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Egghead

Adam Quesnell

Stand Up! Records · 2018

A short comedy special about Cadbury Creme Eggs.

A twenty-minute stand-up set entirely dedicated to Easter candy sounds like a dare, but Adam Quesnell treats Cadbury Creme Eggs like a battleground. This hyper-specific fixation drives the short special, showcasing a manic obsession with seasonal chocolate and an intense disdain for marshmallow Peeps.\n\nReleased in 2018 by Stand Up! Records as both a video special and a seven-inch vinyl single, the project arrived the same year as Quesnell’s second full-length LP, Despair II: Social Justice Warlord. While his typical material leans into heavy existential dread and social anxiety, this release narrows his focus down to a seasonal sugar rush. Notable bits include his strategy for eating the eggs ‘snake-style’ and his mocking of marshmallow confections with dead eyes.

The set list

1 bit
  1. Obsession with Cadbury Creme Eggs

    Tackles nature's most perfect candy from every conceivable angle, examining an obsession with a food so intense that one worries it may eventually destroy them.

How it plays

Tone
sharp and hilarious
About
Cadbury Creme Eggs, food obsession

Backstory

A culmination of material Quesnell developed every spring for five years centered around his personal obsession with Cadbury Creme Eggs.

Details

Released
Taped
Boy Kisses Comedy Showcase, Minneapolis
Where
Stand Up! Records
Director
Ian Rans
Topics
After
Despair II: Social Justice Warlord (2018)

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