There was also a campaigning organisation called the Free Breakfast Table Association. The episode begins with Eddie sitting down at the breakfast table. Homer is amused by Ned's sentimentality and reads the letter aloud at the breakfast table. A breakfast table has been laid in the hall. On 4 December 1957, he collapsed at the breakfast table and died. Back in 1985, Ben comes to the breakfast table with his hair dyed black. Act One opens on Parker, Angela, and John Ballantine at the breakfast table. The breakfast table carries the mark of the Lancaster firm of Gillow. A couple argue at the breakfast table, as seen from the table's point-of-view.