"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"
"The music video was included as a bonus feature on the 15th anniversary edition Blu-Ray of ""The Cable Guy"" in 2011. While the album as a whole was not well received, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic noted that ""Leave Me Alone"" positively ""rocks as hard as any Alice in Chains track"". The track ""Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand"" gained popularity for its appearance in the film and reached No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" Alternative Songs chart in 1996. The Cable Guy The Cable Guy is a 1996 American black comedy film directed by Ben"
"""The Cable Guy"", directed by Ben Stiller, an early admirer of ""Bottle Rocket"". After appearing in minor roles in action films like ""Anaconda"" and ""Armageddon"" and the horror film ""The Haunting"", Wilson appeared in two dramatic roles: a supporting role in ""Permanent Midnight"", which starred Stiller as a drug-addicted TV writer; and the lead role (as a serial killer) in ""The Minus Man"", in which his future girlfriend, singer Sheryl Crow, was a co-star. Wilson starred in the 2000 comedy action film ""Shanghai Noon"" alongside Jackie Chan. The film grossed nearly $100 million worldwide. His fame continued to rise after"
"Larry the Cable Guy Daniel Lawrence Whitney (born February 17, 1963), known professionally by his stage name Larry the Cable Guy, is an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, country music artist and former radio personality. He was one of the members of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, a comedy troupe which included Bill Engvall, Ron White, and Jeff Foxworthy (with whom he has starred on ""Blue Collar TV""). Larry the Cable Guy has released seven comedy albums, of which three have been certified gold by the RIAA for shipments of 500,000 copies and in addition has starred in three Blue"
"written and directed by Peter Weir, who would later direct Carrey in ""The Truman Show"" (1998). ""The Cable Guy"" was released on VHS on December 3, 1996, DVD on September 15, 1997 and Blu-ray on March 1, 2011. The Cable Guy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the official soundtrack. It consists of previously unreleased songs, largely of alternative rock and heavy metal bands, and includes the first solo recording by Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains fame. The soundtrack includes Jim Carrey's version of Jefferson Airplane's ""Somebody to Love"" which was performed by him in the film. It also includes"
"Radio. Larry the Cable Guy Daniel Lawrence Whitney (born February 17, 1963), known professionally by his stage name Larry the Cable Guy, is an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, country music artist and former radio personality. He was one of the members of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, a comedy troupe which included Bill Engvall, Ron White, and Jeff Foxworthy (with whom he has starred on ""Blue Collar TV""). Larry the Cable Guy has released seven comedy albums, of which three have been certified gold by the RIAA for shipments of 500,000 copies and in addition has starred in three"
"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,"
"Tommy Hinkley Tommy Hinkley (born May 31, 1960) is a former American actor. Hinkley's on-screen career now spans more than 20 years, and since the beginning it has been supplemented by a heavy dose of television guest roles, and periodic regular turns on TV series, including the short-lived Showtime series ""Hard Knocks"", that also featured Bill Maher. Having appeared in the Academy Award-winning ""Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall"", he has also been known for his roles in such popular box office draws as ""The Cable Guy"" (1996), ""The Little Vampire"" (2000), ""Ocean's Thirteen"" (2007) and ""Leatherheads"" (2008). He also made"
"directorial effort with ""The Cable Guy"", which starred Jim Carrey. Stiller once again was featured in his own film, as twins. The film received mixed reviews, but was noted for paying the highest salary for an actor up to that point, as Carrey received $20 million for his work in the film. The film also connected Stiller with future Frat Pack members Jack Black and Owen Wilson. Also in 1996, MTV invited Stiller to host the VH1 Fashion Awards. Along with ""SNL"" writer Drake Sather, Stiller developed a short film for the awards about a male model known as Derek"
"The Ballad of Cable Hogue The Ballad of Cable Hogue is a 1970 American Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Jason Robards, Stella Stevens and David Warner. Set in the Arizona desert during a period when the frontier was closing, the film follows three years in the life of a failed prospector. While unmistakably a Western, the movie is unconventional for the genre and for the director. It contains only a few brief scenes of violence and gunplay, relying more on a subtly crafted story that could better be characterized as comedic in nature. Cable Hogue is isolated"
"Carrey brings to most movies. Despite the critical perception that the movie was a flop, it made a profit in excess of its $47 million production budget. It has gained cult like status among moviegoers. The film was released in the United Kingdom on July 12, 1996, and opened on #2, behind """". ""The Cable Guy"" has been regarded as having a darker tone than most of Carrey's previous work. Audiences had mixed reactions to this change of tone for Carrey and film critics gave mixed reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 53% based on 72 reviews."
