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After 6 years, David S. Pumpkins returns to ‘SNL’

Tom Hanks dressed in a black suit with orange pumpkins lining the jacket. Beside him are two men dressed as skeletons with white face paint and frizzy white wigs

Ever since his first appearance on Saturday Night Live back in 2016, the appeal for Tom Hanks as David S. Pumpkins was unclear but undeniable. The cult-like status and popularity of the character even got NBC to greenlight a Halloween special for him in 2017. And now in 2022, Hanks has donned that stupid suit once again.

This time, however, instead of the “Tower of Terror,” it’s “Cellblock 666,” a terrifying prison tour ride. One of the riders, Andrew Dismukes, has many questions about why David S. Pumpkins and his skeletons (Mikey Day and a returning Bobby Moynihan) keep appearing amongst the actual horror movie characters. This is a valid question to ask but as another rider (Jack Harlow) says “I’m kinda feeling him though, a nice change of pace.”