Despite his time writing on Saturday Night Live, Michael Schur wasn’t a fan of one sketch parodying his work. After leaving the NBC sketch comedy show to write for The Office in 2005, he said the SNL sketch ‘The Japanese Office’ “didn’t feel right to me in some way” when Steve Carell and Ricky Gervais

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.

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;

While appearing on the show, Seth Meyers asked Schur and CNN anchor Jake Tapper what their thoughts were about the short, “The Japanese Office,” and both agreed it wasn’t one of the top ones. Tina Fey,

Mike Schur successfully transitioned from writing at Saturday Night Live to working on some of the best sitcoms of all-time. So when Schur gave his thoughts on SNL's attempt to parody his show The Office,