"the Cable Guy was a likeable loser who intrudes upon the cable subscriber's life, but never in a physically threatening way. Carrey, Apatow and Stiller liked the setup of ""somebody who is really smart with technology invading somebody's life"", and opted to add slapstick and darker tones, changing into a satire of thrillers such as ""Cape Fear"", ""Unlawful Entry"" and ""The Hand That Rocks the Cradle"". The dialogue would also fit Carrey's style of comedy. Holtz wrote four additional drafts, each one darker than the previous, before leaving the project and giving Apatow the opportunity to take over the writing."
"Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector is a 2006 comedy film starring American stand-up comedian Larry the Cable Guy. Larry, a municipal restaurant health inspector, is assigned a new rookie partner after recklessly closing restaurants for code violations, Amy Butlin (Iris Bahr), by his boss, Bart Tatlock (Tom Wilson). Together, Larry and Amy work to solve a series of food poisonings at four-star restaurants. Larry is a big city health inspector with questionable practices and his own way of doing things. Larry's boss, Bart Tatlock (Tom Wilson), in an attempt to acquire information on"
"of small-time entrepreneur Cable Hogue (Jason Robards) who decides to make his living by remaining in the desert after having miraculously discovered water when he had been abandoned there to die. He opens his business along a stagecoach line, only to see his dreams end with the appearance of the first automobile on the horizon. Shot on location in the Valley of Fire in Nevada, the film was plagued by poor weather, Peckinpah's renewed drinking and his brusque firing of 36 crew members. The chaotic filming wrapped 19 days over schedule and $3 million over budget, effectively terminating his tenure"
"Leslie Mann Leslie Mann (born March 26, 1972) is an American actress and comedian. She is known for her roles in such films as ""The Cable Guy"" (1996), ""George of the Jungle"" (1997), ""Big Daddy"" (1999), ""Timecode"" (2000), ""Perfume"" (2001), ""Stealing Harvard"" (2002), ""The 40-Year-Old Virgin"" (2005), ""Knocked Up"" (2007), ""17 Again"" (2009), ""Funny People"" (2009), ""I Love You Phillip Morris"" (2009), ""Rio"" (2011), "" The Change-Up"" (2011), ""This Is 40"" (2012), ""The Bling Ring"" (2013), ""The Other Woman"" (2014), ""Vacation"" (2015), ""How to Be Single"" (2016), and ""Blockers"" (2018). Mann was born in San Francisco, California, and grew up"
"the Cable Guy as part of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour – a show that sold out across the United States in over 90 cities and grossed over $15 million. He made seven guest appearances on ""Blue Collar TV"". In 2005, The WB Television Network aired the pilot for ""The Ron White Show"", a variety show that combined a number of celebrity cameos, cartoons, and sketches. He taped several episodes of ""The Gong Show with Dave Attell"" as one of the celebrity judges. White has appeared in the TV shows ""Kath & Kim"", ""Reno 911!"", ""12 Miles of Bad Road"","
"starred in four (as well as written two). Apatow has produced four projects written by Adam McKay and Will Ferrell. ""Saturday Night Live"" and ""Bridesmaids"" star Kristen Wiig has appeared in five Apatow movies and, alongside Mann, is Apatow's main female collaborator. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences rejected his first application for membership, even though he was sponsored by Academy Award-winning screenwriters Akiva Goldsman and Stephen Gaghan. He became a member in 2008. Apatow met actress Leslie Mann on the set of the 1996 comedy film, ""The Cable Guy"", where she was cast as Matthew Broderick's character's"
"Bryan Singer wanted to direct but Paramount decided to go with the more experienced Weir. Weir wanted the film to be funnier, feeling that Niccol's script was too dark, and declaring ""where he [Niccol] had it depressing, I could make it light. It could convince audiences they could watch a show in this scope 24/7."" Niccol wrote sixteen drafts of the script before Weir considered the script ready for filming. Later on in 1995, Jim Carrey signed to star, but because of commitments with ""The Cable Guy"" and ""Liar Liar"", he would not be ready to start filming for at"
"Among Us"", ""Shining Through"" starring Melanie Griffith and Michael Douglas, and Harvey Fierstein's ""Tidy Endings"" for HBO, which garnered two Emmy Award nominations and two CableACE Awards. Also during this time, Rosenman served as Executive Producer of the Oscar-winning """" by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. Rosenman collaborated with Epstein and Friedman on two more documentary films: ""The Celluloid Closet"" in 1995, which was nominated for four Emmy Awards, and ""Paragraph 175"" in 2000. He served as President of Production at Brillstein-Grey Entertainment from 1992–1994. While at Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, he oversaw initial development of ""The Cable Guy"" starring Jim Carrey"
