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February 16, 2008
Hasty Pudding? uh...
Christopher Walken sang a song from 'Hairspray' and spoofed a 'Saturday Night Live' skit on Friday night to earn Harvard's Hasty Pudding Man of the Year award.
At a roast before the presentation, Walken, who serenaded John Travolta in 'Hairspray' last year, sang to a Harvard student in drag.
Another cast member from Harvard's student drama group came on stage banging a cow bell, evoking the SNL skit in which Walken played a music producer who called for "more cow bell."
Walken, who joked afterward that "I'd have prepared or had a couple of drinks" if he had known what was in store, donned a copper-colored bra and brown wig. He couldn't get into a pair of blue pumps that were supposed to be part of the outfit, doing a dance in his street shoes instead.
"I hope nobody's watching," Walken said. "I acted on a stage in a play about 20 years ago."
In a more serious vein, Walken said he was "amazed and thrilled" by the honor.
He added, "Harvard has all the cow bell that it needs."
Oh my! Whatever you do, don't tell Wollf!
Posted by LindaSoG at February 16, 2008 07:39 PM
Comments
...as though Wollf wouldn't find out? I have Walken Radar. I so agree with the Award to this Man....I can just hear him saying, and I quote:
"Oh, I remember that. I was talking to him and I said how great it would be if actors had a tail because I have animals and a tail is so expressive. On a cat you can tell everything. You can tell if they're annoyed. You can tell whether they're scared."
Speaking of cats.....I can't seem to find mine?
And of course, he mentioned the cowbell.
Wollf
Posted by: howlsatmoon at February 17, 2008 04:54 PM
Oh, how dull Life would be without cowbell!
Posted by: LindaSoG at February 18, 2008 06:15 AM