REPERTORY CAST

Kate McKinnon, 40 points

5 points – sketch (E! New Fall Lineup)

7 points – Weekend Update

5 points – reoccurring (Ruth Bader Ginsberg)

5 points - dancing

5 points – sketch (The Maiden and The Mice)

3 points – 10 to 1 sketch (Themyscira)

10 points – open-mouth kiss

Cecily Strong, 35 points

5 points – sketch (E! New Fall Lineup)

5 points – sketch (OJ’s First Bumble Date)

7 points – pre-taped sketch (The Chosen One)

5 points – sketch (Sexy Chat Now,  Jenson)

5 points - eating

5 points - dancing

3 points – 10 to 1 sketch (Themyscira)

Aidy Bryant, 35 points

7 points – pre-taped sketch (Safelite AutoGlass)

5 points – sketch (The Maiden and The Mice)

5 points – sketch (Sexy Chat Now,  Jenson)

5 points - eating

5 points - dancing

3 points – 10 to 1 sketch (Themyscira)

3 points – 10 to 1 sketch (Naomi)

2 points – swearing (“bitch”)

Leslie Jones, 35 points

5 points - promos

10 points – monologue

5 points – sketch (E! New Fall Lineup)

2 points – swearing (“bitch”)

5 points – sketch (Dessert Mirage)

3 points – 10 to 1 sketch (Themyscira)

3 points – 10 to 1 sketch (Naomi)

2 points – in costumes during goodnights

Beck Bennett, 32 points

5 points - promos

7 points – pre-taped sketch (The Chosen One)

5 points – sketch (Dessert Mirage)

7 points – pre-taped sketch (Safelite AutoGlass)

3 points – Weekend Update V/O

5 points – sketch (The Maiden and The Mice)

Kenan Thompson, 32 points

5 points – sketch (OJ’s First Bumble Date)

5 points – reoccurring (O.J. Simpson)

7 points – pre-taped sketch (The Chosen One)

5 points – sketch (Dessert Mirage)

5 points – sketch (Sexy Chat Now,  Jenson)

3 points – 10 to 1 sketch (Naomi)

2 points – in costumes during goodnights

Kyle Mooney, 30 points

5 points – sketch (E! New Fall Lineup)

5 points – sketch (Dessert Mirage)

5 points – sketch (The Maiden and The Mice)

5 points – sketch (Sexy Chat Now,  Jenson)

5 points – dancing

5 points – host hug

Pete Davidson, 19 points

7 points – pre-taped sketch (The Chosen One)

7 points – Weekend Update

5 points – as Himself

Alec Baldwin, DNP – Did Not Participate

FEATURED CAST

Melissa Villaseñor, 20 points

5 points – sketch (E! New Fall Lineup)

5 points – reoccurring (Gwen Stefani)

7 points – pre-taped sketch (Safelite AutoGlass)

3 points – 10 to 1 sketch (Themyscira)

Mikey Day, 17 points

5 points - promos

7 points – pre-taped sketch (The Chosen One)

5 points – sketch (Dessert Mirage)

Heidi Gardner, 11 points

5 points – sketch (OJ’s First Bumble Date)

3 points – 10 to 1 sketch (Themyscira)

3 points – 10 to 1 sketch (Naomi)

Alex Moffat, 10 points

5 points – sketch (E! New Fall Lineup)

5 points – sketch ( Sexy Chat Now,  Jenson)

Luke Null, 10 points

5 points – sketch (E! New Fall Lineup)

5 points – sketch (Sexy Chat Now,  Jenson)

Chris Redd, 10 points

5 points – sketch (E! New Fall Lineup)

5 points – sketch (OJ’s First Bumble Date)

HOST

Gal Gadot, 65 points

5 points – sketch (E! New Fall Lineup)

5 points – multiple characters

5 points – sketch (OJ’s First Bumble Date)

5 points – sketch (Dessert Mirage)

5 points – eating

5 points – sketch (The Maiden and The Mice)

5 points – sketch (Sexy Chat Now,  Jenson)

5 points – sketch (Themyscira)

10 points – open-mouth kiss

5 points – sketch (Naomi)

10 points – embraces cast first

The Ignorant Sluts – Matthew S.

Kate McKinnon - 40

Alec Baldwin – 0

Gal Gadot - 65

MUSICAL GUEST – Sam Smith - SONGS: 1) Too Good at Goodbyes & 2) Pray

5 points – first song

10 points – second song

EPISODE TWO TOTAL 120

The Party Andersons – Rob M.

Beck Bennett - 32

Aidy Bryant - 35

Kenan Thompson - 32

MUSICAL GUEST – Sam Smith - SONGS: 1) Too Good at Goodbyes & 2) Pray

5 points – first song

10 points – second song

EPISODE TWO TOTAL 114

The Not Ready For First Place Players – Kevin M.

