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Shana at a Halloween Party
The setup
The premise
Here’s the bit.
Patrick has decorated his house for an office Halloween party to impress the boss, and the men are eager to see the alluring new coworker, Shana. She arrives in bunny ears and a tight skirt and soon has the boss and the guys swooning as she flirts, strokes his Planet Hollywood jacket and turns a caramel apple into a slow, breathy show. Each attempt at sexiness misfires: a fake spider sends her into a flailing panic, a doctor's-office story about undigested peanuts goes far too long, and the homemade sheet-ghost dance she insists on performing ends in an explosion of gas that empties the room, even Patrick, who lives there. The smitten boss stays behind and crawls under the sheet with her, only to be overcome, and one last peanut drops from her skirt.
The funny people
Meet the cast. 6
Say it with us
Highly quotable.
Yeah, obviously, it has a hat on.
I'm not gonna tell you if I did or not. Let's just say the doctor threw up.
I live here, and I'm leaving.
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
Kristen Wiig's fourth Shana sketch according to SNL Archives, following New Girl (2008), Ski Retreat (2010) and Basketball Game (2010).
Script
Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.
- 00:00
Becky
Wow Patrick you really went all out for this Halloween party.
- 00:04
Patrick
Yeah, well, Mr. Turkins is coming I had to make it look good for the boss.
- 00:07
Taran Killam
Yeah, he's gonna love it. Speaking of love I hope that new girl Shanna's coming.
- 00:11
Kenan Thompson
Oh, she is super sexy y'all.
- 00:13
Patrick
Yeah.
- 00:14
Taran Killam
Yeah, it's like she stepped out of a pantyhose ad
- 00:19
Boss
Watch out boss man's here everybody run just joshin
- 00:23
Becky
That is the best costume, let me guess you're a man from the 90s
- 00:30
Boss
I'm not in costume, Becky.
- 00:33
Becky
Sorry. I'm a cat.
- 00:36
Boss
Great. Hey guys, is Shanna coming?
- 00:38
Patrick
Well, she RSVP'd.
- 00:40
Boss
Womp, there it is. I guess I am in a costume. It's called Happy Guy.
- 00:47
Patrick
Well, the doorbell must be Shanna.
- 00:48
Kenan Thompson
Yeah, it sounded sexy.
- 00:50
Shana
Late, everybody. My bunny tail kept getting squished when I was driving here so I had to take off my skirt and finish the drive in my panties.
- 01:06
Boss
I wish I were the beaded seat cover in that car.
- 01:09
Kenan Thompson
Me too.
- 01:10
Taran Killam
Me too times two.
- 01:12
Patrick
Me too times two also for me.
- 01:15
Shana
Would you mind looking and telling me if my tail is still squished?
- 01:19
Boss
I'd be happy to do that.
- 01:20
Patrick
I'd be happy. Check it out.
- 01:21
Shana
Okay. Is it working? Is it working okay?
- 01:28
Boss
Everything's working for me.
- 01:29
Shana
Yeah. Okay, Mr. Jerkins. I really like your Planet Hollywood jacket. Can I touch it and get a sense of it?
- 01:39
Boss
Yes. That feels good. Yeah, you know, they have a whole website. Um, it's, uh... What is it? It's, uh... It's just a dummy. PlanetHollywood.com
- 01:53
Kenan Thompson
That is one sexy piece of biscuit. Somebody pass me the jam.
- 02:00
Taran Killam
I will also need a portion of jam as well.
- 02:03
Shana
Some people say caramel, and other people say caramel, but nobody says Kareem-al.
- 02:20
Boss
Oh, Shanna, I'm gonna start calling you Seinfeld because that was a funny observation.
- 02:26
Shana
Okay, Apple, time to get hot and sticky and then go to my mouth.
- 02:31
Boss
Oh, yeah, yeah, take a big bite of it.
- 02:33
Patrick
That was sexy to the un-max.
- 02:59
Kenan Thompson
Truth.
- 03:00
Taran Killam
Truth for me as well.
- 03:02
Boss
You guys wouldn't know sexy if it sat on your lap and jiggled so hard that the neighbors complained. Hey, watch this. Shanna, look out for that spider over there.
- 03:10
Shana
What spider?
- 03:12
Boss
Spider's not real.
- 03:26
Becky
Yeah, obviously, it has a hat on.
- 03:30
Boss
Becky, go put your cookies away.
- 03:33
Shana
Oh, well, guess you know what it looks like when I get scared. One time when I got really scared, I just ripped my shirt open and did tons of tiny little bounces in a row. So I hope no one really scares me.
- 03:47
Boss
Boo!
- 04:02
Boss
Shanna, you make any party heartier.
- 04:04
Patrick
Hey, look. Circus peanuts. Everybody loves these. You want one?
- 04:09
Shana
Are they real peanuts?
- 04:10
Patrick
No. Why? Are you allergic?
- 04:12
Shana
Oh, I just have a hard time digesting them. One time, I ate a bunch of peanuts, and I had a pain near my belly button, so the doctor told me he needed a stool sample, and I had to poop in the tiniest, cutest little void cup.
- 04:28
Shana
And then the doctor and I left, looked at it and there were peanuts everywhere.
- 04:35
Shana
Whole peanuts, regular-sized peanuts, totally undigested peanuts, crumbed peanuts. They were so normal I could have eaten them again. I'm not gonna tell you if I did or not. Let's just say the doctor threw up.
- 05:01
Boss
Shanna, you are so refreshing. You have the innocence of a child and and the body of a prostitute who never had kids.
- 05:08
Shana
Oh, I forgot. I brought another costume I wanted to show you guys.
- 05:12
Taran Killam
Yeah, yeah, I think we might head out.
- 05:15
Shana
Oh, no. It's just a sheet ghost with two eyes and a little mouth cut out. Took me three days.
- 05:21
Boss
Come on, guys. Sounds like she worked hard on it.
- 05:23
Shana
Please. I really want to haunt everybody's bodies.
- 05:27
Boss
They really want to.
- 05:28
Taran Killam
OK.
- 05:31
Shana
Oh, am I all smoothed out?
- 05:34
Boss
Ooh, I'll do it.
- 05:36
Shana
Okay, here I go. Boo!
- 05:49
Kenan Thompson
Wee, that ghost can wiggle.
- 05:51
Taran Killam
She sure can. I just wish I could see more jiggle.
- 05:54
Boss
So hot.
- 05:55
Becky
Yeah, I think something bad's gonna happen.
- 05:57
Shana
Ooh. I'm out of cute gas.
- 06:14
Kenan Thompson
Me too.
- 06:26
Patrick
I live here and I'm leaving.
- 06:28
Boss
Thanks a lot, Becky. Shanna, you are intriguing. Is there room under that sheet for me?
- 06:36
Shana
Mr. Turkins, why are your eyes crossing? Mr. Turkins got tired. Okay, guess it's time to go.
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