Traffic-Light Sundae

A traffic-light sundae is a dish of vanilla ice cream decorated with red, white, and green cherries, topped with nuts, crushed fruit, or whipped cream. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Traffic-Light Sundae”

Grant, have you ever had a traffic light sundae?

One that’s so good it stops traffic?

It sounds that good.

It’s vanilla ice cream decorated with red, white, and green cherries, topped with nuts, crushed fruit, or whipped cream.

No blueberries?

Why would you have blueberries on a truck?

I don’t know.

It needs to cut some of everything else.

I think that sounds delicious.

That sounds wonderful.

I have not had that.

I’ll add that to my life list.

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