Saturday night’s Halloween-themed “Saturday Night Live” didn’t miss an opportunity to poke fun at Fran Drescher, SAG-AFTRA president, in the wake of recently issued guidelines for Halloween costumes worn by union members. In a trick-or-treating sketch, SNL’s Sarah Sherman plays Drescher as she tells kids how to adapt their movie-themed costumes per the new rules.
Mocking SAG’s guidelines that instructed SAG-AFTRA members not to dress up as characters from movies or TV shows that belong to the studios they’re striking against, Sherman refers to kids dressed as Black Panther, Barbie, and Spider-Man as “adorable scabs” before she introduces alternative costumes like “Harry Potter as described only in the books” and even a Yoda substitute because, “Unfortunately, this year, you can’t be Yoda but you can be Hoda [Kotb].”