SNL - D&D skit

[haakon1]

I'm thinking at least a few of the writers of that skit are gamers. Its hard to write about something you know nothing about.

I agree. I had the feeling that they knew what they were talking about, but were pretending they didn't to save face.

Two obvious flubbs:
- The phone sex girl says, "I'm a level 5 Dungeon Master"
- Later on she says, "Yes, yes, make that saving throw! Throw that twelve-sided dice!"

For some reason, mundanes think D12 is funnier than D20 -- Weezer mentions a D12 instead of a D20 in their song "In the Garage". I don't get that.

 

[Kast]

I think the writers knew exactly what they were doing. They either changed it to ridicule d20, or they changed it so "insiders" would find it even funnier.

As for the d12 bit:
Despite the obvious lack of use for twelve-sided dice (this being one I suppose - satirical sketches), the word twelve is just funnier than twenty. It's also easier to sex it up with the lv sound in the middle. Try it yourself, you know you want to.

 

[Evilhalfling]

I think it an obvious mistake, and that it was done on purpose, I mean up until the end they had gotten the jargon right. I mean they specified a LN Druidic/Monk the only alignment possible for that combo. And A CE 1/2 orc Barbarian - is practically and iconic type.
I would have a hard time believieng that none of the writters/ actors were gamers.

Anyone notice deliberate mistakes in the other genres?

 

[Kalendraf]

I saw the show that night, and I thought it was pretty funny. Here's the basic skit (edited from the video.google site info):

[Camera on Paris Hilton]
Want to chat with some of the most beautiful women in the world? At Exclusive Connections, we know what kind of guy is calling a phone sex line at 3:00 in the morning. And we know exactly what turns you on.

[Camera moves to show gal dressed up like a wizard]
This is Trixie. She's a level "A" dungeon master ready to serve all your D&D fantasies.
> what's that, baby? You're a level five chaotic evil half-orc? Ooh, that makes me so hot. I am a lawful neutral druidic monk with a plus five melee range, boots of levitation, and a big, sharp vorpal sword.
>I want you to cast a saving throw baby! Roll your 12-sided die and cast it! Cast it!

[Camera back on Paris]
Mmm, that sounds sexy. But that's not all. If D&D's not your thing, and you'd rather be in galaxy far, far away, this here is Christy.

[Camera on gal w/ Princess Leia hairdo]
She got back from a trip from Dagobah, and boy, is she lonely.
>So, what's your name?
(caller) > Warren Grabowski.
>Help me, Warren Grabowski, you're my only Hope.
(caller) > I like that. Tell me I'm a nerfherder.
>You know what you are, Warren? You're a stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy looking nerfherder.
(caller) > Oh, God, yes!

[Camera cuts to gal dressed like Uhura from original Star Trek]
Say hello to Candy. She just got her massage license on Rigel VII, and now she wants to go where no man has gone before.
> You know what time it is, baby? It's the Vulcan mating season of Pon Farr.
> Much like the eel-birds of Regulus V, If I don't find a mate, I'll die.
(caller) > I'm giving myself a Vulcan nerve pinch right now.
> Oh, I like that. I want to do something logical to you, baby.
(caller) > That's nice.

[Camera back on Paris]
Still haven't found what you're looking for? Why don't you take a trip around the Misty mountains, to the Gap of Rohan, all the way to Rivendell for our very own elven princess, Lexus.

[Camera moves to gal dressed like an elf maiden]
> You've been a bad hobbit, haven't you?
(caller) > I've been a bad hobbit, yes.
> A bad hobbit goes to Mordor!
(caller) > But I want to go back to the Shire! Take me back to Eriador!
> Oh, you're going to Mordor, all right. First, we're going all the way to Minas Morgul!
(caller) > Oh, that's good.
> We're going to take the long way around the Plateau of Golgoroth.
(caller) > I can't take it!
Then we're going right to the tippy-top of Barad-dur!
(caller) > Yes!

[Camera zooms out to show paris surrounded by the half-dozen girls on phones behind her.]
Operators are standing by. Who knows? One of them might be me. Does Dr. Who turn you on, baby? Well, I'm getting into my Tardis right now. Ooh, I better put on my big, floppy hat and scarf.

[Paris puts on hat & scarf]
I Hope I don't find any Daleks here.
Are you a Dalek, baby? Do you want to exterminate me? Call today.

 

[Ranger REG]

I know that Maya Rudolph dressed up as the sexy Uhura girl and Rachel Dratch dressed up as elf princess Arwen.

Hmm. What side effect of applying a Vulcan Nerve Pinch in other body locations/parts?