When I was a kid, my mom worked nights. I never met my father. But the old TV was always there for me.

9 seconds sound clip from the The Cable Guy (1996) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:14:44 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- The future is now!

- Soon every American home will integrate their television, phone and computer.

- You'll be able to visit the Louvre on one channel, or watch female wrestling on another.

- You can do your shopping at home, or play Mortal Kombat with a friend from Vietnam.

- There's no end to the possibilities!

- When I was a kid, my mom worked nights. I never met my father. But the old TV was always there for me.

- I know what you mean. My dad was there, but he might as well been away.

- That's tough. You must have a lot of abandonment issues.

- Reality isn't Father knows best anymore. It's a kick in the face on a Saturday night with a steel-toe grip Kodiak work boot and a trip to the hospital bloodied and bashed for reconstructive surgery.

- But what doesn't kill us makes us stronger, right?

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