It was one of the most talked-about comedy sketches that ‘Saturday Night Live’ has produced in years and that’s on top of the much-covered spoofing of the 2016 Presidential Election season, David S. Pumpkins went viral last fall in a big way with a nonsensical premise and jokey scare finish. The sketch starring ‘Amercia’s Dad’ Tom Hanks was an instant hit, sending trios of friends to costume shops to figure out who would be the big or skinny skeleton buddy to the grinning man in the Pumpkin suit.

So the comedic brain trust at SNL got the gang back together to make Mr. S. Pumpkins into an animated character for a Halloween special that aired last night during an off-week for the variety show.  The original sketch writers/performers Streeter Siddel, Mikey Day, and Bobby Moynihan along with Hanks voice characters,plus the whole thing is narrated by a poetic Peter Dinklage of ;’Game of Thrones’ fame.

The odd premise of the sketch surprisingly works and walks a fine line between Adult Swim weirdness and family friendly cartoon specials of years gone by.