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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. 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. ```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"}}]}] ```