{"id":109262,"date":"2024-10-01T21:38:31","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T14:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109262"},"modified":"2024-10-01T21:38:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T14:38:31","slug":"spirit-halloween-slams-irrelevant-snl-for-season-50-premiere-sketch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109262","title":{"rendered":"Spirit Halloween slams &#8216;irrelevant&#8217; &#8216;SNL&#8217; for Season 50 premiere sketch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d should be very scared.<\/p>\n<p>Spirit Halloween went after the NBC sketch comedy series for its Season 50 premiere skit that took a dig at the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/09\/25\/us-news\/spirit-halloween-customers-furious-over-bullet-belt-in-wake-of-school-shootings\/?jw_start=%7Bseek_to_second_number%7D\">pop-up costume store<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are great at raising things back from the dead,\u201d\u00a0the store <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SpiritHalloween\/status\/1840852265663406281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1840852265663406281%7Ctwgr%5E4756204d3cf407cce6fb39212c3b54d084529d9a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Few.com%2Fembed%3Furl%3Dhttps3A2F2Fx.com2FSpiritHalloween2Fstatus2F1840852265663406281id%3Dmntl-sc-block_5-0-iframeoptions%3De303DdocId%3D8720944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote on X <\/a>(formerly Twitter) on Monday, alongside a photo of a fake \u201cSNL\u201d costume.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Chloe Fineman in the fake Spirit Halloween commercial on \u201cSNL.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Saturday Night Live \/ NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Spirit Halloween\u2019s fake \u201cSNL\u201d costume.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The costume was labeled \u201cIrrelevant 50-year-old TV show.\u201d The packaging said it included \u201cdated references, unknown cast members\u00a0and shrinking ratings.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cSNL\u201d has yet to respond to Spirit Halloween\u2019s clapback. <\/p>\n<p>During the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/09\/29\/entertainment\/snl-takes-dig-at-matt-lauer-with-hoda-kotb-today-exit-news\/\">Season 50 premiere<\/a> that aired Saturday (Sept. 28), the show aired a commercial spoof of Spirit Halloween that parodied the seasonal retailer. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Heidi Garner on \u201cSNL.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Saturday Night Live \/ NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Chloe Fineman in the Spirit Halloween sketch. <span class=\"credit\">Saturday Night Live \/ NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cTimes may be good on Wall Street, but on Main Street, communities are struggling,\u201d\u00a0Heidi Garner says in a voiceover at the start of the sketch.\u00a0\u201cClosed stores, shuttered businesses, empty parking lots. When hard times hit, it\u2019s easy to feel like no one cares.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut help is on the way,\u201d adds Garner, 41, as fake Spirit Halloween employees (played by Garner, Fineman and Michael Longfellow) tout the business\u2019s accomplishments. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Heidi Garner, Chloe Fineman and Michael Longfellow. <span class=\"credit\">Saturday Night Live \/ NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fineman, 36, explains, \u201cWe\u2019re here providing vulnerable communities with the things they need most: wigs that give you a rash, single-use fog machines and costumes of famous characters tweaked just enough to avoid a lawsuit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Garner jokes that the store is \u201ccreating six-week jobs for some of America\u2019s hardest-hit perverts.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Spirit Halloween in an \u201cSNL\u201d sketch. <span class=\"credit\">Saturday Night Live \/ NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A scene from the Spirit Halloween skit. <span class=\"credit\">Saturday Night Live \/ NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cSNL\u201d goes after Spirit Halloween. <span class=\"credit\">Saturday Night Live \/ NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After Fineman declares Spirit Halloween is \u201chelping make dreams come true,\u201d she\u2019s approached by a little girl who asks for a Taylor Swift costume.<\/p>\n<p>Fineman gives the girl a \u201cblonde singing woman\u201d costume. The girl points out that the costume isn\u2019t Swift, to which Fineman responds, \u201cAnd neither are you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the faux commercial, Fineman, Garner and Longfellow, 30, say, \u201cSpirit Halloween \u2014 when you need us, we\u2019ll be here. For six weeks. Because on November 1 we\u2019re gone. And all this junk will be in a dumpster.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Chloe Fineman on \u201cSNL.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Saturday Night Live \/ NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Season 50 premiere was hosted by Jean Smart with musical guest Jelly Roll. <\/p>\n<p>The episode featured skits that took digs at \u201cHouse of the Dragon,\u201d \u201cThe Real Housewives,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/09\/30\/entertainment\/chappell-roan-fans-slam-snl-skit-bowen-yang-reacts\/\">Chappell Roan<\/a>, Charli XCX and more. <\/p>\n<p>Cast member Bowen Yang even spoke out after the show received backlash for jokes he made about Roan during the \u201cWeekend Update\u201d segment. He appeared as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/09\/26\/lifestyle\/moo-deng-makeup-is-beautys-wildest-new-must-do\/\">Moo Deng<\/a>, the baby hippo who went viral this month, and referenced Roan\u2019s pleas to set boundaries with fans at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the past 10 weeks, I have been going nonstop,\u201d said Yang while dressed in a hippo costume. \u201cThe response has been overwhelming, but it has come to the point where I need to set some boundaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cBlonde Singing Woman\u201d costume. <span class=\"credit\">Saturday Night Live \/ NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cReminder, women owe you nothing. When I\u2019m in my enclosure, tripping over stuff, biting my trainer\u2019s knee, I\u2019m at work, that is the project,\u201d he went on, referencing Roan\u2019s eerily similar Instagram post in August. \u201cDo not yell my name or expect a photo just because I\u2019m your parasocial bestie or because you appreciate my talent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Viewers felt that \u201cSNL\u201d was using Roan\u2019s mental health struggles for material. Yang later denied mocking the artist. \u201cEverything she has ever asked for has been reasonable and even then we can connect it to another story about boundaries or whatever. Needing the hose rn\u2026\u201d he wrote in an Instagram Story Sunday. <\/p>\n<p>Roan is set to perform as a musical guest on the variety show on Nov. 2.<\/p>\n<p>The show <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/09\/29\/entertainment\/dana-carvey-makes-a-brilliant-doddering-joe-biden-on-saturday-night-live-premiere\/\">also poked fun<\/a> at the upcoming presidential election, with <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/09\/28\/entertainment\/maya-rudolph-returns-as-kamala-harris-on-snl-season-50-premiere-cold-open-with-dana-carvey-jim-gaffigan\/\">Maya Rudolph returning as Vice President Kamala Harris<\/a>. James Austin Johnson played Donald Trump, Bowen Yang played J.D. Vance, Dana Carvey played Joe Biden and Jim Gaffigan played Gov. 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