--- title: SNL: Hunger Games Cast Parodies Taylor Swift's Blank Space description: Woodey Harrelson brought out Jennifer Lawrence and others to parody the '1989' cut during this weekend's episode of Saturday Night Live canonical: https://time.com/3587635/snl-jennifer-lawrence-taylor-swift-hunger-games-blank-space/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-16T15:21:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T11:27:57.923Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: SNL: 'Hunger Games' Cast Parodies Taylor Swift's 'Blank Space' og:description: Kendrick Lamar was the musical guest og:url: https://time.com/3587635/snl-jennifer-lawrence-taylor-swift-hunger-games-blank-space/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7fb58f14635e93b1/698768f5cd6848844709802f/saturday-night-live.png?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: saturday-night-live og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: SNL: 'Hunger Games' Cast Parodies Taylor Swift's 'Blank Space' twitter:description: Kendrick Lamar was the musical guest twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7fb58f14635e93b1/698768f5cd6848844709802f/saturday-night-live.png?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Hunger Games_ Cast Parodies Taylor Swift's 'Blank Space' on _SNL_  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Nov 16, 2014 3:21 PM UTC   by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Nov 16, 2014 3:21 PM UTC Woody Harrelson volunteered as tribute to host _Saturday Night Live_ a few days before the _The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1_ movie hits theaters, and he got by with a little help from his friends. Costars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth stopped by Harrelson’s opening monologue to help joke about the actor’s hazy memory and the first time he hosted the late-night sketch show — in the year 1989, which prompted a parody sing-along to _1989_ singer (and [TIME cover star](http://time.com/3583129/power-of-taylor-swift-cover/)) Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space.” Watch his opening monologue, above, and catch two other highlights from the episode, which featured musical guest Kendrick Lamar, below. **“The Dudleys”:** A sketch about a sitcom family that’s constantly recast to quell Internet outrage poked fun at television’s diversity problem and featured a cameo from _Orange Is the New Black_‘s “Crazy Eyes” (Uzo Aduba). **“Young Tarts & Old Farts”:** Inspired by Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett’s recent duets album, _Cheek to Cheek_, the writers of _Saturday Night Love_ dreamed up some other odd musical collaborations, including Ariana Grande and Lionel Richie; Macklemore and Diana Ross; Meghan Trainor and B.B. King; Aretha Franklin and Robyn; and Elton John and Blue Ivy Carter. Of course, mismatched, generation-spanning collaborations have become a classic SNL trope, most memorably in a 1982 parody of the song “Ebony and Ivory,” in which Joe Piscopo’s Frank Sinatra [sings](http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/ebony-and-ivory-classic-snl/1700cec0f8b4b79b5c191700cec0f8b4b79b5c19-1233198514934?cpkey=1700cec0f8b4b79b5c191700cec0f8b4b79b5c19-1233198514934%7CJoe+Piscopo%7C%7C%7C&q=Joe%20Piscopo) to Eddie Murphy: “You are black, and I am white. Life’s an Eskimo Pie, let’s take a bite.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3587635/snl-jennifer-lawrence-taylor-swift-hunger-games-blank-space/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3587635/snl-jennifer-lawrence-taylor-swift-hunger-games-blank-space/"},"headline":"Hunger Games Cast Parodies Taylor Swift's 'Blank Space' on SNL","datePublished":"2014-11-16T15:21:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:27:57.923Z","description":"Three highlights from Saturday's episode, hosted by Woody Harrelson with special appearances by Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth","url":"https://time.com/3587635/snl-jennifer-lawrence-taylor-swift-hunger-games-blank-space/","keywords":["Television","Jennifer Lawrence","Music","SNL","Saturday Night Live","The Hunger Games","Kendrick Lamar","1989 topic","Mockingjay"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7fb58f14635e93b1/698768f5cd6848844709802f/saturday-night-live.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7fb58f14635e93b1/698768f5cd6848844709802f/saturday-night-live.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"saturday-night-live","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3587635/snl-jennifer-lawrence-taylor-swift-hunger-games-blank-space/","name":"Hunger Games Cast Parodies Taylor Swift's 'Blank Space' on SNL"}}]}] ```