Episode 326 - Everybody Wants to Like The Cable Guy, But Then They Watch It

25/02/2025 58 min
Episode 326 - Everybody Wants to Like The Cable Guy, But Then They Watch It

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Episode Synopsis

Remember cable TV? If you do, then you might also remember The Cable Guy, the 1996 Jim Carrey cult movie directed by Ben Stiller. Where to start with this uneven mix of screwball-meets-satire-meets-dark-comedy? It has some good bits peppered throughout, but keeps stalling before other moments arrive… sort of like Jim Carrey’s whole filmography, really. Mostly it is of interest to us as a fulcrum point in the 90’s careers of both Stiller and Carrey, who by this time were starting to branch out from the purely comic to experiment with the dark side of life. The Cable Guy has pedigree, but it is inconsistent, and thus remains an oddity that we decided to flog with leftover coaxial.

0:00 - Intros
4:45 - Bert I. Gordon movies (eg: The Amazing Colossal Man)
13:15 - Kevin Can Fuck Himself
17:30 - A Simple Favor
21:00 - Laid (Peacock)
23:25 - Penny Dreadful
25:25 - Harley Quinn
26:15 - Creature Commandos
27:55 - Lioness
33:00 - The Cable Guy (1996)

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