Spirit Halloween kicks off the spooky season with a troll on “Saturday Night Live” after the NBC sketch comedy series aired a Spirit Halloween parody during the season 50 premiere. The fake commercial featured cast members such as Chloe Fineman, in the process of burning out the Halloween store for “providing vulnerable communities with the things they need most: wigs that give you rashes, single-use fog machines, and costumes of famous characters modified just enough to avoid a lawsuit.” prevent. ”

The official X account for Spirit Halloween responded by giving “SNL” its own costume that was modified just enough to avoid a lawsuit. The store posted a photo for an “SNL” season 50 costume with the caption “Irrelevant 50-Year-Old TV Show” with “dated references, unknown cast members and declining ratings.”

“We are great at raising things from the dead,” the Spirit Halloween report wrote in the caption.

The Spirit Halloween skit from “SNL” has been viewed nearly 950,000 times on YouTube, making it one of the most popular clips from the show’s Season 50 premiere. The episode was hosted by Emmy winner Jean Smart, although she did not appear in the Spirit Halloween skit.

“Times may be good on Wall Street, but on Main Street, communities are struggling,” cast member Heidi Gardner says in a voiceover at the start of the fake ad. “Closed stores, shuttered businesses, empty parking lots… When hard times come, it’s easy to feel like no one cares. “But help is on the way, because when others leave, we show up.”

Smash cut to a Spirit Halloween storefront and the show praised the chain for setting up shop in a vacant K-mart, revitalizing the building and welcoming customers “for six weeks and then bouncing.”

“SNL” airs a new episode on October 5 with host Nate Bargatze and musical guest Coldplay. Other hosts lined up for the first batch of season 50 episodes include Ariana Grande and John Mulaney.