True insanity. I just woke up and discovered an inordinately large amount of tweets congratulating me. For what? I had no idea. But then I got to thinking — late last night, a writer from Entertainment Weekly had contacted me, telling me to keep an eye out for Julie Chen’s EW blog going up today. Naturally, I immediately headed over to the site, and there it was: Julie Chen mentioning yours truly:
But first (wink), let’s talk about the elephant in the EW blog room…The Chenbot! I was horrified when my best friend from college first told me about my Big Brother nickname. But, there was a side of me that kind of also got it right away. When I played dumb and asked her to explain it…it was exactly what I expected to hear. Then I was kind of embarrassed and yet unsure how to feel or react. (Chenbot was hurt…does this mean the Chenbot has emotions!?!?!). But, when I told my agent to get some sympathy, he made a funny remark in a robot-like voice and said something like…â€Oh-yeah-you-did-not-know?†And he e-mailed me a link where someone edited together all my “But firsts…” (You know who you are, Ben Mandelker!) from the live shows and I laughed my head off. I WAS the Chenbot. Each delivery was EXACTLY the same — different hairdos, different outfits…same damn robotic delivery with precision and zero emotion. That’s when I said to myself, “Can I blame em? I AM the Chenbot!” The Beatles’ lyrics of “I am the Walrus” went through my head but I substituted in Chenbot.
CRAZINESS!!! I think the fourth wall has officially crumbled. Thanks for the shout-out, Julie!!
To read The Chenbot’s full entry, check it out here.
And to follow me on Twitter, check out twitter.com/bsideblog
I like this! Let’s do extra weight-lifting today.
You have arrived, B! Congrats!
Totally off topic…. but–
Chima was brutally raped and left for dead…had to have major facial reconstruction surgery. Her real name (she changed it in CA) is Chima Benson.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1936092/big_brother_11_housegue…
She’s kinda annoying, but btwn being a survivor AND calling Braden out on live TV ….I LOVE the bitch now!!
Congrats Ben! Any chance you can give us a link to the original But First montage?
That’s excellent. I love her for having such a sense of humor about it too.
So cool! Congratulations I’m so proud of you.
WTG B!! This is so awesome! 🙂
Someone needs to write the lyrics to “I am the Chenbot” now! 🙂
Mazel Tov!
Chen Luv
Very nice. I think this should add up to two tickets every week at the door. No lines for you Benekins.
So proud (sniff). Way too cool for words.
She mentioned the same story on Ross Mathews’s show, but didn’t mention your name. The story however was the same 🙂
http://www.theinsider.com/obsessions/Inside_Dish_with_Ross_Mathews/videos/2403758_Big_Brother_Edition_Week_1
Woot Woot! golf claps for B side!
Somehow, I feel a degree closer to Kevin Bacon.
Whoo hooo B-Side!! I don’t know how you can go around with out a big goofy grin on your face right now, but it is well deserved!
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That is really cool. Congratulations.
maybe she’ll name her baby Benbot?
WOW
I started following the recaps before the “but first” montage …that was a beautiful thing.
but WOW for you. Congrats.