The Downbeat on ninety seven to one the Freak. Wake up your little sleepyhead, It's time to get your stupid ass out of bed. To you about the most important thing in the most important thing. Yes, it is the most important thing in the world. Here on ninety seven won the Freak with the Downbeat. I'm Kevin with Danny Baylis, Mike, Siroy and JJ Jackson's here with us as well. Tonight's the big party at the Echo Lounge, the one You're a Freak anniversary party. We will talk some rangers at seven.
We'll try to remind you if you get to the Echo Lounge before six pm it is free nine dollars and seventy one cents at the door. Afterwards at the Echo Lounge down in Dallas, come see us quicker, see Nighthawks headlining Oatmeal Pizza of brand New Funk as well. So I did this bit for many a year and so fun because pretending like you have a team in drafting is fun, at least a lot of it. Down. Danny didn't play fantasy football, but it's a little different and it involves a very random
thing because it's kind of hard to tell what's going to happen. Weave out any opinion or commentary about Saturday Night Live, but the truth is they have a host of a musical guest each week, and they are back next week. This is what spawned me getting towards this. We have good signs that the actors' strike will be ending soon, because they announced that they are back, not this Saturday, but next Saturday. The first episode would be Pete
Davidson hosting with Ice Spice as your musical guest. When is this again? Sorry, when the fourteenth of October? Huh? Okay, the week ten days from right now? Yeah, the week from this Saturday, all right, and then the week after that it's bad money being the host and musical guest. Okay, then that'll probably take a week off and then this will
go. The season will run through May. Okay yep. So in years past we've had a bet I did this with Ben and Skin and Christina where the loser had to carry a bag of golf clubs to work for the whole week. I don't know if I've ever seen that paid off properly. I don't think it ever got paid off properly either. But I also quit caring after I dominated and won the league. You won your own game. Yeah, yeah, because I hit on Megan the Stallion, she hosted and was
a musical guest, so I got two points. Boom. Yeah. So for so it's not rigged. I'll go last. But what I want to do is I want to expand on it a little bit more. It is a SNL draft, okay, for the twenty three twenty fours year. Really the season ends in May, and the way it works is you have to pick five hosts and five musical guests. If the musical guest does double up as the host, you will get a bonus points to two points. And at the end of it, so after ten rounds, at the end of
it something called the super pick. The super pick is the automatic win button. If your super pick hits, then you are safe from any type of bed payoff punishment. And your super pick is not going to be one of your top It'll be someone out of the choices. It'll be someone out of the top thirty. Yeah. And if JJ, if you want a ball, if you think you can roll and get ten names to go and kind of have some ideas, we can throw you in there. But that push
out wide eyes. Yeah, I don't think people he doesn't because this took me a good twenty minutes to kind of put something together. Yeah, I don't know a ton about things either. Well, maybe she can assist you guys with a few names here and there. I'll just so the super pick for instance, a few years ago, I think Skin one for somehow Lizzo did not make the top You know who wasn't drafted. He picked Lizzo as a super pick. She hosted or she did. She was music for the
Eddie Murphy episode Boom. Skin's free from punishment. You are, You're done. You don't have to do anything now. If your last place don't have any points? Usually how that would work? Maybe get one point? And everyone else says too, I'm throwing this round for a bet payoff, and I think you guys would agree, maybe, but maybe not. What do you think about the week long phone case bet? Or other people in the room, they'll have to go through whatever protocol necessary to get the phone case
for you. But there are phone case bits that you can do now. You can make your phone case afoot. You can put itself eyes of a human foot. It's a foot in it, at least in your pocket. No, it's only a week. If it was longer than that, I'd be like, I don't want to play this at all. But if it is just a week, fun I carry an it's just a phone case with the big things sticking out. It's a foot prop. It's kind of good,
all right. I mean walk around with that thing just in general, just to see what the reaction would be if you need to spice up your life. I'm not going to be using Apple pay that week. So we'll go snake draft in a way, not really, it's actually not snake draft at all. We'll go Mike Danny me and then Danny Mike me. I'll go last every time, since I've done this a million times, And do we go hosts for the first round and whatever music for the next round or
boards open? You have to check the box of five and five. Let me just ask. Strategically we are Ideally I've never played this before, although I have sat over a cocktail and with Christina and try to help her come up with names in years past. Ideally, our highest picks are going to be maybe someone that does both correct. You'll get two points if they do both right, and that will tip excuse me. Obviously, that would be a musical guest that you feel like can do double duty. Yep, so
that would probably make it. You'd probably want that to be one of your higher picks. Giving way too much. I'll tell you that Billie Eilish and Meghan d Stallion have worked out well for me the past two years because they both double dipped. Okay, So, Mike Siroy, you have as the Dallas Observer Radio Personality of the Year, the first pick and the twenty twenty three, twenty twenty four Saturday Night Live draft. Okay, are you gonna tell it? I got them written, I've got it. I'm pumped.
