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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.  by [Samantha Cooney](https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Nov 29, 2017 10:08 PM UTC  TODAY -- Pictured: Matt Lauer on Friday, June 30, 2017 -- (Photo by: Nathan Congleton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) TODAY -- Pictured: Matt Lauer on Friday, June 30, 2017 -- (Photo by: Nathan Congleton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images  by [Samantha Cooney](https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Nov 29, 2017 10:08 PM UTC [Matt Lauer](http://time.com/5040649/matt-lauer-ann-curry-past/) joked about [sexual harassment](http://time.com/tag/sexual-harassment/) in sketches on the _Today_ show years before he was allegedly[ fired](http://time.com/5040611/matt-lauer-fired-nbc-today-show/) for inappropriate sexual behavior. In a [2014 comedy sketch called “Today: The Musical”,](https://www.today.com/popculture/watch-today-musical-start-finish-1D80395146) Lauer, who became an anchor of NBC’s morning show in 1997, appeared in front of his female colleagues in a pair of boxers. “Drink it in, ladies,” Lauer said in the skit, which resurfaced on Twitter on Wednesday. “Again, Matt, really?” Natalie Morales responds. One of the allegations made against Lauer in a [_Variety_ investigation](http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/matt-lauer-accused-sexual-harassment-multiple-women-1202625959/) published on Wednesday is that he allegedly dropped his pants in his office and reprimanded her after she declined to perform a sexual act. > [](https://twitter.com/journorosa/status/935874570451550208) In a 2012 sketch unearthed by the _Daily Show_‘s [Twitter account](https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/935909460031152129?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref%5Furl=http%3A%2F%2Few.com%2Ftv%2F2017%2F11%2F29%2Fmatt-lauer-sexual-harassment-sketch-today%2F), Willie Geist touches Lauer on his behind with a pile of papers. “I didn’t do anything differently, I wasn’t wearing a different cologne. This was uninitiated,” Lauer said in the skit. > [](https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/935909460031152129) When asked later in the sketch if he felt “victimized” by Geist, Lauer responds: “I’m upset for a couple of reasons. One, that he denied it… I mean, why deny it? I mean, if you do it, own up to it. And secondly, since it happened, he hasn’t called, he hasn’t written.” NBC announced Lauer’s termination on Wednesday morning, which the network said was prompted by a report filed to its human resources department on Monday. NBC [confirmed](http://fortune.com/2017/11/29/matt-lauer-fired-sochi-olympics/) that the alleged behavior in the complaint began at the Olympics in Sochi in 2014 — the year the “Today Show, the Musical” sketch aired. “While it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over twenty years he’s been at NBC News, we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident,” NBC News chairman Andy Lack said in a statement. _Variety_ published an [investigation](http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/matt-lauer-accused-sexual-harassment-multiple-women-1202625959/) detailing allegations of sexual harassment from more women later in the day. Lauer has not publicly commented on the claims. His agent did not immediately respond to TIME’s request for comment. 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