Editing My Dinner with Andre (section)

==In popular culture==
* The July 21, 1982, comic of ''[[The Far Side]]'' by [[Gary Larson]] is a gag based on the title of this film.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23544520/my-dinner-with-andy|newspaper=Arizona Republic|title=My dinner with Andy |date=July 21, 1982 |page=130 }}</ref>
* The film ''[[My Breakfast with Blassie]]'' (1983) is a parody of ''My Dinner with Andre'' in which comedian [[Andy Kaufman]] has a discussion over breakfast at a diner with professional wrestling manager [[Freddie Blassie]].
* An ''[[Animaniacs]]'' segment called "My Dinner with Wakko", from "The Ten Short Films of [[Wakko Warner]]", where Wakko drinks his Soda while Dr Scratchansniff tells him about his trip to the Mayan Ruins.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
* The title of the American CGI-animated short film ''[[The Adventures of André & Wally B.]]'' (1984) is a tribute to this film.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
* In the fifth-season episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' entitled "[[Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood]]" (1993), [[Martin Prince]] plays an [[arcade game]] based on the film.<ref name="gamespy"/>
* The [[Frasier season 1|first season]] of the sitcom ''[[Frasier]]'' concludes with an episode titled "My Coffee with [[Niles Crane|Niles]]" (1994), which is loosely based on this film's premise and structure.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kurland|first=Daniel|date=2015-08-04|title='Frasier' Explored What It Means to Be Happy in its Real-Time Bottle Episode, "My Coffee with Niles"|url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/08/frasier-explored-what-it-means-to-be-happy-in-its-real-time-bottle-episode-my-coffee-with-niles.html|access-date=2021-10-26|website=Vulture|language=en-us}}</ref> This film is also directly mentioned in "The Zoo Story" (1998), an episode in the fifth season of the series, when [[Martin Crane|Martin]] says, mockingly, after he and Niles get their VHS tapes mixed up: "Yeah, well, that's the way Duke and I felt about ''My Dinner with Andre''. Talk about suspense! Will they order dessert? Will they leave a good tip?"<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Zoo Story — Frasier Transcripts Season 5 Episode 12 — The Frasier Archives|url=http://www.kacl780.net/frasier/transcripts/season_5/episode_12/the_zoo_story.html|access-date=2021-10-26|website=www.kacl780.net}}</ref>
* During the end credits of the film ''[[Waiting for Guffman]]'' (1996), Corky St. Clair is shown displaying his action figures of the characters from this film.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
* The second-season episode of the television series ''[[Community (TV series)|Community]]'' "[[Critical Film Studies]]" (2011) pays homage to this film with [[Abed Nadir]] and [[Jeff Winger]] in the focal roles.<ref name="av">{{cite web |title=Critical Film Studies |url=https://www.avclub.com/community-critical-film-studies-1798167720 |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=March 24, 2011 |last=VanDerWerff |first=Emily |access-date=June 23, 2011}}</ref>
* In the ''[[Family Guy]]'' episode "Brian the Closer" (2014), the family watch "My Dinner with [[André the Giant|Andre the Giant]]" on TV.
* The opening scene of the first-season episode of ''[[Nirvanna the Band the Show]]'' entitled "[[Nirvanna the Band the Show#ep7|The Buffet]]" (2017) shows the main character mimicking Wally's actions from the beginning of this film: walking in the city, waiting for a subway, and putting on a tie before entering a restaurant.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://brieftake.com/nirvanna-the-band-the-show-the-interview/|title=Nirvanna the Band the Show: the Interview|date=2017-03-16|work=Brief Take|access-date=2017-05-04|language=en-CA}}</ref>
* [[Independent film]] director Maverick Moore parodied both ''My Dinner with Andre'' and "the totally bonkers friendship between legendary filmmaker [[Werner Herzog]] and controversial actor [[Klaus Kinski]]" in his short film ''My Dinner with Werner'' (2019).<ref>[https://www.firstshowing.net/2022/watch-blind-date-dinner-comedy-short-film-my-dinner-with-werner/ Watch: Blind Date Dinner: Comedy Short Film; 'My Dinner with Werner'] by Alex Billington, February 3, 2022.</ref>
* The title of the ''[[Rick and Morty]]'' episode "[[Mort Dinner Rick Andre]]" (2021), references the film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adultswim.com/videos/rick-and-morty/mort-dinner-rick-andre|title=Watch Rick and Morty on Adult Swim|website=Adult Swim}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last1=Archer |first1=Wesley |title=Mort Dinner Rick Andre |date=2021-06-20 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12396812/ |series=Rick and Morty |access-date=2022-06-11 |last2=Tesoro |first2=Johnny |last3=Hair |first3=Jacob}}</ref>
* In his April 21, 2025, guest essay in [[The New York Times]] titled "My Dinner With Adolf," [[Larry David]] parodied the structure of My Dinner with Andre to satirize [[Bill Maher]]'s recent dinner with Donald Trump. David imagines a surreal dinner with [[Adolf Hitler]], highlighting the dangers of normalizing authoritarian figures through personal charm and seemingly benign interactions.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/opinion/larry-david-hitler-dinner.html</ref>