20 Most Paused TV Moments Of 2016

Great TV often requires careful planning and thoughtful execution, which is why Saturday Night Live often falls flat on its face. It accidentally struck comic pay dirt with their Haunted Elevator sketch, which featured a couple being bemused by David S Pumpkins, the star attraction of a Halloween ride.

The sketch should be too silly to work, but something about the bizarre concept and Tom Hanks committed turn makes it work a treat. Hanks reminds us why he’s a national treasure since all he needs to warm our hearts is a tacky pumpkin suit and a daft voice.

It even manages to build up to a great jump scare precisely because you didn’t expect one, which is the sketches defining moment.