Does Colbert have friends in high places?

Last night on his show, The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert issued a taste-off challenge to Willie Nelson who, like Colbert, has had a Ben & Jerry's flavor, "Willie Nelson's Peach Cobbler," created in his honor. (Colbert, of course, has the underwhelmingly-named "Americone Dream.") In fact, Nelson is scheduled to appear on the Report today.

They may have to postpone that taste-off, though, as B&J's has had to recall some of Willie's ice cream:

Ben and Jerry's is recalling 250,000 pints of its Willie Nelson's Country Peach Cobbler ice cream. The containers have the dates January 23, 24 or February 8 or 9, 2008 printed on the bottom.

Company officials announced the recall because the ice cream containers do not list wheat as an ingredient. That's obviously dangerous to people with wheat allergies.

This of course begs the question: what did Colbert know, and when did he know it? The recall appears to have been reported yesterday morning, so perhaps he knew when he taped yesterday's show that the recall was in effect.

No doubt Bill O'Reilly, Sworn Enemy of Colbert (and of Facts) will be all over this. In between falafels, that is.