--- title: Watch Kevin Bacon Fulfill Destiny and Star in Bizarre Egg Ad description: How many degrees of separation are there between eggs and bacon? canonical: https://time.com/3744031/kevin-bacon-egg-ad/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-13T15:37:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:17:39.791Z og:title: Watch Kevin Bacon Fulfill His Destiny in This Bizarre Egg Ad og:description: How many degrees of separation are there between eggs and bacon? og:url: https://time.com/3744031/kevin-bacon-egg-ad/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdbaddeace321106e/69878387cd68481e0e09a232/screen-shot-2015-03-13-at-10-38-38-am.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2015-03-13 at 10.38.38 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Kevin Bacon Fulfill His Destiny in This Bizarre Egg Ad twitter:description: How many degrees of separation are there between eggs and bacon? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdbaddeace321106e/69878387cd68481e0e09a232/screen-shot-2015-03-13-at-10-38-38-am.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Kevin Bacon Fulfill His Destiny in This Bizarre Egg Ad by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Mar 13, 2015 3:37 PM UTC  by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Mar 13, 2015 3:37 PM UTC Kevin Bacon has lived up to his birthright: He is now the spokesperson for the [American Egg Board.](http://incredibleegg.org/kevin-bacon-and-eggs/#) “Because nobody knows eggs better than Bacon,” the actor tells a woman cooking breakfast while striking a comes-hither pose on her kitchen counter. The ad might seem a tad overdone, but hopefully the shirt he wears in the campaign goes on sale for the general public. > [](https://twitter.com/IncredibleEggs/status/576033782416982016) To reduce any confusion for people who don’t get the pun, Bacon clarifies in a [statement](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/kevin-bacon-does-ads-eggs-because-what-goes-better-eggs-bacon-163436): “With a last name like Bacon, I’m the obvious choice, and I’m excited to be a part of the new Incredible Edible Egg campaign… and I’ve always been a big fan of eggs. They’re a nutritional powerhouse and I never get tired of them because there are so many ways you can eat them.” Finally, his destiny has been fulfilled. Watch Kevin Bacon Fulfill Destiny and Star in Bizarre Egg Ad ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3744031/kevin-bacon-egg-ad/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3744031/kevin-bacon-egg-ad/"},"headline":"Watch Kevin Bacon Fulfill His Destiny in This Bizarre Egg Ad","datePublished":"2015-03-13T15:37:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:17:39.791Z","description":"How many degrees of separation are there between eggs and bacon?","url":"https://time.com/3744031/kevin-bacon-egg-ad/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Advertising","eggs","Ad"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdbaddeace321106e/69878387cd68481e0e09a232/screen-shot-2015-03-13-at-10-38-38-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdbaddeace321106e/69878387cd68481e0e09a232/screen-shot-2015-03-13-at-10-38-38-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2015-03-13 at 10.38.38 AM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3744031/kevin-bacon-egg-ad/","name":"Watch Kevin Bacon Fulfill His Destiny in This Bizarre Egg Ad"}}]}] ```