‘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,” ...
‘The Office’ writer says cringey Japanese parody on ‘SNL’ ‘rankled’ him: ‘It didn’t feel right’
"The Japanese Office" was a digital short featured on a May 2008 episode of "SNL." YouTube/Saturday Night Live A former ...
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 ...
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The Office Writer Schur: SNL's Japanese Parody "Didn't Feel Right"
Looking back, The Office and SNL writer Mike Schur explains why "The Japanese Office" sketch "didn't feel right" on a number ...
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‘SNL’ and ‘The Office’ Alum Talks Regret Over ‘Japanese Office’ Sketch: It ‘Didn’t Feel Right’
It’s been 16 years since Saturday Night Live did a Japanese take on The Office, and Michael Schur, who is a former writer on both shows, wasn’t much of a fan of it. The Office star Steve Carell and ...
“The Office” Writer Michael Schur Explains Why “SNL”’s 2008 ‘Japanese Office’ Parody ‘Didn't Track to Me'
And, in a meta moment, The Office actually once mimicked a famous SNL sketch. In a season 3 episode, Carell’s Michael Scott ...
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‘The Office’ writer criticises ‘SNL’s’ The Japanese Office Parody with Steve Carell
Mike Schur, The Office writer broke silence on Saturday Night Live’s Japanese Office parody. The short, which has garnered 17 ...
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'The Office' writer breaks silence on 'SNL's Japanese Parody of show
Mike Schur won Emmys for his writing on both Saturday Night Live and The Office. The legendary writer's two iconic shows ...
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‘The Office’ writer says cringey Japanese parody on ‘SNL’ ‘rankled’ him: ‘It didn’t feel right’
Mike Schur, who wrote on “SNL” before he left the late night show to work on “The Office,” shared his thoughts about a sketch called “The Japanese Office” during an interview on a ...
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Mike Schur Remembers Being “Rankled” By ‘SNL’ Japanese Parody of ‘The Office’
but you still feel like SNL at some point, at some level, is an arbiter of what matters in the culture,” he explained. “And when he did ‘The Japanese Office,’ I remember being a little bit ...
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“The Office” Writer Michael Schur Explains Why “SNL”’s 2008 ‘Japanese Office’ Parody ‘Didn't Track to Me'
but you still feel like SNL at some point at some level is an arbiter of what matters in the culture,” he explained. “And when [Carell] did 'The Japanese Office,' I remember being a little bit ...