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[BoogieWoogie]

We've gone too far.

Per the press release, “Set in a small suburban town on All Hallows’ Eve, the special centers on David Pumpkins and his skeleton sidekicks who show a young boy and his sister the true meaning of Halloween, answering none of their questions along the way.” Mikey Day and Bobby Moynihan, who played the skeletons in the sketch, will have voiceover roles as will sketch co-creator Streeter Seidell along with Peter Dinklage. Hopefully, Dinklage’s involvement means we’ll get a “Space Pants” animated special at some point.

http://collider.com/david-s-pumpkin...utm_campaign=collidersocial&utm_medium=social

 

[sixteen-bit]

David S. Pumpkins, breh

 

[DrForester]

Any questions?

 

[Kor of Memory]

Man, they're going to kill this aren't they?

 

[jett]

When memeing goes too hard.

What's this shit even going to be about.

 

[FullMetaltech]

Hes his own Thang!

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

I see SNL still follows the classic tradition of "take a funny sketch and drive it right into the ground."

 

[Switch Back 9]

Any questions?

How the fuck did a funny but one-time-only skit get this far?

 

[HStallion]

Man, they're going to kill this aren't they?

Was just about to say they are going to milk this cow until it's bone dry

 

[Zubz]

Man, they're going to kill this aren't they?

I'm surprised they haven't done it yet. Part of what made the sketch good was how unexpected it was, but also how shoehorned David S/ Pumpkins was into the ride. The former can't easily be replicated, & the latter means they're walking a thin-line trying to to shoehorn him into day-to-day life.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Isn't this only the 2nd appearance of the character at all?

How is that "milking?"

 

[sixteen-bit]

Isn't this only the 2nd appearance of the character at all?

How is that "milking?"

3rd. Pumpkins (well, Pimpkins) was also on the too many rappers sketch

 

[Marcel]

I forgot this was even a thing from last year. Talk about stale memes.

 

[megarockexe]

Man, I was shown this sketch recently since I don't watch SNL, but it was by far the most painfully unfunny thing I've ever seen. Now it's getting an animated special? Who is this for?

 

[zeemumu]

Streeter, i shouldve known. He start writing there same time as Sarah?

 

[Ashodin]

How the fuck did a funny but one-time-only skit get this far?

SNL was having a banner year that year and ANYTHING they did was social media worthy.

 

[KenzinFive]

He was the focus of literally one sketch, and cameoed in another. This is too much, too soon.

Then again, maybe it’s best to just do one animated special and get it out of the way.

Just have David S. Pumpkins show up every five Halloweens on SNL or something after that.

 

[Dice//]

How the fuck did a funny but one-time-only skit get this far?

Um, excuse me? It's America's sweetheart Tom Hanks.

 

[Jmille99]

Im sure this will become a Halloween staple every year for people. Right up there with "Its the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"

 

[Bobby Roberts]

3rd. Pumpkins (well, Pimpkins) was also on the too many rappers sketch

Shit! Apologies. Thanks for the correction.

 

[zeemumu]

Im sure this will become a Halloween staple every year for people. Right up there with "Its the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"

Both can only aspire to reach the heights of Hocus Pocus

 

[border]

Still can't find the David S. Pumpkins suit available for purchase anywhere.

I wish they would whore this thing out some more.

 

[Dyle]

I'm so in the weeds with David Pumpkins...

Will this sketch feature David Pumpkins, David S. Pumpkins, or one of the clones of David Pumpkins introduced in the sketches that are considered not to be part of the proper canon by many fans? As long as they don't feature that awful evil twin David X. Pumpkins I can't see myself being too disappointed though

Spoiler

Please don't milk this to death, the original sketch is great because it's completely random and absurd

 

[gurudyne]

Honestly hoping this is a low-key parody of The Halloween Tree narrated by William Shatner.

 

[zeemumu]

 

[Zubz]

Man, I was shown this sketch recently since I don't watch SNL, but it was by far the most painfully unfunny thing I've ever seen. Now it's getting an animated special? Who is this for?

Probably people that liked the sketch. It's absurdist humor, but humor nonetheless. And for a lot of people, it clicked.

Im sure this will become a Halloween staple every year for people. Right up there with "Its the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"

I mean, they successfully have older people believing the Elf on a Shelf was an old tradition dating back to the far-off year of 2010, so who knows anymore?

 

[backflip10019]

Yes, let us take this funny thing and shove it down your throat until it is not funny.

 

[border]

Too much too soon?

You guys would have lost your friggin' minds in the 1990's. Wayne's World, It's Pat, The Butabi Brothers, Stuart Smalley, Mary Katherine Gallagher, and The Ladies' Man all went directly to major motion pictures.....

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

Too much too soon?