Kenan Thompson - 32

Aidy Bryant - 35

Kyle Mooney - 30

MUSICAL GUEST – Sam Smith - SONGS: 1) Too Good at Goodbyes & 2) Pray

5 points – first song

10 points – second song

EPISODE TWO TOTAL 112

War Horse Can Dance – Megan M.

Cecily Strong - 35

Alex Moffat - 10

Leslie Jones - 35

MUSICAL GUEST – Sam Smith - SONGS: 1) Too Good at Goodbyes & 2) Pray

5 points – first song

10 points – second song

EPISODE TWO TOTAL 95

Billion Dollar Murrays – Russel H.

Kate McKinnon – 40

Mikey Day -  17

MUSICAL GUEST – Sam Smith - SONGS: 1) Too Good at Goodbyes & 2) Pray

5 points – first song

10 points – second song

EPISODE TWO TOTAL 72

The Team You Wish You Hadn’t Started A Conversation With At A Party – Brian E.

Cecily Strong - 35

Mikey Day - 17

Alex Moffat - 10

MUSICAL GUEST – Sam Smith - SONGS: 1) Too Good at Goodbyes & 2) Midnight Train

5 points – first song

EPISODE TWO TOTAL 67

Holtzwomenn – Sarah R.

Beck Bennett - 32

Alec Baldwin – 0

Kyle Mooney - 33

MUSICAL GUEST – Sam Smith – NO SONGS CHOSEN

EPISODE TWO TOTAL 62

Best of luck in the season going forward to the teams of last season's Guest Group, Poehler Group, and Rocket Group who are joining us again this year! It will be the second to fourth year so some of these participants! We’ll let you know how they do, and share congratulations at the season’s end for these satellite groups! If you're also running your own Saturday Night Live Fantasy League group, let us know! We look forward to hearing from you!

Congrats to Matthew S. of The Ignorant Sluts for following up his return to Hartman Trophy-winning ways, and even with the seventh pick in the first round of cast drafting this year, regaining first place with the help of a Gal Gadot host pick, followed THIS SAURDAY by Kumail Nanjiani! He's pretty good at this, y'all... but there's still a whole lot of time to catch up and make things wild and crazy this season! Speaking of wild...

Enjoy our VERSUS series, something we haven’t done with the SNL Fantasy League since our first season. With the smallest group of teams since that first season of ten participants within this blog post,  I was allowed a little extra time to give you all something new to keep occupied it. Think of it as the more combative version of Saturday Night Live Fantasy League, and thus everyone will be playing for the not actually real but the actually named Chevy Chase Championship! No one went head-to-head on SNL, like Chevy. The schedule was established from an on-line source and filled out from our cast drafting order. Each team gets two bye games throughout the season, and the play-offs involve as many teams as possible while still rewarding top seeds. Look for a full schedule soon, but here is how the first week panned out after the second episode!


VERSUS 43x02 – Gadot x Smith

The Team You Wish You Hadn’t Started A Coversation With At A Party	67	VS	War Horse Can Dance	95
The Ignorant Sluts	120	VS	The Not Ready For First Place Players	112
The Party Andersons	114	VS	Holtzwomenn	62
Billion Dollar Murrays	BYE

VERSUS will play to the unpredictably of week to week episode point totals, and we'll most certainly enjoy seeing how VERSUS both matches the traditional Fantasy League structure and separates from it! 

So many reasons to smile!

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QUALITY: As was SO VERY MUCH NEEDED, this episode was fun. It may not have been substantial enough to be memorable in the long-term, but I’ll take an Amy Adams or Drake-kinda Host every week of the season!

QUALITY: Elizabeth Banks was very much game as Host, giving the second-best hosting performance so far this season. Second, because I don't see anyone topping Tracy Morgan on the Host Unofficial Power Rankings. “First Got Horny 2 U” is on the Season Best-Of DVD, no doubt, for SNL41.

PROBELMATIC: With five of a suspected 21 episodes, are more or less through the first quarter of the 41st season of SNL, so let's get stat happy! Why is this problematic? Because if I don’t word these stats correctly, they won’t make any sense.

QUALITY: Kate McKinnon is the top scoring cast member for the Elizabeth Banks hosted episode. Her point total ties Vanessa Bayer's total in episode two for the lowest top cast score of the season so far. Thanks in part to a lower high score, and a good mix of sketch work, Elizabeth Bank’s episode five has the third highest average cast score, proving quite the even mix of points, especially within the Rep cast.

QUALITY: Coming as no surprise, Taran Killam has gained the most points so far this season with 284 over five episodes (he has also been the highest scoring cast member in three of the first five episodes). Kate McKinnon has 269 points, while Kenan Thompson has 212 points. Cecily Strong has 204 points, standing as the fourth highest scoring cast member, while Moynihan is fifth with 176 points.