Okay, I did some work last night. Who's got stuff coming up? You did work? Yeah? Boy, that's not good. With the first pick, I'm not gonna do the whole thing. I am taking Selena Gomez. Selena Gomez and that will check now because she is an actor and a music person, a known that she has both with an album coming out, would you say you're designating her as a music Oh, I have to do this. Yes, you don't say yes you didn't know when I asked him?
No, I know I did. You can also change that designation later in the draft, as long as you have five and five when it's over, because she can do both Sorr Kevin wildcard for now. Put her as you can change that later if you put her as music, Danny. If she by the way, if she was a host, you would still get the point for it. Yeah, oh okay. I will pick a musical guest that I think that would be able to do double duty as well, and I'm going to go with the highly popular, currently popular Doja Cat.
Doja Cat goes in the first round to Danny Kevin. My first round pick will be one Olivia Rodrigo off I think of new album and that's a music pick. Clearly I didn't have either, so we'll go to Danny for the first pick. In round two. Uh, I'm gonna go with music as well, and I'm gonna pick and I hope this person has not hosted or been appeared before. I should have done this research. Do a lipa, Do a lipa for Danny. Okay, Mike. Round two, Michael so
really took Selena Gomez in the first round. I want to take Katie Perry. Katie Perry fantastic, get it. I'll take Ryan Reynolds and uh, you know Deadpool three coming out, you'll go promote that if I didn't need to back to you, Mike Siroy, Uh all right, I can't say this. I'm gonna take Grimes Grimes Wow three music or two. Yeah, yeah, Grimes of the former wife of Elon Musk album coming out. Interesting, love it, Daniel. I'm gonna go music again and I'm gonna pick
Blink one two. I love that because that's good. I think they would be a great fit. I think you see him in sketches because they're funny and they got new music out and they are tight with the Kardashian family, who Lauren is definitely tight with. Give you mind Bad Bunny. I think he's hosting a because he's Bad Bunny b He's also dating Kendall Jenner. I think I just found out now that Bad Bunny is a dude. I like Bad Bunny boy. That's not gonna help you score with the Latina woman.
