Why Chip Became a Cable Guy Even Though he Hated TV

Chip uttered those words as he threw himself off the tower in order to kill himself and destroy television at the end of the movie. A reader of mine asked me, "Why did he become a cable guy if he hated TV," and I myself didn't know, so please join me on a journey of in depth, unneeded philosophical study into the comedic piece "The Cable Guy."

The movie starts when bachelor Steve (Matthew Broderick) meets Chip (Jim Carrey).

Chip is a little over enthusiastic about his job as a cable guy. Telling Steve to fill out a comment card, Chip informs him he is a "perfectionist" and that the card will come back to him. This should have been a heads up to the insanity that was to follow.

Steve is decideing is should ask to buy illgeal cable from Chip at request from his friend Rick (Jack Black)

Something else that should be noted, is the cameo of Ben Stiller in the TV court trial of the two brothers, where both are played by Ben Stiller (who directed the film no less), and Chip's reaction to the trail when he caught a glimpse of it after setting up Steve's cable; "I hope they fry that bastard."

Chip--after installing the cable--starts to come off as an overly friendly cable guy, and offers to take Steve with him to see the satellite dish.
Here, Chip talks about the future of entertainment:

"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!"

After some character development while sitting inside of the dish, Chip takes Steve home, where Steve asks for Chip's name... and then the hilarities begin!

While more character development happens that is unrelated to the question, the epic struggle of Ben Stiller's cameo Sam Sweet is unveiling on TV.

This is--after some thought--why Chip hated TV. Sam killed his twin brother in cold blood, and both had childhood stars. The trail evolving on TV was disgusting, and should have been something that was done privately, but became highly televised showing what sometimes become of people who grow up staring on television.

As a young Chip's mother--in the credits he was called Cable Boy (Cameron Starman)--went off to happy hour. Instead of leaving Chip with an actual babysitter, she left the boy in front of the TV.

This is where the dislike of TV must of started as Chip formed his life around TV, growing up and watching the values the shows taught him. As seen in how he talks with Steve, Chip acts like a normal character that everyone loves in any basic TV show. However, as we know, real life does not work that way. So, like a child that has been lied to by his parents, Chip hates TV.

Another possible reason could be that he hates TV because of how his mother replaced parenting with the television.

This now leaves us with three possible reasons as to why Chip hates TV.

After some more character development, Chip troughs this totally radical party for Steve. Like most parties that happen on TV and in the movies, it's truly radical. However, the next morning, it is revealed that Chip had gotten Steve a prostitute.

At this point I had to pause the film, and think, is this movie anti-television and film? It's Steve's reaction that triggers that question.

As Steve finds out he was with a prostitute the night before, he freaks out, and kicks out Chip saying "I don't ever want to see you again."
If this movie was a real cliche film, Steve would have been gleeful to have had a friend to buy him a hooker. This shows how Steve doesn't fit into this almost TV-perfect world that Chip lives in.

Chip, having lost this friendship feels the needs to make amends.

Now earlier, something I skipped with the character development, was that Steve was recently separated from his girlfriend (played by Leslie Mann). Robin is her name, and has felt the need to go on a date with a guy (played by the always sexy Owen Wilson).

Basically, Chip goes and beats up Owen, and then later gives Robin free cable in order to get back on Steve's good side.
Now, if Steve would conform to the TV-world that Chip lives in, the hilarity would end here... but Steve is acting like a normal person if someone like Chip was to pop into everyday life. The hilarity continues.

Steve's life suddenly becomes a living hell as Chip begins to pull strings of his network, and uses it to ruin Steve's life as he had only the day before told Chip that he didn't want to be friends with him. He continues to ruin Steve's life (I wont give away any spoilers) until Chip basically kidnaps Robin.

This gets us closer to the conclusion as Chip takes Robin to the dish from earlier. Here his quote from movies increase entirely as he begins to fight with Steven.

The chase begins to take the captured Robin up a tower, while proclaiming there is "no action music" in real life. Steve asks him, "what are we doing up here", Chip replies, "This would be a great place for an ending..."
Steve: "An ending to what?"
Here Chip brings up another movie. Is it that to Chip, life is all just one great movie? Could it be here, we realize that he hates TV and film because they don't portray life correctly?

Looking into the lights of a police helicopter, Chip snaps, and yells this at the heavens:

"You were never there for me were you mother? You expected Mike and Carol Brady to raise me! I'm the bastard son of Claire Huxtable! I am a Lost Cunningham! I learned the facts of life from watching The Facts of Life! Oh God!"

After some more character development, Chip climbs over the railing on the tower, and leaps to his almost certain death, claiming, "Somebody has to kill the babysitter."

Landing on the dish however, he merely hurts himself really bad, but takes out the satellite dish to the local city. While falling, it is shown on TVs that the Sam Sweet trail is coming to a close. However, the verdict isn't aired as Chip broke the dish. An image of an overweight male is show picking up a book and reading it.

This comes to not a final conclusion then, the reason he hated TV was because it was what raised him.

As it were, this was merely an answear to a question, not a movie review. However, I do love this movie, and would watch it again at any time it's so fantastic.