PROBLEMATIC: Conversely Jon Rudnitsky has scored 92 points over the first five episodes (including the 40 points in his first episode), making SNL’s newest cast member SNL Fantasy League’s lowest scoring cast member. However he is only 9 points below Pete Davidson.

QUALITY: Disclosure brings their friends, and Lorde, as well as Sam Smith, are able to rock out on club tracks. Along with Sia last year, SNL has been good at featuring enjoyable bangers so far this season. Things will no doubt get a bit moodier next week, but as long as Adele enjoys herself at least a little, we won’t have the third crying Musical Guest in six episodes.

REPERTORY CAST

Kate McKinnon, 54 points

Kyle Mooney, 49 points

Cecily Strong, 49 points

Taran Killam, 45 points

Sasheer Zamata, 45 points

Jay Pharoah, 37 points

Kenan Thompson, 37 points

Vanessa Bayer, 35 points

Beck Bennett, 35 points

Aidy Bryant, 32 points

Bobby Moynihan, 30 points

FEATURED CAST

Leslie Jones, 25 points

Pete Davidson, 19 points

Jon Rudnitsky, 13 points

HOST

Elizabeth Banks, 71 points

HARTMAN GROUP

DESOLATE ISLE - Rob M.

Taran Killam - 45

Aidy Bryant - 32

Leslie Jones - 25

Elizabeth Banks - 71

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Omen & 2) Magnets

2 points - song

2 points - song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 177

THE IGNORANT SLUTS - Matt

Kenan Thompson - 37

Jay Pharoah - 37

Kyle Mooney - 49

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Magnets & 2) Omen

5 points - first song

10 points - second song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 138

THE NOT READY FOR FIRST PLACE PLAYERS - Kevin M.

Taran Killam - 45

Jay Pharoah - 37

Vanessa Bayer - 35

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Magnets & 2) Omen

5 points - first song

10 points - second song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 132

MARK WAHLBERG ATE MARK WAHLBERG - Sarah R.

Cecily Strong - 49

Bobby Moynihan - 30

Vanessa Bayer - 35

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Magnets & 2) Omen

5 points - first song

10 points - second song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 129

BILLION DOLLAR MURRAYS - Russel

Kate McKinnon - 54

Aidy Bryant - 32

Beck Bennett - 35

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Omen & 2) Magnets

2 points - song

2 points - song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 125

WAR HORSE CAN DANCE - Megan M.

Cecily Strong - 49

Bobby Moynihan - 30

Beck Bennett - 35

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Omen & 2) Magnets

2 points - song

2 points - song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 118

THE FUTURE MRS. RANDY GOLDMAN - Leah

Kenan Thompson - 37

Kyle Mooney - 49

Jon Rudnitsky -13

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - NO SONGS CHOSEN.

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 99

THE TEAM YOU WISH YOU HADN'T STARTED A CONVERSATION WITH AT A PARTY - Brian

Kate McKinnon - 54

Leslie Jones - 25

Jon Rudnitsky - 13

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Omen & 2) Magnets

2 points - song

2 points - song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 96

Desolate Isle is the fifth team to gain the top score in the Hartman Group, making Hartman one of two groups to have such parity. Those timely additional points from Elizabeth Banks also gives Desolate Isle the overall points lead, in the Hartman Group for the first time, moving The Not Ready For First Place Players to second! Desolate Isle's 668 is also the highest scoring G8 (eight team group, and therefore three cast members per team) team. With a third straight week of correct first AND second Song Choices, The Ignorant Sluts have gained more song choice points then any other team in the Hartman Group.

PHIL HARTMAN TROPHY STANDINGS (after Episode 41x05)

