Gay Robot

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Gay Robot
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Gay Robot as he appears in Nick Swardson's Pretend Time was designed by Stan Winston Studios.
First appearance Shhh... Don't Tell
Portrayed by Nick Swardson
In-universe information
SpeciesRobot
GenderProgrammed as male

Gay Robot is a comedy skit on Adam Sandler's fifth album, Shhh... Don't Tell . [1] In the sketch, a group of friends are watching football when the neighbor calls to let them know that his invention, Gay Robot, is coming over. [2] Gay Robot is very good with football statistics and is very horny because he does not know any other gay guys. [2] The sketch consists of Gay Robot constantly trying to entice the others into sex with him. [3]

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Overview

As a comedy TV series, it was initially rejected until posted online, where it became a hit. [4] [5] [6] In 2005 Comedy Central ordered a pilot of Gay Robot as a live-action series from Sony Pictures TV and Adam Sandler and Jack Giarraputo's Happy Madison. [1] In 2006, Comedy Central filmed a pilot for a TV show based on the comedy bit, which has never aired. But clips posted online (first on MySpace) quickly racked up hundreds of thousands of views. [7] The robot, voiced by Nick Swardson, discovers he is gay after a wine cooler is spilled on him and fries his circuit board. [8] [9] According to the Hollywood Reporter, "The original pilot, in which Gay Robot and his fraternity buddies try to find him a date for the homecoming dance, was written by Swardson and Tom Gianas, who both executive produced with Sandler." [9] TV Guide called the show a guilty pleasure and Gay Robot "the feyest droid since C-3PO". [6] Inside the robot itself is actor Doug Jones. [6] In an interview, he confirmed the insides of Gay Robot are based on Jon Lovitz's butler robot guy in The Benchwarmers , named Number 7. [6] Although Jones is in the robot, it takes three people to maneuver Gay Robot. [10] The robot suit costs $250,000. [10] A feature-length Gay Robot movie has been worked up in an initial treatment, but is in limbo. [10]

In 2007, the series was redeveloped as an animated project. [1] The original run is composed of two eleven-minute stories per episode. [4] According to the Comedy Central press release, "[T]he show follows the day-in-the-life adventures of Gay Robot and the guys partying their way through life while trying to find their way in the world." [11] Gay Robot lives with his friends Nick, Pat and Matt after college. [12] The character, voiced by Swardson, [1] appeared in promos for Swardson's new series, Nick Swardson's Pretend Time , and appears in the show. In the premiere of Pretend Time Gay Robot is shown to be a bouncer/door ID-checker at a party where guest star Ryan Phillippe tries to enter, and Gay Robot makes passes at him. [13] [14] [15] In another episode he uses an iPhone Offender App, and as a newer, presumably young, robot he defends himself against a pedophile. [16]

In 2011 Swardson revealed he had written a four-part mystery series, "Gay Robot and the Curse of the Haunted Jockstrap" for Gay Robot, but the network killed it after the script phase. [10]

Other appearances

Posters were also seen in the movie Grandma's Boy . It was shown as a new video game.

In the Futurama episode "Proposition Infinity", Gay Robot can be seen in the crowd during Bender and Amy's speech; he can also be seen dancing at the robosexual parade. [17]

See also

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