Saturday Night Live Fantasy League: Episode 44x03: Seth Myers & Paul Simon
October 19, 2018
Saturday Night Live Fantasy League presented by Trivia Club, is a Fantasy League like no other. Like Fantasy Football for the comedy nerd, participants draft cast members and prospective hosts before the start of the season and then are awarded points based of their performance through a scoring system. For additional points, before the start of each episode participants can guess which two songs they think the musical guest will perform. Since the beginning, this television institution has become the first step in the major leagues of comedy stardom, and with over forty seasons of familiar traditions, we’ve found a way to add math to comedy and somehow make that a fun game to play. No seriously. You’re welcome.
HARTMAN TROPHY STANDINGS (as of 44x03)
REPERTORY CAST
Kenan
Thompson, 58 points
- 5 points - promos
- 7 points – cold open
- 5 points – alongside former host (Alec Baldwin)
- 5 points – sketch (IFC Centre)
- 7 points – pre-taped sketch (Maxxx)
- 5 points – sketch (Cosby)
- 5 points – reoccurring (Cosby)
- minus 2 points – breaking
- 5 points – singing/dancing
- 5 points – multiple characters
- 3 points – 10 to 1 sketch (Cuba)
- 3 points – 10 to 1 sketch (Treece)
- 5 points – reoccurring
- minus 2 points – breaking
- 5 points – singing/dancing
- 2 points – in costume during goodnights
Alex
Moffat, 39 points
- 5 points – sketch (Thirsty Cops)
- 7 points – pre-taped sketch (Frightening Tales)
- 5 points – gushes fluids
- 5 points – sketch (Bayou Benny)
Kyle
Mooney, 30 points
- 5 points – sketch (IFC Centre)
- 5 points – singing/dancing
- 7 points – pre-taped sketch (Frightening Tales)
- 3 points – 10 to 1 sketch (Treece)
- 5 points – reoccurring
- 5 points – singing/dancing
Aidy Bryant,
28 points
- 5 points – sketch (IFC Centre)
- 7 points – pre-taped sketch (Maxxx)
- 5 points – sketch (Bayou Benny)
- 3 points – 10 to 1 sketch (Cuba)
- 3 points – 10 to 1 sketch (Trees)
- 5 points – singing/dancing
Beck
Bennett, 26 points
- 5 points – sketch (IFC Centre)
- 3 points – sketch V/O (Maxxx)
- 7 points – pre-taped sketch (Frightening Tales)
- 5 points – sketch (Bayou Benny)
- 3 points – 10 to 1 sketch (Cuba)
- 3 points – 10 to 1 sketch (Trees)
Kate
McKinnon, 25 points
- 5 points – sketch (IFC Centre)
- 5 points – sketch (Thirsty Cops)
- 2 points – scripted swear
- 5 points – sketch (Bayou Benny)
- 3 points – 10 to 1 sketch (Cuba)
Pete
Davidson, 24 points
- 7 points – cold open
- 5 points – alongside former host (Alec Baldwin)
- 3 points – pre-taped sketch (Trees)
- 5 points – singing/dancing
- 4 points – scripted swearing x2
Alec
Baldwin, 17 points
- 7 points – cold open
- 5 points – “Live from New York…!”
- 5 points – reoccurring (D. Trump Sr.)
Leslie
Jones, 15 points
- 5 points – sketch (Thirsty Cops)
- 5 points – singing/dancing
- 3 points – 10 to 1 sketch (Treece)
- 2 points – in costume during goodnights
Mikey Day,
10 points
- 5 points – sketch (Thirsty Cops)
- 5 points – host hug
Melissa
Villaseñor, 10 points
- 7 points – pre-taped sketch (Frightening Tales)
- 3 points – 10 to 1 sketch (Cuba)
Cecily
Strong, 5 points
- 5 points – sketch (IFC Centre)
FEATURED CAST
Chris Redd
47 points
- 7 points – cold open
- 5 points – “Live from New York…!”
- 5 points – reoccurring (Kanye)
- 5 points – alongside former host (Alec Baldwin)
- 5 points – sketch (Thirsty Cops)
- 5 points – sketch (Cosby)
- 3 points – 10 to 1 sketch (Trees)
- 5 points – singing/dancing
- 4 points – scripted swearing x2
- 3 points – 10 to 1 sketch (Treece)
Heidi
Gardner, 32 points
- 5 points – sketch (IFC Centre)
- 7 points – pre-taped sketch (Frightening Tales)
- 7 points – Weekend Update
- 5 points – sketch (Bayou Benny)
- 3 points – 10 to 1 sketch (Cuba)
- 5 points – singing/dancing
Ego Nwodim,
17 points
- 7 points – pre-taped sketch (Maxxx)
- 5 points – sketch (Thirsty Cops)
- 5 points – singing/dancing
HOST
Seth Myers,
72 points
- 5 points – sketch (IFC Centre)
- 10 points – pre-taped sketch (Maxxx)
- 5 points – sketch (Thirsty Cops)
- 10 points – pre-taped sketch (Frightening Tales)
- 5 points – sketch (Cosby)
- 2 points – scripted swear
- 10 points – Weekend Update
- 5 points – sketch (Bayou Benny)
- 5 points – sketch (Cuba)
- 5 points – singing/dancing
- 5 points – sketch (Treece)
- 5 points – singing/dancing
- minus 2 points – breaking
- 2 points – embraces guest first
War Horse
Can Dance – Megan M.
