Did Saturday Night Live Steal Noel Wells' Material?

For those of you who don't know who Noel Wells is, she's a celebrity impersonator, improv comedian, and a youtube viral sensation. She's also an ONTD member, her LJ username is prettypertelote.

A while back, she made a post about how Fox's show New Girl, starring Zooey Deschanel ripped off the opening credit of her internet series Hey The Zooey Deschanel Show. The post has since been deleted. Did Fox paid her off?

However, last night on Saturday Night Live, when Zooey Deschanel hosted, there was one particular skit that seemed a bit too familiar. See for yourself:

Noel's Mary Kate Olsen (date: December 10, 2010)


SNL's Quirky Girl skit (date: February 11, 2012)


Side note: Noel mentioned that she had auditioned and met SNL creator Lorne Michaels, but sadly didn't make the cuts.

Do you think SNL writers took inspiration from Noel Wells?

source + Google & my observations

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