EDITOR’S NOTE: Waitress! was on USA Up All Night on February 4 (twice), May 13 and October 27, 1989; March 10, October 5 and 6, November 10 and December 21, 1990.

After Squeeze Play!, this was an early Troma film that follows an actress working as, well, look at the title.

Directed by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz and written by Charles Kaufman and Michael Stone, Waitress! was shot on location in a restaurant called Marty’s in Manhattan. The staff wouldn’t allow filming to start during work hours, so the cast and crew had to wait until the restaurant closed and worked from midnight to 10 A.M.

This is the debut of Chris Noth, Scott Valentine and Elizabeth Kaitan. And Calvert DeForest is in it, who you may know as Larry “Bud” Melman.

As for the movie itself, it’s horrible. Andrea (Carol Drake) wants to play Joan of Arc. This involves her bringing a horse into the restaurant, which seems like something that would’t be a good idea. There are two other girls,  Jennifer (Carol Bevar) and Lindsey (Renata Hickey), and the place is managed by Andrea’s boyfriend  Jerry (Jim Harris), and it’s owned by Lindsey’s father (Ed Fenton), who has her working there to learn the value of money. It’s everything you expect and it feels like it goes on forever.

You can watch this on Tubi.