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22 minutes writer on Prophet Muhammad copycat controversy

Canadian comedy fans may have felt a sense of déjà vu during last week's Saturday Night Live. Did they crib from This Hour Has 22 Minutes?

Watch SNL's controversial and possibly stolen Prophet Mohammed sketch

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SNL is taking heat for a controversial sketch from Saturday's broadcast that plays on the danger of drawing the Prophet Muhammad, but it's remarkably similar to an earlier punchline from CBC's 22 Minutes.

Canadian comedy fans may have felt a sense of déjà vu during last week's episode of Saturday Night Live.

In a sketch about a TV game show called Picture Perfect, comics Kenan Thompson and Bobby Moynihan are asked to draw a picture of a clue that only they can see. The prize at stake is 1 million dollars. 

The problem: the two are asked to draw the Prophet Muhammad. 

Meanwhile in Canada, comedy writer Jeremy Woodcock found the sketch a little too familiar. His strikingly similar Win, Lose or Draw sketch aired months earlier on This Hour Has 22 Minutes. He joins Shad to share his reaction to the fallout and whether he buys that great minds can think alike ... to this degree. 

WEB EXTRA | Compare the two clips from, 22 Minutes and SNL, in the windows embedded below.