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References[edit]

I cleaned up this article leaving most content intact. I've accepted the following in good faith: ...with many critics claiming that the humour fell flat... This does, however, need a reference. I'll look around for critiques, but if someone (perhaps the person who added this?) could cite a source, that'd be useful. Rob Church ^{Talk | Desk} 23:26, 22 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No longer needed; I found one. A second example wouldn't hurt, however. Rob Church ^{Talk | Desk} 23:52, 22 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I am removing the review from http://www.rottentomatoes.com/. The reviewer must not have watched the movie since he mistakenly refers to Robin as Steven Kovacs' wife. Find a better quality reviewer before saying the humour fell flat. Cafe Nervosa | talk—Preceding undated comment added by Cafe Nervosa (contribs) 21:49, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Mid-article arguments[edit]

I yanked the following statements:

Carrey's role was originally going to be performed by Chris Farley before his death.

The above statement does not make sense, since Chris Farley died in late 1997, which would not have conflicted with his appearance in this film.

Keeping it in is not appropriate for a wikipedia article. Duke out the arguments on the talk page first. --Will2k 04:23, 3 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

trivia section on IMDB says it was written for chris farley, but he pulled out due to scheduling conflicts (rather than death). doubt that counts as a source though. 87.113.209.220 14:38, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds like good info to me, definatly needs adding because it gives reference to a wider comedic system. --Book_M—Preceding undated comment added by Book M (talk) • contribs) 11:26, 13 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The current state of the article[edit]

This article needs to be completely rewritten from scratch. The introduction should be longer and should feature a one-line summary of the film's plot. Also, there should be an extensive overview of the film's plot, and there should be a section on how the film was received by critics, and quotes about the film from critics with opposing points of view (I.E., a critic who hated the film and a critic who praises the film), followed up by a section on how well the film did at the box office. This isn't a Wikipedia article. This is a skeleton of a Wikipedia article. Someone needs to fill in the gaps. Also, on section headers, only the first word should be capitalized, unless a specific name is mentioned in the header. For instance, "Main characters and plot" instead of "Main Characters & Plot." (Ibaranoff24 18:26, 21 July 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Critical Responses[edit]

Does, the rotton tomatoe.com score need to be here? Is the site that well known and revered? --Book_M—Preceding undated comment added by Book M (talk) • contribs) 11:26, 13 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. It appears on many other movie entries on wikipedia as well.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Lordkelvin (talk) • contribs) 03:03, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah but who are they to judge a film?, I always thought The Cable Guy was an awesome movie Barretto24 (talk) 00:43, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

sigh, atleast look up the site to see how they calculate their score. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/help_desk/faq.php#tomatometer —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.194.70.64 (talk) 01:26, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Seinfeld Episode "The Pool Guy"[edit]

Is there a connection of any kind between the seinfeld episode "The Pool Guy" and the motion picture "Cable Guy"? In neither of the articels I could find a reference to the other. If this is a coincidence, it's a VERY big one, considering the parallels in the title, the plot and the look of the pool guy who really resembles Jim Carrey. With his jacket he looks like Jim Carey in "Dumb and Dumber". I already checked the "Behind the Scenes" stuff on the Seinfeld Season 7 DVD and the adio commentary, that says it is based on a real story of a guy at the health club being just "too friendly". However there are a few facts against that theory. As mentioned in "Behind the Scenes", at first the pool guy character should have been played by another actor (Danny Hoch) featurung a Latino accent and who most problably didn't look like Jim Carey. The most peculiar thing though is, that Cable Guy was released in June of 1996 and the TV episode was produced spring the same year. So there isn't really a time window to sneak a peak on each other. That may be more true for the motion picture, which takes more time. On the other hand, inside information from that movie would have been necessery to produce an episode imitating it.

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:The_Pool_Guy" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.165.110.145 (talk • contribs) 22:27, 3 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Article Inaccurate[edit]

In the trivia section it states that Jack and Kyle's first onscreen appearence was in this film however in January of 1996, nearly a full half year earlier, the two of them appeared in "Bio-Dome." KittieKabuki 22:52, 18 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Turning a profit[edit]

Why is this movie, and many others, credited for "turning a profit?" Does that have anything to do with a movie being good or not? The reason this movie turned a profit to begin with is because people liked Carrey's previous work in Ace Ventura and The Mask so they went to see this one, only to be let down. If "turning a profit" is the only good thing we can say about it, should we even say anything at all or just fess up that the movie sucked (which it did)? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.136.119.123 (talk • contribs) 05:04, Apr 3, 2007 (UTC).

Well the fact is that "The Cable Guy" made a much bigger profit than Wikipedia states, it took over 100m in the UK alone. Barretto24 (talk) 00:47, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The article still doesn't have reliable sources to back up claims that it was profitable. Hollywood accounting makes it very difficult to make any claims about a film being profitable. The article doesn't include any indication of how much money was spent on marketing (aka prints and advertising).

Turning a profit is a separate matter from critics or anyone else actually liking the film. -- 109.79.161.55 (talk) 20:31, 4 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sense[edit]

The first paragraph doesnt make any sense. but im not going to fix it- someone should however. Janemansfield74 10:26, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

CSI NY[edit]

The episode of CSI NY "Stalker" had Nicks cable guy stalking him after he thinks they struck up a relationship. 68.60.226.203 21:55, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Character name[edit]

I have to bring this up because its on tv right now. The Cable Guy gives his name in that scene with Steven after he drops him off after seeing the dish (as Chip Douglas) but the character's name is never truly given...in fact, he is credited as "The Cable Guy" so i am changing it...Jeremys779 (talk) 06:17, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Admitted Star Trek fan"[edit]

Aren't we past this idea that liking Star Trek is something to be ashamed or embarrassed about at this point? 2A02:C7E:580D:C400:3062:1878:FC5C:80C1 (talk) 19:09, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]