EPISODE TWENTY-ONE TOTAL 100


PHIL HARTMAN TROPHY STANDINGS (after Episode 40x21)

1. The Ignorant Sluts - 2, 739
2. Billion Dollar Murrays - 2, 713
3. Natalie Portman's Dry Cleaning - 2, 705
4. Isolated Archipelago - 2, 698
5. The Future Mrs. Randy Goldman - 2, 524
6. The Not Ready For First Place Players - 2, 418
7. The Team You Wish You Hadn't Started A Conversation With At A Party - 2, 356
8. Keyrock, Khan, & Associates - 2, 005

FEATURED LEAGUE STANDINGS for the GILDED RADNER

1. Three Legged Jeans - 3, 036
2. Damian and the Feline Sociopaths - 2, 788
3. Santa's My Boyfriend - 2, 748
4. Dan Akroyd Rage - 2, 709
5. The Night Crawlerz - 2, 612
6. Fallon In Love - 2, 486
7. The Land Sharks - 2, 479
8. Martha Stewat's Home for the Holidays: Topless Christmas Special - 2, 478
9. Pardo Me - 2, 406
10. Suck It Trebek - 2, 370
11. Skanky Little Prostitutes - 2, 333
12. The Vondrukes - 2, 312
13. My Doll's Name is Jenny - 2, 235

If you thought last year’s finale to the inaugural Saturday Night Live Fantasy League was exciting, then I don’t even think you could have expected what Season 40 had in store!

First, let’s unpack the Featured League, for the GILDED RADNER! CONGRATULATIONS to the THREE LEGGED JEANS! We look forward to unveiling what that might actually look like, as well!

Lori was very excited to hear the news.

All three legs of the teams ran on all cilenders for most of the season, to the tune of their eventual victory gap over Damian and the Feline Sociopaths being comparable to the distance between first and seventh in the Rep League. It truly was a tough team to catch up with, with Kate McKinnon being joined by Kenan Thompson, and Bobby Moynihan.

Which doesn’t take away from Lori’s victory of course, nor should it take away from the experience of our little Fantasy League adding eleven new participants! Thank you to EVERYONE who joined for their first season of Saturday Night Live Fantasy League, this year, and thank you for Dan Akroyd Rage and Suck It Trebek for joining them!

And speaking of blue-chippers, Kate McKinnon could be see to be the MVP for the second straight year and for BOTH Championship teams, both for the Gilded Radner winning Three Legged Jeans, as well as…

CONGRATULATIONS once again to THE IGNORANT SLUTS! Jane Curtin couldn’t be prouder, probably, and hell she even made an appearance this anniversary year as well... so there's that.

Also, this.

Little did we suspect, that in creating this Fantasy League, a person might repeat their reign as Phil Hartman Trophy winners, but Matthew Smith you done it again! Your THREE correct host choices did the work of what Andy Samberg did last year, and correct song choices with consistent picks kept you afloat. For someone to draft, Kate McKinnon, Kyle Mooney, and Vanessa Bayer, but by the grace of Bill Hader, Kevin Hart, and Jim Carrey…

To put into scope just how razor sharp Matthew’s victory was this year, not only did The Ignorant Sluts once again defeat runners-up in the Saturday Night Live Fantasy League, the Billion Dollars Murray (really, TWO YEARS IN A ROW?!) by twenty-six points… the difference between first and fourth place, was just FOURTY-ONE points, less of a lead then The Ignorant Sluts had over second place last year (and those were also only points he attained thanks to a win fall of points in last weeks finale episode, specifically the Vogelchecks sketch).

But this season wasn’t a question of “what could have gone differently” on this episode, it’s a matter of “what had to go right over the course of twenty-one episodes” for The Ignorant Sluts to beat not just one team, but specifically three other teams in the final weeks, and all seven Rep teams overall. Both holy shit, and bravo.

Though, thank you to ALL the returning Saturday Night Live Fantasy Leaguers, to the Isolated Archipelago and their podcast hosting team runner, to newcomer (I misspoke about the all returning part) Natalie Portman’s Dry Cleaning, to The Future Mrs. Randy Goldman, The Not Ready for First Place Players, The Team You Wish You Hadn’t Started A Conversation With At A Party, and even Keyrock, Khan, and Associates!

Louis C.K. proved a productive host this episode, though nowhere near the point potential of Samberg last year (even with the adaptation in how former SNLers and hosts are scored), what shifted the night in terms of Fantasy League outlook… was the production from unsung heroes Vanessa Bayer and Beck Bennett. Not quite even stars in their any sketches they appeared in, they were still used quite a bit when it counted the most.

We also count on YOU to join us next year for the THIRD year of the Saturday Night Live Fantasy League, whether it's following along in the comedy geek adventure or joining the League just as so many did for Season 40! Contact us through facebook, twitter, or on the blog! There's no limit to amount of teams we'll be accepting!

Look forward to one more post, as we look back on Saturday Night Live's 40th season, while also on the Fantasy League-side, breaking down the affect that Host picks and Musical Guest song choices had on the overall point totals of the teams involved!