"His films have also been nominated for Grammy Awards, PGA Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and Academy Awards. His producing credits include ""The Cable Guy"" (1996), """" (2004), """" (2006), ""Superbad"" (2007), ""Forgetting Sarah Marshall"" (2008), ""Step Brothers"" (2008), ""Pineapple Express"" (2008), ""Get Him to the Greek"" (2010), ""Bridesmaids"" (2011), ""Wanderlust"" (2012), ""The Five-Year Engagement"" (2012), """" (2013), ""Begin Again"" (2014), """" (2016) and ""The Big Sick"" (2017). Judd Apatow was born in Flushing, Queens, and raised in Syosset, New York. His mother, Tamara ""Tami"" (née Shad), worked primarily managing record labels founded by her father and his grandfather, music producer"
"are vindicated. The film was panned by critics. It retains a ""Rotten"" 5% rating from critics at Rotten Tomatoes, with the website's consensus stating ""An aggressively lowbrow vehicle for its titular star, this gross-out comedy fails to ""git-r-done."" The film garnered $15,680,099 at the American box office. Rotten Tomatoes ranked Larry The Cable Guy: Health Inspector #85 on its ""The 100 Worst Reviewed Films of All Time: 2000-2009"" list. The DVD was released August 8th 2006. Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector is a 2006 comedy film starring American stand-up comedian Larry the Cable"
"Brendan Bradley (actor) Brendan Andolsek Bradley (born May 5, 1983) is an American actor, producer, writer, and director, best known for playing the advertising character Guy in television and radio commercials for Staples. He has been noted for his work in over 100 webisodes for the Fine Brothers, Comedy Central, Machinima and others. He was the director of ""Non-Transferable"", a romantic comedy film. Bradley graduated from Durham Academy in Durham, North Carolina with a high school degree, and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree with Honors in Theater from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. While attending"
"which was directed by ""Wayne's World"" director Penelope Spheeris. Michaels later said that the film was ""an act of desperation by Paramount"", in that the movie studio had under-promoted Spade and Farley's 1995 film, ""Tommy Boy"" and was now looking to cash in on the same comedy formula. At the time, Michaels had just finished contentious battles with the studio over the script of ""Wayne's World 2"", and the animosity between the two camps spilled over into Farley's contract with Paramount. Although his agent lined up possible roles for the actor in ""The Cable Guy"" (for which he was offered"
"Seth MacFarlane Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (; born October 26, 1973) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, and singer, working primarily in animation and comedy, as well as live-action and other genres. MacFarlane is the creator of the TV series ""Family Guy"" (1999–2003, 2005–present) and ""The Orville"" (2017–present), and co-creator of the TV series ""American Dad!"" (2005–present) and ""The Cleveland Show"" (2009–2013). He also wrote, directed, and starred in the films ""Ted"" (2012), its sequel ""Ted 2"" (2015), and ""A Million Ways to Die in the West"" (2014). MacFarlane is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, where he"
"least one sketch. Guests have included: Note: Due to the show's relatively short life, no cast members were added or removed during the show's run. Season releases Blue Collar TV Blue Collar TV is a television program that aired on The WB with lead actors Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, and Larry the Cable Guy. The show's humor dealt principally with contemporary American society, and especially hillbilly, redneck, and Southern stereotypes. The show was greenlighted on the heels of the success of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, which the series' three lead actors toured with in the early-mid-2000s. It was created"
"1997 MTV Movie Awards The 1997 MTV Movie Awards were held on June 10, 1997, and hosted by Mike Myers. Performers included Jewel, Bush, and En Vogue. This year also eliminated the categories of ""Most Desirable Female"" and ""Most Desirable Male."" Scream"" Tom Cruise – ""Jerry Maguire"" Claire Danes – ""Romeo + Juliet"" Matthew McConaughey – ""A Time To Kill"" Nicolas Cage and Sean Connery – ""The Rock"" Jim Carrey – ""The Cable Guy"" Jim Carrey – ""The Cable Guy"" Bush — ""Machinehead"" (from ""Fear"") Vivica A. Fox and Will Smith – ""Independence Day"" Truck Drives Through Farm Equipment –"
"in the short erotic gay film ""Cooling It"" in 1973. Cable's most famous role in mainstream film was the '60s rock star Johnny Boz, who is murdered with an ice pick in the opening scene of the suspense film ""Basic Instinct"". He worked on ""Elvira's Movie Macabre"" in 1984 (""Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks"" - 1974, won a new cult audience when it aired on the horror series). Cable also appeared in the films ""Pee-wee's Big Adventure"" in 1985, ""Elvira, Mistress of the Dark"", """", ""The Last Tango in Acapulco"", ""Jungle Blue"", ""What's Love"", ""Flesh and Bullets"" and ""The Deadly Cure""."
