Tiny Hats War: Did 'SNL' Steal Their Sketch From Tim & Eric? (VIDEO)

The Internet blew up yesterday morning with accusations that "Saturday Night Live" stole the idea for one of their season premiere sketches from comedy duo Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim. The sketch in question, "Ladies Who Lunch," featured a running "tiny hats" gag that is shockingly similar to a 2007 parody ad on Adult Swim's "Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!"

The Comic's Comic and SplitSider have both reported on the feud, which became public on the Internet Sunday morning after tweeters alerted Heidecker of their observation. Now, the hashtag #tinyhatswar has prompted a slew of comments from the Twitter community about whether or not Tim & Eric's idea was stolen on purpose or merely imitated by accident.

Heidecker is trying to rally the Internet to force "SNL" to apologize for the "theft," but was it really a theft? Check out both "tiny hats" sketches below and tell us what you think in the poll at the bottom of the page!

WATCH the Tim & Eric sketch:

WATCH "Saturday Night Live" sketch:

Quick Poll

Did "SNL" Steal Tim & Eric's Idea?

YES! It's the same thing!

No, it's a coincidence

Who Cares? Tiny hats are just funny

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Comments

[Rachel Kane]

08:08 PM on 10/11/2010

Check out the Forever21 connection: http://wtforever21.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/art-imitating-life/

[Kazu Nagahama]

08:42 PM on 10/03/2010

MY FACE WAS ON IT,,,,how did you guys post it without mah permission ? lol
i am proud of being" tiny hat spokes man" on t&m
kaz

[Backtalkisahorse]

09:06 AM on 11/25/2010

your tiny hat ensemble was beautiful. very becoming.
Happy Thanksgiving!

[Mccall101]

06:36 PM on 10/03/2010

I'm surprised anyone knows who tim and eric are.

[BHD]

01:57 PM on 09/30/2010

What's interesting is that Tim & Eric are unfunny on purpose, while SNL is unfunny due to writers who don't know funny.

[LisaO8]

08:55 AM on 09/30/2010

Who the hell are Tim and Eric?

[Steamboater]

02:36 AM on 09/30/2010

This was another SNL skit that needed better editing and that went on for too long. We got it after the first few seconds and that was enough.

[Samantha Monteleone]

12:04 AM on 09/30/2010

Who cares? Tim & Eric suck. SNL made the sketch more interesting by far.

[HappyMarsden]

11:46 PM on 09/29/2010

THEFT pure and simple. The concept is too original to have been "coincidentally" dreamt up by SNL, long after T&E aired their sketch. Doesn't surprise me, the writers on SNL today suck as bad as the players.

[GrownupStewie]

09:15 PM on 09/29/2010

america is going the way of the roman empire....we are fighting about tiny hats....wow lol

[Rock Jocelyn]

09:13 AM on 09/29/2010

Did Tom and Eric steal their show from Bob and Dave?

[Rock Jocelyn]

09:16 AM on 09/29/2010

I really meant "Tim." Wish you could edit these things once they're up.

[EndRacismNow]

02:03 PM on 09/29/2010

Bob Odenkirk is a producer for Tim and Eric. So I'm sure a lot of the skits are Bob's ideas. Plus Bob and David guest star occasionally.

[beckpod1]

10:46 PM on 09/28/2010

Option #4: Who cares...tiny hats is not funny...

[Olampean]

07:30 PM on 09/28/2010

Good heavens, this is totally unbelievable.

There is no way that four women with such a heightened sense of fashion that they are able to appreciate the brilliance of small hats would ever be seen in the same outfits four weeks in a row at the same place with the same people. It just isn't done.

[MichB1]

06:04 PM on 09/28/2010

Stolen from Rob Cordrry.

[junito65]

03:07 PM on 09/28/2010

Stolen from "In Living Color"

[Mr compliment]

06:03 PM on 09/28/2010

Great call out.
Men on film... Hated it!

[flyn2hi]

03:11 PM on 09/29/2010

My first thought!

[reasonnotfaith]

12:50 PM on 09/28/2010

Maybe they were just mocking the clothes worn by gothic-lolita cosplay girls?

http://www.cooljapanstore.com/product_info.php?products_id=961

Nah, much too subtle for SNL.