It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s getting late in the draft, and pressure\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s on to find the hidden gold left in the available pool. The Van Gogh-Goghs are getting a little punchy now; the East Coast members are sleepy (it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s around midnight) and the West Coast members are starving. Something\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gotta give.<\/p>\n
T. Mike Childs selects Horatio Sanz<\/strong><\/p>\n When I told people about our Saturday Night Live fantasy draft, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d ask people whom they liked, and I got a lot of answers. A frequent response was, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I have a soft spot for Horatio Sanz.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The weird thing? If someone mentioned Sanz, they always mentioned they had a soft spot for him. No other cast member was qualified with \u00e2\u20ac\u0153soft spot,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and Sanz was never described without \u00e2\u20ac\u0153soft spot.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Interesting, huh? I thought so.<\/p>\n T. Mike will now enlighten us about Horatio Sanz:<\/p>\n Round 8: I foolishly, offhandedly had asked Galen if there were any Not Ready for Prime Timers left. Simultaneously we realized the answer just as I realize I needs me a black man! Garrett Morris or Tim Meadows? Tough choice. Meadows was on for freakin EVER. But Morris has original cast cachet. My foolish question comes before Galen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s pick, and he snags Garrett Morris! Dammit, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m the ONLY ONE besides that idiot Jason without a Not Ready for Prime Time Player! Fudge!!! Okay, time to punt: Tim Meadows- he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a solid, flexible, ensemble player, just the type to work well with the big egos and more flamboyant personalities. Then Rob scoops my black man again!!! Aw hell. Now what? Danitra Vance? Ellen Cleghorne? What am I, an idiot? Ok, so no black people, time to punt: Hispanic Horatio Sanz. Also, I heard he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s funny.<\/p>\n –T. Mike Childs<\/p>\n There it is again, the fat and\/or ethnic requirement. I think Galen and T. Mike got to talking together. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s never a good thing.<\/p>\n Personally, I never got Sanz. If I wanted to see someone break character and laugh during sketches, I would check my local listings for old episodes of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Carol Burnett Show.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Harvey Korman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a better laugher. Then again, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get this new comedy everyone keeps talking about. (Hiking my pants to my nipples) And keep those damn kids off my lawn!<\/p>\n Jason Torchinsky selects Kevin Nealon (news anchor)<\/strong><\/p>\n So Jason says, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This is going to be unconventional\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n Oh wow. NOW it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s unconventional. I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t wait to hear this one.<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153As my newscaster\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n Okay, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re bracing ourselves.<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Gilbert Gottfried.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n Now there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a rule we have that states your newscaster has to have been an anchor on Weekend Update. Plain and simple, no hard words. Gilbert Gottfried has never been an anchor. Unlike The Doyle-Murray debate, this is easier to prove. There are websites devoted to Weekend Update anchors. Gottfried is on no anchor list. The pick was vetoed.<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll go with my backup then. Kevin Nealon.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n How low must Kevin Nealon feel right now? He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the second choice, after the AFLAC duck. Mr. Subliminal, porno movie reviews, solid teleprompter reading skills, and he plays second fiddle to an imbecile who was never an anchor. Well, at least Jason has his newscaster requirement complete.<\/p>\n Alan Benson selects Tim Kazurinsky<\/strong><\/p>\n Okay, like everyone else in Alan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cast, Tim Kazurinsky has the Weekend Update bits. Dr. Jack Badofsky\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sign gags, yes yes yes. Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s continue to build up the newscast.<\/p>\n But Kazurinsky also brings some underrated characters to the party, and everyone could use an actor that can play tough guys as well as his nebbish bread-and-butter (don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think he played any tough guys? What about Forrest Gregg and Ozzy Osbourne? Yeah, surprising, huh?).<\/p>\n Rob Terrell selects Molly Shannon<\/strong><\/p>\n SUPERSTAR!!<\/p>\n Molly Shannon was one of the bigger stars in the mid-\u00e2\u20ac\u02dc90s, with recurring characters coming out the wazoo (and one, Mary Katherine Gallagher, getting her own movie). I was surprised at the number of impressions she had (32). That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a nice bonus.<\/p>\n Why did she last until the eighth round? I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have a clue. I knew I wanted Jane Curtin and I had to get Nora Dunn to block Galen, and of course, my super-sleeper female cast member coming soon. Also, I hate that character that sits on the couch on the talk show and screams, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153IloveitIloveitILOVEIT!!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Like an ice pick in the brain for me. But that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just me.<\/p>\n Still, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a great pick for Rob. It gives him another strong woman to work with.<\/p>\n Charles Rempel selects Kristen Wiig<\/strong><\/p>\n With Jason\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s selection of Kevin Nealon, I have become the last one to select a newscaster. With that in mind, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to wait until the last round to name my anchor. That moves my two super-sleepers up a round.<\/p>\n Now I have forgotten for the moment my super-secret male cast member, so I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m jumping ahead with the female sleeper: Kristen Wiig. She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s starting her second season on SNL this year, and I think she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s primed for a breakout season. I saw some great impressions from her last year, so I know she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s got talent, and with only two other women in the cast, she should have her share of roles. Plus, I now have a rooting interest in the current cast (well, I have Darrell Hammond, too, but he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s established; Kristen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the new kid).<\/p>\n (Note: in the time between the draft and the posting of this entry, Saturday Night Live has had its season premiere. And\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 my girl Kristen didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get a lot of PT. Does Amy Poehler HAVE to be in everything? Seriously, give my girl some reps! Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s make it a Wiig Party, aw yeah!)<\/p>\n Galen Black selects Maya Rudolph<\/strong><\/p>\n Galen went with the new cast but a more-established name. So he has a rooting interest in this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cast, too. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nice; I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have someone to talk with about the show.<\/p>\n Rudolph\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s eight seasons have produced a lot of impressions and characters, but Galen really likes that Megan character because, just like Megan, Galen always had an unrequited crush on the cutest boys in high school.<\/p>\n Are you reading these round summaries, Galen? Man, I hope not.<\/p>\n Round Eight recap<\/strong><\/p>\n Three women, two men, one newscaster, and one dumbass move by Jason thwarted\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 sounds like a good round to me!<\/p>\n Two more cast members from this season have been selected (and three overall). Galen and I have met our three-women requirements, while the other Van Gogh-Goghs have one or two to go. Expect a LOT of ladies to go in the next round.<\/p>\n Surprised with some of these picks? Who is still out there, much to your chagrin? Why am I having trouble remembering my male super-sleeper pick? Do you remember it? 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