I was watching TV the other day and caught the new Hot Pockets commercial. It painted the following picture: Two young guys are out shopping for food while mom’s out of town. The cart is overflowing with Hot Pockets, even though the list clearly states ‘no junk food!’ The friend brings this to the attention of the inexperienced grocery shopper who sadly pauses, picks up a single frozen box of Hot Pockets and then happily points to the ‘Zero grams of trans fats’ wording on the label. Eureka! Mom would be so proud.

The commercial was obviously absurd, but it reminded me of this great bit from comedian Jim Gaffigan on the very subject at hand. The first time I saw this clip was while watching Gaffigan’s special on Comedy Central. I laughed so hard that I missed at least half of the bit. Luckily, YouTube came to my rescue:

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