The founders of the sketch comedy troupe Temple Horses alleged that two sketches from Season 44, "The Pumpkin Patch" from the October 13, 2018, episode hosted by Awkwafina and "Pound Puppy" from the February 16, 2019, episode hosted by Don Cheadle, have been plagiarized from their personal before sketches "Pet Blinders" and "Not Trying to Fuck This Pumpkin," uploaded to YouTube in 2011 and 2014 respectively.