Fran Drescher Is A Fan Of ‘SNL’s “Strike Supportive” Halloween Skit, But Not Everyone Agrees

Denise Petski

1 November 2023 at 12:40 pm·2-min read

Fran Drescher can certainly take a joke. In a Happy Halloween message on Instagram, Drescher praised Saturday Night Live‘s “Treat or Treat with Fran Drescher” skit, which poked fun at the SAG-AFTRA president and her infamous Halloween guidance that banned members from wearing costumes from studio movies and live-action TV series during the actors strike.

“Happy Halloween! Did you catch the President Drescher skit on SNL? Gr8 timing and strike supportive. Ty SNL 💋”, Drescher wrote. See her post below.

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In the skit, Drescher, played by SNL‘s Sarah Sherman, sent kids home who wore costumes promoting “struck” TV/movies work such as Barbie, Spider-Man and Black Panther, or suggested “small adjustments” that would make any costume strike-friendly. Example: If you are dressed as Wolverine, “just drop the claws, and wah-lah — you are any gay guy over 50.”

The sketch moved into a Halloween-themed take on the studio talks, which have showed signs of progress, taking a jab at people who pretend they’re not at home when trick-or-treaters call, instead sitting inside eating “billions of Kit Kat bars.”

“Negotiating with the studios is a lot like trick-or-treating,” Sherman (as Drescher) said. “You know how you go to the biggest house on the block, and all the lights are off, and they are pretending that they are not home? But you can see them through the window eating Kit Kat bars, dozens of Kit Kat bars, billions of Kit Kat bars, record numbers of Kit Kat bars. All us actors are saying, ‘Break me off a piece of that Kit Kat bar.’”

The sketch has drawn positive comments, with most believing it was supportive of strikers, but one SAG-AFTRA member was not pleased. Everybody Loves Raymond alum Brad Garrett wrote on Instagram, “It’s so frightening that @officialfrandrescher our SAG/AFTRA President thinks this SNL skit is ‘strike supportive’ when it’s actually the opposite.

“It makes her look like a bimbo and out of touch which is the point and accuracy of the spoof. But she doesn’t get it,” Garrett posited. “This is the person in charge of the most crucial contract in our Unions history?! As she and the inept committee negotiate at a sloths pace while 90% of the industry struggles immeasurably. Wake the f*ck up folks.”

Meanwhile, sources on both sides tell Deadline the guild and the AMPTP plan more talks today with additional deliberations later in the week if necessary.

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