Only two rounds left! Twelve picks to go! How will the teams stack up? Who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going to make the big blunder this round (Jason or Alan)? Is anyone even reading this anymore?<\/p>\n
When you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re ready, Galen.<\/p>\n
Galen Black selects Fred Armisen<\/strong><\/p>\n You know, at first I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think much of Armisen. I saw him as one of the featured players that never makes the leap to full cast member. He had a character or two, but I never saw him becoming one of the leads.<\/p>\n Time has a way of making us look foolish. Armisen has become one of the main reasons to watch SNL this year. Good impressions, strong characters and solid support work have made him a steal in the ninth round for Galen.<\/p>\n Galen will now give his thoughts on his last two picks:<\/p>\n My 8th and 9th choice of the night skewed a bit younger than my previous choices, I mixed things up a bit by going to the new cast to finish off my female picks and take my next to last male pick. Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen were my late round hopefuls. I knew most of the Van Gogh-Goghs were pretty ignorant when it came to the newer cast, so I figured I could get these two performers without any problems. Maya brings me lots of current pop culture female impersonations and Armisen is one of the funniest people on today’s cast. Expect to see Fericito and the Lundford Twins alternating every other week on my show and a Steve Jobs sketch at least every 4th episode.<\/p>\n –Galen Black<\/p>\n Good points, Galen. This also helps to strengthen the weak male side of Team Black. With a strong showing in the tenth, he just may have a heck of a team.<\/p>\n Now it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s my turn. And honestly, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m a little panicked. I have totally forgotten who my male pick was going to be. No clue. It was in my head a minute ago, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sure! Now, if I weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t so panicky, I would just pick my newscaster now and wait another round. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not going to happen. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m jittery, I keep muttering that the newscaster comes last, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m racking my brain\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n And one of my two-year-olds cries. SAVED! I tell the boys I have to go check on John and I run over to the bedroom. My wife is already there, telling me she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll take care of it, but my mind is racing so fast, trying to figure out whom I want in the ninth round, I just stare blankly and nod. Slowly, I turn\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 and walk back to the computer. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m stumped. The little break didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t jog my memory, and T. Mike\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s talking trash about using my boys as an excuse. I quickly look for the biggest name and I pull the trigger.<\/p>\n Charles Rempel selects Ben Stiller<\/strong><\/p>\n Yes, I know, only one year on the show. Yes, I know, he didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t hit the heights until after he was on Saturday Night Live. But I have a strong cast so far, especially with my dudes, so I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to get a lot from this pick. Stiller has a likable quality and a Tom Cruise impression in his bag of SNL tricks, and Tom Cruise is very popular to mock nowadays, and I can milk that gag like the real show, and he can\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n Wait a minute. CRAP!<\/p>\n TRACY MORGAN! IT WAS TRACY MORGAN! I WAS GOING TO TEAM HIM WITH EDDIE MURPHY AND I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122D HAVE BRIAN FELLOW AND ASTRONAUT JONES AND HIS 40+ IMPRESSIONS AND ARRRRRGGGHHH I AM SO STUPID AND I FEEL NAUSEOUS AND I WANT TO CRY! DO OVER! DO OVER! DO OVER! WAAAAAAAH! WHY?!? WHY AM I SUCH AN IDIOT?!?<\/p>\n Luckily, this draft was done through iChat, not live. My poker face remains intact. But if anyone picks Tracy Morgan, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to puke.<\/p>\n Let me breathe into this paper sack for a moment. Rob, make your pick.<\/p>\n Rob Terrell selects Rachel Dratch<\/strong><\/p>\n Rachel Dratch was definitely on my short list for women castmembers. Unlike others I could name, Dratch\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s characters had more depth, more nuances, and weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just a variation of Dratch herself. I know Rob\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gotta be happy about this pick.<\/p>\n (Note: Did anyone else see the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Law and Order\u00e2\u20ac\u009d episode from this season with Nora Dunn? When did she turn into Penny Marshall? If this draft took into account anything but their SNL careers, I would start to regret picking Dunn over Dratch. I mean, how many \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Laverne and Shirley\u00e2\u20ac\u009d parodies can you do in 2006?)<\/p>\n Alan Benson selects Danitra Vance<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know anything about her! I know she was on SNL for a year and all, but\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve ever seen her perform. I heard she died, although I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think she died of AIDS, like other people keep telling me. I got nothing here. Was she better than Julia Sweeney? Or Amy Poehler?<\/p>\n Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know what else to say, except considering who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s drafting, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not that surprised.<\/p>\n Jason Torchinsky selects Julia Sweeney<\/strong><\/p>\n Finally, someone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s drafted Pat.<\/p>\n The first time I saw \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Pat,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I thought it was very funny. And the second time, a little less so. Then, the next dozen times, I wondered how many times can they do the same sketch? Well, that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Single White Female\u00e2\u20ac\u009d parody was pretty good. But Pat is a hall-of-fame SNL character, right?<\/p>\n Julia Sweeney\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s more than just Pat, though. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m shocked that she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s lasted this long. And it was Jason who was smart enough to pick her. Weird, huh?<\/p>\n T. Mike Childs selects Ana Gasteyer<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m still upset about this whole Ben Stiller\/Tracy Morgan business. I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think straight. T. Mike, just tell us why you selected Gasteyer:<\/p>\n Round 9: I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve filled my male slots and news slots. I needs me women!!! Another long wait for me as the snake bites my ass now: All the decent women are getting snapped up left and right. Molly Shannon! Maya Rudolph! Rachel Dratch! Julia Sweeney! Even Mary Gross was taken! What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s left?! Doh!!! Quick, to IMDB! Panic, panic, panic, Surely there must be someone left?! Someone I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve heard of?! Ah! Ana Gasteyer! Please, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t let her get taken!!!! Yes, I get Ana. Phew. A decent female cast member to atone for the sentimental Victoria Jackson pick.<\/p>\n –T. Mike Childs<\/p>\n Great explanation, jackass. Well. Let me just say that Ana Gast\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 fuck it, let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just end this round, okay?<\/p>\n Round Nine recap<\/strong><\/p>\n Who was the bonehead this round? Me. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sick to my stomach. In fact, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to recap shit right now. Go away. Goodbye.<\/p>\n I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sorry. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just the draft was going so well for me. Hey, Alan picked Danitra Vance over Julia Sweeney and Amy Poehler. That was dumb, right? Isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t that dumber?<\/p>\n No, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not dumber. Maybe as dumb, but not dumber. Or is it? Rats. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got no perspective anymore. Gotta get my head right. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll do better in Round Ten. Promised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Only two rounds left! Twelve picks to go! How will the teams stack up? Who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going to make the big blunder this round (Jason or Alan)? Is anyone even reading this anymore? 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