Bob Chandler
- "Bob" redirects here. For the troll occasionally known as Bob, see Robert Simmons V.
| “ | It was an interesting life I had. | ” |
| Bob, at peace. | ||
| Chandler family | |
|---|---|
| |
| Bob Chandler | |
| Birth name | Robert Franklin Chandler Jr. |
| Nicknames | Internet Lumberjack |
| Born | 4 September 1927 |
| Died | 6 September 2011 (aged 84) |
| Gender | Male |
| Nationality | American |
| Race | White (1/4th Cherokee[1]) |
| Marriage | Patricia (????-????) Barb (1980-2011) |
| Issue | Dr. David Alan Chandler Carol Suzanne Chandler |
| Parents | Robert Franklin Chandler Sr. (father) Jean Holloman (mother) |
| Education | Auburn University (engineering) |
| Occupation(s) | Military communications, engineer |
Robert Franklin Chandler Jr.[2] (4 September 1927- 6 September 2011 [3]) was the father of Christian Weston Chandler, Carol Chandler and David Alan Chandler, and husband of Barbara Weston Chandler. Bob became a firm favorite with trolls due to Chris's intense dislike of him and Bob's infamous cameo when he walked in on Chris mass debating.[4] His nickname, "the Internet Lumberjack," comes from this incident.
While loathed by and estranged from his other children and step-child, Bob was still viewed as a better parent than his wife Barbara, due to him being somewhat concerned with Chris's current status as a virgin with rage, and the fact that he occasionally tried to guilt him into being more considerate by bringing up the fact that he devoted 29 years to raising a selfish manchild. Of course, Chris was unfazed by these attempts.
Bob conversed with numerous trolls. A lot of information was gained from these chats, mostly due to his tendency to yammer on.
Bob died on 6 September 2011, at Martha Jefferson Hospital ICU surrounded by family, pastor and hospital staff.[5]
Biography
Service and education
Bob was born in Fort Worth, Texas[6] and raised in Alabama.[1] His father was allegedly half Cherokee.
Bob was drafted after World War II and placed in the Signal Corps. There, he learned how to install valve systems, switchboards, and telephones, and got to visit the beautiful North Korea. When he got out, he couldn't get a job and so went to college on the G.I. Bill.[1]
Since he figured he'd get "swallowed up" at a big college, Bob picked a small college to study pre-Engineering for two years. He was also in a band and learned a lot about music. He then moved onto Auburn University, a big college, to earn his engineering degree.[1] As an engineer, he never learned to spell properly.[7]
Career
Bob worked for Western Electric for forty years. Using skills learned in the Army, he built for the company their first automatic [something] (it's unclear what Bob says here). General Electric heard about it and offered him a job in upstate New York. Since New York is too cold (and Yankee) for Bob, he moved away after three years, working in North Carolina for some time.[1] He worked with both Goodrich and Goodyear.[8]
With General Electric, Bob was responsible for at least seven patents. Barbara claimed, in an e-mail to Miyamoto, that because of Bob's influence in the computer world, the NES "might not have arrived so soon" (despite video game technology actually being pioneered by Ralph Baer).[9]
As examples of Bob's accom-PLISH-ments, as Chris would say, he automated a steel mill for rolling steel for cars, a paper mill for papers into the form of Kleenex, warehousing, railroads and tanker ships. He designed scooters, die casting machines, machines for producing plastic products[1] and a vehicle logging system. A fact that both Chris and Barbara have bragged about is that Bob designed controls that were used in plastic water container molding machines.[1][9]
World consciousness
On the other hand, Bob himself was proud of his "natural inclination for logic," although he was "inundated" by all his designs and whether he did good for the world.[1]
Speaking of the world, Bob had been interested in it since he was 10, and had become very world conscious as a believer in the United Nations. He began by collecting foreign stamps in the 1930s. He had collected 15,000–20,000 LPs from various genres and cultures.[8] Bob traveled the world in his day for business and pleasure.
Politically, Bob identified as a Republican, and did not vote for Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election.[6]
In a potentially damaging moment on 18 February 2009, Bob doubted the existence of Molvanîa, Julie's country of origin.[10] However, he continued talking under the assumption that Molvanîa was under Russian control.[8]
Health and late life
Bob lived on social security and his General Electric pension.[11] He never really had people to chat with (he loved to ramble if the person showed some slight interest), so he sat around, listened to music, and took care of the garden inside the greenhouse.[8] With a 1970s stereo system set up in the greenhouse, he went to "swing with the music" on his swing there.[11]
Bob had had two triple bypasses and four heart attacks. He wore an artificial pacemaker.[12] In one prank call, Bob revealed that after surgery for cancer it was discovered that he had a fluid build up in his legs, which is symptomatic of heart failure. This rapid decline in health worried him.[6] He attributed his long life to the Cherokee in him. His uncles and grandfather all lived to 90-100.[8] The Rocky Shoemaker call revealed that Bob had previously been hospitalised for severe "bug bites".
