Spirit Halloween had some haunting words for Saturday Night Live.
After the long running sketch comedy series spoofed the Halloween retail giant for setting up shop in empty storefronts during its season 50 premiere on Sept. 28, the company clapped right back. In response SNL’s post of the sketch on X (formally known as Twitter), Spirit Halloween’s account wrote, “We are great at raising things back from the dead @nbcsnl.”
Over the signature Spirit Halloween packaging for an off-brand version of a popular character, the costume description read “Irrelevant 50-year-old TV show.”
The packaging went on to explain what it includes, “Dated references, Unknown cast members, shrinking ratings.” The official SNL 50th season logo was pasted on the side where a picture of the costume would appear.