Eight strong rounds, and I drop the ball in the ninth. Ugh. Luckily, my tenth round is set for me; I have to pick a newscaster, and I have my pick of what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s left. I should be able to survive this.<\/p>\n
According to our guidelines, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s set in stone what category people will pick from: Jason and T. Mike need to choose a woman, while Galen, Rob and Alan will select a man. The only question is whom they choose.<\/p>\n
T. Mike Childs selects Robin Duke<\/strong><\/p>\n Not really a BAD choice, but not an inspired choice, either. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a selection that justifies Galen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Top Chick Gambit in the early rounds. Duke is fine for secondary roles, and she did a great job with the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mr. and Mrs. T\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Bloody Mary Mix\u00e2\u20ac\u009d sketch. Maybe that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s exactly what he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s looking for.<\/p>\n Well, T. Mike? Is that what you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re looking for?:<\/p>\n Round 10. I got nothing. NOTHING. I needs one mo womans, and I gots NOTHING. The last name on my female list? Robin Duke. Sigh. Whatever. Take it, slink off, and console yourself with Wayne\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s World, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s party time, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s excellent. Man, I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t believe Alan took Mary Gross. I thought surely, SURELY, I can get Mary Gross. Julia Louise-Dreyfuss? Please. She got funny AFTER leaving SNL.<\/p>\n –T. Mike Childs<\/p>\n I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think Robin Duke is a whatever\/slink-off kind of pick, but that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just me. Jason has his own opinion on this pick, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not going to add it to this summary. Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just say it has to do with Robin Duke and her stupid fucking horse face. Oh, maybe I did add it to this summary. Never mind.<\/p>\n Speaking of Jason, I wonder how he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll screw this up now. If he tries to select Don Knotts in a dress, I may have to check out airfare prices, just so I can fly to L.A. and punch him in the neck.<\/p>\n Jason Torchinsky selects Amy Poehler<\/strong><\/p>\n A great pick, especially for the tenth round. I was just about to congratulate him, but then Galen admitted he made the pick for Jason. Oh well, at least he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s through drafting, right?<\/p>\n Amy Poehler is primed to be one of the stars of the new season. She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still a co-anchor on Weekend Update, and she has a bevy of characters and impressions at her disposal. Personally, I think she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s too hammy, but that makes this pick even better for Jason.<\/p>\n (Note: In the time between the draft and the posting of this round summary, there have been two episodes of the new SNL season, and they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re working hard to make Amy Poehler THE star of the show. I mean, she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in EVERYTHING! There are only three women on the show, and she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s muscled them out of the picture. Even Maya Rudolph! And no, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not just saying this because I picked Kristen Wiig (who did get a bigger role in the second show) in the eighth round. Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s get these other cast members some more face-time!)<\/p>\n Alan Benson selects Michael O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Donoghue<\/strong><\/p>\n That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a fun choice. Fun, like a prom date\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s veneral disease, am I right, people? But I kid the O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Donoghue. He does have the distinction of being in the very first sketch on Saturday Night Live, and his style of humor added that edge to SNL that everyone looks back at fondly.<\/p>\n Alan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s take on O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Donoghue:<\/p>\n I’ll leave the last round, Mister Mike, by just saying that there’s far too little so-creepy-it’s-funny stuff on modern-day TV. Also, he’s Irish, so expect lots of drunken punch-ups with Shane MacGowan (my bandleader) on Saturday Night Alan.<\/p>\n –Alan Benson<\/p>\n Bandleaders! I completely forgot about bandleaders! Dammit. Okay, Alan calls MacGowan (of the Pogues, if you didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know) and finishes his cast.<\/p>\n Rob Terrell selects Jimmy Fallon<\/strong><\/p>\n What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s funny about this pick is I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think Rob could pick Jimmy Fallon out of a line-up if he had to. Fallon was definitely a fan-favorite in his years at SNL, either behind the desk with Tina Fey on Update or in his dorm room hosting a talk show with Horatio Sanz.<\/p>\n Yes, he would have been a better pick than Ben Stiller for me, too. Shut up. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m over that now. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re just trying to get into my head. Well, it won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t work. Because there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s only one choice to make here. I need a newscaster, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m taking the best available.<\/p>\n Charles Rempel selects Jane Curtin (news anchor)<\/strong><\/p>\n Okay, you DID almost rattle me, because at the last moment I was debating about that mumblemouth Colin Quinn becoming my anchor. In the end, there was never a doubt. Jane Curtin was one of the earliest (replacing Chevy Chase behind the desk), one of the longest-running (80 episodes, tied for third most all-time), and simply one of the best. Either as a solo anchor or teamed with Dan Aykroyd or Bill Murray, she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll give my Weekend Update anchor seat some much-needed class. Plus, she has a great catchphrase: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Good night, and have a pleasant tomorrow.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d You gotta love that in your final pick.<\/p>\n So now I have both parts (actor and anchor) of Jane Curtin, and I saved my draft. Hooray!<\/p>\n Galen, let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s end this draft of a high note.<\/p>\n Galen Black selects Terry Sweeney<\/strong><\/p>\n You won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t hear a bad word from me here. Terry Sweeney is the only SNL cast member I ever met, and I think that holds true for every member of the Van Gogh-Goghs (we met him at the Big Stinkin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Festival in Austin, Texas, one year). He was super-friendly, and even had questions about our group (he researched us through our little ol\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 website).<\/p>\n Now, because of this meeting, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know if I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve softened my thoughts on Sweeney or not. I remember he had a high energy throughout his time at SNL, and he did a very good Nancy Reagan impression. If he weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t there during the Anthony Michael Hall year, things might have been different. Or not. Like I say, I may be biased now.<\/p>\n So let this be a little lesson to you Hollywood phonies out there: be nice to your fans.<\/p>\n Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Galen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s take:<\/p>\n I had the final choice of the night and I threw the choice away. I have big plans for Terry Sweeney, but I could have made a better choice. Tracy Morgan was still on the list and I passed him over to take Sweeney, because men in drag are funny and there aren’t many of the SNL cast who do female impersonation better. He still has the best Nancy Reagan impersonation of any of the SNL Alum.<\/p>\n –Galen Black<\/p>\n You can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t use him as a Sweeney Sister, Galen. Get that thought out of your head right now.<\/p>\n Round Ten recap<\/strong><\/p>\n First, remind me to pick a bandleader. That idea by Alan was primo.<\/p>\n The end seemed a bit anti-climactic, didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t it? After Alan taking Al Franken in the first round and my bumbling in the ninth, not to mention all of Jason\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nutjob moves, the final round was a little too safe. Jason and Rob got solid actors and I got a premier newscaster. Alan and Galen went sentimental, and T. 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