Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice: the character of Michael Keaton from the Tim Burton series was essentially evoked by the entire panorama of television talk shows on Halloween with NBC hosts Today entertainment, the union Live with Kelly and Mark AND The Kelly Clarkson Show all disguised as ghosts with more.
Thursday TodayAl Roker dressed as Beetlejuice and Dylan Dreyer dressed as Lydia Deetz from Winona Ryder. And so on Live with Kelly and Mark later Thursday morning, Kelly Ripa took on Deetz with Mark Consuelos wearing the Beetlejuice ensemble.
Kelly Clarkson also wore a Beetlejuice costume on her daytime talk show of the same name. He kicked off the show with a spooky Kellyoke of “Banana Boat (Day-O).”
While Beetlejuice made numerous appearances on Thursday, Consuelos and Ripa changed costumes multiple times during this year's edition. Only murders in the building-Halloween show inspired by “Only Halloween in the Building”. This is the ultimate Halloween celebration LiveThe current pre-show studio will move to a new space in Soho in the spring.
Today's “VHS Rewind” celebration centered on hosts browsing the aisles of a Blockbuster-style video rental store. The characters from the NBC morning show later transformed into memorable characters from beloved films.
In addition to Beetle juice duo of Dreyer and Roker, Savannah Guthrie dressed as Legally blondeElle Woods (Reese Witherspoon), with Luke Wilson joining her in a surprise appearance reprising his role as love interest Emmett. Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager dressed as Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Rose (Kate Winslet) as Titanicwhile Craig Melvin played another character at the center of a long-awaited follow-up film that debuted this fall, Beverly Hills copIt's Alex Foley (Eddie Murphy). Meanwhile, Carson Daly and Sheinelle Jones dressed up as Austin Powers (Mike Myers) and Foxxy Cleopatra (Beyoncé), respectively, as Austin Powers in Goldmember. Willie Geist took over AnchormanRon Burgundy (Will Ferrell), Peter Alexander cleaned up the role Mrs. Doubtfire (Robin Williams) and Laura Jarrett fired up audiences as Gabrielle Union's Isis Take it.
ON Live with Kelly and Markthe hosts kicked things off with one Only murders in the building-inspired cold opening, where they introduced the “Halloween Only in the Building” theme of this year's special. After an opening scene reminiscent of the first episode of season four, Ripa and Consuelos were shown dressed as Mabel (Selena Gomez) and Charles-Haden Savage (Steve Martin), with producer Michael Gelman as Martin Short's Oliver, while recording a podcast.
The trio then made their way through the building comically ignoring obvious clues to a killer on the loose (including a smoking gun and a red herring) and came across Only murders cast member Da'Vine Joy Randolph.
Ripa and Consuelos then took the stage as Lydia and Beetlejuice, dancing to the Netflix hit's opening song The perfect couplewith the hosts and audience members even attempting the show's viral dance at the end of the special.
The hosts made a number of costume changes during Thursday's special, using an elevator on stage to change ensembles.
Other costumes included Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce (a popular choice last year) at the US Open, Lady Deadpool, and Deadpool with guest Joey Fatone as Wolverine from Deadpool and Wolverine and Lady Gaga's Harley Quinn and Joaquin Phoenix's Joker Joker: Folie a Deux.
As usual, the special also featured pre-recorded segments that took the form of spoof trailers and commercials. There was a preview for a In reverse-menopause-inspired film with Ripa as “Lost Joy”, who hopes not to meet the same fate as metabolism, which “disappeared months ago” and Consuelos as anger. Ripa and Consuelos also reunited viral Olympic sensations Raygun, the Australian break dancer, and Anthony Ammirati, the French pole vaulter who knocked over the crossbar with his penis, in a mock Hallmark Christmas movie, A gold medal Christmaswhere the two athletes fall in love. Ripa and Consuelos also falsified the file Crazy chimpanzee Maximum series. And the show paid tribute to former executive in charge of production Art Moore, who retired in September, with an announcement for a “premium adult content channel” inspired Only Fans, starring Moore and featuring a ticket closing line that read “We are fans of art. Forever.”
ABC Good morning America has continued its pattern in recent years of not having its guests dress up for Halloween.
AND The view this year skipped celebrating Halloween in light of the upcoming election, but the show opened with a dream sequence featuring some of Donald Trump's scariest rhetoric and showcased children's costumes inspired by pop culture and politics , including children dressed as Trump, his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris and the convicted fraudster transformed Dancing with the stars contestant Anna Delvey.