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    ‘Saturday Night Live’ spoofed Spirit Halloween. The blow was epic

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    The writers of “Saturday Night Live” may have picked a fight with the wrong Halloween-themed store.

    Last weekend, SNL opened its 50th season with Maya Rudolph as Kamala Harris and introduced new cast members, including Emil Wakim, whose comedy career began in Bloomington. Other skits poked fun at the popularity of the viral hippopotamus Moo Deng.

    But when SNL Spirit spoofed Halloween due to its tendency to appear in the place of recently closed businesses, the Halloween retailer clapped back shortly after the clip was shared online.

    The skit comes just in time for this year’s spooky season, which Spirit Halloween is widely known for, opening more than 20 stores in Indiana this year.

    Spirit Halloween on ‘SNL’

    The NBC show uploaded the clip to social media on Sunday.

    “Communities are struggling. 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 come show up,” says a voiceover that opens the sketch. “We don’t see a dead end town, we don’t see an abandoned Kmart, we see a Spirit. A Spirit Halloween.”

    “We’re providing vulnerable communities here 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,” jokes the parody, which further says. Spirit stores aren’t just investing in vacant buildings, they’re also investing in people, creating “six-week jobs for some of America’s hardest-hit perverts.”

    Ouch. Maybe SNL shouldn’t have gotten into a fight with a retailer that knows how to hit back?

    Spirit Halloween responds to ‘SNL’ skit

    How Spirit Halloween Reacted to the ‘SNL’ Commercial

    “We’re great at raising things from the dead @nbcsnl,” Spirit posted on X in response to “SNL.” Attached to the post is a mock image of a Spirit Halloween costume package with the title “Irrelevant 50-year-old TV show” and an image of the “SNL 50 The Anniversary Season” logo.

    Below the title is a list of the “costume components,” including “dated references,” “unknown cast members,” and “shrinking ratings.” Oh, and one size fits most adults.

    The following is a list of currently announced Spirit Halloween stores in Indiana for 2024. This was retrieved from the retailer’s website on Wednesday, October 2.

    • Former Rainbow Fashion.
    • 1820 Applewood Center Drive
    • Anderson, IN 46013

    Open now. Visit the website for more details.

    • Valuable street furniture
    • 1230 US Highway 31 North, Suite A
    • Greenwood, IN 46142

    Open now. Visit website for store hours.

    • Former party supplies from the USA
    • 7257 US Highway 31, Suite A
    • Indianapolis, IN46227

    Open Visit the website now for store hours.

    • Former DSW
    • 4635 East 82nd Street
    • Indianapolis, IN 46250

    Open now. Visit website for store hours.

    • Next to Dicks Sporting Goods
    • 6010 West 86th Street, 100
    • Indianapolis, IN 46278

    Open now. Visit website for store hours.

    • Next to Majestic Foot Spa
    • 2240 East Markland Avenue
    • Kokomo, IN 46901

    Open now. Visit website for store hours.

    • Former Carsons
    • 3501 North Granville Avenue
    • Muncie, IN 47303

    Now open, visit website for opening hours.

    • Next to Goodwill
    • Handelsboulevard 16680
    • Noblesville, IN 46060

    Open Visit the website now for store hours.

    • Former The Room Place
    • 2575 Main Street East
    • Plainfield, IN 46168

    Now open, visit website for opening hours.

    • Former Macy’s
    • 3401 South American Highway 41, A
    • Terre Haute, IN 47802

    Open now. Check website for opening hours.

    Spirit Halloween Stores in Southern Indiana

    • Former CVS
    • 510 South College Mall Road
    • Bloomington, IN 47401

    Open now. Check website for opening hours.

    • Former Gordmans
    • 945 E. Lewis and Clark Parkway
    • Clarksville, IN 47129

    Open now. Visit website for store hours.

    • Earlier Tuesday morning
    • 217 N. Green River Rd
    • Evansville, IN 47715

    Open now. Visit website for store hours.

    Spirit Halloween Stores in Northern Indiana

    • Former Pier One
    • 4224 Cold Water Road
    • Fort Wayne, IN 46805

    Open now. Visit website for store hours.

    • Opposite Burlington
    • 4220 West Jefferson Blvd
    • Fort Wayne, IN 46804

    Open now. Visit website for store hours.

    • Next to Citi Trends
    • 2577 Maple Point Drive
    • Lafayette, IN 47905

    Open now. Visit website for store hours.

    • Former Sears
    • 2300 Southlake Mall
    • Merrillville, IN 46410

    Open now. Visit website for store hours.

    • Former Sears
    • Franklin Street 3901
    • Michigan City, IN 46360

    Open now, visit their website for opening hours.

    • Former Sears
    • Druivenweg 6501
    • Mishawaka, IN 46545

    Open now, visit their website for opening hours.

    • Former storage furniture
    • 815 Willowbrook Drive
    • Schererville, IN 46375

    Now open, see website for opening hours.

    • Next to the old navy
    • 1290 E. Ireland Road, C
    • South Bend, IN 46614

    Open now. Check website for opening hours.

    • Former Justice
    • 510 Porters Vale Boulevard, 140 and 160
    • Valparaiso, IN 46383

    Open now. Check website for opening hours.

    Find more Spirit Halloween locations and hours

    Visitstores.spirithalloween.com for more locations and their hours.

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