Did you see the most recent SNL skit Beastomorphs???? Clearly they took inspiration more from the show than the books. I cackled so much.
https:// youtu. be/y7FlyhsmsZw?si=BhSigrrdXYmnxe1a
For those who haven't seen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7FlyhsmsZw
Yes! It's so clearly riffing off AniTV, and made with love for the TV show — the opening credits are spot-on, and the set has clearly been recreated from the one used here and here, with the graffiti from here.
That said, it also seems like they didn't know what to do with the premise once they had it? SNL can definitely do better than fart jokes. I get that it's hard to do comedy about a series that (one assumes) 95% of one's audience has never watched. But like, in that case keep going with the bit about trying to wrap up an alien battle in time for dinner! That was far funnier than "um, um, Power Rangers? And farting?"
