Trivia Club's Saturday Night Live Fantasy League: The Complete Rules and Draft Results
September 20, 2013
In the cold open: 15 points
Cast member in a sketch as an NPC: 2 points (1 point if that sketch is after the second song)
Introduces musical guest: 2 points
Lorne Michaels dares to speak to your cast member: 10 points (plus 5 points if your cast member talks down TO Lorne)
Kissing: 5 points per participant
Crying: 5 points
Swearing (destructive) : minus 5 points
Sneaker-upper (when an impression becomes notorious to the point where the "celebrity" shows up on camera along-side the impersonator, though impersonating the host is not included in this): 20 points
In costume during the goodnight: 2 points
Cast member leaves mid-season, only to be replaced by new mid-season featured cast member: minus 20 points (if Tim Robinson Rule is in effect)
In sketch along-side former SNL cast member: 5 points
Swearing (destructive) : minus 5 points
Jack Johnson appearance on your host show: minus 5 points
- FIRST OFF, congrats to the two teams who drafted Cecily Strong because no more then four hours after the draft finished the news came over the wire that Strong would become co-anchor of Weekend Update. That gives THE TEAM YOU WISH YOU HADN'T STARTED A CONVERSATION WITH AT A PARTY and THE IGNORANT SLUTS the initial lead with 50 POINTS EACH! It has to be repeated, that if Update’s last four hosts were Tina Fey, Amy Pohler, and the future one-two punch in NBC late night talk shows, so you’ve got to be happy that your cast member just stepped into the King/Queen making machine.
- Also of note in that Times article that I continue to link to is the fact that Tim Robinson, initially drafted in BOTH groups as the 10th Overall Pick was shifted off camera and into the writers room. Post-draft however it was announced that writer Brooks Wheelan would be joining the cast. Which allowed the invention of the TIM ROBINSON RULE (if your REP pick in the draft doesn’t rejoin the cast, you get the next best FEATURED player).
- Keenan Thompson, being the most senior cast member, seemed to be a notable thing for drafters. Though usage charts tell another story from last year, he’s certainly still a strong choice.
- The biggest difference in opinion, between Doumanian and Ebersol Groups, is the adverse opinions on Bobby Moynihan and Jay Pharoah respectively.
- Mike O’Brien, he of the veteran SNL writing tenure and quality internet show, and Noel Wells, she of the (if I’ve got to guess) Zooey Deschanel impression? According to our owners, they look to be the top prospects of the Featured Cast. Grantland doesn’t seem to agree, going with Kyle Mooney as the breakout.
- Trade deadline for Cast Members will be the start of the fifteenth episode.
- Once again, all owners were picking together for the Host Predictions as opposed to being in two separate groups. With the draft order being re-shuffled, and not being in snake order like the Cast Draft had been.
- I am SHOCKED that Jake Johnson was not drafted. SHOCKED.
- Lady Gaga, as you may have heard, was rumored to be hosting this season before the first three hosts were announced. Whether Miley Cyrus took her proposed spot, or if it’s only a matter of time it’s a smart first pick as far as following rumors.
- Justin Timberlake went to FOURTH, which surprised me. Though he has been hosting so often he could take a year off to the surprise of no one now that his usual cast (and fellow Mother Lover Andy Samberg especially) has left the show.
- Stars of the movie Thor were a popular choice for hosts, though they also had other reasons to be on the show providing some potential boost for SNL either way, whether it was another movie (Hemsworth's Rush), an on-going TV show (Kat Dennings' 2 Broke Girls + tumblr making Jack's dream come true), or simply being Natalie Portman (yes, drafted last among these three in particular).
- Benedict Cumberbath AND Martin Freeman being drafted. You're welcome, Sherlocke fans.
- Rob brought up a good rule of not drafting anyone in their first season of a television series. Of course, this didn't stop him from making the most derisive pick of the night in Robin Thicke. The general thought was that with Miley hosting she's already taken the heat of the Song of the Summer and ran away with it, thanks to the MTV VMAs!
- I can announce here as well that the FINAL PREDICTED HOST of the Season 39 SNL Fantasy Draft is one of only four members of the 10-TIMER CLUB… JOHN GOODMAN!
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