Lena Dunham's Hannah Horvath joins Seth Meyers' Late Night staff, pitches inappropriate jokes

Girls&#039; Lena Dunham joins Seth Meyers&#039; writing staff, kind of

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last updated 19 March 2015

If you think a Girls/Late Night mashup wouldn't work, well, Seth Meyers and Lena Dunham want to prove you wrong. On Wednesday night's show, Dunham, in her Hannah Horvath character, took a job in the Late Night writers room. There are plenty of Girls references — and her pitches sound more HBO than NBC — but you don't have to be a fan of Dunham or her show to get the jokes, or laugh at them. Maybe a little uncomfortably. Watch below. —Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.