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Watch Kelly Clarkson cover “Banana Boat (Day-O)” as Beetlejuice

Well, this Kellyoke cover just hit our millennium.

Kelly Clarkson transformed into the ghost with the most, Beetlejuice, for an additional app on Thursday.peel-ling performance of Harry Belafonte’s “Banana Boat (Day-O).” The host – dressed in the character's signature striped suit with waxy green hair and slime-covered teeth – opened the Halloween episode of her talk show resting in a grave before slowly rising from the floor and singing along to the 1956 song.

And as it turns out, Clarkson wasn't the only one committed to the task. Their house band Y'all also dressed up as several characters from both 1988s Beetlejuice and this year's sequel, Beetlejuice Beetlejuiceincluding Adam Maitland, the ghost detective Wolf Jackson, Bob, a deceased football player, and Lydia Deetz.

Kelly Clarkson as Beetlejuice on “The Kelly Clarkson Show.”

The Kelly Clarkson Show


The group even paid homage to the original film's “Banana Boat (Day-O)” scene during their performance, with the band also being possessed by a collection of mischievous spirits that made them all dance jerkily in unison to the song.

Clarkson also tried her best to evoke Michael Keaton's husky Beetlejuice tone as she spoke, turning to bandmate Jessi Collins, dressed as Lydia, and asking, “Hey, do you come here often?”

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After the performance, Clarkson greeted the show's audience and acknowledged it Beetlejuice The theme extended to much more than just her opening number. “It’s showtime,” she began. “Happy Halloween. Welcome to The Kelly Clarkson Show. And today, in case you haven't guessed, we're talking about everything Beetlejuice. You're welcome.”

“The Kelly Clarkson Show” pays homage to “Beetlejuice” on Halloween.

The Kelly Clarkson Show


Clarkson added that the show completely transformed its entire stage from the Maitlands' attic into a model town, including a sprawling graveyard, a sandworm, the hallway to the afterlife offices, Bob's office, and even a copy of the “Handbook for” the recently deceased owned ” ready.

Clarkson is, fittingly, one of three Talk show hosts who decided to dress up as bio-exorcists on TV for Halloween this year. Al Roker and Mark Consuelos also wore the character's striped suit Today And Live with Kelly and Markrespectively.

In conversation with Weekly entertainment Earlier this summer, Catherine O'Hara detailed the creation of the supernatural scene in the beloved Tim Burton classic. “Under each of our place settings under the table was a man, a crew member, with a shrimp glove on, sitting on the shrimp cocktail plate until they were supposed to attack our faces,” she explained. “They were given a cue and because they were human, there was a little delay or they skipped the cue. So you never knew exactly when it was going to happen, even if it did.” So Fun. It made it really scary.

She continued: “I think we shot it for a couple of days, all day long. And we added all the movements. We had a choreographer, but we had to add all our stupid moves. If you spin it, you could sort it.” You can tell it, but you can't tell it… The idea was great and the song is so great, but just the way it was put together, I didn't have it I knew it would be so funny, powerful and memorable. “

Watch Clarkson sing “Banana Boat (Day-O)” in the clip above.