Saturday Night Live Fantasy League: Episode 40x08: James Franco & Nicki Minaj
December 08, 2014- 5 points - sketch (Peter Pan Live)
- 5 points - singing/dancing
- 7 points - pre-tape (Star Wars)
- 5 points - recurring (Harrison Ford)
- 5 points - sketch (Jingle Ballerz)
- 5 points - recurring (Eminem)
- 5 points - rapping
- 5 points - sketch (Brain)
- 5 points - singing
- 5 points - multiple characters
- 7 points - cold open
- 5 points - recurring (Sharpton)
- 2 points - swearing (damn)
- 5 points - sketch (Peter Pan Live)
- 5 points - singing/dancing
- 7 points - pre-tape (Star Wars)
- 5 points - sketch (Jingle Ballerz)
- 5 points - rapping
- 5 points - recurring (Rick Ross)
- 7 points - cold open
- 7 points - pre-tape (Star Wars)
- 5 points - sketch (Jingle Ballerz)
- 5 points - recurring (Kanye)
- 5 points - rapping/dancing
- 5 points - sketch (Brain)
- 5 points - singing
- 5 points - recurring (Will Smith)
- 7 points - cold open
- 5 points - sketch (Peter Pan Live)
- 7 points - pre-tape (Star Wars)
- 5 points - recurring (Princess Leia)
- 7 points - Update
- 5 points - recurring (Anthony Crispino)
- 5 points - sketch (Brain)
- 5 points - promos
- 5 points - sketch (Peter Pan Live)
- 5 points - recurring (Alison Williams)
- 5 points - singing
- 5 points - sketch (Troll)
- 5 points - sketch (Brain)
- 3 points - PSS sketch (Ex Porn Stars)
- 5 points - recurring
- 5 points - alongside former host (Rogen)
- 7 points - pre-tape (Grow a Guy)
- 5 points - sketch (Brain)
- 3 points - PSS sketch (Ex Porn Stars)
- 5 points - recurring
- 5 points - alongside former host (Rogen)
- 5 points - sketch (Peter Pan Live)
- 5 points - recurring (Tonkerbell)
- 5 points - dancing
- 5 points - sketch (Troll)
- 5 points - sketch (Brain)
- 5 points - sketch (Peter Pan Live)
- 5 points - sketch (Jingle Ballerz)
- 5 points - recurring (Justin Bieber)
- 5 points - singing
- 5 points - sketch (Brain)
- 5 points - cold open NPC
- 5 points - sketch (Peter Pan Live)
- 5 points - sketch (Troll)
- 10 points - open mouth kissing
- 5 points - sketch (Brain)
- 5 points - dancing
- 5 points - sketch (Jingle Ballerz)
- 7 points - pre-tape (Grow a Guy)
- 5 points - sketch (Brain)
- 5 points - singing
- 5 points - first hug
- 5 points - sketch (Peter Pan Live)
- 7 points - pre-tape (Grow a Guy)
- 5 points - sketch (Brain)
- 5 points - singing
- 5 points - sketch (Jingle Ballerz)
- 5 points - recurring (Rihanna)
- 5 points - singing
- 7 points - pre-tape (Grow a Guy)
- 7 points - pre-tape (Star Wars)
- 7 points - Update
- 5 points - herself
- 5 points - alongside former host (Rogen)
- 5 points - sketch (Peter Pan Live)
- 10 points - pre-tape (Star Wars)
- 5 points - sketch (Jingle Ballerz)
- 5 points - rapping
- 10 points - pre-tape (Grow a Guy)
- 5 points - sketch (Troll)
- 10 points - open mouth kissing
- 5 points - sketch (Brain)
- 5 points - sketch (Kid Mayor)
- 4 points - swearing (bitch, dickhead)
- -2 points - breaking
- 5 points - sketch (Ex Porn Stars)
- 5 points - alongside former host (Rogen)
- 5 points - sketch (Jingle Ballerz)
- 5 points - singing/dancing
- 20 points - blurred nudity
- 5 points - sketch (Brain)
- 5 points - herself
- 5 points - singing
- 10 points - monologue
- 5 points - sketch (Ex Porn Stars)
James Franco - 77
Nicki Minaj - 45
Seth Rogen - 15
2 points - Beyonce impersonation
THE FUTURE MRS. RANDY GOLDMAN - Leah
2 points - song
10 points - second song
2 points - Beyonce impersonation
2 points - song
DAN AKROYD RAGE - Mark
James Franco - 77
Seth Rogen - 15
10 points - second song
10 points - second song
- The Ignorant Sluts - 1059
- The Future Mrs. Randy Goldman - 993
- The Team You Wish You Hadn't Started A Conversation With At A Party - 977
- The Not Ready For First Place Players - 976
- Isolated Archipelago - 950
- Billion Dollar Murrays - 900
- Natalie Portman's Dry Cleaning - 875
- Keyrock, Khan, & Associates - 839
- Santa's My Boyfriend - 1026
- The Night Crawlerz - 1013
- Three Legged Jeans - 1011
- Martha Stewart's Home for the Holidays: Topless Christmas Special - 965
- The Vondrukes - 960
- Pardo Me - 951
- Dan Akroyd Rage - 944
- Damian and the Feline Sociopaths - 932
- Suck It Trebek - 932
- The Land Sharks – 917
- Fallon In Love - 885
- My Doll's Name is Jenny - 873
- Skanky Little Prostitutes - 835
ANARCHY REIGNS SUPREME as a Franco-assisted The Team You Wish You Hadn't Started A Conversation With At a Party vaults from 6th to 3rd in the Phil Hartman league. Meanwhile, The Ignorant Sluts sits high on top despite this week's lowest team score, an 87. (And that was in spite of getting both songs right. I really want to emphasize that Matt did badly this week, because I'm upset at how he's killing it overall.)
Meanwhile, the Featured League approaches the end of the year as a nail-biter, with a neck-and-neck-and-neck race for first as three teams cross the 1000 point milestone. WHO WILL BABY JESUS BLESS THIS HOLIDAY WITH SWEET, SWEET SKETCH COMEDY AIRTIME?!?
James Franco, in his third time hosting, brought his Renaissance stoner vibe once again. Luckily, his carefree-but-agreeable attitude helped curb and soften the weirdness that has pervaded season 40's writing and can feel overwhelming in the hands of hosts with more aggressive energies (Jim Carrey, Chris Rock). The result was enjoyable, with a few high points that overshadowed the one or two sketches that overstayed their welcome (cough Troll cough Star Wars cough). Rogen and Minaj especially were also fun, as their 5 cameos between them were usually short, landing a couple of solid lines before the show moved along. Online consensus seems to be that Minaj should return as host next time, and I can't disagree.
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