Putting your money in the mattress is more metaphor than it is a practical money saving solution. In case you're curious, I'll fill you in on how one goes about making "Mattress Vault" -- the latest segment in NBR's Funny Money series -- a reality. (You can watch "Mattress Vault" here: Mattress Vault - Another NBR Commercial.)

First, purchase yourself a 50 pound locking steel box. However, don't do as I did. Park close enough so that you can avoid a six block walk to your car carrying 50 pounds of metal. Wanting to shorten my trip back, I picked up the pace until I took a moment to survey the situation. I was running down Pennsylvania Avenue, away from our nation's capital, gripping a tightly locked safe. Needless to say I resumed a normal pace to avoid this cartoon scenario getting me into trouble.

Step 2: Take a perfectly good mattress and begin slicing a safe-shaped hole through the center where, I don't know, say the majority of someone's torso would normally seek comfort. Then comes the fun part: Spend an hour or so cutting through a razor sharp outer cage and removing numerous bed springs until finally you're left with a pile of foam and bent metal and two very scratched up hands. Slip the safe into its newly created socket and you're done! You can officially sleep away your financial misfortunes.

Presenting "Mattress Vault!" to the world introduced its share of complications as well. Creating a pile of money that would support the weight of a person took some thought. I ended up stacking three large books and slipped a couple hundred dollars worth of bills between the pages. A hairdryer blew the pile of money as the person rolled over, although I could only get one dollar to actually fall off in the shot that we used.

My intention for the "Don't try this at home!" shot was to make it look as ridiculous as possible. I attached a cardboard tube filled with cotton stuffing to a fan and ran it under the mattress and up through my original hole used for the safe. With a bit of careful timing, the fan was switched on as the saw was lowered and the stuffing was blown into the air. To my surprise, this was one of the easiest shots to create.

Finally, shooting the "Coffee Can Vault!", though only two shots, was a lengthy process. Following each take there was a pile of coffee that needed to be cleaned off of the counter, the can, our hands, the sink and everywhere else prior to recording again. After about ten takes of shooting and cleaning, we finally got it right.

If "Mattress Vault!" actually existed, some might think it could come in pretty handy. Pre-cut, pre-sliced and diced, ready to secure that nest egg - until of course, you ended up spending that entire savings on chiropractic treatments, due to a back spasm that usually comes with sharing your bed with a combination lock and key. Maybe turning this symbol of financial security into a reality isn't the safest bet after all. Seriously, "The banks aren't that bad!"