90'S GRAB BAG: The Cable Guy (1996)
“I’m just jerkin’ your chain…”
CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of stalking, neglect, murder, inappropriate behavior, assault, kidnapping.
This week we’re touching on a VHS classic that was a staple of one of the hosts’ movie-watching days, but not so much for the other. And that’s not unexpected, because this movie was branded a failure pretty much from its inception. Yet even massive studio intervention and an astronomically high budget due to its star can’t fully tank this movie, because the concept, the directing, and the performances are still too fun to ignore. And as iconic as his previous films had been, Jim Carrey’s doing some of his best comedic work in this movie because he gets to also be a little terrifying. Make sure to ask for free cable as we discuss The Cable Guy this week on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!
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Intro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive..
Excerpt taken from “Hey Man Nice Shot,” written by Richard Patrick and performed by Filter. Copyright 1995 Reprise Records.
Excerpts taken from the film The Cable Guy are © 1996 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Excerpt taken from “The Departure” from the motion picture soundtrack to the film Gattaca, written and composed by Michael Nyman. Copyright 1997 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. and licensed to Virgin Records America, Inc.
