Many TVgasm readers alerted us to our fair Chenbot's Letterman appearance a week or two ago, but no one seemed to notice her appearance last night on The Late Late Show with that Scottish Guy on CBS. Fortunately, I did.
I've never seen Craig Ferguson's show before and, quite frankly, I didn't even give him a chance this time around. I simply couldn't contain myself from fast forwarding straight to the good stuff. But first... just kidding. I've always wanted to do that, and since I don't handle the Big Brother recaps, that was my only chance.
The time came and Ferguson introduced Chenbot 6.0 to resounding applause. She even got some hoots and catcalls. I was shocked - SHOCKED I tell you - to see that her handlers dressed her in the same gold C3PO dress with the super high front slit that she wore a mere two weeks ago on Big Brother. This "woman" is married to Les Moonves, the President and CEO of CBS television and she is paraded out on the network wearing the same very noticeable dress a mere 13 days apart? Laziness, Forgetfulness...or evil devious Chenbot genius?
The early portion of the interview highlighted the Chenbot's laugh processors, with their hearty monotone "Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha." The Chelmet was in full effect and her posture was, well, it was robotic. Like she had a metal rod for a spine. Like no one has oiled her waist in a year. Like we didn't know all that...let's skip to the good stuff!
It turns out that the Chenbot must be "awake" at 2 AM and into the LA studio and ready to go on air at 4 AM for her Early Show gig. Hmmm, that sounds inhuman to me. Then the interview turned odd (or "awd" as the host says so cutely in his Scottish lilt), and I have my theories why. Remember, Ferguson's boss is Chenbot's husband. He's probably sick of pricks with high profile blogs claiming his wife is an android. So he writes some carefully crafted questions and sends her out to various CBS talk shows. For example, with no segue Ferguson asked, "What was it like when Les proposed to you?" You know, to show her "human" side.
The Chenbot was "born" in Queens, NY but is of Chinese descent. (Damn, those Chinamen are more technologically advanced than we thought!) She went on to describe some impossibly quaint and cute story about her "parents" meeting and marrying (again, it was all so Lifetimey, I refuse to believe a word of it) and living happily ever after. Ferguson asked her if she spoke any Mandarin and before I knew it, the Chenbot’s circuits crossed and she blurted out what I can only assume was some Chinese! It was awesome. This display of programming prowess pretty much fried her brain and the interview wrapped up shortly thereafter. Sadly and strangely, there was not one mention of Big Brother during the interview at all. I guess they're trying to keep it (Summer of) Secret or something.
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Comments (10)
No mention of Big Brother? Weird. Did they say why she was on the show then? Was it to promote the Early Show? Maybe some guest cancelled at the last minute and so Les threw his wife in to fill the empty spot.
1 of 10 | Posted by Mary | Posted on August 5, 2005 10:04 AM
The last screencap of the Chenbot is wicked scary. What the hell was she doing?
2 of 10 | Posted by The Dogg Pound | Posted on August 5, 2005 12:22 PM
oh julie. i dislike watching you.
ur so peppy, and i think its all fake.
you make me me want to get on all 4's and please my tivo, cause i think god that i can fast forward through any talking you do.
seriously, what does she bring to the show?
and stop calling her les's wife. she is his girlfriend. ok maybe fiance. but he's not even divorced yet
3 of 10 | Posted by jessica | Posted on August 5, 2005 12:24 PM
Ah! I told you guys about thi! But I posted it in an old Big Brother comments section. I too was agast at the gold lame outfit repeating itself like a bad burrito.
4 of 10 | Posted by jayneatomic | Posted on August 5, 2005 4:01 PM
Sorry, you also forgot to mention the convo about the huge rocks she has on her fingers. I was only half watching but there was some joking about her showing it off to other tv hosts and I heard her say, "I make more money than you hah ha" or something. robot humor!
btw I like Craig Ferguson. I think he kicks Craig Kilborn's ass.
5 of 10 | Posted by jayneatomic | Posted on August 5, 2005 4:09 PM
Jessica, Les married Julie last December, so I think it's safe to call her his wife.
6 of 10 | Posted by PJ | Posted on August 5, 2005 4:15 PM
Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got,
I'm still, I'm still Chenny from the Bot
7 of 10 | Posted by ThatTree | Posted on August 5, 2005 5:02 PM
Julie Chen is fierce. Robot or not! I always look forward to the live show on Thursday so I can see her shake her head (but the hair doesn't move) while delivering info to us. She's got great inflections too on her delivery! It really satisfies my yen for Chen.
8 of 10 | Posted by McDizzle | Posted on August 6, 2005 10:22 AM
ThatTree - that was hilarious!
9 of 10 | Posted by TinkerbellAPixie | Posted on August 7, 2005 7:43 PM
sq-dub. Hilarious article. I would be nice if she wouldn't be so methodical in her scripted teleprompter during the show. She should have some fun with it. I mean, it's Big Brother for pete's sake.
p.s. McDizzle: It 'satisfies your yet for Chen'. lol
10 of 10 | Posted by Karen | Posted on August 14, 2005 6:44 AM