Saturday Night Live Fantasy League: Episode 44x01: Adam Driver & Kanye West
September 30, 2018
REPERTORY CAST
Pete
Davidson, 68 points
- 7 points – cold open
- 10 points – monologue
- 5 points – sketch (Fortnite)
- 7 points – pre-taped sketch (Single White Davidson)
- 5 points – as Himself
- 10 points – acknowledged by Lorne
- 2 points – swearing (“bleep”)
- 7 points – pre-taped sketch (Rad Times at Frat U)
- 7 points – Weekend Update
- 5 points – as Himself
- 5 points – sketch (Career Day Friday)
- minus 2 points - breaking
Beck
Bennett, 59 points
- 7 points – cold open
- 10 points – monologue
- 7 points – pre-taped sketch (Single White Davidson)
- 5 points – as Himself
- 7 points – pre-taped sketch (Rad Times at Frat U)
- 5 points – kiss
- 15 points – full frontal nudity
- 3 points – 10 to 1 sketch (League of the South)
Alex
Moffat, 44 points
- 7 points – cold open
- 5 points – sketch (Fortnite)
- 7 points – pre-taped sketch (Single White Davidson)
- 5 points – as Himself
- 5 points – sketch (Domenico’s)
- 7 points – pre-taped sketch (Rad Times at Frat U)
- 5 points – sketch (Career Day Friday)
- 3 points – 10 to 1 sketch (League of the South)
Kyle
Mooney, 42 points
- 7 points – cold open
- 5 points – sketch (Fortnite)
- 7 points – pre-taped sketch (Single White Davidson)
- 5 points – as Himself
- 10 points – acknowledged by Lorne
- 5 points – blood spit up
- 3 points – 10 to 1 sketch (League of the South)
Kate McKinnon,
41 points
- 7 points – cold open
- 7 points – pre-taped sketch (Rad Times at Frat U)
- 5 points – kiss
- 7 points – Weekend Update
- 5 points – reoccurring (RBG)
- 5 points – kiss
- 5 points – singing/dancing
Aidy
Bryant, 37 points
- 7 points – cold open
- 10 points – monologue
- 7 points – pre-taped sketch (Single White Davidson)
- 5 points – as Herself
- 5 points – sketch (Career Day Friday)
- 3 points – 10 to 1 sketch (League of the South)
Cecily
Strong, 29 points
- 7 points – cold open
- 5 points – reoccurring (Dianne Feinstein)
- 5 points – sketch (Domenico’s)
- 5 points - kissing
- 7 points – pre-taped sketch (Rad Times at Frat U)
Melissa
Villaseñor, 29 points
- 7 points – pre-taped sketch (Single White Davidson)
- 5 points – as Herself
- 5 points – sketch (Domenico’s)
- 7 points – pre-taped sketch (Rad Times at Frat U)
- 5 points – sketch (Career Day Friday)
Kenan
Thompson, 27 points
- 5 points - promos
- 10 points – monologue
- 7 points – pre-taped sketch (Single White Davidson)
- 5 points – as Himself
Mikey Day,
24 points
- 7 points – cold open
- 5 points – sketch (Fortnite)
- 5 points – sketch (Domenico’s)
- 7 points – pre-taped sketch (Rad Times at Frat U)
Leslie
Jones, 24 points
- 7 points – cold open
- 5 points – reoccurring (Harris Faulkner)
- 7 points – Weekend Update
- 5 points – as Herself
Alec
Baldwin, DNP – Did Not Participate
FEATURED CAST
Chris Redd
39 points
- 7 points – cold open
- 5 points – sketch (Fortnite)
- 7 points – pre-taped sketch (Single White Davidson)
- 5 points – as Himself
- 5 points – sketch (Domenico’s)
- 7 points – pre-taped sketch (Rad Times at Frat U)
- 3 points – 10 to 1 sketch (League of the South)
Heidi
Gardner, 34 points
- 5 points – sketch (Fortnite)
- 7 points – pre-taped sketch (Single White Davidson)
- 5 points – as Herself
- 5 points - eating
- 5 points – sketch (Domenico’s)
- 7 points – pre-taped sketch (Rad Times at Frat U)
Ego Nwodim,
22 points
- 5 points – sketch (Fortnite)
- 5 points – sketch (Domenico’s)
- 7 points – pre-taped sketch (Rad Times at Frat U)
- 5 points – sketch (Career Day Friday)
HOST
Adam Driver,
47 points
- 2 points – swearing (“f---k you”)
- 5 points – sketch (Fortnite)
- 10 points – pre-taped sketch (Single White Davidson)
- 5 points – sketch (Domenico’s)
- 5 points – kissing
- 10 points – pre-taped sketch (Rad Times at Frat U)
- 5 points – sketch (Career Day Friday)
- 5 points – sketch (League of the South)
Matt Damon,
37 points
- 15 points – cold open
- 5 points – crying
- 2 points – swearing (“sons of bitches”)
- 15 points – “LIVE FROM NEW YORK…!”
Rachel
Dratch, 15 points
- 15 points – cold open
Wendy
Williams, 15 points
- 10 points – pre-taped sketch (Single White Davidson)
- 5 points - kiss
Kid Cudi 10
points
- 10 points – pre-taped sketch (Single White Davidson)
The Not
Ready For First Place Players –
Kevin M.
Beck Bennett – 59
Heidi Gardner – 34
Pete Davidson – 68
MUSICAL GUEST – Kanye West - SONGS: 1) I Love It & 2) Yandhi
10 points – first song
EPISODE ONE TOTAL 171
The
Ignorant Sluts – Matthew S.
