The Cable Guy The Cable Guy The Cable Guy is a 1996 American black comedy film directed by Ben Stiller, starring Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick. It was released in the United States on June 14, 1996. The film co-stars Leslie Mann, Jack Black, George Segal, Diane Baker, Eric Roberts, Owen Wilson, Janeane Garofalo, David Cross, Andy Dick, Amy Stiller, and Bob Odenkirk. Despite a modest commercial reception, the movie received mixed reviews. Over the years, the film has been considered by many as one of the most underrated works of Jim Carrey and Ben Stiller. After a failed marriage proposal to his
The Cable Guy When one of the paramedics addresses him as "buddy", Chip asks the paramedic if he is truly his buddy, to which the paramedic replies "Yeah, sure you are", causing Chip to smile deviously, hinting that the paramedic is about to be his next victim. First time screenwriter Lou Holtz, Jr. had the idea for "The Cable Guy" while working as a prosecutor in Los Angeles, declaring that he once saw a cable company employee in the hallway of his mother's apartment building and started thinking, "What's he doing here so late?" The screenplay became the subject of a bidding war,