"Go to work on an egg" was an advertising slogan used by the United Kingdom's Egg Marketing Board during the 1950s as part of more than £12 million it spent on advertising. An egg is a round or oval body laid by the female of many animals consisting of an Ovum surrounded by layers of Membranes and an outer casing which acts to nourish Advertising is a form of Communication that typically attempts to persuade potential Customers to Purchase or to consume more of a particular Brand A slogan is a memorable Motto or Phrase used in a Political, commercial, Religious and other context as a repetitive expression of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Slogans used by the board included "Go to work on an egg", introduced in 1957 in a £12 million advertising campaign and turned into a series of television advertisements The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive The proposition was that having an egg for breakfast was the best way to start the working day. Breakfast is the first meal of the day The word derives from the idea of break ing the '''fast''' of sleep
The slogan is often said to have been created by Fay Weldon, who has since said that she was just the manager of the person who created the phrase. Fay Weldon CBE (born 22 September 1931 is a British Novelist, Short story writer Playwright, and Essayist whose work
It is now 50 years since the ad was first run. There has been controversy since reruns of the TV commercial, starring the comedian Tony Hancock and actress Patricia Hayes, have been banned by the Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre which defended its decision, insisting that the adverts did not suggest a varied diet. Anthony John "Tony" Hancock (born 12 May 1924 &ndash 24 June 1968) was a popular British Actor and Patricia Lawlor Hayes, OBE ( December 22, 1909 – September 19, 1998) was an English comedy actress The Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre (BACC was an NGO which until December 31 2007 pre-approved most British television advertising The advert has been made available on an anniversary website instead.
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