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Every TODAY Host’s 2024 Halloween Costume (PHOTOS)

The TODAY The hosts revealed their 2024 Halloween costumes and it was a nostalgic trip down the Blockbuster aisle.

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Every year, TODAY’s costume extravaganza is always a Halloween highlight, and the theme for 2024 was “VHS Rewind,” with the hosts dressing up as characters from some of the most iconic films of the 80s, 90s and 2000s.

Hoda Kotb, Jenna Bush, Craig Melvin, Al Roker, Savannah Guthrie, Carson Daly and the rest of the TODAY team wore costumes inspired by blockbusters such as Austin powers, Mrs. Doubtfire, Legally blonde, Titanicand more, as they reminded viewers of the days of “be nice and rewind.”

Grab a bag of popcorn — along with some Halloween candy — and get out your Blockbuster membership card as you browse TODAY’s 2024 Halloween costumes below.

Al Roker as Beetlejuice and Dylan Dreyer as Lydia Deetz Beetle juice

“The ghost with the most” returned this year with the successful supernatural sequel, Beetlejuice Beetlejuiceso this duo dressed up as characters from the 1988 original – including Roker performing the classic Beetlejuice catchphrase: “It’s showtime!”

Willie Geist as Ron Burgundy Anchorman

Geist donned his best ’70s suit and mustache to portray the macho newscaster originally played by Will Ferrell in the 2004 cult classic, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. The TODAY The host even brought along Ron Burgundy’s beloved bottle of whiskey and delivered his nightly news sign: “You stay classy, ​​San Diego.”

Carson Daly as Austin Powers and Sheinelle Jones as Foxxy Cleopatra Enter Austin Powers Gold member

The TODAY Plaza was transformed into London’s Swinging Sixties when Daly dressed as the hip British spy, while Jones was Foxxy Cleopatra, originally played by Beyoncé in Austin Powers in Goldmemberthe third film in the comedy trilogy.

Peter Alexander as Mrs. Doubtfire

The chief White House correspondent for NBC News donned an apron and greeted the crowd with “Hellooo!” as he recreated the vacuum dance originally performed by Robin Williams in the beloved 1993 film.

Laura Jarrett as Gabrielle Union Just apply it

Not only did Jarrett deliver as Gabrielle Union’s character Isis, but she also treated viewers to performing the “brrr… it’s cold in here” dance routine from the 2000 cheerleader comedy.

Savannah Guthrie as Elle Woods Legally blonde

Guthrie had a “Perfect Day”, dressed in pink from head to toe as the bubbly lawyer, and she was joined by special guest Luke Wilson, who played Emmett in the original 2001 comedy.

Craig Melvin as Axel F. Foley Beverly Hills cop

It was busy when Melvin arrived in a 1972 Chevy Nova, dressed as Eddie Murphy’s character from the 1984 action comedy.

Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager are Jack and Rose Titanic

For the grand finale, Kotb and Bush Hager were Jack and Rose, the doomed lovers originally played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in the 1997 blockbuster. The two recreated the classic scene where the two embraced on the bow of the ship , and Jack exclaimed that he was “King of the World!”

“Hoda just announced she was leaving and my heart was broken, and yet it will continue,” Bush Hager told TODAY.com. Since this would be Kotb’s final TODAY Halloween extravaganza, she looked back on her various costumes over the years.

“I’ve played all these weird characters over the years. I played Yoda. I was Cher, I was an acrobat, I was Elton (John) – which still scares my kids. So I thought, ‘What am I supposed to be?’ Something beautiful, flowing. Then I said, ‘No, I’m going to be Jack from ‘Titanic,'” she said TODAY‘s website.

“I think it’s a great way to go out,” she added. “Jenna and I are hugging.”