Alex Moffat - 39
Kenan Thompson - 58
Leslie Jones - 15
MUSICAL GUEST – Paul Simon – NO SONGS CHOSEN
EPISODE THREE TOTAL 112
Hunter the
Hungries Gotta Eat – Rob M.
Cecily Strong - 5
Kenan Thompson - 58
Chris Redd - 47
MUSICAL GUEST – Paul Simon - SONGS: 1) Wristband & 2) Cool
Papa Bell
EPISODE THREE TOTAL 110
The Not
Ready For First Place Players –
Kevin M.
Beck Bennett – 26
Heidi Gardner – 32
Pete Davidson – 24
MUSICAL GUEST – Paul Simon - SONGS: 1) Rene and Georgette Magritte
With Their Dog After The War & 2) One Man’s Ceiling Is Another Man’s Floor
EPISODE THREE TOTAL 82
The
Ignorant Sluts – Matthew S.
Mikey Day – 10
Heidi Gardner – 32
Pete Davidson – 24
MUSICAL GUEST – Paul Simon - SONGS: 1) Graceland & 2) The
Sound of Silence
EPISODE THREE TOTAL 66
Holtzwomenn
– Sarah R.
Beck Bennett – 26
Aidy Bryant – 28
Melissa Villasenor – 10
MUSICAL GUEST – Paul Simon – NO SONGS CHOSEN
EPISODE THREE TOTAL 64
The Team
You Wish You Hadn’t Started A Conversation With At A Party – Brian E.
Mikey Day - 10
Alex Moffat - 39
Melissa Villasenor - 10
MUSICAL GUEST – Paul Simon – NO SONGS CHOSEN
EPISODE THREE TOTAL 59
Billion Dollar
Murrays – Russel H.
Cecily Strong – 5
Aidy Bryant – 28
Leslie Jones – 15
MUSICAL GUEST – Paul Simon - SONGS: 1) Pigs, Sheep and Wolves
& 2) Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After The War
EPISODE THREE TOTAL 48
# | TEAM NAME | ∧∨-- | HIGH[EP] | CAST | HOST | SONG | TOTAL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Not Ready For First Place Players | -- | 171 [01] | 363 | 0 | 10 | 373 |
2 | Billion Dollar Murrays | -- | 169 [02] | 237 | 65 | 15 | 317 |
2 | Hunter the Hungries Gotta Eat | ∧3 | 112 [02] | 312 | 0 | 5 | 317 |
4 | The Ignorant Sluts | ∨1 | 126 [01] | 311 | 0 | 5 | 316 |
5 | War Horse Can Dance | ∧1 | 112 [03] | 310 | 0 | 0 | 310 |
6 | Holtzwomenn | ∨2 | 125 [01] | 272 | 0 | 20 | 292 |
7 | The Team You Wish You Hadn’t Started A Conversation With At A Party |
-- | 102 [01] | 240 | 0 | 10 | 250 |
First off, thank you very much to Matthew S. of The Ignorant Sluts
for breaking down the points for this episode! Seth Myers proved both an able
host and also showed that all he needed was twelve seasons on the show, and
then a few years down the hall, to be a more assured presence in sketches.
Still it’s weird to see him not only doing a stand-up monologue at the top of
the show, after all that time pointedly planted behind the Late Night desk, not
to mention seeing him wear anything other then a suit and tie. Though he’s the
third best host of the season so far, that’s only because it has been a strong
start to SNL44! Oh, and before we segway into our upcoming host who will no
doubt need some patience to enjoy (though your mileage may vary… following up a
sketch all about “Trees” with a sketch featuring “Treece” was meant to be
purposefully confusing, yeah?
Jonah Hill (ugh, that guy…) will be the host (for the fourth time)
for the fourth episode of the 44th season, with musical guest Maggie
Rogers! You know, of the charming song “Alaska” that Pharrell (and all of us,
but especially Pharrell) really liked! Matthew S. and The Ignorant Sluts
drafted Hill as host and is set to challenge Kevin M. and The Not Ready For
First Place Players for that tightly held top spot! As long as neither team
sees their entire team eclipsed in points by Kenan Thompson, as happened with
Billion Dollar Murrays this week! Thank you again Matthew for the points
breakdown! Megan M. will be breaking down the points on November 3rd!
LAST EPISODE: AWKWAFINA
NEXT EPISODE: JONAH HILL
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