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A video creator has no hard feelings for Saturday Night Live after the show was accused of stealing his ideas for a sketch that aired on last weekend’s episode. YouTuber Joel Haver responded to accusations that SNL copied his video “Toilet Paper Bears” for their “Charmin Bears” bit, suggesting it was likely all a big coincidence.
Haver released an animated video this summer about a family of Charmin bears whose son wants to break away from the family toilet paper business and pursue a career in dance. SNL‘s sketch, which was featured on the Oct. 1 episode, followed the same premise and starred host Miles Teller, plus cast members Kenan Thompson, Heidi Gardner and Bowen Yang.
“When it comes to these stealing accusations, I always err on the side of coincidence,” Haver said in a video addressing the stealing accusations. “I think parallel thinking does happen more often than not.”
The creator said SNL‘s Charmin sketch “was pretty alarming,” describing the show’s work as “very similar” to his own. Still, he pointed to his own instance of unknowingly copying another comic’s work, before explaining, “I’ve always been someone who felt like the same joke told by two different comics is essentially a different joke.”
Haver said he wasn’t as “bothered” by SNL‘s sketch because he’s no longer a “small creator” and is in a different place in his YouTube career.
He added, “When it comes to the Charmin bears thing, there’s a lot of coincidences that would have to line up to make it truly a coincidence, but I don’t think it was malicious. It was either a subconscious borrowing from somebody on their writers’ staff who saw my video, or it was a wild coincidence.”
Haver ended his video on a forgiving note, telling his viewers, “In the event that SNL did steal from me, I’m lucky to be in a position to have my stuff seen by enough people that that would even happen … please, Lorne Michaels, I beg of you: don’t punish anyone.”
Despite the similarities between Haver’s content and SNL‘s bit, the writer of the “Charmin Bears” sketch “wasn’t aware” of Haver’s video, a source told Entertainment Weekly.
SNL airs Saturdays at 11:30/10:30c on NBC. Watch Haver’s video message above.
