SNL is hit by fresh scandal after NYC comedian with 20 years on stand-up circuit accuses show of stealing his catchphrase ‘Das it!’ in Olivia Rodrigo sketch

Saturday Night Live has been hit by a new scandal after a New York City comedian accused the show of using its old catchphrase “Das it!” to have stolen.

Last week's edition featured a sketch from Olivia Rodrigo and Adam Driver, with Macello Hernandez playing a flamboyant Spanish character with the catchphrase.

The skit was rejected and blamed for ripping off Brooklyn comedian Yannis Pappas, who plays a Spanish character Maurica who uses the same punch line.

“I've been doing stand-up comedy for 20 years now, so I'm not an up-and-coming comedian,” Pappas said Page six. “I'm surprised no one in the writers' room has said anything about this.”

Dad introduced the beloved character years ago and released a music video with Maurica called “Das It” in 2022.

“I woke up to countless text messages about this sketch that would steal Maurica's comedic 'das sit',” Pappas announced on X. “For twelve years, Maurica has been a legendary character who makes thousands of people happy.”

His fans expressed their outrage online.

“Sue everyone,” someone commented.

Another wrote: 'Straight away stealing your stuff. But at least your boys are funny.”

An SNL employee denied that the bit was stolen, telling Page Six that the sketch was “independently created.”

“In regards to Yannis and his comedy, this sketch and (the) premise were created independently,” the insider told the outlet. 'Dassit' was a common expression in Marcello's household and the Latin community growing up in Miami.”

This comes after the hit show sparked outrage ofar the 'tone deaf' sketch of the Congressional hearings on anti-Semitism on campus – as reports say ex-cast member Cecily Strong pulled out of the skit at the last minute.

The NBC show's cold open on Saturday attempted to make light of testimony from the presidents of Harvard, UPenn and MIT about anti-Semitism at the nation's top universities — but the joke fell flat.

Dad introduced the beloved character years ago and released a music video with Maurica called 'Das It' in 2022

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Rabbi Shmuel Reichman said the skit was the “most embarrassing” he has ever seen.

“Unfortunately, this isn't surprising… SNL hasn't had its finger on the pulse for about a decade; they are about as out of touch with reality as Liz Magill… This is probably the most embarrassing decision in SNL history,” the author wrote.

“(Eddie Murphy, Bill Murray, Will Ferrell, and Adam Sandler are probably shaking their heads in disgust somewhere, embarrassed by how low SNL has sunk since their heyday.)”

Fellow rabbi and writer David Bashevkin added: SNL's Achilles heel thinks the joke is always on Trump. I'm an SNL fan, but this was such a failure.”

Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, appointed by President Donald Trump, also addressed the sketch.

“I just watched last night's SNL opener. Whether or not you care about anti-Semitism on college campuses, or however you feel, this just wasn't funny,” Friedman said.

For his part, Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, tweeted: “The skit was awful. The sentiment is even more terrible.'

And the Republican representative of North Carolina. Greg Murphy demanded “nothing less than a full-fledged apology from the entire SNL staff” after the skit.

He wrote on Typical damn liberal hypocrisy.”

Conservative radio host Larry Elder also joined in, writing about X: “It's been a while since I watched SNL. I quickly remembered why. Cringing. Why is it not anti-Semitic to mock a critic of anti-Semitism for her criticism of anti-Semitism?'