A major question in the troll community has been what would happen once Bob died.
What about Bob?
On 1 March 2010, Chris Twittered that Bob had been taken to the hospital in the early morning for "congested [sic] heart failure". Chris seemed confident that his father would come home shortly. Considering Bob's age, lifestyle, and long history of heart disease, Chris did not seem to grasp the seriousness of heart failure in an elderly man. Bob had been the only thing keeping the Chandler household from imploding, and as such, trolls and white knights alike wished him the very best.
In the month following Bob's hospitalization, Chris was remarkably quiet on the subject of his father. Information about his condition was hard to come by, as we only learned something once it has inconvenienced Chris enough for him to come online and complain about it. Statistically, congestive heart failure is not as immediately fatal as its name implies.[13] But again, Bob's age, prior heart attacks and lifestyle made this a serious matter.
Chris's videos over the month of March made no mention of Bob at all. Staying true to his painfully predictable nature, Chris instead lost a girlfriend he never had, made racial slurs and death threats to a cartoon character, and raged against abstinence. But no mention of his ailing father.
A poster on /cwc/ contacted Chris via PSN regarding Bob. He posted a screen capture of Chris's response, saying, "He is doing much better, thank you."Another contacted Chris via email and got a response saying, "Yes, my father is healthy and safe." Clearly he was neither, but this was at least proof that Bob hadn't joined the Whites-Only section of Heaven just yet. In late May, Chris finally mentioned a brief mention in a public video that his father was "alive and well," with no further elaboration on his condition.
On 6 September 2011, Bob died at age 84.[5] He survived 54 years of the Burger King Whopper and 29 years of Christian Weston Chandler.
Luckily for Chris, Bob didn't die on pancake day.
BobWatch™
On 10 August 2010, a phone call took place between Bob and Alec Benson Leary, who posed as an employee of The GAMe PLACe. Discussing Chris's June trespassing citation, it was discovered that Chris hadn't told his parents about the incident (surprise, surprise). Chris posted a whiny video about the incident the night that it happened, which remained on his YouTube channel until he purged all of his videos on 22 November. Yeah, that's how negligent Bob was.
On 19 August 2010, it was revealed that the elderly man with heart failure was still eating breakfast at Burger King on a daily basis. The Grim Reaper is said to have been pleased by this news.
On 24 March 2011, Bob claimed in a phone call to have cancer.[14]
On 20 July 2011, it was revealed that by that time Bob knew about Chris's cross-dressing tendencies and strongly disapproved of them.
On 29 August 2011, Chris mentioned in a video that his father was no longer getting out much because he was sickly and his feet were bloated. Foot swelling is a symptom of late-stage congestive heart failure. With his mobility limited, Bob became a shut in, which only compounded his heart problems. It was a rare occurrence of Chris legitimately acknowledging his dad's health was failing and an even rarer occurrence of him genuinely knowing of any situation around him.
On 6 September 2011, Bob died. Despite all the jokes made about Chris and his family, the death of a loved one is a very tragic event. Out of respect for him and his family, the CWCki was closed for a week, 12-19 September, with the start date coinciding with the day Bob's funeral service was held. Site visitors were directed to a page which simply read "Robert Franklin Chandler Jr. 1927-2011".[5]
Obituary
Both Barb and Chris collaborated in writing Bob's obituary, which was published in two local papers. Main points of the obituary, apart from the standard birth date, date of death, and next of kin, include:
- Text going into unusual detail about what Bob did at General Electric. This includes an odd mention of Bob somehow being indirectly responsible for the invention of a "simple plastic funnel".
- The location of the memorial service, "to follow on a later date", at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church, the church that Barb, Bob and Chris used to frequent together. This is the same church that Rocky Shoemaker counsels Chris from.
- A footnote asking readers to not donate flowers, but to donate money to Barbara and Chris. Given the money habits of Chris and Barb, the remaining Chandlers may be in a dire financial situation.
Original text
- Robert Franklin Chandler Jr., 84, of Ruckersville, passed away the morning of Tuesday, September 6, 2011, at Martha Jefferson Hospital ICU surrounded by family, pastor and hospital staff.
