Two New York comedians have filed a lawsuit against Saturday Night Live, accusing the NBC show of ripping off their sketches first posted online years ago.
Temple Horses founders, Nick Ruggia and Ryan Hoffman, say they first became suspicious the late night show could be using their material when Pumpkin Patch aired in October, but they decided to take action after a clip airing during in an episode hosted by Don Cheadle last month.
'It was twice in the same season, and we felt that at this point, that we didn't really have a choice but to address it,' Hoffman told Variety. 'And we don't really want to be involved in a mess like this, but there's a certain point you have to stand up for yourself and your work.'
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New York comedians decided to take action against Saturday Night Live after a clip airing in an episode hosted by Don Cheadle (left) last month looked like theirs (right)
Temple Horses accuses SNL of copying their idea in a Puppy Pound sketch about pets and sex
February's Pound Puppy (left) from SNL looked striking similar to Temple Horses' Pet Blinders (right) offering, a lawyer for the pair stated in the letter last month
Last year's Pumpkin Patch segment reminded them of their own Not Trying to F**k This Pumpkin from October 2014.
In both stories the owner of a patch accuses browsers of performing lewd acts on pumpkins and points out children are around. The potential customers deny it and are banned from the patch.
February's Pound Puppy from SNL also looked striking similar to Temple Horses' Pet Blinders offering, a lawyer for the pair stated in the letter last month.
In both sketches, three scenarios are presented with a product claiming to resolve all pet-related issues when it comes to intruding on lovemaking.
In both sketches, (SNL's is left and Temple Horses' is right), three scenarios are presented with a product claiming to resolve all pet-related issues when it comes to intruding on lovemaking
Temple Horses' version was uploaded to YouTube in September 2011.
The second SNL clip they're comparing to their own prompted the comedians to take action.
'This is not 'parallel construction': Two separate instances of wholesale lifting of concept, setting, characters, plot, and outcome in the same season do not happen by coincidence,' attorney Wallace Neel wrote February 27. 'Someone(s) at SNL is plagiarizing material.'
Temple Horses told Variety an SNL representative contacted them and verbally said they saw no similarities that conflicted with copyright. The publication also said a source told them the sketches were independently developed.
Pumpkin Patch starring Awkwafina now has more than 1.48 million views on YouTube and Pound Puppy has 707,000.
Temple Horses' Pet Blinders has only racked up 5,800 views since 2011 and their October pumpkin sketch has garnered 32,000 in four and a half years.
Last year's Pumpkin Patch starring Awkwafina from SNL (pictured) reminded Temple Horses of Not Trying to F**k This Pumpkin from 2014. Pumpkin Patch has more than 1.48 million views
Not Trying to F**k This Pumpkin (pictured) has garnered 32,000 views in four and a half years
'We felt like nothing good would come from addressing it, and also we were afraid of potential repercussions,' Hoffman told variety about why they didn't complain last year. 'And we were kind of afraid of being dismissed by our peers, even though everyone we showed it to said it was blatant. So we decided to let it go.'
Now the duo is hoping to collect some of the money SNL may have made from it and also want the credit.
'In an ideal world, we'd get what all artists want: attribution and compensation,' Ruggia told Variety. 'We tried to settle this amicably and quietly, but we feel like the mechanisms for dealing with this in comedy really need to change. These situations arise way too frequently.'
NBC declined DailyMail.com's request for comment.
Temple Horses founders, Nick Ruggia (left) and Ryan Hoffman (right) want money and credit
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