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

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) #Lioness #Laid #HarleyQuinn #CreatureCommandos #DC #KevinCanFuckHimself #AnnaKendrick #ASimpleFavor #BlakeLively #BenStiller #JimCarrey #TheCableGuy #90s #BertIGordon #TheAmazingColossalMan #podcast #genx #nostalgia #funny #movies #streaming #podernfamily #underdogpods