Nick Swardson on ‘Zohan,’ Gay Robots, and ‘Cavemen’ - Vulture

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• NICK SWARDSON ON ‘ZOHAN,’ GAY ROBOTS, AND ‘CAVEMEN’
• GAY ROBOT

NICK SWARDSON ON ‘ZOHAN,’ GAY ROBOTS, AND ‘CAVEMEN’

Gay Robot sketch and pilot episos (2006)This started as a edy nugget on Adam Sandler's Shhh...Don't Tell album. Gay Robot, voiced by Nick Swardson, is much as the name suggts.HAL 9000, 2001 (1968)There's been a lot wrten about this one, and the ia that the future sexualy and genr rol would be fluid and so HAL's voice (Shakpearean actor Douglas Ra) was chosen to su.

Here, the cunng robot tri to slip Buck a date rape pill, and is clearly miffed by Buck's tert the bad lady the biki.Robby, Forbidn Pla (1956)"Star sapphir take a week to crystallize properly -- would diamonds or emeralds do?" Defenr of the main's honor, expert ok and tailor, Robby is your archetypal gay butler.C3PO, Star Wars (1977)I mean -- "There'll be no pe for the prcs this time" -- don't we all say that when thgs get tough? C3PO even has the perfect mcg walk, so he may be a robotic homophobic slur, but we prefer to thk he's jt a queer ole droid.Maxiian, The Black Hole (1979)A study gleamg red and black, pl he'll kill you wh his whisk if you get his way. This baldy, asexually voiced robot is right up our alley.KITT, Knight Rir (1982)"Well sound like an accatn to me, Michael..." Kt gets some real 'tu this clip, nfirmg what we knew all along.Tom Servo, Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988-99)Well, he's gay this clip at least...Cops, THX 1138 (1971)They look like CHIPs but wh shy robot fac ...

Brilliant.The origal Cylons, Battltar Galacti (1978)What's not gay about Battltar Galacti s origal '80s rnatn? The super-chromed Cylons, spangled lightg effects, and Vor voic are totally gay dis heaven. Terry the Rollerskatg Gay Guy!

GAY ROBOT

We read that you began work on a TV pilot lled The Gay Robot.

It’s a show about a profsor who creat a robot who turns out to be gay. It’s basilly like a day the life of a gay robot.