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David S. Pumpkins

David S. Pumpkins

Part of a series on Saturday Night Live (SNL). [View Related Entries]

Updated Jan 29, 2025 at 07:15PM EST by LiterallyAustin.

Added Oct 24, 2016 at 03:53PM EDT by Adam.

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David S. Pumpkins is a character played by Tom Hanks in a Saturday Night Live sketch. Pumpkins is an eccentric part of a Halloween ride who appears with two skeletons dancing next to him.

Origin

On October 22nd, 2016, Saturday Night Live aired a Halloween-theme sketch featuring host Tom Hanks. Hanks appears in a sketch called "Haunted Elevator." In it, two people get on an amusement park ride called "100 Floors of Frights." Hanks' character, "David Pumpkins," appears in a suit covered in pumpkins, introduces himself, and then smiles as two men dressed as skeletons dance next to him. This befuddles the riders, who don't understand the character.



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The sketch quickly became a hit among fans and critics. Uproxx[1] wrote "When we see the 'best of ‘SNL’ Halloween,' shows, we will now be seeing David S. Pumpkins for eternity." The Washington Post[2] dubbed it "a rarity… a sketch that made you giggle uncontrollably that wasn’t about politics at all." In the days following the sketch, AV Club[3] reported that David Pumpkins costumes had sold out at costume store Spirit and on Amazon. Horror Freak News[4] reported that SNL writers had wanted to create a Santa Claus for Halloween. On Twitter, Pumpkins was the target of a mashup by @Papapishu, who uploaded the sketch with the song You're Gonna Have a Bad Time from Undertale in a tweet that has gained over 180 retweets as of October 24th, 2016.




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Walrus the Tree
Walrus the Tree

I'm not gonna lie to you. I respect this community too much to dodge the truth.
This.
Shit.
Made.
Me.
LAAAAUUUGH GODDAMMIT IT MADE ME LAUGH SO HARD. I don't know what it is with me and weird humor (or as some call it: bad humor) but this shit had me going for all the David Pumpkins parts. The beginning and some of the parts in between David Pumpkins were meh, but anytime I saw David Pumpkins and his skeletons was just a riot for some reason.

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