FROM THE COMEDY VAULT: EGGSTREMELY AMUSING

By Rob Vertullo
2/23/2004 01:56 PM

I saw a commercial yesterday that literally had me crying with laughter.

From the cheesy, mail order kitchen gadget company comes the ultra egg peeler (or some sh!t name like that). Yep, now peeling eggs is fun and easy! Remember how much trouble peeling eggs used to be? Neither do I, but apparently, this was once one of the most time consuming, wasteful, messy operations in the entire kitchen. To drive this point home, the commercial features some black and white footage of a 1950s-ish housewife attempting to peel an egg, without using the ultra egg peeler.

Oh the horror!

The poor woman is virtually reduced to tears by her own ineptitude. She simply cannot separate the shell from the egg without making her kitchen look like some kind of boiled egg crime scene There are egg pieces everywhere. There is a mound of mangled eggs and shells on the table, There are eggs in her hair. There are eggs on her apron. There are eggs on the walls. Clearly the woman is a failure as an egg peeler and as a wife and mother. The only thing there is to do now is grab for that hidden bottle of Four Roses and hope the kids don't bring any friends over today.

Man what a laugh I had. You gotta look for this ad.