Danny. What will Kevin? What will knowing? Who Bad Bunny teach me your secret? Kevin? Yeah? Yeah, Bad Bunny's hosting episode two And that's we're getting too. We're getting this a little a we'll skip out the first two episodes, but uh, for me in round three, I'm going to go with one. Zendaia. Has she done it before? That's a great question, Danny. I think she has, but they might not want to double dip. I keep thinking about that, Kevin that I think she
has that Challengers movie. It's gonna they got pushed back to next year. I think she'll be promoting that. So I'm going to Zendia round four, Mike Siroy, No, I'm Danny. Danny Bayless is up. I'm gonna go with a host. Okay, man, I've got to I think I have a great strategy here, but I don't know. I'm gonna go with John David Washington because I think that movie's about to blow up. Okay movie to create creator, Okay, make and I think he would be there probably
in week three or four to help promote that film. Okay, Mike Soroy round foe give me Timothy Chamalay or Shala May. Let me just say that is such a fantastic pick. It's a great pick. It's what I was going to do next because of Wonka and Done two. Of course, there's two chances to promote something, and he lives in New York and he's dating Kylie Jenner. It's at the whole Jenner connection, which Lorne is apparently friends with all of them. There we go. That's that might be the value
pick of the draft. That's your Steel, that's your Cooper Cup. In round three, for me, I'm going to go with one. You know what, I think they're gonna run out there, No, no, no, I know. Nicki Minaj, Yeah, Nicki Minaj. This is Kevin's patented Saturday Night Live draft. Yes, or we're picking who's gonna host and be a musical act maybe both in the upcoming season. Mike Siroy, you have the first pick here. In round five, I will take Jason Momoa
Aquaman two coming out. Fantastic selection. Ool, it's a fantastic pick. Daniel Host, I'm going to select Jenna or Tega. Okay, Jenna Ortega of Wednesday Wednesday Fame, up and coming, hot, young actress. Hot, seems to make attractive. Of course, yeah, I think it makes sense. Of course, she did do it last year. But oh well, they've had I don't know, man, they have he did it last year. They have a lot of people come back and and damn pick, I don't know that you did. I did just to just say I did.
I don't know, man, I really don't think so. I'm taking uh, Lady Gaga, Lady Danny round six, Danny, you've selected two hosts and three music. Okay, let's do Black Pumas for music. Wow new record? Yep? Yeah, up for a Grammy last year. It kind of is the band that Saturday Night Live likes up and coming and not and not a top forty big pop hit. You know they like to pepper in some every once in a while. It was still cool. Yeah, yep, yeah, Mike's really you've done three music to host? All right?
Give me so fascinated body else? Big board? I have a big board, dude. Uh give me mahershe La Ali brand new Blade movie coming out in February. Yeah, I use the whole calendar, not just you know, October November. Not sure if it comes out in February, but well, my sources say it is not only think to have a scripts. Yeah, yeah, what the are you kidding me? They've been having problems with writing it. I gotta say, I got no you know what, no, no, I just I'm gonna go Ryan Gosling. Damn it you
blade the movie beautiful Ryan Gosling. Release date February. Oh shoot, February fourteenth, twenty twenty five. Oh no, that does have a movie coming out though on Netflix. He does and he's great, so I don't hate it. But alright, I missed up. That's very them to mars Ali. Would I can see them do that? He's done it before we go to around seven? Would be you, Mike who just want? I took Ryan Gosling. Yeah, I love it. That's a really good pick.
I'll take lil nas x lil nas x. Man. He's been teasing some new music. Huh. Danny Sydney Sweeney as a host, Good pick, good pick. Okay, I'm gonna go with a guy who I don't know much about. I still haven't heard a single song, but skin Way at the Ben and skin Show swears this guy's a big deal and says it's not that bad. Zach Bryan just to trickle into the country waters my next music
pickies, No, don't apologize to me. Okay, Danny, you are up and I have you at four Music three hosts Okay, I think I want to break the I want to Break the SmartLess podcast Seal and I think the person that they would pick to host. Man, this is tough, but I gotta go with Sean Hayes NBC Connections on Will and Grace. Okay, Sean Hayes for Danny. Round eight, Mike's aroy, you are at one, two, three, host four musicians as well. I'm gonna take
Eddie Murphy. Okay, Eddie Murphy back again. Got a big Christmas movie coming out. Last time he did it was nineteen. I believe it seems like you had fun too. You know. I'm going off of the idea of I said. This is my problem is I don't know when Joker two is coming out. I know he's got another movie. I'm gonna do Joaquin Phoenix like that on the list beautiful, let's get real weird twas on the list? Have you ever done it? That's a good question, I think
he asked. Don't look it up, Please don't. I'm sure he please don't look that. I'm done. I'm done looking things up. Round nine, Mike's roy how many things are each? You are at one, two, three, four? Yeah, four and four. You're you're good. Give me Jung Kook of BTS fame. I not only do I like it, I think I might love it. I went off the American beaten path there. I like BTS do They're amazing? Yeah, Daniel to do music and let's god, it's between these two. It's his final music pick of
the day. Music I'm gonna go with because of new Drummer, New tour, Foo Fighters and the favorite foo Fighters. They do love the Foo Fighters Fighters okay, one, two, three four music for Okay, So I'm free to do whatever I want. You know what I'm gonna do, John Hamm Fargo season five coming out in November. Let's get some promotion for that. Danny, you will lead off the final pick Round ten. Here.
