"The Cable Guy" is low-key one of my favorite comedies of all time, and just a phenomenal vehicle for peak Jim Carrey.
Now, a quarter-century later, Carrey reprised his role as Ernie "Chip" Douglas for a Verizon Super Bowl commercial. In the spot, the cable guy learns that 5G Internet has rendered his ubiquitous cable superfluous.
In a mostly-miss roster of Super Bowl ads, "Goodbye Cable" blends nostalgia and technology in a rather irresistible way.
Kudos, Verizon. All that was missing was a lead-in PSA reminding viewers never to go bungee jumping in Mexico.
They just don't have the regulations.
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