Jack Harlow pulls double duty on Saturday Night Live as Tom Hanks returns for a memorable cameo

Jack Harlow pulled double duty on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live, serving as both first-time host and the evening’s musical guest.

The Churchill Downs rapper, 24, took the stage for his opening monologue and joked about rumors surrounding him and Lil Nas X. One skit also poked fun at rapper Kanye West’s attempt to get into Skechers headquarters.

The iconic comedy show also welcomed back actor Tom Hanks, 66, who returned for two cameos, one of which saw him reprise his famous David Pumpkins character, which he first debuted back in 2016. Survivor’s Jeff Probst, 60, also made a cameo.

The show started out with the curly haired musician stepping out onto the stage to perform his opening monologue in an oversized grey suit over a dapper black turtleneck, which he paired with wire-rim eyeglasses.

He the cracked a joke about his relationship with Lil Nas X, 23, with whom he recorded the song Industry Baby.

‘I’ve heard people try to romantically link me and Lil Nas X as an item. I’m going to tell you right now, no. Everything that happened between him and I was casual and consensual and one of the best nights of my entire life… Working with him, working with him.’ 

In his self-deprecating monologue Harlow also compared himself to a goat: ‘A lot of people have been saying, like, I’m the GOAT. But, you know, they don’t mean greatest of all time. They mean that one from Narnia.’ 

The Kentucky-born star continued on, remarking that fans like to poke fun at him: ‘People on the internet like to roast me. And I don’t mind. I think it’s funny. I saw one guy say, I don’t know why y’all think Jack Harlow is so special. You can find anyone that looks like him at any local gas station.’

‘I’ve heard them say I look like if you tried to draw Justin Timberlake from memory,’ he added.

‘I think my favorite one is jack Harlow looks like the guy who rips the tickets in half at the movie theater.’

‘There’s also a strange amount of rumors about me. Some people think I’m only 5’10 », stop it. Other people think I was created by the CIA. No telling,’ he added.

Harlow then joked that he didn’t want any kids dressing up as him for Halloween: ‘Some people have even gone as far as accusing me of being white. And I’ve seen a lot of kids running around dressed as me for Halloween, and I want to say, cut it out. My culture is not a costume.’

Hanks stepped back into his David Pumpkins character in a sketch that featured a group of friends going for a scary prison-themed ride for Halloween. 

‘Cell block 666 is supposed to be the scariest ride in fright night’s history. There’s all these TikToks of people passing out and puking. If I pass out, don’t help me, film it, and post it, please,’ Harlow told his friends.

The friends then sat down for a ride, and the first cell door opened up to Michael Myers. The second to Annabelle, while the third door opened up to Tom Hanks as David Pumpkins.

The group were a little confused, not knowing which film the character comes from, but continued on. 

The next door opened up to Pennywise, followed by yet another appearance by David Pumpkins, which proceeded to confuse the guests.  

One of them began questioning Pumpkins about ‘his deal’ asking: ‘Annabelle is a possessed doll. David Pumpkins is?’

‘Taking it one day at a time,’ Pumpkins quipped, before the door closed again.

The next cell featured Freddy Kruger, as he introduced David Pumpkins yet again, much to the dismay of the guests.

‘What’s my name?’ he asked.

‘David S. Pumpkins,’ his two skeletons replied.

‘And where am I from?’ 

‘Ibiza,’ the skeletons replied.

‘Pregunta?’ Hanks added. 

‘Sir, why is there so much David Pumpkins in this?’ the frustrated guests asked the host of the ride.

‘We spent a lot of money on Pennywise and Freddie Kreuger. There wasn’t a lot of room in the budget. Now, we’re here. The infamous cell 666,’ he replied.

The door opened to just the two skeletons, which took the friends by surprise. 

‘Why is it just you guys now?’ they asked the skeletons.

‘Don’t worry about it. Happy Halloween from us.’

‘And me!’ Pumpkins replied from behind the guests, frightening them. 

Harlow — who is next set to make his acting debut in a remake of the 1992 film White Men Can’t Jump — continued to keep the jokes coming as a recovering alcoholic at an AA meeting, with another Hanks cameo.

Instead of talking about his recovery, he shared his idea for a movie, sidetracking the entire meeting. 

