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Bobby Moynihan Says Tom Hanks Tried to Get Out of Playing David S. Pumpkins on 'SNL' | THR News
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Former 'SNL' castmember Bobby Moynihan has said that Tom Hanks didn't quite understand the goofy haunted house bit featuring David S. Pumpkins when they were working on it almost a year ago, and he tried to talk his way of it.
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How's it hangin?
00:01
Halloween is just over a month away,
00:03
and of course our thoughts turn to just three words.
00:06
David S. Pumpkins.
00:08
Any questions?
00:12
Yes.
00:13
I don't get it.
00:14
Of all the memorable characters Tom Hanks
00:17
has played over his legendary career,
00:19
Pumpkins is near the top of the list for many fans.
00:21
It should be at the top.
00:22
Any questions?
00:24
But as it turns out, the Oscar-winning actor
00:27
didn't even want to do the Saturday Night Live sketch.
00:29
OK, wait, now I have questions.
00:32
What's up, Hanks?
00:32
Former cast member Bobby Moynihan told Seth Meyers
00:35
on NBC's Late Night on Wednesday
00:37
that Hanks didn't quite understand the goofy haunted house
00:40
bit when they were working on it almost a year ago.
00:43
Tom Hanks in between dress and air, not a fan of the sketch.
00:47
Thought it was very bizarre.
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He thought it was very bizarre and was like, hey,
00:50
I think Chris Hemsworth, the following week's host,
00:53
would make a great David Pumpkins.
00:54
But now he is very happy with it, as he should be.
00:58
The sketch went viral the following morning,
01:00
and costume shops couldn't keep the character's
01:02
jack-o'-lantern suit on the shelves.
01:04
The official SNL YouTube video now has more than 8.3 million views.
01:08
1.7 of those are from me alone.
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Moynihan co-wrote the skit and played one of Pumpkins' sidekick
01:14
skeletons.
01:15
How did you find the costume for David S. Pumpkins?
01:17
Just a $12.99 suit from Party City, I think.
01:21
Hanks has reprised the role once on SNL, and it's a safe bet the character will make
01:24
another return on this season's Halloween episode.
01:27
Yes, yes, yes!
01:28
Watch more of Moynihan's appearance on LateNight at THR.com,
01:32
and let us know how pumped you are about the inevitable return of David S. Pumpkins
01:36
in the comments.
01:37
For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Jeremy D. Hassel.
01:41
Any questions?
01:43
Where are my dancing skeletons?
01:45
Any questions?
01:47
Good.
01:48
My last hope here is a wee moment.
01:49
We'll be on the bypass.
01:50
VEOR.
01:51
Racism is the best estimated student of the Hollywood Reporter
01:52
to Hum Arc County.
01:54
We have to 1992
02:09
the Unless времени.
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