“It would be a very short pint. It would be gummy bears and matzah, and be called Chewy Jewy.”

—  Stephen Colbert

In response to a question about what he would put into a Jon Stewart Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavor, University of Buffalo Distinguished Speakers Series (4 April 2008)

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