The Cable Guy
When recently single Steven moves into his new apartment, cable guy Chip comes to hook him up—and doesn't let go. Initially, Chip is just overzealous in his desire to be Steven's pal, but when Steven tries to end the 'friendship', Chip shows his dark side. He begins stalking Steven, who's left to fend for himself because no one else can believe Chip's capable of such behaviour. From TMDB
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60 of 159 · most liked firstBorn 17 Jan 1962, actor Jim Carrey. His breakthrough film came with "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" (1994) but I particularly loved his performance in "The Cable Guy" (1996), directed by Ben Stiller, because he played such a scary, chilling but gelievable character. #JimCarrey
unlabelledView post →Ha, yes, and for The Cable Guy lol variety.com/2021/film/ne...
unlabelledView post →Birthday party just devolved into watching The Cable Guy and that movie is Boys’ Love.
unlabelledView post →Share a movie or TV character singing karaoke. 🎤 My choice: Jim Carrey singing Somebody To Love in The Cable Guy.
unlabelledView post →Probably says something about how our economy runs that 10 years ago every movie studio gave Larry the Cable Guy and Danny Masterson 30 million dollars to make tv shows on a streaming service called Kumple and now they’re all being sold to Bleacher Report
unlabelledView post →Ben Stiller's THE CABLE GUY is a classic example of a movie doomed by expectations and discourse (mostly about Jim Carrey's salary) that are irrelevant now. But it was always good, and it holds up. I love that it's pretty much a legit thriller except the premise is funny and Carrey is a cartoon.
unlabelledView post →Not to alarm anyone but there's a movie coming out that sounds similar to The Cable Guy with Paul Rudd and Tim Robinson !!! 📽 collider.com/friendship-i...
unlabelledView post →WEDNESDAY: @samuraipanda201.bsky.social installs our cable as we discuss the 90s, TV monoculture, trials of the century, and the movie that almost ended Ben Stiller's directing career. That's right, it's the Jim Carrey vehicle, THE CABLE GUY
unlabelledView post →What a film! Always somehow forget Jim Carrey can *really* act. See also: Man on the Moon and The Cable Guy.
unlabelledView post →Pick a movie for each of these star ratings ⭐ - The Number 23 ⭐⭐ - Batman Forever ⭐⭐⭐ - The Cable Guy ⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - The Truman Show
unlabelledView post →The Cable Guy (1996) Director: Ben Stiller Cast: Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick, Janeane Garofalo, Owen Wilson Watch Review wp / wd
unlabelledView post →Share a movie or TV character singing karaoke. 🎤 My choice: Jim Carrey in The Cable Guy
unlabelledView post →Repost with the movie you're making all your mooties watch at a Bsky sleepover! 💤🍿 Watching my Mom's pick, and that's The Cable Guy! :3
unlabelledView post →Yes!! Crazy run in the 90s. Today I was reminded that he won “best villain” at the MTV movie awards for The Cable Guy.
unlabelledView post →Thought this might make kind of a fun movie, then realized it’s basically The Cable Guy. I’ve been dreaming The Cable Guy.
unlabelledView post →Works done, time for a movie! Tonight's randomly selected movie is... The Cable Guy, 1996
unlabelledView post →Well I finished the first Cars movie and... it was fine xD I understand the message, I understand the theming, it is okay, but I can look past Larry the Cable Guy being in it, but I can only say it is okay xD like 6/10
unlabelledView post →The Cable Guy (1996) is a movie about the worst grindr hookup ever
unlabelledView post →Reading this made me think, “Oh wow, The Cable Guy! I haven’t seen that in what must be over a decade!” Then I looked it up and it turns out I wrote a whole review of it a couple of years ago that I totally forgot about. boxd.it/1WvAMd
unlabelledView post →I always have so much more to say about a mid movie than a great one. We watched The Cable Guy the other night and had an hour-long discussion afterwards. But Citizen Kane? "Good flick"
unlabelledView post →Day 14: A movie you love that everyone hates. The Cable Guy (1996). Before your Truman Shows (Trumans Show?) or your Eternal Sunshines there was Chip Douglas/Ernie Douglas/Larry Tate/Darren Stevens/George Jetson/Jean-Luc Picard/The Big Ragu. #moviemadness
unlabelledView post →I still don't understand why everyone thought Jim Carry's The Cable Guy movie was a strange movie. I thought it was good.
unlabelledView post →The Cable Guy was released in movie theaters 30 years ago today. This is one of the most annoying movies I've ever endured (first watch opinion). I have to admit, I have re-watched it on occasion since then and have become strangely fascinated with it. youtu.be/TdPu6sQ9l4g #Movies #Filmsky
unlabelledView post →Imagine a 3rd grader who decided that year that he wanted to be Jim Carrey when he grew up. Devouring the three Carrey movies that came out that calendar year that shaped his career - and even older movies like Once Bitten. And then being so excited to see his latest film in theaters… THE CABLE GUY
unlabelledView post →This movie reminds me of THE CABLE GUY (1996).
unlabelledView post →The Cable Guy - a movie before it’s time.
unlabelledView post →Movie from 150 years in the future about the Iraq War era that has Larry the Cable Guy saying Hawk Tuah
unlabelledView post →hey that movie FRIENDSHIP looks like The Cable Guy or The Crush or One Hour Photo or What About Bob or Ingrid Goes West or Heavenly Creatures or Single White Female or Chuck & Buck or Fear or
unlabelledView post →Haven't seen it, but heard about 4, and I *think* that if names aren't explicitly used, permission isn't needed. This isn't a situation like when Yaphet Kotto reprised Alonso Mosley in a Larry the Cable Guy movie, only for the name to get redubbed on home video because no one had asked Universal.
