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Adam Sandler on Halloween Costume Ideas
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The setup
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The premise
Here’s the bit.
Kevin Nealon introduces Adam Sandler with a report on stretching the Halloween dollar. Warning that store-bought costumes are a rip-off during a recession, Sandler shows how to trick-or-treat with nothing but imagination: he scrunches his face into Squishy Man and G-Force Man, tucks his arms inside his T-shirt for a run of one-armed and armless personas, then grabs household objects to become Crazy Spoon Head, Crazy Plant Head and Crazy Plant Arm. Each character pleads more desperately for candy, until Nealon caps the segment by balancing a paper cup on his own head as Cup Head.
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Say it with us
Highly quotable.
What's wrong with just using your face?
I don't have a normal head.
I am crazy. I am deformed. And I am hungry.
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
This was the first of Adam Sandler's three Halloween costume-idea segments on Weekend Update; he returned with more suggestions in 1992 and 1993. According to SNL Archives, reruns of this episode replace his segment with the dress-rehearsal version.
Script
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- 00:00
Kevin Nealon
And now, here with a report on how to stretch your Halloween dollar is Weekend Update correspondent Adam Sandler. Adam.
- 00:06
Adam Sandler
Oh, thank you. Halloween is coming, and it's always loads of fun. But we have to remember, we're living in a recession, and money is tight. So don't go bugging your parents for these new overpriced costumes. They're such a rip-off. If you want an original, scary Halloween costume, use your imagination. What's wrong with just using your face? You can go as Squishy Man.
- 00:33
Squishy Man
Hey, I'm Squiggy Man, and I want some candy. Give some candy to Squiggy Man.
- 00:41
Adam Sandler
Or maybe you can go as G-Force Man.
- 00:43
G-Force Man
Hey, I'm G-Force Man, and this spaceship's going way too fast. Now give me some candy. Come on. Give it here.
- 00:52
Adam Sandler
You know what? You can just use your own T-shirt. Go as Crazy One-Armed Man.
- 00:58
Crazy One-Arm Man
Hey, look at me. I only got one arm, and I'm crazy. Now give me some candy, or I'll grab you with my crazy one arm.
- 01:07
Adam Sandler
Or how about going as crazy hand coming out of the neck guy?
- 01:11
Crazy Hand Coming Out of the Neck Guy
Hey, I'm crazy hand coming out of the neck guy. Now give me some candy. Don't you think I deserve some for being this crazy?
- 01:21
Adam Sandler
Or how about going as crazy no-armed woman?
- 01:26
Crazy No-Arms Woman
I want some candy. Everybody knows that crazy woman with no arms just loves candy. Now, give it to me or I'll rip your ear off.
- 01:41
Adam Sandler
You can use something that's in your house even. How about a spoon?
- 01:48
Crazy Spoon Head
I'm crazy spoon head. And I want some candy. I don't have a normal head. I got a damn spoon going out of it. Now, give me some crazy candy, dammit. Oh, ooh, this spoon makes me crazy!
- 02:04
Adam Sandler
Or just use a plant from somebody's yard.
- 02:07
Crazy Plant Head
I'm crazy plant head. How about some candy? Come on, I'm crazy, and I got a plant coming out of my head. Don't leave crazy plant head hanging. He needs some candy too.
- 02:23
Adam Sandler
Or crazy plant arm.
- 02:25
Crazy Plant Arm
Look at this, I got a plant coming out of my arm. Isn't that bizarre? I AM CRAZY! I AM THE FOOL!
- 02:41
Kevin Nealon
How about this? I'm Cuphead.
- 02:43
Adam Sandler
Cuphead.
- 02:43
Cup Head
Hey, I'm Cuphead. I want some candy. Hey, give me some candy. I'm Cuphead.
- 02:48
Kevin Nealon
Something like that.
- 02:51
Kevin Nealon
Adam Sandler, ladies and gentlemen.
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