Office writer says SNL parody sketch rankled him

Mike Schur Remembers Being "Rankled" By ‘SNL' Japanese Parody of ‘The Office'
The Office writer Mike Schur opened up about how Saturday Night Live‘s Japanese parody of the NBC comedy didn't sit super well with him. The Man on the Inside creator stopped by The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast for its Criterion Episode to evaluate different Lonely Island digital shorts.
The Office writer says SNL parody sketch rankled him: ‘All actors are white people’
The fictional Japanese show starred white SNL cast members like Jason Sudeikis playing Jim, Kristen Wiig playing Pam, Bill Hader as Dwight, and episode host Steve Carell reprising his role as Michael — but everyone spoke Japanese, and the sketch included no subtitles.
‘The Office' Writer Says ‘SNL's' Japanese Office Parody With Steve Carell ‘Didn't Feel Right' and Left Him ‘Rankled': ‘All the Actors Are White People'
Before Mike Schur helped create beloved comedy series like “The Good Place,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and “Parks and Recreation,” he won Emmys as a writer on “Saturday Night Live” and “The Office.” The two series collided in May 2008 when “The Office” star Steve Carell hosted “SNL” and participated in a viral digital short titled “The
“The Office” Writer Michael Schur Explains Why “SNL”’s 2008 ‘Japanese Office’ Parody ‘Didn't Track to Me'
Live has always touched the zeitgeist — but did this parody of The Office miss the mark? One of the show’s writers, Michael Schur, thinks so. On the Dec. 23 episode of The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast,
Michael Schur Recalls ‘SNL's ‘The Japanese Office' Sketch "Didn't Feel Right"
Despite his time writing on Saturday Night Live, Michael Schur wasn’t a fan of one sketch parodying his work. After leaving the NBC sketch comedy show to write for The Office in 2005, he said the SNL sketch ‘The Japanese Office’ “didn’t feel right to me in some way” when Steve Carell and Ricky Gervais
The Office writer Mike Schur says SNL parody 'didn't feel right'
Mike Schur successfully transitioned from writing at Saturday Night Live to working on some of the best sitcoms of all-time. So when Schur gave his thoughts on SNL's attempt to parody his show The Office,
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