The Most Important Meal of the Day

Written by	Tony Geiss
Date	1993
Publisher	Ephemeral Music, Inc.
EKA	Episode 3211

Sesame Street The Most Important Meal Song

The Super Foods sings "The Most Important Meal of the Day," from Food for Thought.

The Most Important Meal of the Day is a Sesame Street song from the 1990s performed mainly by the Anything Muppets.

A young boy (Peter Linz) is indignant about eating breakfast; he'd rather play. Out of nowhere, a chef (Julianne Buescher) appears and is shocked by what she hears. In an upbeat gospel song, she sings about the importance of breakfast, with a montage of people and Muppets enjoying their meal, including a tiger, a horse, Ernie, Elmo, Telly, Barkley, Mr. Handford, the Kids, and Big Bird. The boy is convinced by what he hears, and asks his mother what's for breakfast.

The Super Foods perform a version of the song (with some different lyrics) in the education resource video, Food for Thought: Eating Well on a Budget.

Notes

• Performers (other than those noted above) include Lisa Buckley (as the boy's mother), Jim Martin (the banana), Alice Dinnean (the orange juice), Fran Brill (the cereal), Joey Mazzarino (the muffin), and David Rudman (the milk).

Releases

Video

• Let's Eat!: Funny Food Songs (1998, edited)

Online

• SesameStreet's YouTube Channel