Final pick has to be a host for you and us yep. And for my host, I think I'm going to he s has it been on there for about four years and he was great when he was on. Idris Elba Idris Stringer Bell, Mike, I will take how do you do host? Right? Give me Taron Eagerton taryan interesting love that dude. I'm gonna do. I gotta do music here, m h two three four or five? Okay, Sissa, Sissa, Yeah, what's been top big chart chart topper Sissa, Sissa, I don't know what that is, s z a s
okay for the super pick. Oh, now, this is the pick that carries the most importance because if this hits at any time during the season, you're done. You're a freeman. And if all of us hit it, no one has to pay off anything. Does a cameo count? No? The official when it's announced who's on the bulletin board? Host, musical guests? But a great question, thank you? Who picks me? Uh? Yes, it'll be you, Mike. So this has now used the best of what's left, best of what's left. A sleeper, I have some
great hosts, the best of what's around. If you will, I don't want to do what I'm about to do. I don't think I'm gonna do it. Do you want to wait? So it's more suspenseful? Do you all want to do two super picks? No? Yeah? Two? I don't know if I have two? Guy will take you? Got this? Oh? So I'm stuck. You get two people you want to pick? Yeah? Take one? I like three. Danny, you can just go if you want. You want to do two super picks, Danny, it's
more fun that way, yea more action. Two super picks, all right, fine, pick one and all right, I'll take the Rock the Rock Danny, all right for my super pick super pick one, I'm gonna go with Millie Alcock, Milly any idea? Who that is? Milli Allcock? Bobby Brown The House of Dragon. Oh, I think that's coming back next year. And it makes sense that she's an up and coming actress. You know who she is? Yeah, she's great. Milli all Cock is good,
Milly Alcock. I'm doing a lady who is releasing an album. Don't do this to me? Do it? Get him? Get it? Did the word lady? Yes, well I don't know. Just do it, Dolly Partner, damn it. That's what I was about to do. And then you said two super picks November, new album coming out, Rockstar. Oh now I'll trade you. If you want to trade, I'll trade you. You ain't getting Timothy Shamalott. I'll trade you the Rolling Stones. No, I don't want the Rolling Stones. Okay, I'll take Dolly Parton.
Oh that was my whole deal. Is Dolly Parton right there? Right? Are we doing two superpicts or now? I don't care Okay, I guess we're not unless we are. I can do one. If you're ready, I can do one too, Danny. I'm gonna go musical guests because I think it's time for this guy to make what some people might call a comeback. And he is going to be in the new uh uh uh, what's the Oklahoma? The Native American Massacre, the Moon Killers Killers, the Flower
Moon. But I'm gonna pick him as a musical guest. I'm gonna go with Sturgil Simpson. Urgil honestly maybe in both. He was also in The Righteous Gymstone season four. I'll stay within the squared circle and take John Cena, John Cena. Two wrestlers or super picks for Mike. Yeah, everything is wrestling, I guess indeed, And I will go with my superpick Will Ferrell. Okay, always a solid choice to bring back in a lum that was our first is the lumb Yeah, I mean because I kind of went
away from the alumn thing off with the leading off with Eddie Murphy. That's true, that's true. It is I had fun doing that. That was at draft. I'll wait till we're sitting there waiting on everywhere. Wednesday, they're gonna announce who the host is next week. It's a five minute Mani segment. All right, good job and good job Rangers. Good job Rangers too. You did it. We're gonna post these at ninety seven one The
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