You guys would have lost your friggin' minds in the 1990's. Wayne's World, It's Pat, The Butabi Brothers, Stuart Smalley, Mary Katherine Gallagher, and The Ladies' Man all went directly to major motion pictures.....

And only one of those was actually good. Your point is?

 

[zeemumu]

Too much too soon?

You guys would have lost your friggin' minds in the 1990's. Wayne's World, It's Pat, The Butabi Brothers, Stuart Smalley, Mary Katherine Gallagher, and The Ladies' Man all went directly to major motion pictures.....

All dwarfed by the Goodburger movie

 

[itwasTuesday]

All dwarfed by the Goodburger movie

Goodburger didn't get it's own roller coaster.

 

[Blader]

He was the focus of literally one sketch, and cameoed in another. This is too much, too soon.

2.5 times in a year is too much too soon?

 

[Robdraggoo]

I havnt seen the sketch, but i love tom and Halloween specials. I can dig it.

 

[Linkura]

All dwarfed by the Goodburger movie

I didn't watch Good Burger until 15+ years after it came out (I watched Kenan and Kel as a kid too, but never saw the movie) and I couldn't believe it was actually a decent movie.

 

[Nafai1123]

So many critics. He's just doing his own thing man.

 

[zma1013]

I friggen called it, hooyeah

http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=249029168

 

[NealMcCauley]

The only people who hate David S. Pumpkins are those who are terrified of him.

 

[TangoAlphaLima]

Man, they're going to kill this aren't they?

 

[jett]

wtf? lol

T.Hanks is a legend.

 

[Kinyou]

Mikey Day and Bobby Moynihan, who played the skeletons in the sketch, will have voiceover roles as will sketch co-creator Streeter Seidell along with Peter Dinklage. Hopefully, Dinklage's involvement means we'll get a ”Space Pants" animated special at some point.

Wait, is Tom Hanks even involved?

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

Was David S Pumpkin's mainstream America's first taste of "loL-s0-RanDom!1!!" humor or something? I got a smirk from the original, but cannot believe how funny everyone and their mother thought it was.

 

[fallengorn]

Too much too soon?

You guys would have lost your friggin' minds in the 1990's. Wayne's World, It's Pat, The Butabi Brothers, Stuart Smalley, Mary Katherine Gallagher, and The Ladies' Man all went directly to major motion pictures.....

The problem is we have the internet now. People have rewatched the sketch ad infinitum because they can.

The character is pretty much a blank slate, they could do whatever with him in a 30 minute cartoon. I'm not ready to write it off yet.

 

[border]

And only one of those was actually good. Your point is?

That a 22-minute TV special is not over-extending the character's humor or flexibility.

 

[Deleted member 284]

The sketch is funny as a one off, but wasn’t even the funniest Tom Hanks with straight man Keenan and kooky Leslie sketch on that episode. #BlackJeopardy #NotADamnThing
Edit: Still, I’ll watch

 

[backflip10019]

Was David S Pumpkin's mainstream America's first taste of "loL-s0-RanDom!1!!" humor or something? I got a smirk from the original, but cannot believe how funny everyone and their mother thought it was.

Nah, it's just a funny sketch with a super likable guy in it.

That a 22-minute TV special is not over-extending the character's humor or flexibility.

I could really see it going either way. There's so much mystery surrounding David Pumpkins. I hope this goes into his backstory more so than just playing out the same sketch they already did.

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

That a 22-minute TV special is not over-extending the character's humor or flexibility.

It's an SNL skit character. They already struggle to fill out the 3 minutes they have.

 

[zeemumu]

Goodburger didn't get it's own roller coaster.

No but SAW did

 

[Defect]

This was really unfunny.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Wait, is Tom Hanks even involved?

I'd bet on it being Tom's brother.

 

[Zubz]

You guys would have lost your friggin' minds in the 1990's. Wayne's World, It's Pat, The Butabi Brothers, Stuart Smalley, Mary Katherine Gallagher, and The Ladies' Man all went directly to major motion pictures.....

Yes, It's Pat. That pinnacle of good ideas for a 3-minute sketch, evolved into the pinnacle of good ideas for a movie. I sure am glad we got that 78 minute movie about someone trying to determine the gender of an androgynous individual and their equally-androgynous partner.

Outside of Wayne's World & potentially MacGruber/Night at the Roxbury (Never saw them), these SNL's movies were bad ideas deserving of criticism at that time, just as this is now.

2.5 times in a year is too much too soon?

For a Halloween-themed character whose bit, though funny, was one-note & relied on the absurdity of the character? Yup. He's like a horror movie monster, fittingly enough. The less you know about him, the better he works.

Wait, is Tom Hanks even involved?

He was teasing a return of David Pumpkins just a few weeks ago, so I thought he would be coming back? Speaking of that thread...

I friggen called it, hooyeah

http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=249029168

Good call.