- He was born on September 4, 1927, in Texas, the son of the late Robert Franklin Chandler Sr. and Jean Holloman Chandler. On June 7, 1980, he married Barbara Anne Weston, who survives. And the couple gave birth to a son, Christian Weston Chandler, who survives. Also surviving is ex-wife, Patricia, and their shared children, son, Dr. David Alan Chandler, survives, and daughter, Carol Suzanne Chandler, survives.
- He graduated from Auburn University with a degree in Engineering.
- He served in the United States Army Seoul Korea in the Signal Corp during the Korean War. He worked for General Electric as an Engineer with Steels, Plastics, etc. He also had patents for the controls for Plastic Molding Machines; without him, we would not have even a simple plastic funnel.
- Also surviving are granddaughter, Savannah Chandler, the daughter of David Alan Chandler and his wife, Kimberly.
- A funeral service will be held at Monticello Memory Gardens in Charlottesville, Virginia, 10 a.m. Monday, September 12, 2011. A memorial service to follow on a later date at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church.
- Instead of flowers, you may make monetary donations to his widow, Barbara Chandler and son, Christian Chandler. [5]
Relationships
Previous family
Bob was previously married to a woman named Patricia.[5] She's most likely the mother of his two other children, David Alan Chandler and Carol Suzanne Chandler, with whom he was both out of contact in his later years.[15] For example, Chris did not know he had a niece named Savannah until she was 8 years old.[16]
Barbara
Bob and Barbara met in a bar on a karaoke night. Barbara was there with friends and Bob was singing.[17] According to Chris, Barbara did the pursuing: "She chased him down the hall." This is probably why he figures that he could get away with being passive in terms of courtship. In contrast, Cole's friend Chuck, who worked at the bar, has a vivid memory of them being drunk retards.[15] They got married in 1980.[17]
According to Chris, Barbara did not have sex with Bob for at least two decades before his passing. They had been sleeping in separate rooms for the past few years.[18] This is possibly due to an attempt to avoid spawning another subhuman freak like Chris.
Cole
Bob married Barbara when her son Cole was 17, around the time Cole left to lead his own life.
Cole feels that Bob's bitterness worked to separate his relationship with his mother. Cole said he would celebrate[15] "when that fuck Bob finally drops," [19] but it is unknown if he has yet to as of 9 September 2011. Cole said that he and Bob shared a mutual hatred,[15] though we have no evidence yet that Bob hated Cole. In the least, it is certain that Bob knew Cole didn't like him.[11]
Chris
| “ | Get away from the Internet! I'm cutting it down, right now. | ” |
| Bob Chandler, Internet lumberjack. | ||
Bob wished that Chris was more interested in the world. He tried to teach Chris, but he thought (and rightly so) that Chris doesn't understand countries and continents beyond what he's seen on TV, and only can associate with the places he's been in Virginia.[8]
Bob's joke that Barack Obama would paint the White House black as soon as he became president influenced Chris to draw it in Sonichu 8.
Chris has often complained about stressful confrontations with his father:
| “ | well, my father is a major stressor against me; starts arguements[sic], annoys me, rarely washes his hands after restroom breaks (lord knows I've tried to encourage him to wash numerous time, and rarely succeeded. | ” |
| Chris, IRC (31 December 2008) | ||
After several occasions where trolls had communicated with Bob personally and found him to be quite pleasant and amicable, it's become obvious that he wasn't "starting arguments", as Chris asserts. More likely he was criticizing Chris's behavior and encouraging to better himself, which would involve work, which Chris fears and despises.
Bob had reportedly explained to him that he had taken care of his autistic ass for 29 years and so Chris should be more grateful. Chris couldn't give two shits, figuring that his father was obligated to take care of him, seeing no reason he should demonstrate any foreign concepts like "love", "support", "gratitude", and "willingness to help". Chris would run for his father's aid when he felt threatened, as in the later parts of the Kacey and Liquid Call.
Despite Bob's occasional frustration over Chris's actions, he seemed to have bought into the theory that Chris is tormented by a complex network of enemies spanning the entire world, due to the success that he has earned from his very popular Sonichu franchise.[20][21] In the Matthew Noble call, it appears that Bob seemed to share Chris's tendency to bring up unrelated mishaps and debacles to make current incidents and sources of stress seem "petty" in comparison.
Once during a phone call with trolls, Bob stated that Chris had accomplished significant goals in his adult life. However, it is unknown if Bob actually believes that, or it was just something he was saying because he didn't want to admit to complete strangers that his son was a total failure in life and a leech on society.[22]
He would never get past that notion, given that he continued to have to nursemaid Chris well into his son's late 20s. In the later parts of 2009 and throughout 2010, as chronicled in Chris's e-mails with Vivian Gee and Jackie, Bob had been forced to take an increasingly active role in controlling Chris's spending and debt, paying off Chris's credit cards with his own money in an attempt to prevent interest charges from spiraling even further out of control. By the fall of 2010, he was monitoring Chris's bank accounts on a daily basis and keeping him on a strict allowance. Upon finding out about Chris's escapades in early 2011, Bob's reaction was to question Chris's sexuality, at one point even calling him a fag.
