--- title: Lena Dunham Hosts 'SNL': Adam and Eve Sketch Spoofs HBO 'Girls' description: Girls star and creator Lena Dunham, who hosted the comedy sketch program for the first time Saturday night, trades Brooklyn for the Garden of Eden in this latest spoof of the Golden Globes–winning hit HBO series canonical: https://time.com/17262/lena-dunham-snl-girls-adam-and-eve-parody/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-09T13:51:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:07:37.216Z og:title: Lena Dunham Hosts 'SNL': Adam and Eve Sketch Spoofs HBO 'Girls' og:description: Girls star and creator Lena Dunham, who hosted the comedy sketch program for the first time Saturday night, trades Brooklyn for the Garden of Eden in this latest spoof of the Golden Globes–winning hit HBO series og:url: https://time.com/17262/lena-dunham-snl-girls-adam-and-eve-parody/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7417df470720e7ab/6986849acd6848ccda093819/screen-shot-2014-03-09-at-10-18-29-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1301 og:image:height: 732 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2014-03-09 at 10.18.29 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lena Dunham Hosts 'SNL': Adam and Eve Sketch Spoofs HBO 'Girls' twitter:description: Girls star and creator Lena Dunham, who hosted the comedy sketch program for the first time Saturday night, trades Brooklyn for the Garden of Eden in this latest spoof of the Golden Globes–winning hit HBO series twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7417df470720e7ab/6986849acd6848ccda093819/screen-shot-2014-03-09-at-10-18-29-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _SNL_ Imagines Girls Set in Biblical Times, and There's Still Plenty of Nudity > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Mar 9, 2014 1:51 PM UTC  by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Mar 9, 2014 1:51 PM UTC _Saturday Night Live_ has already produced some [pretty excellent _Girls_ parodies](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/09/29/snls-5-best-skits-oh-hey-tina-fey/), but this week, they had an advantage: the show’s creator and star Lena Dunham just happened to be hosting _SNL_ for the first time. So, naturally, we were treated to a fresh spoof of the buzzy HBO show, currently in its third season. The parody, simply titled “Girl,” takes Lena Dunham’s character, Hannah, and her boyfriend Adam back to biblical times, imagining how their meandering lives would play out among the forbidden fruit and talking snakes of the Garden of Eden, instead of the coffee shops and warehouse parties of Brooklyn. 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