The Office writer Michael Schur says SNL Japanese Office sketch left him a ‘bit rankled’: ‘All the actors are white people’

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Office writer Michael Schur has said the 2008 Saturday Night Live parody of the series, The Japanese Office, ended up leaving him “a little bit rankled”. Schur, a former SNL writer who left the sketch comedy show in 2005 to write for The Office, said the 2008 digital short “didn’t feel right to me in some way”. When Steve Carell did The Japanese Office, Schur said when asked if the short belonged in the best list, “I remember being a little bit rankled”. “It sort of didn’t track to me somehow.” Digital Short: The Japanese Office Schur said he thought it was “a very big deal” when any stars from The Office hosted SNL.