Food Glorious Food
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"Food, Glorious Food", written by Lionel Bart
, is the opening song from the musical Oliver!
It is sung when the workhouse boys from the 1960s West End
and Broadway
musical and 1968 film adaptation are dreaming and fantasizing about food while going to collect their gruel
from the staff of the workhouse.
Lionel Bart
Lionel Bart was a writer and composer of British pop music and musicals, best known for creating the book, music and lyrics for Oliver!-Early life:...
, is the opening song from the musical Oliver!
Oliver!
Oliver! is a British musical, with script, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens....
It is sung when the workhouse boys from the 1960s West End
West End theatre
West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's 'Theatreland', the West End. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking...
and Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
musical and 1968 film adaptation are dreaming and fantasizing about food while going to collect their gruel
Gruel
Gruel is a food preparation consisting of some type of cereal—oat, wheat or rye flour, or rice—boiled in water or milk. It is a thinner version of porridge that may be more often drunk than eaten and need not even be cooked...
from the staff of the workhouse.
In popular culture
- In 1970, two years after the release of the film version of Oliver!, Sean Driscoll and Christopher Idone founded the high-end New York catering company, Glorious Food.
- A variation of this song is sung in the movie Ice Age: The MeltdownIce Age: The MeltdownIce Age: The Meltdown, also known as Ice Age 2: The Meltdown or simply as Ice Age 2, is the 2006 sequel to the 2002 computer-animated film Ice Age. It was produced by Blue Sky Studios for 20th Century Fox, and premiered in Belgium on March 1, 2006...
. - A version called "Chips, Glorious Chips" is used in advertising McCain Foods LimitedMcCain Foods LimitedMcCain Foods Limited is a privately owned company established in 1957 by four brothers—Harrison McCain, Wallace McCain, Robert McCain, and Andrew McCain—in Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada...
in the UK. - A version called "Cheese, Glorious Cheese" was used in advertising by the American cheese industry.
- In DilbertDilbert (TV series)Dilbert is an animated television series spin-off of the comic strip of the same name, produced by Adelaide Productions, Idbox, and United Media and distributed by Columbia TriStar Television...
, Wally sings "Food, Glorious Food." when heading to a vendor meeting. - In the trailer for the animated movie Cloudy with a Chance of MeatballsCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (film)Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a 2009 American computer-animated family comedy film, produced by Sony Pictures Animation, distributed by Columbia Pictures, and released on September 18, 2009. The film is loosely based on the children's book of the same name by Judi and Ron Barrett.The film...
, a re-edited version of this song is played when the food starts raining from the sky. - A version called "Toys, Glorious Toys" is briefly sung in a SpongeBob SquarePantsSpongeBob SquarePantsSpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series, created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg. Much of the series centers on the exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the underwater city of "Bikini Bottom"...
episode titled "Toy Store of Doom". - A version was used in the trailer for the reality television series MasterChef Australia (season 2)MasterChef Australia (season 2)Season 2 of the Australian cookery game show MasterChef Australia premiered on 19 April 2010 on Network Ten, concluding on 25 July 2010 when Adam Liaw was named the winner....
. - A version was sung in the American Dad episode titled "With Friends Like Steve's".