The Cable Guy won by Columbia Pictures at a price of $1 million. The role of the Cable Guy was originally written for Chris Farley, who turned it down due to scheduling difficulties. Jim Carrey joined the production, receiving a then record $20 million to star. Following Carrey's signing, Columbia hired Judd Apatow to produce. The studio rebuffed Apatow's interest in directing, but accepted his suggestion to invite Ben Stiller, star of his eponymous show on which Apatow had worked. The original screenplay by Lou Holtz, Jr. was a lighter comedy, described by Apatow as "a "What About Bob?" annoying friend movie" where
Back to the Woods (Family Guy) Back to the Woods (Family Guy) "Back to the Woods" is the eleventh episode of the sixth season in the Fox animated comedy series "Family Guy" that originally aired on February 17, 2008. The episode follows Peter Griffin as he tries to regain his identity that has been stolen by actor James Woods, who has done so to get revenge at Peter for what he did to him at the end of "Peter's Got Woods". The episode was written by Tom Devanney and it was directed by Brian Iles. It guest starred Woods, Barry Manilow, James Burkholder and Dave Van