Spirit Halloween Claps Back at SNL Parody

In the premiere of its 50th season, 'Saturday Night Live' aired a sketch mocking Spirit Halloween for setting up temporary stores in vacant retail spaces and selling low-quality costumes. Spirit Halloween quickly responded on social media with a post calling SNL an 'Irrelevant 50-year-old TV show,' listing 'dated references,' 'unknown cast members,' and 'shrinking ratings' as part of a fake costume. The parody highlighted the retailer's offerings like 'wigs that give you a rash' and 'single-use fog machines,' while SNL's joke was that Spirit Halloween temporarily revitalizes struggling communities. The exchange drew mixed reactions on social media, with some praising Spirit's comeback as funnier than the original SNL sketch, and others defending the comedy show.