RADNER GROUP

LIL BABY AIDY - Will

Aidy Bryant - 32

Taran Killam - 45

Beck Bennett - 35

Vanessa Bayer - 35

Elizabeth Banks - 71

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Omen & 2) Magnets

2 points - song

2 points - song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 222

THE DARK, CLENCHED HOLE OF EVIL - Robb

Taran Killam - 45

Bobby Moynihan - 30

Cecily Strong - 49

Sasheer Zamata - 45

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Magnets & 2) Omen

5 points - first song

10 points - second song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 184

MY DOLL'S NAME IS JENNY - Douglas

Kate McKinnon - 54

Kyle Mooney - 49

Jay Pharoah - 37

Leslie Jones - 25

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Magnets & 2) Jaded

5 points - first song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 170

KEBERT XELA - Christopher

Kenan Thompson - 37

Aidy Bryant - 32

Beck Bennett - 35

Kyle Mooney - 49

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Magnets & 2) Omen

5 points - first song

10 points - second song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 168

SKANKY LITTLE PROSTITUTES - Mike

Kate McKinnon - 54

Cecily Strong - 49

Jay Pharoah - 37

Pete Davidson - 25

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Omen & 2) Magnets

2 points - song

2 points - song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 163

THREE-LEGGED JEANS - Lori

Kenan Thompson - 37

Bobby Moynihan - 30

Leslie Jones - 25

Pete Davidson - 19

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Magnets & 2) Jaded

5 points - first song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 116

The Dark, Clenched Hole of Evil are once again in the lead for the Gilded Radner with a two-point lead over Lil Baby Aidy, and a four-point lead over Skanky Little Prostitutes. Kebert Xela have passed Skanky Little Prostitutes as the team with the most Song Choice points in the Radner Group! Though it's still early in the season, Skanky Little Prostitutes has gained more points then any other team in the Saturday Night Live Fantasy League, in terms of correctly predicted Prospective Hosts, with 77 points! This is the second episode that Lil Baby Aidy topped the Radner Group. Three-Legged Jeans are almost a full two hundred points (186, to be exact) away from the Group lead.

GILDED RADNER STANDINGS (after Episode 41x05)

MYERS GROUP

SPOOKY BEHAVIOR - Emily

Cecily Strong - 49

Beck Bennett - 35

Kyle Mooney - 49

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Omen & 2) Magnets

2 points - song

2 points - song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 137

NOT A STRONG SWIMMER - Krissy

Cecily Strong - 49

Kenan Thompson - 37

Vanessa Bayer - 35

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Magnets & 2) Omen

5 points - first song

10 points - second song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 136

ORGANIC WIFI - Andrew K.

Kate McKinnon - 54

Jay Pharoah - 37

Leslie Jones - 25

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Omen & 2) Magnets

2 points - song

2 points - song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 120

DAN AKROYD RAGE - Mark

Kate McKinnon - 54

Bobby Moynihan - 30

Aidy Bryant - 32

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Jaded & 2) Magnets

2 points - song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 118

SUCK IT TREBEK - Sarah C.

Taran Killam - 45

Kenan Thompson - 37

Aidy Bryant - 32

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: NO SONGS CHOSEN.

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 114

COLIN JOST'S GHOSTS - Colm

Taran Killam - 45

Kyle Mooney - 49

Jon Rudnitsky - 13

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Omen & 2) Magnets

2 points - song

2 points - song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 111

THE VONDRUKES - Samantha B.

Bobby Moynihan - 30

Jay Pharoah - 37

Leslie Jones - 25

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Omen & 2) Jaded

2 points - song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 94

ANTHONY'S JOE PESCI SHOWMANSHIP - Anthony

Pete Davidson - 19

Vanessa Bayer - 35

Beck Bennett - 35

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Omen & 2) Magnets

2 points - song

2 points - song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 93

Not A Strong Swimmer tops the Myers Group with Song Choice points, are move up to second-place overall in the Battle for the Wayne's World Championship Belt! However, Spooky Behavior still gained the most points in the episode, making them the fifth team to do so in the Group, once again showing quite the parity amongst both G8 Groups. Unsurprisingly two of the three teams not to attain the highest point total in an episode are the only teams not to break 500 points in the Myers Group. The other team? Dan Akroyd Rage, who due to the utmost of consistency is third overall!

WAYNE’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (after Episode 41x05)

FARLEY GROUP

MISS SWAN'S LOWERED EXPECTATIONS - Patrick

Cecily Strong - 49

Kenan Thompson - 37

Vanessa Bayer - 35

Kyle Mooney - 49

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Magnets & 2) Omen

5 points - first song

10 points - second song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 185

MURRY'D WITH CHILDREN - Johnny

Kate McKinnon - 54

Cecily Strong - 49

Beck Bennett - 35

Leslie Jones - 25

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Magnets & 2) Omen

5 points - first song

10 points - second song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 178

DRUNCLE - Mick

Kate McKinnon - 54

Kenan Thompson - 37

Bobby Moynihan - 30

Sasheer Zamata - 45

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - NO SONGS CHOSEN.

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 166

BILL BRASKY'S DRINKING BUDDIES - Saad

Taran Killam - 45

Aidy Bryant  -32

Jay Pharoah - 37

Sasheer Zamata - 45

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Omen & 2) Magnets

2 points - song

2 points - song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 163

THIS TEAM HAS EVERYTHING - Sarah S.

Beck Bennett - 35

Kyle Mooney - 49

Aidy Bryant - 32

Jay Pharoah - 37

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Magnets & 2) Jaded

5 points - first song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 158

EFFIE VILLALOPOLUS' PROFESSIONAL COMPLAINERS - David S.

