When Jeff Gerber goes to the restaurant for the first time in the movie...the phone rings, and the "Counterman" (played by Mantan Moreland) answers it. He says: "Hello. No! Goodbye!" Does anybody know who made the phone call, and what was the significance of this scene?
Sorry if I am a "Nitpicker." This scene has had me puzzled for years.
Thank you in advance!
Sincerely, S.B.
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Didn't know they had "tele-marketers" back then. Oh well, I guess salespeople have been trying to selling things to people over the phone ever since telephones were invented.
Thank you!
Cheers!
Sincerely, S.B.
Funny that you mention this specific scene. We studied it extensively in film school.
These 12 seconds of cinema are considered more important to film history than the entirety of Birth Of A Nation!
Hello, I just saw the movie on TCM and thought it was pretty good. The phone call doesn't make sense to me either and the post that explained it is gone. I see it's a convenient way for the counterman to get out of the horrible conversation with Gerber but it is over so quickly it doesn't make sense. "Hello. No. Goodbye." An entire phone call in about 2 seconds. Can someone please enlighten me as to it's importance or is it just a quick escape?
shareI'm guessing that the deleted post had explained that it was a telemarketing call.
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Evidently a lot of people find this scene confusing.
Cheers!
Sincerely,
Steve B.
They explain that scene in great detail during the DVD commentary. You have to check it out.
shareThanks for the info. I'll have to check out the "Watermelon Man" DVD.
Cheers!
Sincerely,
Steve B.
The current Netflix DVD has no special feature commentary on that Mantan dialogue, other than the director's voiceover description of the beginning of the film.
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