Comedy · United States of America · 1977 · 7m

The Absent-Minded Waiter

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Director
Carl Gottlieb
Cast
Steve Martin as Steven Teri Garr as Susan Cates Buck Henry as Bernie Cates Naomi Stevens as Naomi Ivor Barry as Peter Elbling as
Crew
Steve Martin — Writer William E. McEuen — Producer
Synopsis

Bernie Cates requests the services of the most absent-minded waiter he's ever seen, who pours water before setting the glasses, endlessly repeats questions, brings wrong orders, and ruins everything- but the bill.

Mood & Themes
restaurantwaitingshort film
Key Collaborators
Carl Gottlieb Director Steve Martin Writer William E. McEuen Producer
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