Mikey Day – 24
Heidi Gardner – 34
Pete Davidson – 68
MUSICAL GUEST – Kanye West - SONGS: 1) Ghost Town & 2) Truth
5 points - song choice
5 points - song choice
EPISODE ONE TOTAL 131
Holtzwomenn
– Sarah R.
Beck Bennett – 59
Aidy Bryant – 37
Melissa Villasenor – 29
MUSICAL GUEST – Kanye West - SONGS: 1) Yandhi & 2) unhinged
political rant
5 points - song choice
5 points - song choice
EPISODE ONE TOTAL 130
The Team
You Wish You Hadn’t Started A Conversation With At A Party – Brian E.
Mikey Day - 24
Alex Moffat - 44
Melissa Villasenor - 29
MUSICAL GUEST – Kanye West - SONGS: 1) XTCY & 2) I Love It
5 points – song choice
EPISODE ONE TOTAL 102
Billion
Dollar Murrays – Russel H.
Cecily Strong – 44
Aidy Bryant – 27
Leslie Jones – 24
MUSICAL GUEST – Kanye West - SONGS: 1) I Love It & 2) XTCY
10 points – first song
EPISODE ONE TOTAL 100
Hunter the
Hungries Gotta Eat – Rob M.
Cecily Strong - 29
Kenan Thompson - 27
Chris Redd - 39
MUSICAL GUEST – Kanye West – NO SONGS CHOSEN
EPISODE ONE TOTAL 95
War Horse
Can Dance – Megan M.
Alex Moffat - 44
Kenan Thompson - 27
Leslie Jones - 24
MUSICAL GUEST – Kanye West – NO SONGS CHOSEN
EPISODE ONE TOTAL 95
| # | TEAM NAME | ∧∨-- | HIGH[EP] | CAST | HOST | SONG | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Not Ready For First Place Players | -- | 171 [01] | 161 | 0 | 10 | 171 |
| 2 | The Ignorant Sluts | -- | 131 [01] | 126 | 0 | 5 | 131 |
| 3 | Holtzwomenn | -- | 130 [01] | 125 | 0 | 5 | 130 |
| 4 | The Team You Wish You Hadn’t Started A Conversation With At A Party |
-- | 102 [01] | 97 | 0 | 5 | 102 |
| 5 | Billion Dollar Murrays | -- | 100 [01] | 90 | 0 | 10 | 100 |
| 6 | Hunter the Hungries Gotta Eat | -- | 95 [01] | 95 | 0 | 0 | 95 |
| 6 | War Horse Can Dance | -- | 95 [01] | 95 | 0 | 0 | 95 |
Welcome back to the Saturday Night Live Fantasy League, everyone!
With our sixth season of Fantasy League breaking down the institution of
Saturday Night Live in its forty-fourth season like the sporting event that it
is for the comedy world, we begin with an Adam Driver hosted episode featuring
musical guest and bad hat wearing Kanye West!
With politics being as exhausting as they are, and a frat bro
serial rapist set to join the U.S. Supreme Court, I had to admit I felt
trepidation jumping into Saturday Night Live this year. They make their bread
and butter on political humor and even as a Canadian, politics have become a
caustically exhausting experience. Did I want to keep paying attention to this
as hard as I have? It’s almost fitting that Seth Myers will be hosting the
third episode of the season, bringing to close the first frame of consecutive
episode, because his is a show that allows me to still laugh at the weight of
the world.
As it turns out, this was a mostly well-played episode. Adam
Driver is a fantastic host, fully committing to his parts even if his parts
aren’t giving him a ton to work with at times. He was the rare premiere host
that took us all by surprise, and may have also been a last second replacement
for Ariana Grande, along with an already known last-minute addition in the now
named ‘Ye.
I’m done with Kanye.
To say that I was happy he was treated poorly for wearing that red
hat is to support bullying, but you know what… anyone who wears someone like
that deserves the abuse inherent in the support for the alt-right that it
stands for. So I have nothing more to say about this truly embarrassing turn
for Kanye West. I will say this however, he found interesting ways to reward even the more unconventional song choice predictions this week.
How about Weekend Update though, y’all? Though the Emmy hosting
gig was more missing then hitting, the crowd and really, Che and Jost, opened
the season with a RED HOT middle of the show segment. It doesn’t hurt that they
have perfect material to dive into, of course, but they were also supported by
the Update all-stars in McKinnon, Jones, and Davidson.
Never would I have expected the life of Pete Davidson as meta-fuel
for multiple sketches on an episode of Saturday Night Live, but here we are…
and I’m happy to say it’s because he is happy and having fun with it! We rated Pete higher this season, and yet may have still underrated that BDE. It has
also helped to give Kyle Mooney a strong start to the season after a very quiet
SNL43. It was such a quiet season 43 that Mooney was the only cast member that
went undrafted in the pre-season draft!
NEXT WEEK the second episode of season 44 will be hosted by
Awkwafina, with musical guest Travis Scott! Awkwafina was arguably the breakout
star of the summer with notable turns in Crazy Rich Asians and Ocean’s 8 (while
also helping co-host the music video award show in Toronto)! The Billion Dollar
Murrays, my team, were lucky enough to draft her in the first round of the
prospective Host Draft that took place late in the summer! Then in TWO WEEKS
Seth Myers will, as noted above, be hosting alongside musical guest and the
only four-time host in the Five Timers Club Paul Simon!
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NEXT EPISODE: AWKWAFINA
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