Bacon Addiction: Difference between revisions

== Advertising ==

* TV commercials for ''Beggin Strips'' brand of dog treats.

'''PA:''' No, it's Beggin Strips. [[Artistic License Animal Care|Dogs don't know it's not bacon.]] }}

** As Steve of [[The Sneeze]] discovered, either they're counting on dogs having a very poor sense of taste, or on humans never bothering to try. (Probably the latter).

* How does KFC make their famous bowl better? They put bacon on it.

 

* ''[[Top Chef]]'': If a "cheftestant" uses bacon in a dish, some judge is bound to say, "Bacon is always a good idea," or the like. Makes you wonder why they don't use it more often.

* A joke from ''[[SNL]]'''s ''Weekend Update'' section:

* ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'': The episode "The Storm" features a couple of extras discussing how the one thing they wish they'd brought along to Atlantis was bacon.

* ''[[America's Test Kitchen]]'': In one episode they replaced butter with smoked bacon in an alternative Thanksgiving Turkey recipe because, and I quote one of the chefs, "We thought about bacon because, hey, [[Trope Namer|everything tastes better with bacon.]]"

* ''[[That 70s Show]]'' has [[Jerkass|Red]] having to give up bacon after suffering a stroke.

** He doesn't.

* All to frequently inverted on ''[[Chopped]]'' when one of the contestants incorporates bacon into a dish but commits the sin of undercooking it. This also happens on the numerous occasions when various international versions of bacon appear in the mystery basket (''Chopped'' has an odd obsession with all forms of cured, fatty pork).

* In an episode of ''[[Will and Grace]]'', while Will is cooking breakfast he tries to wake up Grace, when he fails to do so he just says: "I´m making bacon" she quickly got up half-asleep muttering "I want it crispy!

* The Straight Dope Message Board not only loves bacon, but it has found something even more wonderful than bacon: the almighty Bacon Salt.

* Uber Entertainment, developers of ''[[Monday Night Combat]]'', [http://www.xboxic.com/news/6481 love bacon].

* ThinkGeek is extremely fond of bacon. They sell bacon everything.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGyKp3G6r2A My First Bacon!]

* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''

** Homer Simpson loves bacon with everything, including Dagwood-like sandwiches with it.

** When Homer wanted to get fatter to work at home, Dr. Nick Riviera advised: "Instead of using bread, use PopTarts! Instead of chewing gum, chew bacon!"

** Another incident:

'''Homer:''' Bacon up that sausage! }}

** Homer went ballistic after his local Krusty Burger stopped selling Ribwiches.

** In "I Love Lisa", apparently, bacon has its own day.

* ''[[Invader Zim]]'': "GIR! Why is there BACON IN THE SOAP?" "I made it myself!"

* ''[[Futurama]]'' has caffeinated bacon. And baconated grapefruit.