Taran Killam - 45

Bobby Moynihan - 30

Vanessa Bayer - 35

Pete Davidson - 19

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) 1) Magnets & 2) Omen

5 points - first song

10 points - second song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 144

Miss Swan's Lowered Expectations top the Farley Group for the first time, taking a 12 points lead over Druncle, as Effie Villalopolus’ Professional Complainers fall to third! MSLE's Saturday Night Live Fantasy League leading Song Choice points make that difference between first and second place all the clearer, as the 43 points between the two teams (Swan's 60 points to Druncle's 17 points) is more points then any other team in the Farley Group has made in TOTAL Song Choice points!

FARLEY GROUP STANDINGS (after Episode 41x05)

BELUSHI GROUP

TOTAL BASTARD AIRLINES - Andrew R.

Kate McKinnon - 54

Bobby Moynihan - 30

Kyle Mooney - 49

Sasheer Zamata - 45

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Omen & 2) Magnets

2 points - song

2 points - song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 182

COLOMBIAN DECAFFEINATED COFFEE CRYSTALS - Dylan

Kate McKinnon - 54

Beck Bennett - 35

Cecily Strong - 49

Pete Davidson - 19

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Magnets & 2) Omen

5 points - first song

10 points - second song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 172

THE NIGHT CRAWLERZ - Kevin K.

Taran Killam - 45

Cecily Strong - 49

Kenan Thompson - 37

Jay Pharoah - 37

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Omen & 2) Magnets

2 points - song

2 points - song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 172

NUNI AND THE HAIR CHAIR - Megan R.M.

Aidy Bryant - 32

Taran Killam - 45

Leslie Jones - 25

Beck Bennett - 35

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Magnets & 2) Omen

5 points - first song

10 points - second song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 152

CRISIS OF CONFORMITY - David W.

Bobby Moynihan - 30

Jay Pharoah - 37

Kyle Mooney - 49

Vanessa Bayer - 35

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - NO SONGS CHOSEN.

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 151

HARRY CARAY'S BBQ MOON RIBS - Ian

Kenan Thompson - 37

Vanessa Bayer - 35

Aidy Bryant - 32

Pete Davidson - 19

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Omen & 2) Magnets

2 points - song

2 points - song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 127

The Night Crawlerz' strong performance across the board so far, having two episodes with 200+ points, and four episodes with 170+ points, not to mention having the most Song Choice points in the Belushi Group, has given them a 175 point lead over second place in the Belushi Group! With 951 points, The Night Crawlerz are also the highest scoring G6 (group with six teams, and therefore four cast members per team) team! Total Bastard Airlines take home their second Group-topping episode high score.

BELUSHI GROUP STANDINGS (after Episode 41x05)

POEHLER GROUP

INTERNATIONAL NASTY GIRL$ - Abby

Kate McKinnon - 54

Vanessa Bayer - 35

Aidy Bryant - 32

Sasheer Zamata - 45

Elizabeth Banks - 71

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Magnets & 2) Omen

5 points - first song

10 points - second song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 252

LAZY SUNFEYS - Meg

Kenan Thompson - 37

Cecily Strong - 49

Beck Bennett - 35

Kyle Mooney - 49

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Magnets & 2) Omen

5 points - first song

10 points - second song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 185

HEATHER FROM WORK - Lauren

Cecily Strong - 49

Taran Killam - 45

Beck Bennett - 35

Kyle Mooney - 49

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Omen & 2) Magnets

2 points - song

2 points - song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 182

THE WEEKENDERS - Justin

Kenan Thompson - 37

Bobby Moynihan - 30

Vanessa Bayer - 35

Jay Pharoah - 37

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Magnets & 2) Omen

5 points - first song

10 points - second song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 154

HADERS TO THE LEFT - Samantha L.

Kate McKinnon - 54

Taran Killam - 45

Pete Davidson - 19

Leslie Jones - 25

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Omen & 2) Magnets

2 points - song

2 points - song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 147

BOYFRIENDS TALK SHOW - Andrew E.

Jay Pharoah - 37

Bobby Moynihan - 30

Aidy Bryant - 32

Leslie Jones - 25

MUSICAL GUEST - Disclosure - SONGS: 1) Omen & 2) Magnets

2 points - song

2 points - song

EPISODE FIVE TOTAL 128

With help from Elizabeth Banks, International Nasty Girl$ cross the 200-point mark and gain their second episode high-sore, becoming the first team in the Poehler Group to do so more then once, and bring the Girls from fifth to third place overall! Heather From Work took the overall lead back once again, with a ten-point lead on Haders to the Left! Boyfriends Talk Show may have mixed up the order of their song choices (as a fair number of teams did this week), but they hold onto the top spot for most points for Song Choices in their Group!

