Have you heard the news? Stephen Colbert did appreantly as he reported on the “Colbert Report”, his nightly O’Reilly/Hannity spoof, that the Gateway Grizzlies are now going to be serving “Baseball’s Best Burger”.

This special treat is a bacon cheeseburger servered with doughnuts instead of regular buns. There has been much a buzz about this in the area, and a national figure like Stephan Colbert giving a “Tip of the Hat” to our local sports team for bringing us this forbidden delight is only going to bring it more into the spotlight.

But wait… this sort of thing has been in existance already. The Gateway Grizzlies are not the inventors of this work of dietary porn.

In an episode of the animated version of Aaron McGruder’s “The Boondocks”, the character Grandpa started his own resteraunt where he featured a burger called The Luther, named after Luther Van Dross, the portly soul singer. The burger had a pound of grilled beef, bacon, cheese, mayo and was served between two donuts.

Did the Grizzlies get their idea from The Boondocks? Perhaps, but “Grandpa” might of gotten his idea from an actual diner in Decatur, GA.

Here is a blogging that reports on Mulligan’s, where they serve several other ungodly concoctions of delight. Here is a picture of a geniune “Luther”:

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