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Creators Gail Simone and Phil Jimenez live together in a swanky Manhattan apartment with a sassy robot servant voiced by Stan Lee.  Discuss.

The robot always says the same thing.

“Hey there kids, do you like comics!?”

Does the robot also look like Stan Lee?  Because really, that changes the whole dynamic.

He’s more like the robot in the Jetsons.

Keeps calling Gail, Mrs. J.

So it’s almost like Three’s Company?

That would have to make Grant Morrison the “Larry” character.

Ok let’s see if I can remember this….

He’s Her Gay, He’s Her Gay,
And you know he’s here to stay.
He’s Her Gay, He’s Her Gay
Living life in a unusual way.

He’s Her Gay, He’s Her Gay,
They stick together come what may.
He’s Her Gay, He’s Her Gay
And she wouldn’t have it any other way.

“He’s Her Gay!” is filmed before a live studio audience.

LOVE YOU, BEN!!!!

Robot Stan also calls Phil “Mrs. J.”  Such a classic series.  One of my all time favorite episodes (second only to the one where Phil and Gail are dating the same guy!) is the Halloween episode!  Remember? Their next door neighbor, a recently divorced Jim Shooter, convinces them to take his mentally challenged daughter, Solange, trick-or-treating?  Shooter needs to sneak off to the adult bookstore for a little (and here he tugs rapidly on his cheek, making a wet slapping noise).  Gail reminds Shooter what happened when Phil took Solange to see Showgirls.  Solange had gotten so turned on that she dry humped Phil’s leg, nearly spoiling the movie for him.  Phil laments in his poolboy accent that he “don’t know what that kid is made of, but she ain’t coming out of my pants.”  Shooter reminds them that she does the same thing in church, so they shouldn’t feel too bad.  Gail starts to do that funny thing where she’s faking a miscarriage, and Phil does that funny thing with his hands like his ascot is on fire.  Classic.  And then Solange let’s herself in and slicks her way over to Phil. I don’t know where they found the kid that played Solange, but she was this fantastic amalgamation of a young Dee from “What’s Happenin’” and a second season Corky from “Life Goes On”.  With really thick glasses.  And her Emmy speach, unintelligible. Phil’s hands go into overdrive, and then he sees her Wonder Woman costume and the fight goes right out of him.  “Joo look jus like Debra Winger!”  Phil agrees to take her out and hugs her.  Solange starts that crazy humping thing she does, and Shooter punches her in the back of the head, and tells her she’s not in church.

Funny, I kinda forgot what happened after the commercial break…

OMG. That episode is pure and utter genius!!!!

My favorite episode is the one where Phil eats all those pop tarts and gets SO sick!! And the worst part is…he has to be Gail’s date for the Deadpool launch party!!! He is specifically supposed to meet her in front of the leather shop on 6th—the good one—with her good shirt in hand…and ironed! But poor Phil can’t iron in the condition he’s in, so he has Robot Stan do it! Little do we know…Robot Stan isn’t programmed for ironing! So Phil tries to reprogram Robot Stan with hilarious results. “Aye! I’ve created my ex-lover!” screams Phil. Yes, Phil’s “handiwork” turns Robot Stan into a valentino-type casanova—making him the perfect date for Gail! Robot Stan meets Gail in front of the good leather store, and she is too swept off her feet to be mad about her good shirt not being ironed. “You don’t need no stinkin’ shirt,” says Robot Stan (in a very Phil-esque voice I might add), and he RIPS off Gail’s shirt, exposing her heaving bosom. Robot Stan then walks into the good leather store, buys a leather blazer for Gail, and the two go to the Deadpool launch party. Well, Phil, who had developed a crush on the new Robot Stan and grew jealous of Gail, shows up at the launch party, vomits all over Jim Shooter (who is too busy staring at a leather-clad Gail’s heaving bosom now hugged by leather to notice)...and generally causes a major scene. He walks up to Gail, punch glass in hand and throws the punch in Gail’s face. But Gail, ever so nimble, dodges the red liquid and it goes all over Robot Stan. Sparks fly and Robot Stan goes haywire. Everyone at the party rushes Robot Stan to the hospital, and when he wakes up to everyone’s concerned eyes…he’s reverted back to his old self. Gail and Phil hug and Jim Shooter makes out with a portly nurse in the corner.

I love this show.  My favorite character is that wacky upstairs neighbor Dan Didio.  It’s always a laugh when he bursts into the apartment at well-timed comedic moments with his signature catch-phrase - “You found Ray Palmer WHERE???”

I also love the episode where Grant Morrison comes over for dinner - and through a hysterical series of unlikely circumstances, both Gail and Phil end up thinking he’s their date.  Priceless!  Hilarity - and lots of jokes about Grant’s “Eighth little soldier’ - ensue. 

Of course, in the end everyone learns a valuable lesson.  Something about never throwing over your best friend for a man.  Or was it ALWAYS throw over your best friend for a man?  i always forget.

