Peter Dinklage previews his SNL gig, while other cast members play “Swords or Metal Band”

With the major promotional push for Game of Thrones Season 6 officially in full swing, the marketing department decided the rest of us needed a humor break. To that end, when Saturday Night Live posted a promo yesterday for this weekend’s show, which will be hosted by GoT’s own Peter Dinklage, the official Game of Thrones YouTube account countered with a video of its own.

First, let’s check out the Saturday Night Live promos (helpfully all rolled into a single video below), featuring Dinklage and SNL cast member Cecily Strong.

For those who might not usually follow late-night TV, the last episode SNL aired (back on March 12th), the one hosted by Ariana Grande, was considered to be the best episode they’d done in quite a while. Let’s hope Dinklage (and Gwen Stefani) can keep that trend going, even if Summer doesn’t have nearly the menace of Winter.

Meanwhile, if you haven’t entered the competition to join the cast of Game of Thrones at the Season 6 premiere, what are you waiting for? You’ll get to donate to a good cause helping Syrian refugees. And if you win, you can hang out with the actors and get to be doofuses together in real life and play “Sword Name or Metal Band.” As the blurb for the video says: “Heart Eater. Crimson Death. Dark Sister. Which are Game of Thrones swords and which are 80’s metal bands?” (What, did no metal bands start in the 90s?)

Lena Headey (mostly) knowing her metal bands, which doesn’t shock me in the slightest. (Also, Sophie Turner remembering the name of Joffrey’s sword is not surprising either. Forgetting Ned’s sword on the other hand…well, it has been a rather long time since Season 1, hasn’t it?)