In his book Gasping For Air, Mohr explains his frustrations working on SNL at the time. He admits to feeling depressed because of his lack of airtime and sketches. He’s admitted to suffering from intense anxiety and panic attacks during his time on SNL. In 1995, a sketch aired on SNL called “The Irish Bartender” that was written by Jay Mohr. Jay had stolen the sketch from comedian Rick Shapiro. On April 19th, during rehearsal, Lorne Michaels brought Jay into his office and showed him the original sketch by Shapiro. Jay denied stealing the sketch or ever seeing Shapiro perform it. Rick Shapiro sued SNL and received an undisclosed settlement. Later, in his memoirs, Jay Mohr would admit to plagiarizing the joke and stealing it.