'Saturday Night Live' Is Accused of Stealing Recent Tina Turner Sketch

Is "Saturday Night Live" a sketch stealer?

The long-running NBC sketch show is under scrutiny after a duo of improvisers and sketch writers with the Groundlings (an improv comedy theater and school in Los Angeles) gently accused "SNL" of stealing their sketch.

The most recent episode featured a sketch in which castmembers Cecily Strong and Sasheer Zamata, along with guest host Sarah Silverman, played Tina Turner impersonators who interjected cracks about their ailing careers while performing "Rollin'."

After it aired, improvisers Kimberly Condict and Vanessa Ragland tweeted that "SNL" had clearly plagiarized their own "River Sisters" sketch. "Like the Tina Turner sketch on #snl last night? You'll LOVE this funnier/OG version I wrote w/ @kimberlycondict," Ragland wrote, linking to a video of the duo performing.

Condict agreed with the accusation, but took a lighter approach. "#snl just totally jacked our steez!! #flattered?" she said.

Sure enough, the video of their sketch is almost identical to the "SNL" version, save for a few minor differences. Often, cases like this are ignored because it's easy to come up with a similar premise to someone else, especially when writing about a topical subject.

However, in this case, it's just too specific to pass off as coincidence. There's nothing out there in the news to push "SNL" toward writing a Tina Turner impersonator sketch, and the similarities are way too close to ignore.

Check out Ragland and Condict's original sketch below, and watch part of SNL's version here for comparison.