‘I have the perfect idea for a Pixar movie. A concept for a touching computer animated film that’s about lost luggage trying to find its way home.’

‘All right. Let’s just stay on the topic of recovery. Does anyone else want to share? Jackie?’ the host replied, switching the attention to another speaker.

‘On Tuesday, I drove to a liquor store, and I — I’m sorry. So the suitcases all have personalities?’ she asked, curious about Harlow’s movie idea.

‘Yeah. And the zippers are their mouths. I actually marked up some artwork. So this guy is the main character. He’s like a regular everyday suitcase, and then you got the briefcase guy. He’s a little uptight, but he’s funny.’

‘That’s Jason Bateman,’ she replied, getting into the idea of the movie.

‘I literally wrote that.’

Harlow continued to discuss his movie idea as the rest of the group got involved in the brainstorming.

‘I guess the last question is who’s going to play the main suitcase? Our every man, our Woody?’ one person asked.

Suddenly Hanks showed up to the meeting: ‘Is this AA? I’m Tom H. I’m here to research a role and also I may be an alcoholic.’ 

‘Yo, Tom. If you were a suitcase, what would your catch phrase be?’ someone asked the actor.

‘Huh. A suitcase. Well, I guess it would be something like, « That really snags my zipper! »‘ he replied. 

There was also a cameo from Survivor’s Jeff Probst in the first skit, which started out with Heidi Gardner playing beautiful bride Dooney, during her wedding ceremony to Harlow inside of a church.  

However, at one point Harlow notices that Dooney is unhappy, when the camera pans to Harlow’s best man, Clint, who is dressed as the Joker.

‘Just saying I don’t know if I feel like marrying you no more on account of your best man came to our wedding dressed like joker,’ she tells Harlow.

‘I don’t like it. I know we’re getting married on Halloween night, but I don’t like you being dressed like Joker,’ she goes on. 

The family then takes a vote on whether it’s okay fro Clint to be dresses as the Joker, and decides that he should be allowed to wear the costume. 

Probst then shows up to put out Dooney’s torch. ‘Dooney, the tribe has spoken. Clint gets to be Joker,’ he says.

The laughs kept on coming in the next skit, which poked fun of Kanye West going to the Sketchers headquarters and being turned away due to his recent anti-Semitic remarks.

‘Here at Sketchers, we pride ourselves on two things, making stylish comfortable shoes at an affordable price,’ a worker at the store was seen saying.

‘That’s why earlier this week, when Kanye west showed up at our corporate office asking to work with us, we said no. No way. No thank you.’ 

And though the workers prided themselves on turning Ye away, they also boasted that out of all the companies he chose theirs. 

‘We immediately escorted him out of the building. Like the rest of the country, we were appalled by Kanye’s horrific comments, and we vowed to never work with him in any capacity. But can we also point out that of all the companies he could have approached and been rejected by, he chose Skechers.’

‘We have always been a hip company. Of course he came to us first. Kanye came to Skechers, and we said no. Do you realize how insanely satisfying that is? I guess you could say Skechers employees are heroes,’ the employees went on.  

They then poked fun at how things turned out in just a span of two years: ‘Could you have imagined that line two years ago, Skechers too good for Kanye?’

‘Corporate was like, we can’t work with Kanye West, he’s crazy now. I was like, now? It took Adidas some days to decide not to work with him. He walked in and we were like, bye, bye bye, door. And of course, he would have been a perfect partnership.’

‘Besides, what would you even call a Kanye Skechers shoe any way? The Skeezy? That’s not bad.’  

‘And to think, Kanye West could have been my boss. That is terrifying,’ another employee added.

In the next skit, the audience was treated to a Halloween red carpet, where the Nail Tech rapper dressed up as a frat boy wearing a tampon costume.

Before Harlow showed up, the host spotted a guy wearing a shirt that claimed he is the ‘scariest thing in the world.’  

‘And what is that?’ the host asked.  

The guy then showed the back of his shirt which had the word ‘Patriarchy’ written on it.

‘And I see it’s spelled wrong. You clearly hoped this costume would get you laid. Has it worked?’ the interviewer inquired. 

‘No. But the night is young,’ he replied, as she appeared grossed out. 

Harlow then stumbled into the view as a ‘guy dressed as a giant tampon.’