POEHLER GROUP STANDINGS (after Episode 41x05)

Now, as has been noted, each Group this year will award their own individual Championship. The Hartman Group has the Hartman Trophy to hand out for the third year, the Gilded Radner will be given out for the second year in the Radner Group, and the Myers Group has the newly coined Wayne’s World Championship. No doubt Groups will give their year-end titles a true name as we continue along Season 41, but we’ve got a bit of fun news here at Fantasy League Central…

Introducing the FIRST of THREE Saturday Night Live Fantasy League-WIDE Awards! Yes, because of the nature of these awards, they are open to all teams at once! It should be no surprise, with all the additional information through-out the column that the first League-wide Award has to do with Song Choice points!

G.E. Smith Award for Musical Excellence

Named after Saturday Night Live’s legendary former Musical Director. To the team that has gained the most song choice points by seasons end. Tiebreakers are most second songs, most first songs, and overall correct song choices, in that order.

Standings (after Episode 41x05)

1. Miss Swan's Lowered Expectations - 60

2. The Ignorant Sluts - 54

3. Billion Dollar Murrays - 49

3. The Night Crawlerz - 49

5. The Team You Wish You Hadn't Started A Conversation With At The Party - 49

6. Mark Wahlberg Ate Mark Wahlberg - 47

7. Kebert Xela - 42

7. Nuni and the Hair Chair - 42

9. Boyfriends Talk Show - 41

9. Not A Strong Swimmer - 41

9. Skanky Little Prostitutes - 41

Keep an eye out, in another five weeks, for the next League-wide award! NEXT WEEK, Saturday Night Live will be hosted by Matthew McConaughey, with Musical Guest Adele! Congrats to Samantha, GM of The Vondrukes, for being the only Fantasy Leaguer to have drafted McConaughey as a Prospective Host! Currently sitting in seventh in the Myers Group, things are suddenly looking up for that particular second-year team!

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Minding the P’s and Q’s of SNL

QUALITY: We’re sticking with the compact format because ultimately, what are you hear for? FANTASY LEAGUE STATS! So we’re going to be giving you some quality quick hits and a general overview of the show and then jumping RIGHT into the numbers. For a more in-depth breakdown of the happenings from some quality personalities? LISTEN TO THE PODCAST! Subscribe to us on iTUNES!

QUALITY: Seriously, are you listening to Deep Thoughts on SNL? You should. You really should. Rob and his cast of co-horts, Matt, Brian, Leah, and sometimes myself, Russel Harder (with the bow-tie and a smile), are big fans of quality comedy!

PROBLEMATIC: Listening to the great interview that Bobby Moynihan had with Andy Greenwald, I am legitimately worried about the health of Mr. Moynihan. He was an ACE in the Fantasy League earlier this year, and has dropped off ever since the Rob Ford sketch. BOBBY take care of yourself! I want you to be on SNL for as forever as you would like!

QUALITY: Louis C.K. as host, and the general writing of the show, was in the Top 3 with Drake and Jimmy Fallon, if not the best of the season so far! This is the Fantasy League approved opinion as well. The adventurous and fearless style of C.K.’s comedy certainly had something to do with both the wonderful (Black Jeopardy) and wonderfully weird (Pah-Ja-Mas) of the night. The only thing that suffered? Weekend Update. Though that’s just as much Jost still needing the rest of the this season to get into game shape, as it was Louis’s opening monologue taking a good five minutes or so from the show that Update might have otherwise used.

PROBLEMATIC: Tying a few things together, Moynihan brings up a very good point with the fact that Weekend Update is much like stand-up comedy. For the interviewees and for the hosts that interview them as well. That’s why Sandler and Fallon shone, why Norm was so good and why Colin Quinn wasn’t. And it’s why Jost is still a ways away from being a good Weekend Update host.

Jay Pharoah, 70 points

• 15 points - cold open
• 5 points - reoccurring (Obama)
• 5 points - dancing
• 5 points - kiss
• 20 points - "LIVE FROM NEW YORK...!"
• 5 points - sketch (Black Jeopardy)
• 10 points - Weekend Update
• 5 points - reoccurring (Stephen A. Smith)

Kate McKinnon, 65 points

• 15 points - cold open
• 5 points - reoccurring (Justin Beiber)
• 5 points - kiss
• 20 points - "LIVE FROM NEW YORK...!"
• 5 points - sketch (Mr. Big Stuff)
• 5 points - singing/dancing
• 10 points - digital short (Dyke & Fats)

Aidy Bryant, 52 points

• 15 points - cold open
• 5 points - sketch (Baby Boss)
• 5 points - sketch (Mr. Big Stuff)
• 5 points - singing/dancing
• 10 points - digital short (It's Better To Know)
• 10 points - digital short (Dyke & Fats)
• 2 points - sketch post-second song (Three Minutes)

Taran Killam, 45 points

• 15 points - cold open
• 20 points - "LIVE FROM NEW YORK...!"
• 10 points - commercial parody (Jos. A. Bank)

