Joel HaverThat is what we are trying to do.Saturday Night Livesketch.
After Oct. 1’s season 48 premiere hosted by Miles Teller, eagle-eyed comedy fans noticed some similarities between the episode’s “Charmin Bears” sketch and a July animated video posted to YouTube by Haver called “Toilet Paper Bears.” In both clips, a father bear disapproves of his son going to college and not getting into the family business (a.k.a. Instead of wanting to dance, they are wiping their butts. In the sketches, both mother bears will be partnered with their husbands.SNLTeller played the concerned boy in the sketch. Kenan ThompsonHis father was also his father.Heidi GardnerHis mother.
After receiving comments from concerned fans, Haver addressed the claims in a response video posted Oct. 3that has already racked up over a million views. These two videos have been viewed over a million times. “very similar,”The YouTuber continued to state that he can see where similar thinking could occur.
Because there’s so much content online, Haver said it’s “inevitable you’re gonna do something that’s already been done.”
“I don’t think it was malicious,”The filmmaker explained. “It was either a subconscious borrowing from somebody on their writers’ staff who saw my video, or it was a wild coincidence.”
E! received confirmation from a source close by the show. News that it was “parallel thinking”The writers’ room.