It 's an irrefutable truth . Nothing goes better with eggs than bacon . But the perfect pairing ? Finding Hollywood actor Kevin Bacon serving up some eggs in your kitchen . The American Egg Board seem to have cracked it by running a series of online and print advertisements featuring the affable A-Lister . Scroll down for video . Kevin Bacon stars in the American Egg Board 's newest online and print advertising campaign . The video features scenes of a housewife leaning in to sniff Kevin Bacon as he lies on her kitchen counter . The Hollywood actor shunned the silver screen for his latest role , opting instead to pick this straight-to-web offering . The short video , filled with bacon puns , shows that the actor does n't take himself too seriously . The highly entertaining tongue-in-cheek advertisement opens with a woman making scrambled eggs for breakfast when Kevin Bacon appears in her kitchen , lying suggestively across the counter . The hilarity kicks off as he then spouts a string of mirth-inducing puns . And the memes have started ... Come here for your Bacon : The tongue-in-cheek advert last for two minutes and is filled with puns . 'Nobody knows eggs better than Bacon , ' he says , smouldering suggestively . He then goes on to wax lyrical on the goodness of eggs as the woman listens wide-eyed and breathless . 'You know I love the smell of bacon in the morning , ' he says as he takes the plate of eggs away from her . 'And I like the smell of Bacon , ' she states , as she leans in to sniff the Footloose actor , just as her husband walks in . The meta advert – at one point the actress says 'you sound like a commercial ' – has been wildly praised for its tongue-in-cheek approach to eggs . The American Egg Board said it 's the first time the group is using a Hollywood celebrity in a major marketing push . But which bacon are they talking about here ? The ad is full of funny moments like this . The online campaign is supported by print advertisements which also reference the star 's last name . The campaign comes at an opportune moment ; eggs which were long shunned and viewed as high-cholesterol are now back in vogue in the fickle world of food fashion due to their high protein content . Bob Krouse , CEO of Midwest Poultry Services , an egg producer in Mentone , Indiana , said that he 's glad the egg board is taking a slightly edgier approach in its marketing . Mr Krouse said : ' I always felt like egg farmers were too conservative . ' The 'Wake Up To Eggs With Bacon ' push by the ad agency Grey is an update on the 'Wake Up To Eggs ' campaign that launched in 2012 . '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 , ' the actor said . ' I like the creativity behind the idea , and I 've always been a big fan of eggs . ' The egg and Bacon pairing has been received with delight byTwittersphere . The Project TV made a joke of its own : 'There is now officially only one degree of separation between Kevin Bacon and eggs . ' User @ diannenice said : 'Is there nothing @ KevinBacon ca n't do ? Radio station K-Rock tweeted : 'Can anyone tell us why this took until 2015 to happen ? '
Kevin Bacon stars in the American Egg Board 's latest online ad campaign . Part of a tongue-in-cheek Wake Up to Eggs and Bacon series of adverts . Score: 6