unlabelledView post →351.) The Cable Guy (1996) Less a film and more of a smattering of ideas held together by Jim Carey doing bits. Medieval Times scene was funny though.
unlabelledView post →watched Peter Weir's THE PLUMBER, insanely underrated 70's TV movie that is like if THE CABLE GUY was played like 20% more straight-faced and with a genuinely sharp lens on class war
unlabelledView post →A fun game to play with people who don’t have kids and don’t watch kids movies is to read them the cast of a Pixar film and have them guess what year it was made. Like: - Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, George Carlin, Larry the Cable Guy - Dave Foley, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kevin Spacey, Hayden Panettiere
unlabelledView post →i laughed as much as i did the first time, and also realized the movie is basically The Cable Guy
unlabelledView post →I'm sure this movie is gonna be great, but now I want to see a note-for-note remake of The Cable Guy with Tim Robinson. youtu.be/cmSPwZIZu6Y?...
unlabelledView post →I like "The Cable Guy" but it has no idea at all what kind of movie it wants to be
unlabelledView post →I've definitely had the reverse experience too, where I watched something that was meant to be funny, but it horrified me. The Cable Guy is a horror movie and I will not be convinced otherwise.
unlabelledView post →Is it the best Larry The Cable Guy movie? Certainly
unlabelledView post →Even if I would like a trigger warning about the sound (not only the scream) from the cinema, yes the film was amazing like everyone said (more subtle than in the trailer) amplified by the actress who's a kind of mix between Jim Carry from The Cable Guy and a villain from a Lynch
unlabelledView post →Great film, love that Larry the Cable Guy
unlabelledView post →Stand outs that I hadn't seen before: - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence - While You Were Sleeping - Klaus - The Holdovers Dishonorable Mentions: - Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe - Larry the Cable Guy - Cobra The Muppet Christmas Carol remains undefeated as the best Christmas movie.
unlabelledView post →Nobody said The Cable Guy yet and that makes me sad. Awesome movie.
unlabelledView post →The Cable Guy (1996) - I'M NOT GONNA SUGARCOAT THIS BEN STILLER DIRECTED A YANDERE BL MOVIE IN 1996 I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR ANY OF THIS the early Jack Black and Owen Wilson appearances were cool THIS IS A BL MOVIE THIS IS A BL MOVIE THIS IS A BL M
unlabelledView post →Well, Tim Robinson & Paul Rudd in a dark comedy ala "The Cable Guy" from A24 is now my most anticipated movie of the year.
unlabelledView post →Is Single White Female just the sister film to The Cable Guy
unlabelledView post →It is my favorite horror movie. I love this movie so much! It was one of 3 box office disappointments of '96 that are wonderful: this, The Cable Guy, and Mars Attacks.
unlabelledView post →Cars 2 since it was basically "let's give Larry the Cable Guy his own movie" And would top off with Good Dinosaur cause it was so boring
unlabelledView post →The Larry The Cable Guy movie turns 20 years old this year. You're welcome.
unlabelledView post →Yes, I did watch The Cable Guy in June 2025 and I did noticed about Bowser and Eggman appeared in this movie.
unlabelledView post →Tonight's movie: The Cable Guy
unlabelledView post →"Jingle All the Way 2" featuring Larry the Cable Guy is playing on TV. This movie is a social experiment, it has to be
unlabelledView post →"And then he showers…" (Eric) "Biggest shock of the movie, that he showers, by the way." -Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
unlabelledView post →The Cable Guy was released in movie theaters 29 years ago today. Jim Carrey's character annoyed the hell out of me the first time I saw this movie. I hadn't watched it in a while and recently re-watched it and wasn't as annoyed (perhaps I'm mellowing with age). youtu.be/TdPu6sQ9l4g?... #Movies
unlabelledView post →There's so many. Truman Show is one of my favourite films ever but you've also got Man on the Moon, Bruce Almighty, The Mask, Liar Liar, I Love You Phillip Morris, The Cable Guy, Me Myself and Irene, Yes Man, the Sonic Films... tons of films basically except Ace Ventura (fuck that film)
unlabelledView post →That movie makes Larry the Cable Guy look subtle by comparison.
unlabelledView post →Watched THE CABLE GUY with the kids over the weekend. What a strange time for movies that was, when a modified IN LIVING COLOR style Jim Carrey sketch-character could drive an entire film. Would have been better if Stiller & Broderick swapped roles. Or if Jack Black & Carrey swapped roles.
unlabelledView post →Many people shun the movie, but I love The Cable Guy. It's so delightfully dark and twisted. My favorite Jim Carrey movie too.
unlabelledView post →Calling all fellow movie buffs in this platform!!! Hopefully, my experience of sharing movie trivia and engaging with other users in this platform would be an awesome one! Pictured below is a photo of #JimCarrey and #MatthewBroderick from the black comedy film The Cable Guy (1996).
unlabelledView post →Remake The Cable Guy but he’s a Verizon Fios installer and they spend most of the movie discussing the low low price of high speed internet with Verizon Fios
unlabelledView post →Think that is from The Cable Guy, which might be his greatest performance. JC gets to be JC and it actually has a logical reason. Phenomenal film that doesn't get the recognition it deserves.
unlabelledView post →Woke up this morning with this thought: No performance has ever captured working in a shitty job better than Jaenene Garafalo in The Cable Guy. And before you ask, yes I haven’t taken my Adderall yet.
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