Nasim Pedrad, 30 points

• 5 points - promos
• 15 points - cold open
• 5 points - reoccurring (Kim Kardashian)
• 5 points - digital short NPC (Dyke & Fats)

Cecily Strong, 20 points

• 10 points - Weekend Update
• 5 points - sketch (Mr. Big Stuff)
• 5 points - singing/dancing

Kenan Thompson, 20 points

• 5 points - promos
• 5 points - sketch (Black Jeopardy)
• 10 points - digital short (It's Better To Know)

Vanessa Bayer, 15 points

• 10 points - commercial parody (Jos. A. Bank)
• 5 points - sketch (Pah-Ja-Mas)

Bobby Moynihan, 7 points

• 5 points - sketch (Pah-Ja-Mas)
• 2 points - sketch post-second song (Three Minutes)

Noel Wells, 45 points

• 15 points - cold open
• 20 points - "LIVE FROM NEW YORK...!"
• 10 points - commercial parody (Jos. A. Bank)

Kyle Mooney, 35 points

• 15 points - cold open
• 5 points - dancing
• 10 points - commercial parody (Jos. A. Bank)
• 5 points - post-second song digital short (Chris Fitz for Class Pres)

Beck Bennett, 25 points

• 5 points - sketch (Baby Boss)
• 5 points - reoccurring (Mr. Patterson)
• 10 points - digital short (It's Better To Know)
• 5 points - first cast member hugged

Brooks Wheelan, 20 points

• 15 points - cold open
• 5 points - sketch (Baby Boss)

Sasheer Zamata, 15 points

• 5 points - sketch (Black Jeopardy)
• 5 points - sketch (Mr. Big Stuff)
• 5 points - singing/dancing

Mike O'Brien, 10 points

• 10 points - digital short (It's Better To Know)

John Milhiser, 7 points

• 7 points - cold open NPC

Louis C.K., 43 points

• 2 points - sketch (Black Jeopardy)
• 2 points - sketch (Baby Boss)
• 2 points - sketch (Mr. Big Stuff)
• 5 points - dancing
• 10 points - digital short (It's Better To Know)
• 2 points - sketch (Pah-Ja-Mas)
• minus 2 points - breaks
• 10 points - digital short (Dyke & Fats)
• 2 points - sketch (Three Minutes)
• 10 points - hugs cast member first

EXTREME CLOSE-UP! - Jack

Jay Pharoah - 70

Brooks Wheelan - 20

Noel Wells - 45

John Mihiser - 7

MUSICAL GUEST - Sam Smith - SONGS: No songs chosen.

EPISODE SIXTEEN TOTAL 142

RECLUSIVE PENINSULA - Rob

Taran Killam - 45

Aidy Bryant - 52

Mike O' Brien - 10

Kyle Mooney - 35

MUSICAL GUEST - Sam Smith - SONGS: No songs chosen.

EPISODE SIXTEEN TOTAL 142

THE IGNORANT SLUTS - Matt

Kate McKinnon - 65

Cecily Strong - 20

Beck Bennett - 25

John Mihiser - 7

MUSICAL GUEST - Sam Smith - SONGS: 1) Money On My Mind & 2) Lay Me Down

10 points - second song

EPISODE SIXTEEN TOTAL 127

DAN AYKROYD RAGE - Mark

Vanessa Bayer - 15

Bobby Moynihan - 7

Kyle Mooney - 35

Noel Wells - 45

MUSICAL GUEST - Sam Smith - SONGS: 1) Money On My Mind & 2) Stay With Me

EPISODE SIXTEEN TOTAL 102

FIVE TIMERS CLUB - Leah

Kenan Thompson - 20

Nasim Pedrad - 30

Mike O'Brien - 10

Beck Bennet - 25

MUSICAL GUEST - Sam Smith - SONGS: No songs chosen.

EPISODE SIXTEEN TOTAL 85

MILLION DOLLAR BILL MURRAYS - Russel

Bobby Moynihan - 7

Jay Pharoah - 70

Kyle Mooney - 35

Beck Bennett - 25

Louis C.K. - 43

MUSICAL GUEST - Sam Smith - SONGS: No songs chosen.

EPISODE SIXTEEN TOTAL 180

THE TEAM YOU WISH YOU HADN'T STARTED A CONVERSATION WITH AT A PARTY - Brian

Kate McKinnon - 65

Cecily Strong - 20

Mike O' Brien - 10

Noel Wells - 45

MUSICAL GUEST - Sam Smith - SONGS: No songs chosen.

