, Brian Boitano...
Yeah, it is pretty disgusting, wouldn't want to eat anything with a name like that. Can't even say "teabag" anymore, now I just say bags of tea. It's also a very sexist name, guys wouldn't think it was so funny if it had a female connotation on it... just saying. Although, now, lolz, that has me laughing! Imagine guys eating ice cream named... rofl!
@Angel,
You do realize guys will eat ANYTHING... lol.
We have decided to pull Scweddy Balls from production. It will be replaced with Dripping Vag – A Pink ice cream infused with cream pie filling
WWJD? really? That's your answer. How do you know that Jesus wouldn't find it funny? The assumption that Jesus was so upright and pious and woud not find the humor in this is just disturbing to me. You are kidding. I believe it was God that created all things so I guess he created humor as well. Which in turn means, he gave the writer's the inspiration for the SNL sketch, and he gave Ben and Jerry's the idea for Scweddy Balls. So all you pious uptight right wing conservative christians can lighten up. God created Humor, because if you believe the Bible, he created all things big and small. I bet you have a bracelet or a t-shirt or some other trinket that says WWJD on it. Considering Christ's humility and other facets of him described in the Bible, I highly doubt that he would be mass marketing himself to the general audience. There's a thought for you, so lighten up. Go buy some Schweddy Balls or Bonnaroo Buzz and enjoy. It's just Ice cream.
@lawwin
Well said!!! Can you imagine how funny that skit was during dress rehersal? What a hoot! God does have a sense of humor... he created the Tea Party. :)
Jesus and Jerv would lick his own Schweddy Balls
LM GD AO!
barf a lung laughing.
Jesus would laugh his ass off because he has a sense of humor! Get over it!
Jesus would say...."Get an afterLIFE"
Jesus would probably bust out laughing and then go to the store for a pint of Schweddy Balls.
don't care what Jesus would think. in case you haven't noticed, the man's been dead for 2011 years.
Actually, he's been dead (in the physical sense) for 1978 years. He'll be 2011 in December (or September, depending on which research you've read.)
Let me guess Robyn, you're either Jewish, or an atheist...right?
He'd laugh his freaking ass off. Try it, you'll like it.
@LeeAnn, He would probably tell you to first judge not lest ye be judged and then he may just ask you if you want to taste the Schwetty Balls. I mean DAM girl it was FUNNY!!!!! RELAX you finger pointing do gooder.
Laugh his holy ass off!
"what would Jesus do?"
He'd grab the nearest alter boy(s) and share his Schweddy Balls!
I like chocolate salty balls ;-) LOL
Alec Baldwin is a liberal stooge. Just sayin.
And now I know where this term came to be. Have to admit the last time I saw SNL, Billy Crystal was still a cast member.
well doesnt that just make you so cool
Actually,Mr.Truth is very cool..unlike wanna be trolls such as yourself. It's a shame you can only count in reverse,the future is always brighter as you walk forward while eating ice cream.
whats a wanna be troll and why is that supposed to be an insult? Thanks for not calling me a troll.
And ya I can tell Truth is really cool, using any chance he gets no matter how irrelevant to attack liberals and proclaiming that he hasnt watched SNL since the 80s. Thats straight out of the Cool Handbook. Maybe when Im a troll I will be cool like Truth.
You will NEVER ever be as cool as "tha" Truth, why? CUZ YOU CAN'T HANDLE THA TRUTH!!!!!!
BURN!
Ha! Poor richardHead has no balls.
You are a conservative stooge. Just sayin.
You wish you could lick his Schweddy Balls!