Revealing mistake: In the scene in the toilet where Chip (Jim Carrey) beats up Robin's date (Owen Wilson), you can see throughout the whole of the fight that Owen Wilson is either laughing, or trying not to laugh.
The Cable Guy (1996)
1 revealing mistake
Directed by: Ben Stiller
Starring: Jack Black, Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick, Leslie Mann
Continuity mistake: In the scene at Steven's parents' house as Steven is yelling at Chip for being a felon, Chip gets up and slowly walks right next to Steven and whispers something in his ear, Steven instantly is moved back one or two feet in the next camera shot before he had a chance to move and he punches Chip in the mouth. (01:16:00)
Sam Sweet: [911 call being played.] Oh my God! Oh my God! My twin brother has been shot! I think it was an Asian gang or something... There was this guy, he looked Asian... And he was speaking another language, I'm pretty sure it was... Asian.
Trivia: The guy who starts to read when the satellite signal is lost at the end of the movie is Kyle Gass, the other half of the band Tenacious D, of which Jack Black is also a member.
Question: At the end of the movie, what does Chip mean when he says "Somebody has to kill the babysitter"?
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Answer: Earlier in the movie during a flashback of the Cable Guy's childhood, when his Mom was going out she called the television "Mr. Babysitter". He means he's going to disrupt the television signal to give all the boys and girls whose parents use television as a babysitter a chance.
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