I was a fan of this show, until it seemed like the third roomie would change every other season. So, yeah, we all know that Robot Stan left after two years because of contract/pay issues, but I really wasn’t crazy about Robot Jack Kirby, who claimed to be Robot Stan’s cousin, taking his place. Rumor has it that Gail and Robot Stan just couldn’t get along, with Phil trapped in the middle. What’s worse is that even Robot Jack didn’t last long, at least as a contract player. The nurse who took over for him wasn’t half bad, though.

timtimmytimothy - 13 March 2007 08:50 PM

I was a fan of this show, until it seemed like the third roomie would change every other season. So, yeah, we all know that Robot Stan left after two years because of contract/pay issues, but I really wasn’t crazy about Robot Jack Kirby, who claimed to be Robot Stan’s cousin, taking his place. Rumor has it that Gail and Robot Stan just couldn’t get along, with Phil trapped in the middle. What’s worse is that even Robot Jack didn’t last long, at least as a contract player. The nurse who took over for him wasn’t half bad, though.

I heard Robot Jack left the show to pursue a feature film career, but it died a swift death after the box-office abortion that was “Look Who’s Talking 5: Rise of the Robo-Nanny”.

He’s Her Gay, He’s Her Gay,
And you know he’s here to stay.
He’s Her Gay, He’s Her Gay
Living life in a unusual way.

He’s a artist, She’s a writer
It’s clear to see they couldn’t get much tighter,
He’s a slob, She’s much cleaner
But they both giggle at Nightwing’s weiner.

He’s Her Gay, He’s Her Gay,
They stick together come what may.
He’s Her Gay, He’s Her Gay
And she wouldn’t have it any other way.

“He’s Her Gay!” is filmed before a live studio audience.

I hadn’t actually thought of this episode until HowTao mentioned it in another thread.  The episode where Gail teaches Phil to drive. “How come joo don’t got no stick?  I want to drive a stick!” Phil laments in his pool-boy accent.  Gail assures him he’s not ready for a stick and Phil assures her he was born ready for a stick.  Before they even get out of the garage Phil backs over Gail’s cat, Barbara Gordon.  Gail doesn’t realize what’s happened, and Phil fakes a tantrum over not getting to drive a stick to distract her, hissing and spitting and howling like a cat in heat.  Gail storms back to the apartment, and Phil flies into action.  He grabs Barbara Gordon’s body and starts running around with it at arm’s length, not really sure what to do with it.  As he’s running around, his new next-door neighbors (remember Shooter and Solange moved to LA to get her on American Idol?  Who knew that kid could sing like that?  Halfway through her nearly unintelligible version of Summertime I was already sobbing so hard I almost forgot to vote for Clay…), Jean and Jean-Paul.  In a voice like a haughty diplomat Jean-Paul asks Phil if he’s holding a dead cat.  Phil says “Yes, but I didn’t kill it!”  Jean-Paul looks at Jean and she kind of holds her temples and has some kind of seizure and then nods.  “He killed it.”  And then she collapses on the ground holding her head screaming, “Oooh, my power!”  Jean-Paul rolls his eyes at Phil and says, “She gets headaches.”  Phil tells him, “That’s the sexiest thing I’ve ever heard.”  Jean-Paul looks at him like he just smelled a fresh dog turd.  He motions at Barbara Gordon and says, “I kind of know this Canadian witch-doctor that might be able to fix that.”  Phil nods and, on bended knee, offers Barbara Gordon’s body to Jean-Paul, like an sacrifice.  “Just so you know,” Jean-Paul says, holding Barbara Gordon by her tail, “You and I are never going to sleep together.  Never.”  “My powers!” Jean moans from the floor.  “Pee on me!” Phil begs.  Suddenly, Gail comes back into the garage. “Okay, Charo, one more shot…” And she sees Jean-Paul holding Barbara Gordon, and completely loses bladder control.  For an awfully long time nobody says anything.  It’s just pee hitting pavement and Jean moaning.  Then, Gail screams and grabs Barbara Gordon from Jean-Paul.  “Who did this,” she sobs.  Phil points at Jean-Paul, and Jean-Paul points at Phil, and Jean struggles to her feet.  “Your pool-boy killed her,” and then she’s back on the floor.  Then Patrick Stewart’s voice booms,  “Stop! This madness must stop!”  Then that freaky bald Egyptian cat in the tiny motorized wheelchair rolls into the garage.  Phil tries to climb Jean-Paul, screaming “Rat!”  “I’m no rat, you sashaying simian,” the cat hisses.  “I’m Charles Xavier, and I just happen to be the owner of the most powerful cat brain in…”  And then Phil clobbers him with a snow shovel, screaming, “Rat!”  Jean snaps out of it long enough to cradle Professor X’s body to her chest, then starts screaming, “He’s in my head!”  But everything turned out okay in the end.  Remember, Barbara Gordon was only crippled in the accident, and she wound up bossing everybody around from her wheelchair.  And getting whacked with a shovel restored Charles Xavier’s ability to walk.  At least until Phil put him in the laundry chute.