EPISODE SIXTEEN TOTAL 140

SUCK IT TREBEK - Sarah

Kenan Thompson - 20

Brooks Wheelan - 20

Noel Wells - 45

Kyle Mooney - 35

MUSICAL GUEST - Sam Smith - SONGS:  1) Money On My Mind & 2) Lay Me Down

10 points - second song

EPISODE SIXTEEN TOTAL 130

BILL BRASKY - Saad

Taran Killam - 45

Aidy Bryant - 52

Mike O'Brien - 10

John Mihiser - 7

MUSICAL GUEST - Sam Smith - SONGS:  1) Money On My Mind & 2) Latch

EPISODE SIXTEEN TOTAL 114

YOU KNOW, IT'S THE TEAM THE HIGH-WASITED MIDGETS THAT HAVE, LIKE, THE RED PANTS AND THE BIG ASS - Kevin

Nasim Pedrad - 30

Vanessa Bayer - 15

Beck Bennett - 25

John Mihiser - 7

MUSICAL GUEST - Sam Smith - SONGS: No songs chosen.

EPISODE SIXTEEN TOTAL 77

IT’S SAAAATURDAY NIIIGHT QUOTES with the Saturday Night Live Fantasy League

“If we have to watch the same shitty commercial 75 times during the Super Bowl, the tradeoff is them not fucking this stuff up.” – IGNORANT SLUT’s Matt (on Global TV giving us Saturday Night Live sans audio)

“That’ll be one Russel quotes.”

“And now he’ll quote that too. And possibly this.”

“This is like those shitty jokes on sitcoms…” – RECLUSIVE PENINSULA’s Rob & IGNORANT SLUT’s Matt

“That sketch had potential if you ignore the fact it depended on Kenan's ability to keep it moving.” – IGNORANT SLUT’s Matt (on Black Jeopardy)

“I'm just so glad it's back. Louis eating the cake bits. Nice touch.” – THE TEAM YOU WISH…’s Brian (on Baby Boss)

“So this song is gonna be in a bazillion romantic movies, right? Or at least the trailers?” – THE TEAM YOU WISH...'s Rob (on Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me”)

“Maybe it's just me, but for me this is the longest segment ever.”

“… shortest update ever?” – THE TEAM YOU WISH…’s Brian & RECLUSIVE PENINSULA’s Rob

“I did love that he set up "You're mopping carpet..."” – RECLUSIVE PENINSULA’s Rob

“I don’t know what this is, but I love it. Arguing with myself whether just to name this sketch "Pa-jah-mas" in my notes.” – RECLUSIVE PENINSULA’s Rob

“This is absolutely something Lorne probably said "I don't get this, but you guys can play this."” – RECLUSIVE PENINSULA’s Rob (on Chris Fitzpatrick)

“His enthusiasm at the closing! Infectious.” – THE TEAM YOU WISH…’s Brian

PHIL HARTMAN TROPHY OVERALL STANDINGS (after Episode 39x16)

1. MILLION DOLLAR BILL MURRAYS - 2, 444
2. THE IGNORANT SLUTS - 2, 318
3. THE TEAM YOU WISH YOU HADN'T STARTED A CONVERSATION WITH AT A PARTY - 2, 294
4. RECLUSIVE PENINSULA - 2, 153
5. BILL BRASKY - 2, 048
6. SUCK IT TREBEK - 2, 47
7. DAN AKROYD RAGE - 2, 041
8. FIVE TIMERS CLUB - 1, 936
9. YOU KNOW IT'S THE TEAM WITH THE HIGH-WAISTED MIDGETS THAT HAVE, LIKE, THE RED PANTS AND BIG ASS - 1, 744
10. EXTREME CLOSE-UP - 1, 737

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The Million Dollar Bill Murrays expand their lead, due to the solid core of the roster that makes up for the second quiet week in a row for Bobby Moynihan. Kyle Mooney continues to prove wonderfully unpredictable and surprisingly able as an impressionist (the Pope?!), while Beck Bennett has nailed down his first classic character with Baby Boss, a perfect mix of strange physicality and his commanding voice.

Mihiser continues his quiet end to March, inevitably being the left out cast member in this the biggest cast of the show’s history. Thanks in part to Mihiser’s second quiet week, the Ignorant Sluts are STILL in second and our current third-place team The Team You Wish… seems to be gaining some ground. It looks like, with four to five episodes remaining in the season, either the Ignorant Sluts or The Team You Wish… (or with an outside chance, Reclusive Peninsula) will have to have one or more of their host prediction’s come through to take home the Phil Hartman Trophy.

Though seriously, I want it, it’s a thing of beauty.

On the topic of hosts, the next TWO weeks of show have been announced! Dan Akroyd Rage has the ability to jump into at LEAST fifth place with his host pick Anna Kendrick hosting on the April 5^th episode. This also gives me a chance to end an Anna Kendrick drought on the Trivia Club blog, that’s been a thing since the second edition of Ask Trivia Club! The week after that, on April 12^th is host Seth Rogen! Picked by no one, sure, but most assuredly enjoyed by everyone!