Chris has said specifically that he doesn't have to love his father, but has to respect him.[23]
Audio and video appearances
In every appearance, Bob has proven himself to be better at charming Chris's sweethearts than Chris himself.
- 26 February 1994: Bob appears briefly behind Chris from 0:26 - 0:36 in the news report of Chris's Sonic the Hedgehog Watch & Win Sweepstakes.
- 14 February 2009: Bob Walks In to Chris mass debating.
- 18 February 2009: In BlueSpike PSN Chat 3.5 and 3.7, Bob rambles to Julie.
- 15 March 2009: Bob talked to Robert Simmons V at church while Chris went to shit himself.
- March 2009: Bob chaperoned Chris on his date with Emily.
- 27 March 2009: Bob gets intruded by Chris in the Tour of Christian's House, but is not visible.
- 27 August 2009: Bob enters Chris's room and scolds him for making the house tour video, (correctly) fearing that if someone saw the house as it was, they would be evicted (Uncut version only). This is a momentous occasion, showing some awareness on the part of the Chandlers that the filth and squalor they live in is a health hazard. This video subsequently off a wave of emails and calls to the Greene County Health Department, masterminded by trolls who hoped to realize Bob's fear of eviction, but the campaign was seemingly unsuccessful.
- November 2009: Bob and Snorlax make a brief appearance at the end of the Kacey and Liquid Call.
- 15 August 2010: In his final outing on the damn internet, Bob gets a call from the GAMe PLACe and is informed of Chris's actions earlier in the year. He then goes on a tangent about how Chris has been tormented by everyone ever since he was banned, and then demands Michael Snyder's information. Barbara also appears at the end of the call.
Gallery
"The hell is this crap?"
Looking at the presents, it's sometime between 1982 and 2011.
That isn't Chris's half-senile old grandfather at Christmas time. It's Bob. He was that age when Chris was about one.
The epitome of handsome.
Bob with Aunt Corrina.
Notice Chris's discomfort.
Bob wouldn't let a fence get in the way of cutting down Chris's Internet.
Bob: fashion icon.
When Bob wasn't arguing with Chris or cutting down his Internet, he enjoyed gardening.
Bob will haunt your dreams tonight.
Calm down Bob, I think you're scaring Snorlax.
Fan videos
| Bob | |
| Stardate | 10 September 2011 |
| Made By | TheSevenRiders |
| Subject Matter | Metal Gear Solid |
| TRUE and HONEST Sonichu Fan Videos | |
| Tribute to Bob Chandler | |
| Stardate | 11 September 2011 |
| Made By | 8x13Wolf |
| TRUE and HONEST Sonichu Fan Videos | |
| Chris Chan - Tribute to Robert Chandler | |
| Stardate | 12 September 2011 |
| Made By | OVRFND |
| Subject Matter | Metal Gear Solid |
| TRUE and HONEST Sonichu Fan Videos | |
| RIP Bob Chandler | |
| Stardate | 29 September 2011 |
| Made By | furnacewoodsband |
| TRUE and HONEST Sonichu Fan Videos | |
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Emily Date Conversation Transcript Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "About" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Email to Blanca
- ↑ http://www.harveypowers.com/wynn/wynn/d155.html#P155
- ↑ Bob Walks In
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailyprogress/obituary.aspx?n=robert-franklin-chandler&pid=153539600
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Prank calls
- ↑ Emily Date Conversation Transcript#The Date Begins (4:47 - 7:17)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 BlueSpike PSN Chat 3.7
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Miyamoto Saga#Barbara
- ↑ BlueSpike PSN Chat 3.5
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Emily Date Conversation Transcript#Raising Chris-Chan (16:46 - 00:00)
- ↑ Mumble 3
- ↑ Congenital Heart Failure
- ↑ http://youtu.be/y-GGSOyCm2k
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 6 March 2007 email, page 2
- ↑ CWC's Diary#January 2004
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Mumble 3.5
- ↑ IRC (27 December 2008)
- ↑ Email from Cole to Chris
- ↑ Church audio
- ↑ Matthew Noble call
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNHIbffirxU&feature=player_embedded
- ↑ Mumble Chat 1
| |||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||
| ||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
| ||||||||
| |||||