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.

That happens a lot, even on the grandest of stages like Saturday Night: Live. The 2000s are filled with plenty of comedy moments that scream, “We were still doing that?” A lot of those moments include blackface;

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 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.

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,