The Waiters' Ball is a 1916 American silent short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.

[1] Arbuckle's nephew Al St. John has a memorable role as Roscoe's rival.

For example, the cook gets a fish out of a cooler, but it’s still alive, and it leaps wildly; eventually, everyone in the restaurant becomes involved in subduing it.

The waiter sees the cook kiss the cashier, attacks him with a knife, and steals his dress suit.

The cook chases the waiter out to the street, where a police officer arrests them both and makes them don barrels.