MIDDAY LEGENDS

Not since Adam Sandler crooned “Lunch Lady Land” has a cafeteria crew received so much attention.

Makos Advertising sheds light on those who keep Texas students fed in a new television campaign for the Texas Department of Human Services’ federally funded Summer Food Service Program.

The commercial, shot in English and Spanish, centers on a boy who races around a playground as if it were Daytona, the sounds of footsteps replaced by a revving race-car engine.

As the boy screeches to a halt, a “pit crew” encircles him, doling out sandwiches and water.

Following the successful pit stop, crew members high-five, take off their caps and unzip their jumpsuits to reveal hair nets and cafeteria uniforms underneath.

The campaign will run statewide throughout May and June.