When the host asked how his costume had gone over so far, Harlow replied: ‘I mean, the vibe I’m getting is people were chill, laughed their asses off. Women who are smart are like disgusted by me.’

‘And what’s next for you tonight?’  

‘I’ll probably get in some legal trouble or something, but my dad will handle that for me. You know where I can score some coke?’ Harlow asked the surprised host.

‘Sorry, I don’t,’ she replied, noting it probably won’t be the last time she is asked that question.

The next skit featured a horror-like political trailer that saw a group of Democrat friends try to figure out who the best Presidential candidate would be for 2024. 

It starts off with a couple, who begin to worry after a commercial on TV announces that Joe Biden will run for re-election, as they remark that he may be too old.

‘I know he’s a little old, but he can still win, right? He beat Trump.’

‘But can he beat DeSantis?’ 

‘I don’t know. I don’t know!’

The next scene sees a woman on her computer trying to do the math and figure out how old Biden will be in 2024, and freaking out when she realizes he will be 81.  

‘According to this article, he’s not actually going to run in 2024, he’s just saying he is to present a united front before the midterms,’ one of the friends says.

‘What a relief,’ another replies, before a new, more frightening thought strikes them – the other potential candidates.

When one of them mentions the possibility of Kamala Harris, his female friend slaps him in the face for even thinking it. ‘Wake up!’ she screams.

‘Cory Booker?’ another one asks. ‘He’s corny!’ her friend replies. They all unanimously scream when they get a flier for Beto O’Rourke. 

The word Bernie then appears on the walls written in blood, referring to United States Senator Bernie Sanders. 

The worst is saved for last, as they present a ‘superstar who can go all the way’ – Hillary Clinton, which makes all the friends scream in fear.

They all continue to scream while hearing the ‘I’m with her’ chants in their head – which was Clinton’s 2016 campaign slogan.

After going through all the other potential candidates, they quickly come to realize that after all he is still their best option. 

The hip hop star continued to amuse the audience as a sassy waiter who couldn’t make one cocktail correctly.

The sketch started out with four friends sitting at a restaurant. Harlow and his fellow waiter refuse to serve the guests any solid food, and instead proceeds to dance provocatively while making them alcoholic beverages. 

When the guests get fed up with all the spilled drinks, the waiters fess up that they have actually served them back in 2017, and that their harsh criticism made them better at their job. 

‘We trained for five years to come back here and prove to you that we are the best bartenders in the world.’

The last skit featured the woman of The View with Harlow as a guest who continued to hit on co-host Whoopi Goldberg.  

‘Hello, I’m Whoopi Goldberg, and I’m technically not the star of the view, but I am the only one here who has ever been asked for an autograph,’ she started out the segment.

‘As always, I’m joined by the Pippen to my Jordan, Joy Bayhart.’  

‘Come on, I’m Rodman. Tell me I’m not Rodman,’ Bayhart replies.

‘I know you’ve ruined some hotel rooms in Vegas, that’s for sure. We’re also here with a couple members of the B team,’ Goldberg said of the other two co-hosts.

‘Hey, ladies, thanks for having me. Can I just say, Whoopi. It’s an honor. You are an icon,’ Jack said.

‘Don’t compliment me all quiet like that, Jack. I have been closed for business since before you were born,’ she replied.

‘I guess I’ll just say there’s a lot of beautiful girls in my videos. Right now, what I need most is a woman,’ Jack continued to flirt with Whoopi.

‘Okay. I don’t know what you’re trying to do to me. But it is working. I’m feeling like Indiana Jones just stepped on a boobie trap, because my whole dusty cave has started to rumble,’ she replied, flustered. 

‘I like that movie. Maybe we should watch it together sometime. I hope you’re not afraid of snakes,’ he quipped back.

‘Okay, Jack. Am I sensing a metaphor?’

‘Whoopi, I’ve met a lot of fours, but today, I’ve met a ten,’ he replied, before walking over to her and having her jump in his arms. 

Harlow then took to the stage for his musical performance, sporting a fuzzy white scarf over a white suit and white turtleneck.

He rocked the audience with a performance of his song, Lil Secret, from his second studio album Come Home the Kids Miss You. 

Later on he returned in a green hoodie, oversized pants, and a black vest as he performed ‘State Fair.’