My secret shame . . . last Friday, I blew my ever-present diet and tried my first McFlurry at McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD). I was driven to the Golden Arches not by a craving or a bad day, but by Jack Donaghy, the arrogant General Electric Corporation (NYSE: GE) executive played so masterfully by Alec Baldwin on 30 Rock, broadcast by GE's own NBC Network. In the Valentine's themed episode, Jack and lady love Elisa (Salma Hayek in a multi-arc guest-starring role) partake in the frozen concoction, praising it as "the world's greatest dessert." Soft ice cream, M&Ms, whipped together and served with the world's most practical-looking spoon? What could go wrong?
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