"(with Steve Brill) the feature film ""Heavyweights"". Around the same time, Apatow was hired to produce and do an uncredited re-write of the script for the movie ""The Cable Guy"", which was released in 1996 to mixed reviews. It was during the pre-production of the film that Apatow met his future wife, actress Leslie Mann. Apatow did uncredited re-writes on two other Jim Carrey films: ""Liar, Liar"" and ""Bruce Almighty"". His next script was titled ""Making Amends"", which had Owen Wilson attached to star as a man in Alcoholics Anonymous who decides to apologize to everyone he has ever hurt."
"Witless Protection Witless Protection is a 2008 comedy crime film from Lionsgate, starring Daniel Lawrence Whitney, better known as Larry the Cable Guy and Jenny McCarthy written and directed by Chicago native Charles Robert Carner. Whitney plays Larry Stalder, a small-town deputy in Mississippi. Many parts of the film were filmed in Plano, Illinois and Virgil, Illinois (train depot, farms, gas station and a few downtown restaurants). Filming also took place in numerous towns in Illinois including Elmhurst, Lombard, Lemont, Sugar Grove, Glen Ellyn, Vernon Hills, Westmont and Yorkville. The film was released in theatres on February 22, 2008 and"
"""Twister"" Fairuza Balk vs. Robin Tunney – ""The Craft"" 1997 MTV Movie Awards The 1997 MTV Movie Awards were held on June 10, 1997, and hosted by Mike Myers. Performers included Jewel, Bush, and En Vogue. This year also eliminated the categories of ""Most Desirable Female"" and ""Most Desirable Male."" Scream"" Tom Cruise – ""Jerry Maguire"" Claire Danes – ""Romeo + Juliet"" Matthew McConaughey – ""A Time To Kill"" Nicolas Cage and Sean Connery – ""The Rock"" Jim Carrey – ""The Cable Guy"" Jim Carrey – ""The Cable Guy"" Bush — ""Machinehead"" (from ""Fear"") Vivica A. Fox and Will Smith"
"2004–2005 season, his first appearance as a cast member was on the show's thirtieth-season premiere on October 2, 2004. He has portrayed Larry the Cable Guy, Howard Dean, Rick Sanchez, Mark McGwire, and Toby Keith, and had a one-shot character named Leviticus, a loud, violent street preacher who only appeared on a Weekend Update segment on the Christmas episode hosted by Robert De Niro (another sketch featuring Leviticus was scheduled to air on the episode hosted by Hilary Swank, but that sketch was cut after dress rehearsal). Prior to being hired as a cast member, Riggle also appeared in a"
"James Mangold James Mangold (born December 16, 1963) is an American film and television director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for directing the films ""Cop Land"" (1997), ""Girl, Interrupted"" (1999), ""Kate & Leopold"" (2001), ""Walk the Line"" (2005), """" (2007), and ""Knight and Day"" (2010). Mangold also directed the superhero films based on the Marvel Comics character Wolverine, ""The Wolverine"" (2013) and ""Logan"" (2017), the latter of which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He also produced and directed pilots for the television series ""Men in Trees"" (2006–2008), ""NYC 22"" (2011–2012), and"
"Leave Me Alone (Jerry Cantrell song) ""Leave Me Alone"" is the first solo song by American rock musician Jerry Cantrell, the guitarist/vocalist of the band Alice in Chains. It was originally featured on the soundtrack to the 1996 film ""The Cable Guy"" and was also the film's closing track. The song was released as a single and peaked at No. 14 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. A remixed version of the song was included on Jerry Cantrell's 2016 digital EP ""My Song"". Jerry Cantrell talked about the song to ""Guitar School"" magazine in August 1996: Stephen Thomas Erlewine of"