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Spirit Halloween Playfully Roasts ‘SNL’ After Fake Ad Sketch by Calling It an ‘Irrelevant 50-Year-Old Show’ With ‘Shrinking Ratings’ and ‘Unknown Cast’
Spirit Halloween playfully mocked "Saturday Night Live" after the show aired a fake commercial for the costume store.
The fake commercial had cast members like Chloe Fineman roasting the Halloween store for “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.” The store posted a photo for an “SNL” Season 50 costume titled “Irrelevant 50-Year-Old TV Show” that includes “dated references, unknown cast members and shrinking ratings.” Smash cut to a Spirit Halloween store front and the show praising the chain for setting up shop in a vacant K-mart, revitalizing the building and welcoming customers “for six weeks and then bouncing.”
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