{"id":2232060,"date":"2026-11-01T18:19:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T15:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2232060"},"modified":"2026-11-01T18:19:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T15:19:47","slug":"snl-cold-open-trump-interrupts-tom-hanks-david-s-pumpkins-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2232060","title":{"rendered":"‘SNL’ cold open: Trump interrupts Tom Hanks\u2019 David S. Pumpkins return"},"content":{"rendered":"

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David S. Pumpkins<\/a> returned to Saturday Night Live<\/em><\/a> for Halloween<\/a>, but another familiar orange figure quickly took over.<\/p>\n

Tom Hanks reprised his pumpkin-suited character during the Oct. 31 cold open, alongside Mikey Day and Bobby Moynihan as his dancing skeleton sidekicks. What looked like a Halloween reunion soon became a platform for James Austin Johnson’s Donald Trump<\/a> to discuss the midterm elections \u2014 and Hanks’ backside.<\/p>\n

The episode, hosted by Obsession<\/em><\/a> star Inde Navarrette<\/a> with musical guest Gracie Abrams<\/a>, opened with a couple boarding a haunted attraction guided by Kenan Thompson<\/a>. When Hanks appeared, the riders wanted to know why David S. Pumpkins belonged on the ride. Before he could explain, Johnson’s Trump interrupted with one word: “Midterms<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

“Aw, are you sad you don\u2019t get to see your third David Pumpkins scene?” he asked. “I\u2019ll save you four minutes: he keeps popping up and confusing people on the ride. The end.”<\/p>\n

With the performers frozen behind him, Trump compared himself to Pumpkins. “We both appeared in 2016, we\u2019re both very loud, very orange, and very, frankly, annoying!” he said.<\/p>\n

He then praised Hanks’ acting before adding, “Great ass! A great ass on Hanks.” The joke nodded to Trump’s recent campaign speeches, in which he has repeatedly admired Ohio Republican Sen. Jon Husted’s physique, describing his backside as “a pile of muscle.”<\/a> On SNL<\/em>, that fixation extended to Hanks and Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico, making men\u2019s backsides the butt of the joke (pun intended). <\/p>\n

Holding up a bruised hand, Trump also compared its color to Texas turning purple, declaring that if the state went blue, he would abandon it.<\/p>\n

Thompson, meanwhile, walked offstage. When Trump thanked him for a supposed donation, he replied, “Yeah, you wish, bitch.”<\/p>\n

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